856E.00/8–347: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Netherlands (Baruch) to the Secretary of State 75
us urgent
567. Foreign Office informed Embassy tonight that Van Mook is being instructed make connection with responsible leaders Republic at Djocja to following purpose: (1) inform them text Security Council resolution; (2) obtain agreement immediate cease fire both sides; (3) apprise them offer of good offices and that offer has been accepted by Netherlands Government; (4) inquire whether they (Republic) are willing accept good offices and resume negotiation.
Vredenburch states it remains Government policy to stand by principles of Linggadjati but states that agreement will have to be redrafted into more practical form of document without cumbersome annexes.
He is not so definite today re Dutch troops not occupying Djocja, noting that military operations are now reported in near proximity Republican capital.76
Sent Department 567, repeated London 87.
- Repeated to Batavia in Department’s telegram 210, August 5, 10 a.m.↩
- Telegram 305, August 4, 3 p.m., from Batavia, reported Governor Van Mook’s radio address ordering Netherlands troops to cease hostilities at midnight of August 4 in Java and Sumatra. It reported also an Indonesian statement that the Republic had resumed full liberty of action as it regarded the Linggadjati Agreement to have been broken by the Netherlands. (501.BC/8–447)↩