Your 208. [1] Indonesia.

Only information we have to support Palar's charges comes from an
article written from Djokjakarta on 18th February by Harold Isaacs
of 'Newsweek'. This includes the following:

'The Dutch have made very little headway in restoring civil
administration since they took over. Many Republican officials
have become hawkers on the streets rather than work for the Dutch.

In one official's family, the wife is baking cake for sale to eke
out a living. The Dutch were out to demolish the Republican
Government, and after arresting and exiling the leaders they
emptied the Republican ministries of desks, typewriters and
archives. Most of this material was shipped out of Djokjakarta on
north-bound convoys.'

2. According to radio deputy members of United Nations Commission
visited [2] Djokjakarta on 21st March to investigate conditions
there, Commission will therefore doubtless have first hand
information.

3. We have not yet heard anything from Critchley and are asking
him to send you urgent comment on Palar's statement, irrespective
of whether or not Commission decide to send report on its own
initiative.