Office of the Historian

501.BC Indonesia/7–2948: Telegram

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

New York, July 29, 1948—9:42 p. m.

973. Following is text of resolution on Indonesian question adopted by SC on July 29:

“The SC,

Having considered the GOC report on the federal conference opened in Bandung on 27 May 1948 (S/842), third interim report (S/848 and S/848/add.1), report on standstill in political negotiations (S/918) and report on restrictions on trade in Indonesia (S/191);

Calls upon the Governments of the Netherlands and the Republic of Indonesia with the assistance of the Council’s GOC to maintain strict observance of both the military and economic articles of the Renville truce agreement, and to implement early and fully the 12 Renville political principles and the 6 additional principles.”1

Please relay to Batavia.2

Jessup
  1. For truce agreement signed at Batavia, January 17, see Department of State Bulletin, March 14, 1948, p. 334; for the 12 political principles accepted at the same time, see ibid., p. 335; for the 6 additional principles accepted on January 19, see ibid., pp. 335–336.↩
  2. This was done the same day.↩