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The Consul General at Batavia (Livengood) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 24.]
Sir: I have the honor to inform the Department that on August 2, 1948 a delegation including Dr. Bahrioem, chairman of the Bandoeng [Page 298] State Head Conference, Anak Agoeng Gde Agoeng, Premier of East Indonesia, Adil Poeradiredja, Premier of Pasoendan, Abdul Malik, chairman of the South Sumatra Advisory Council, and Sultan Hamid II of West Borneo departed for The Hague carrying the resolution passed by the heads of state at the Bandoeng Conference.1
In a radio broadcast delivered in Macassar just before he departed, Anak Agoeng said, inter alia, that:
“Recent political developments in Indonesia show certain factors which might prevent the United States of Indonesia from being established by January 1, 1949.—
“The Bandoeng Negara Conference had felt the necessity for a sound policy so as to realize the Indonesian national aspiration and the guarantee of a worthy place in the Indonesian community for all who work here, regardless of nationality and race.—
“Only a greater certainty can end the feelings of anxiety which dominate our present society. This has lasted too long already.—
“Cooperation with the Republic is desirable and imperative but there are different opinions as to which way must be followed. The conference chose the legal way of negotiating.”
Respectfully yours,
- For text of resolution, see communiqué of July 27 issued at Batavia, SC, 3rd yr., Suppl. (Dec.), p. 55.↩