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501.BC/7–3147: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Embassy in India

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Washington, July 31, 1947—8 p.m.

460. You may inform Nehru US Govt has noted India’s letter to UN Security Council. US is urgently considering what measures might most appropriately be taken to bring about cessation of hostilities and resumption of negotiations looking toward a peaceful settlement Dutch and Indonesian differences.

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