Foreign Relations of the United States, 1948, The Far East and Australasia, Volume VI

501.BC Indonesia/12–648: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Consulate General at Batavia ¹

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Washington, December 6, 1948—7 p. m.

615. Usgoc 217. Re your recommendation no. 4 Gocus 471² Dept agrees telegraphic report be made SC giving full particulars direct conversations and their results well as facts leading up to conversations and submission texts duBois-Critchley Plan and USDel Plan. In so doing you will be preparing way for Dept’s support for USDel plan in any future SC debate. You may inform NethDel of your taking this action with Dept’s approval. Dept understands SC will be prepared meet Paris until end of year.

Lovett

1. Repeated as 610 to The Hague and Gadel 689 to Paris.
2. Telegram 1068, December 5, p. 523.