501.BC Indonesia/12–1848: Telegram
The Consul General at Batavia (Livengood) to the Secretary of State 1
us urgent
[Received December 18—9:47 p. m.]
1111. Gocus 496. Schuurman called me to his office and handed me 11:30 p. m. December 18 following letter No. 398, dated Batavia 18 December addressed chairman GOC signed Schuurman:
“I have honor to refer to numerous letters to GOC from Netherlands delegation concerning violations of truce agreement, comprehensive list of which is appended, and furthermore to my letter[s] of 11 and 16 December 1948 and memorandum attached to latter.
From above-mentioned documents and evidence in support thereof submitted to your committee it is abundantly clear that truce agreement between Government of Netherlands and Government of Republic of Indonesia signed 17 January 1948 and truce regulations are not being observed by Government of Republic of Indonesia.
[Page 581]Netherlands Government is reluctantly compelled to notify your committee, according to provision of Article 10 of truce agreement that for this reason the said agreement should be terminated and it [is] considered as no longer binding as from Sunday 19 December 1948, 0000 hours Batavia time.
Republican Government has been informed accordingly.”2
Schuurman said he would probably have another announcement to hand me on Sunday. Presumably this may be on setting up of interim government, news of which just came through press channels. I will telegraph above announcement to GOC Kaliurang when telegraph office opens Sunday, 9 a. m. Schuurman promised keep me advised. Said he saw no reason for withdrawing GOC from Kaliurang. Signed Cochran.
- Repeated to Paris (for Jessup) presumably the same day.↩
- The text is printed in SC, 3rd yr., Suppl. (Dec.), p. 224. Telegram 876, December 18, from The Hague (received at 10:46 p. m.), reported: “Foreign Office information officer told press representatives 11:20 tonight in answer to question that military operations had started in Indonesia.” (856d.00/12–1848)↩