Office of the Historian

501.BC Indonesia/6–2248: Telegram

The Consul General at Batavia (Livengood) to the Secretary of State

confidential
Batavia, June 22, 1948—noon.

536. Gocus 318. Yesterday GOC, after hearing comments parties at informal meeting with representatives both delegations, adopted draft third interim report to SC covering period to June 10.1 First of two chapters consists 2,000 word estimate of situation reviewing achievements and failures GOC to date and covering main points in dispute on which no significant progress toward agreement yet made. While estimate ends with statement GOC considering further means assist parties and expression hope that formula reconciling differences may yet be found if only because parties in agreement on ultimate objective, general tenor is rather pessimistic as presaged last paragraph Gocus 281, May 25. Chapter two is detailed record similar interim report.

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Chapter one being telegraphed to SC today.2 Signed Dubois. Department pass to The Hague.3

Livengood
  1. For text, see doc. S/848/Add. 1, June 23, SC, 3rd yr., Suppl. (June), p. 122.↩
  2. Quoted in telegram 802, June 22, 9:30 p. m., from New York, not printed.↩
  3. This was done the same day.↩