856d.00/5–249: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Embassy in India 1
330. Urtel 494, May 2. Re disclosures made you by Menon on current GOI position Indo dispute, request you see Bajpai or Nehru soonest and inform him that from info available Dept (1) issues in dispute in prelim conf Batavia have been substantially narrowed in past week (2) terms offered by Dutch in discussions indicate that compliance [Page 400] with SC Mar 23 directive likely to be achieved (3) Repub working paper on restoration Jogja to which it assumed Menon referred looks to settlement issues beyond immed objectives Mar 23 directive and (4) in view of apparently favorable progress of prelim conf at Batavia it would be unfortunate at this time if there were to be any unduly rigid position on either side which would seriously delay holding substantive negots at Hague (which SC has considered may be held there in conformity Jan 28 res).
- Repeated as 254, Usgoc 360, to Batavia, and as 383 to The Hague. Telegram 255, Usgoc 361, May 4, 5 p. m., to Batavia, advised Mr. Cochran that the Department wished him to “give Henderson benefit of your comments” on the Indian approach (501.BC Indonesia/5–249).↩