Office of the Historian

501.BC Indonesia/7–2848: Telegram

The Acting United States Representative at the United Nations (Jessup) to the Secretary of State

secret
urgent
New York, July 28, 1948—6:41 p. m.

962. For Rusk from Jessup. If Department sees no objection, and subject to developments in the debate in the SC tomorrow, USUN1 [Page 294] contemplates making statement along following lines relative to GOC report on trade restrictions in Indonesia. Our statement is drafted in expectation that several other statements will be made attacking Dutch position but that issue will not be forced. USUN wishes to support GOC and at same time avoid any SC action condemning Dutch.

[For text of Mr. Jessup’s statement to the Security Council on July 29, see SC, 3rd yr., Suppl. No. 99 (July 29), page 24.]2

If, as anticipated, the Chinese representative introduces a resolution calling upon both parties to resume negotiations through the GOC, the foregoing statement might be made by USUN in support of adoption of such a resolution.3

Jessup
  1. The permanent United States Mission to the United Nations.↩
  2. Marginal notation: “No ans. necessary. Mr. Jessup informed Depts concurrence by phone 7/29.”↩
  3. This was done.↩