501.BC Indonesia/6–1148: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Netherlands
243. For Bonsal from Butterworth: I take it that you will make an early opportunity to make available to Boon the pertinent and appropriate info contained in Gocus 302 (Batavia’s 493, June 11) particularly that contained in para no. 4.
For your confidential info British Emb under instructions from London has indicated its Govt will be pleased to join with this Govt in representing to Dutch desirability of acceptance of proposals in question. While expressing appreciation for offer I indicated Dept not yet in receipt of full airmail details of proposal and therefore had not yet been able to reach considered opinion and requested in the meantime British Emb query London as to whether in effect British Govt merely acting in response to Australian Govt suggestion or whether London had had opportunity carefully consider plan and in the light of its vital interest in that area and its long experience with constitutional govts in transition it was its considered view that it was in larger interest of Dutch and others concerned for that Govt to make prompt acceptance. It was obvious British Govt at least in part motivated by desire to prevent disadvantageous discussions taking place in Security Council.
Repeated to Batavia [as 257] for USDel as Usgoc 107.