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501.BC Indonesia/10–1248: Telegram

The Consul General at Batavia (Livengood) to the Secretary of State 1

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Batavia, October 12, 1948—10 p. m.
[Received October 12—12:17 p. m.]

906. Gocus 408. Reference Gocus 407,2 GOC sending following cablegram 12th to SC president Paris:

“GOC has honor state it has been informed that Repub delegation intends to present special report to SC. GOC is presently proceeding with the drafting of its fourth interim report which will be submitted in near future and will comment on topics included in Repub report. If submission of fourth interim report should be delayed GOC will comment on Repub report”.

GOC decided fourth interim report will include following 3 sections:

(1)
Progress in political negotiations (to include chronological outline of developments since third interim report and summary of informal negotiations undertaken since September 10 by Cochran).
(2)
Implementation of truce agreement (to include summary of military situation and recent Netherlands allegations re large-scale infringements in form infiltrations).
(3)
Other recent developments (to include report of actions taken by GOC with respect incidents mentioned Repub special report summarized Gocus 375, September 15).

Parts of section (1) dealing with informal negotiations cannot be drafted until events make them part of formal GOC record. At beginning of next week GOC will consider whether separate comments on Repub special report should be immediately submitted SC if by then still impossible to complete all parts of section (1) of interim report. Stuyt visited USDel 6 p. m. Stated my memo (Gocus 4063) cabled Hague night October 10. No reply yet received. Signed Cochran.

Department pass to The Hague.4

Livengood
  1. Repeated in telegram Gadel 183, October 12, 7 p. m., to Paris (for Rusk and Bancroft).↩
  2. Telegram 905, October 12, p. 408.↩
  3. Telegram 898, October 10, p. 402.↩
  4. This was done on October 14.↩