Foreign Relations of the United States, 1949, The Far East: China, Volume IX

893.01/12–2049: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Netherlands (Chapin)

Washington, December 29, 1949—7 p. m.

1189. Dept concurs gen conclusions Moscow’s 3157, Dec 21 to Dept¹⁷ relayed to Hague, Batavia and suggest you might appropriately use background info that msg in discussions (this tel is in specific response to urtel 1282, Dec 20 relayed Batavia, Moscow) with concerned officials. Believe Indos shld be encouraged not recognize Chi Commie regime before US recognizes. You might stress fol considerations:

1. USSR attitude toward admission Indo [to] UN will be determined by larger Soviet objectives not by merits of case nor Indo acts designed win over USSR. Gen lines Sov attitude Indos made clear recent Sov veto SC Indo res[olution].

2. Even if Chi Commie were to recognize Indos might lead to no change Sov attitude Indos admission to UN but result in immed estab Chi Commie mission Indo with unlimited opportunities for penetration and anti-Hatta maneuvering.

3. Unless special GA¹⁸ shld be called of which no present indication Indo cannot be admitted UN until next Sep at earliest hence wisest policy proceed slowly vis-à-vis both Chi Commie regime and USSR.

Acheson

17. Not printed; it discussed the Soviet attitude toward nationalism in colonial areas as based on writings by Lenin and Stalin, with special regard to signs of hostility for the new United States of Indonesia (501.BC Indonesia/12–2149).
18. General Assembly of the United Nations.