January–July 1959: NSC Consideration of U.S. Policy on Indonesia; Augmentation of U.S. Military Assistance to Indonesia; Concern of the Netherlands Over U.S. Military Aid; U.S. Policy Toward the West Irian-West New Guinea Dispute; and Establishment of Sukarno’s “Guided Democracy” Government
200. Letter From the Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council (Burgess) to We Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Robertson)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.56/5–1859. Secret.
201. Telegram From the Embassy in Indonesia to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.11/5–2159. Confidential; Priority. Also sent to CINCPAC.
202. Despatch From the Embassy in Indonesia to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 656.56D13/5–2659. Secret. Drafted by Edward C. Ingraham, Second Secretary of the Embassy.
203. Despatch From the Embassy in Indonesia to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 656.56D13/5–2659. Secret. Drafted by Ingraham. Jones transmitted despatches 904 (Document 202) and 905 in despatch 925, June 1, which reported his concurrence with the conclusions and recommendations reported therein. He concluded: “Our position of neutrality has served its purpose. It is time we developed a formula to remove this major irritant to Indonesian relations with the West.” (Department of State, Central Files, 656.56D13/6–1550)
205. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.00/6–559. Official Use Only. Drafted by Mein.
206. Letter From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Robertson) to the Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council (Burgess)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.56/5–1859. Secret. Drafted by Wenzel on June 2 and cleared by Mein and Parsons.
207. Memorandum From the Director of the Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs (Mein) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Robertson)
Source: Department of State, SPA Files: Lot 62 D 409, General. Confidential. Also sent to Parsons and Marshall Green. All recipients initialed the memorandum indicating they had read the attached paper. Green wrote: “Well worth reading. Right to the point.” Parsons wrote: “This is a fine paper—let’s keep it handy. 7/12/59”
208. Telegram From the Embassy in Indonesia to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.00/6–1859. Secret. Transmitted in two sections and also sent to the Department of the Army and CINCPAC.
209. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Robertson) to Acting Secretary of State Dillon
Source: Department of State, S/S–OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Indonesia. Confidential. Drafted by Moore on June 17 and cleared with Mein. A copy of this memorandum was sent to Murphy.
211. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Parsons) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Murphy)
Source: Department of State, S/S–OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Indonesia. Secret. Drafted by Moore on June 30 and cleared with Mein.
212. Memorandum From the Director of the Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs (Mein) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Parsons)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.03/7–859. Secret. Drafted by Moore.
213. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199. Secret. Drafted by Geoffrey W. Lewis, First Secretary of Embassy in Paris, and approved by Herter July 14. The meeting was held at the Villa Greta, The Foreign Ministers were meeting on the future of Germany July 13–August 5.
214. Telegram From Secretary of State Herter to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 656.56D13/7–1559. Secret; Limit Distribution. Repeated to London, The Hague, and Djakarta.
215. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Parsons) to Acting Secretary of State Dillon
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.11/7–1659. Secret. Drafted by Moore on July 14 and cleared with Mein and Marshall Green. A copy of this memorandum was sent to Murphy.
216. Telegram From the Embassy in Indonesia to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 756D.00/7–2759. Confidential. Also sent to CINCPAC. Transmitted in two sections and repeated to The Hague, Canberra, Manila, Tokyo, Bangkok, London, and Singapore.