501.BC Indonesia/9–2948: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Consulate General at Batavia
454. Usgoc 151. [Here follows quotation of telegram 645, September 27, from The Hague, printed on page 377, except for the first sentence.]
Conversations with Counselor NethEmb Wash Sep 24 and 27 re Dept’s démarche 3 points Usgoc 148 Sep 241 unsatisfactory. NethEmb took position Neth being pressed as usual make last minute concessions in order negotiations be resumed; Repub entirely unreliable unwilling or unable abide by any agreement; Dept’s pressure 3 points has embarrassed Neth Govt in effort suppress unlawful and subversive activities carried on by large Repub delegation Batavia (infiltration and opium smuggling) and Hatta not yet proved himself determined able adversary Communists Indonesia. Dept officers told Counselor NethEmb they regarded his position unsatisfactory and replies unresponsive. Counselor replied his govt’s final position would be communicated Baruch. That position set forth Hague’s 645 received after conversation Neth Counselor.