501.BC Indonesia/3–1049: Telegram.
The Secretary of State to the Consulate General at Batavia
155. Usgoc 329. Dept requests your comments Niact on Stikker–Bevin letter which assume you have already received from Brit Con-Gen. Question which Dept must now answer is whether US should tell Stikker that we consider these proposals reasonable as basis removal Jogja obstacle and as preliminary to round table discussions, subject to bona fide negotiations in Batavia of details requiring negotiation. Neths Ambassador has made clear that unless US and Brit can so inform Stikker, Stikker would not attempt gain Dutch Govt approval this program.