Office of the Historian

856E.00/10–2346

The British Ambassador (Inverchapel) to the Secretary of State

No. 582
Ref. G.57/26/46

His Majesty’s Ambassador presents his compliments to the Secretary of State and has the honour to inform him that the Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, expects to complete the tasks alloted to him in Java and Sumatra by the 30th November, and His Majesty’s Government therefore propose to withdraw all British and Indian troops from Java and Sumatra by that date.24

Washington, October 23, 1946.
  1. In despatch 172, December 12, from Batavia, Mr. Foote reported withdrawal of British forces from the Netherlands East Indies on November 30 and simultaneous termination of AMACAB (Allied Military Administration—Civil Affairs Branch), which had given the Commander in Chief of Allied Forces “paramount authority over the Netherlands Indian Government”. (856E.01/12–1246)↩