Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1941, The Far East, Volume IV

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Memorandum by the Adviser on Political Relations (Hornbeck)⁷⁸

[Washington,] November 5, 1941.

Baron van Boetzelaer⁷⁹ handed me this paper⁸⁰ this morning, saying that he had already handed a copy of it to Mr. Dean Acheson. Van Boetzelaer explained, with the help of some questions on my part (!), that it represented in effect an unofficially expressed opinion entertained by and informally communicated from the highest governmental circles in the Netherlands East Indies.

Comment: In my opinion, the statement of facts is approximately accurate and the views expressed in the concluding sentences are sound.

S[tanley] K. H[ornbeck]

78. Noted by the Secretary of State.
79. Minister Counselor of the Netherland Legation.
80. Supra.