501.BC Indonesia/12–1848: Telegram

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

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1109. Gocus 494. Re paragraph 2 Gocus 493.2 GOC Secretariat Batavia received telegraphically from GOC Kaliurang this afternoon following text almost verbatim as drafted last night.

[Here follows text of supplementary report by the GOC at Kaliurang, December 18, printed in SC, 3rd yr., Suppl. (Dec), page 215.]

“5. At special meeting of GOC held in Kaliurang at 10 a. m. on 18 December the deputy of USRep introduced above 3 documents in GOC as documents bearing on status of negotiations. GOC decided to submit documents with a statement of attendant circumstances in form of a special report to SC supplementing the special report of 12 Dec. 1948 in order keep members of SC currently informed at critical time”.

Secretariat Batavia will despatch foregoing text telegraphically to SC Paris tonight with covering message of transmission. Report also being made available two parties with request any comments be telegraphed direct SC. Signed Cochran.

Livengood
  1. Repeated to Paris (for Jessup) on the same day.
  2. Telegram 1108, December 18, p. 574.