Hatta and his party who flew to Atjeh on June 5th returned on
Friday June 10th. They were pleased with their enthusiastic
reception and with the spirit of co-operation among the people and
authorities. Contrary to Hatta's expectations the Emergency
Government is not in Atjeh but in Central Sumatra so the major
purpose of the visit could not be achieved. Nevertheless,
Sjafruddin was contacted by radio telephone. At present, he is not
in accord with the Van Royen/Roem statements [1], but for the sake
of unity, will not oppose directly any decisions reached by the
Bangka leaders. He explained that if there were any fundamental
disagreement he would resign from the Cabinet after the
restoration.

2. Hatta is anxious to explain in detail the Van Royen/Roem
statement to the Emergency Government and settle with it
arrangements for the transmission of authority to the Government
of the Republic after the restoration in Djokjakarta.

He is, therefore, proposing to send a party including Roem, Halim
and Natsir to the Emergency Government. The visit is unlikely to
be undertaken, however, until the time of restoration when
Sjafruddin can be brought to Djokjakarta.

3. Colonel Hidayat, Commander of the Republican forces in Sumatra,
made a special journey to Atjeh to consult with Hatta, he
considered the early drafts of the cease-fire, including Leimena's
draft regulations, (annex 4 my letter June 10th [2]), as 'not so
bad'. He expressed concern at the continuation of Dutch military
aggression after May 7th and felt that the cease-fire agreement
should only be completed after the Republican Government had
returned to Djokjakarta, and had obtained Military advice.

4. It now seems likely that the Dutch will agree to provide
second-hand arms for about 500 Republican police in Djokjakarta.

Whether the evacuation of the Netherlands Forces from Djokjakarta
Residency will be completed by the target date, June 20th, depends
largely on how quickly the difficulties connected with the cease-
fire agreement can be overcome.

5. Van Royen is insisting on the publication of a cease-fire
agreement which would enable the Netherlands Government to justify
before Parliament, its decision to evacuate Djokjakarta. The
Republicans, while ready to agree that the three documents (cease-
fire order, the proclamation and regulations) appear reasonable,
insist that no advance publicity should be given, and that final
agreement can only be reached after the Government has been
restored in Djokjakarta and the T.N.I. consulted. The TNI has now
made it clear that it is unwilling to participate in negotiations
until the Government is restored.

6. Detailed conditions for the round table conference are still to
be agreed upon. Cochran favours the Netherlands taking full
responsibility for the Conference and UNCI attending with
functions or recommending to the parties and reporting to the
Security Council. For the time being, at least, the Republicans
will insist on the Conference being under the auspices of UNCI.

7. Representatives of areas outside the Republic will be invited
by UNCI to participate in discussions shortly. The Commission will
consult with the Chairman and a Vice Chairman of BFO this
afternoon and endeavour to agree on representatives to whom
invitations will then be forwarded through the Chairman of BFO.