81. Editorial Note
On January 20, the National Security Council noted and briefly discussed an Operations Coordinating Board Progress Report on NSC 171/1 (Indonesia), dated January 12, which reported developments between June 1 and November 30, 1954, pertaining to NSC 171/1, “United States Objectives and Courses of Action With Respect to Indonesia,” November 20, 1953. According to a memorandum of discussion by Gleason, dated January 21, Special Assistant to the President Cutler briefed the Council on the main points in the Progress Report and pointed out that the NSC Planning Board was currently revising NSC 171/1. Arthur S. Flemming, Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization, stated that he found the Progress Report discouraging and considering the importance of Indonesia, he thought it was important to have the new policy as soon as possible. Cutler replied that the paragraph on Indonesia in NSC 5429/5, “Current U.S. Policy Toward the Far East,” December 22, 1954, gave sufficient guidance for the interim period and he hoped to present the Council [Page 130] with the new draft policy on Indonesia by March 1. (Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, National Security Council Records) The Progress Report is in Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Indonesia; for texts of NSC 171/1 and NSC 5429/5, see Foreign Relations, volume XII, Part 2, page 395 and ibid., Part 1, page 1062.