Office of the Historian

501.BC Indonesia/6–2548: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Consulate General at Batavia

confidential
Washington, June 25, 1948—noon.

291. Usgoc 117. Dept disturbed possibility precedent might be established by action GOC in telegraphing SC that Steering Committee meeting stalemated over procedural issue (addendum to GOC Report cabled June 221). While this action fortunately did not prolong discussion Lake Success, Dept believes desirable keep to the extent [Page 270] possible this and other contentious matters out of SC and hopes you can assist to this end.

Sent Batavia as 117, rptd The Hague as 275.

Marshall
  1. Document S/850/Add.1, SC, 3rd yr., Suppl. (June), p. 150.↩