United States Relations With Indonesia; United States Concern With Political Developments in Indonesia; United States Interest in the Question of Western New Guinea (West Irian) 1

1. For previous documentation on this subject, see Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. XII, Part 2, pp. 245 ff.


289. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission at the United Nations

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 656.56D13/11–1557. Secret. Drafted in UNP, approved in S/S, and cleared in IO.


290. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, November 18, 1957

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756C.022/11–1857. Confidential. Drafted by Mein. The source text bears the handwritten notation by Joseph N. Greene, Jr., “OK as changed. JG”, and the typed notation that the last page (containing the last six paragraphs) was retyped in the Executive Secretariat.


292. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission at the United Nations

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 656.56D13/11–1957. Secret; Priority. Drafted in UNP and approved by Walmsley; cleared with Secretary Dulles in draft and with Elbrick and Robertson. Repeated to The Hague.


293. Telegram From the Embassy in the Netherlands to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 656.56D13/11–2057. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Djakarta, Canberra, and USUN.


295. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 656.56D13/11–2357. Confidential; Priority.


296. Telegram From the Embassy in Indonesia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.11/11–2557. Confidential. Repeated to The Hague and Canberra.


297. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission at the United Nations

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 656.56D13/11–2557. Secret; Niact; limit Distribution. Drafted in UNP; approved by Walmsley; and cleared by the Secretary in substance, by Robertson (initialed for him by Mein), and by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs John Wesley Jones.


298. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Indonesia

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.56/10–1157. Secret. Drafted in SPA, approved in FE, and cleared with EUR and OSD. Repeated to The Hague.


299. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 656.56D13/11–2557. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution.


300. Message From the Ambassador in Indonesia (Allison) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Robertson)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.00/11–2757. Top Secret.


301. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, November 27, 1957

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 656.56D/11–2757. Confidential. Drafted by Cameron, Officer in Charge of Swiss-Benelux Affairs.


302. Telegram From the Embassy in Indonesia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.56/11–2857. Secret.


303. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Netherlands

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 656.56D13/11–3057. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted in SPA, approved in FE, and cleared in EUR and IO. Repeated to Canberra and Djakarta.


304. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Indonesia

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.11/12–157. Confidential; Niact. Drafted and approved in SPA; cleared by Goodpaster, in substance by Robertson, and with S/S. Cleared orally by Secretary Dulles, although the source text does not so indicate. Notes prepared by Carolyn J. Proctor of a telephone call to Goodpaster at 12:55 p.m., read as follows:

“Sec asked him to read to him the proposed message to Sukarno. Sec suggested ‘satisfaction’ might be a happier choice of word than ‘congratulations’. Sec said all right, let it go.” (Memorandum by Proctor, marked “(one sided)”, of telephone call to Goodpaster, December 1; Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, White House Telephone Conversations)

Telegram 1378 from Djakarta, December 1, reported that Sukarno and members of his family had escaped uninjured the previous evening from an assassination attempt made by unidentified persons throwing grenades but that seven fatalities and numerous injuries had been reported. (Department of State, Central Files, 756D.11/12–157)


305. Telegram From the Embassy in Indonesia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.11/12–357. Secret; Priority.


307. Telegram From the Embassy in Indonesia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 121.56D/12–557. Limited Official Use.


308. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Netherlands

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 656.56D/12–457. Confidential; Priority. Drafted in WE, approved in EUR, and cleared in SPA. Repeated to Djakarta, Canberra, and New Delhi.


309. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Indonesia

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.00/12–557. Top Secret; Priority. Drafted and approved by Cumming and cleared by Howard P. Jones.


310. Notes of the Secretary’s Staff Meeting, Department of State, Washington, December 6, 1957, 9:15 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Staff Meetings: Lot 63 D 75. Secret. Prepared in the Department of State, but the source text, marked “(Informal Notes—Not Approved)”, does not indicate a drafter.


311. Telegram From the Embassy in Indonesia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 856D.19/12–657. Secret. Repeated to The Hague, Canberra, Singapore, and Manila.


312. Telegram From the Chief of Naval Operations (Burke) to the Commander in Chief, Pacific (Stump)

Source:JCS Files, CCS 092 Asia (6–25–48)(2). Top Secret; Operational Immediate. Repeated to CINCPACFLT, COMSEVENTHFLT, COMDT MARCORPS, COMSIXTHFLT, CINCNELM, and CINCLANTFLT.


313. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Indonesia

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 656.56D13/12–357. Secret; Priority. Drafted and approved by Howard P. Jones; cleared with SPA. Also sent to Canberra, The Hague, and London.


314. Message From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Robertson) to the Ambassador in Indonesia (Allison)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.00/12–757. Addressed also to Gordon Mein.


315. Notes of the Secretary’s Staff Meeting, Department of State, Washington, December 9, 1957, 9:15 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Staff Meetings: Lot 63 D 75. Secret. Prepared in the Department of State, but the source text, marked “(Informal Notes—Not Approved)”, does not indicate the drafter.


316. Telegram From the Embassy in Indonesia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 656.56D.3/12–957. Secret; Priority. Repeated to The Hague and Canberra.


317. Telegram From the Embassy in Indonesia to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 656.56D/12–1057. Confidential. Repeated to Canberra, The Hague, and Manila.


318. Telegram From the Department of State to the Office of the Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 656.56D13/12–757. Confidential; Priority. Drafted in WE and FE and approved by Under Secretary Murphy (initialed by Elbrick); cleared with FE, EUR, and the Office of European Regional Affairs (RA). Repeated to The Hague, Djakarta, and Canberra.