501.BC Indonesia/6–2348
Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, by Mr. Joseph W. Scott, of the Division of United Nations Political Affairs
At Mr. Jessup’s suggestion, I telephoned Mr. Helb to discuss with him the substance of several points being considered for inclusion in a statement to be made by Mr. Jessup in the Indonesian debate in the Security Council this afternoon.1
Mr. Jessup, Mr. Noyes and I felt that one of the points might be subject to possible misconstruction by the Netherlands Delegation and I took this point up in detail with Mr. Helb. I told Mr. Helb that Mr. Jessup’s statement would make it clear that this Government assumed that the parties would in the future, as they have in the past, give careful consideration to any suggestions consistent with the Renville principles put forth by the Good Offices Committee in its efforts to find a solution to the dispute. I made it plain that this meant that, while we were not supporting the merits of a particular plan at this time, it did mean that we felt that all suggestions made by the Good Offices Committee, including the recent joint United States-Australian suggestion, should be carefully considered by the parties.
Mr. Helb stated that he understood our position completely and that he believed that Mr. Jessup’s statement would have a salutary effect on the Council’s discussion.
- For text of Mr. Jessup’s statement on June 23, see SC, 3rd yr., No. 89 (June 23), p. 32. The statement was quoted in telegram 289, June 24, 6 p. m., Usgoc 116, to Batavia.↩