Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, Southeast Asia, Volume XXII

308. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Netherlands ¹

Washington , December 5, 1957—6:20 p.m.

1004. Reference: re Embtel 993.² Following based uncleared Memo Conversation Dutch Ambassador and Under Secretary December 4.³

Ambassador said he was under instructions to make urgently “serious and solemn appeal” to US to make representations to Indonesia in effort bring that Government “to its senses.” Van Roijen was told that our Ambassador at Djakarta had made representations prior General Assembly vote and had been instructed subsequent to vote to make further representations to Indonesian Government.⁴ Van Roijen said Dutch Government would be most grateful for these approaches but that his Government would hope that US would make further representations to Indonesia. Van Roijen agreed with Under Secretary that there should be no publicity regarding Dutch request or US representations.

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Dutch Ambassador reviewed situation with Under Secretary who told him this government actively following developments Indonesia.

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1. 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.
2. Telegram 993 from The Hague, December 4, stated that the Netherlands Foreign Office had informed the Embassy that Ambassador van Roijen had been instructed to request U.S. intervention with Indonesia. (Ibid.)
3. Drafted by Richard M. Service, Deputy Director of the Office of Western European Affairs, not printed. (Ibid., 756D.00/12–457)
4. Reference is apparently to telegram 1214 to Djakarta; see footnote 5, Document 305.