INDONESIA

My telegram 8. [1]

Have had useful discussions today with Jessup, Cadogan and Rau.

United States delegation is at the moment working on preliminary
draft of resolution along the following lines:

(1). Preamble. Which would bring out Dutch non-compliance with
Security Council resolutions.

(2). Complete political freedom for Indonesian leaders, restoring
them to position of equality in negotiations.

(3). Lay down timetable for elections for Constituent Assembly and
for transfer of sovereignty.

(4). Provide for progressive withdrawal of Dutch forces.

(5). Continue Committee of Good Offices with enlarged functions to
include supervision over the above processes.

2. The timetable the Americans have in mind corresponds pretty
nearly to Cochran's earlier suggestions. As regards withdrawal,
they feel it useless to reintroduce Paris proposals [2] for
immediate restoration of original lines and think that the most
practicable course would be to empower the United Nations
supervisory body to determine what areas, beginning with
Jogjakarta should be evacuated by stages by the Dutch forces with
corresponding transfer of responsibility for law and order to the
Republic. The arrangements would provide in any case, for complete
withdrawal of Dutch occupation forces, as distinct from any base
garrisons which might be retained by agreement after establishment
of the United States of Indonesia [b]y the date of the transfer of
sovereignty.

3. The Americans consider that the present membership of the
G.O.C. should be retained but that its title might be changed and
that its powers should be extended to include the present
functions [3] of the Consular Commission (which would lapse) and
also to enable it to make determinations on the spot in the
exercise of supervision over the proposed general arrangements.

4. The delegation hopes to clear a text on these lines with the
State Department by Friday when, if circumstances are favourable,
it could be tabled for discussion next week. To some extent the
nature of the preamble would depend on the statement which the
Dutch are expected to make on Friday. If, as seems possible, the
Dutch are prepared in view of the very clear sense of the Council
against them, to make some definite undertakings, these could be
taken note of in the resolution.

5. United Kingdom attitude as revealed by Cadogan is not yet so
specific as the American. They will probably at this stage go
along with a fairly strong preamble but might not be ready to
commit themselves to a definite timetable. They also prefer at
present that any supervision should be entrusted to the Consular
Commission rather than the G.O.C. Cadogan and Jessup are, however,
having a further conference tonight.