Office of the Historian

The interest of the United States in nationalist opposition to the restoration of Netherlands rule in the East Indies and consideration by the United Nations Security Council of Indonesian case; recognition of Indonesia1

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1948, vol. vi, pp. 57–624. The revised Netherlands constitution renamed the Netherlands East Indies as Indonesia on September 20, 1948. For UN documentation on Indonesia, see United Nations, Official Records of the Security Council, Fourth Year, Nos. 1–2, 4–9, 13, 19–24, 44–45, 51–52; Supplement for January, February, March, September, October, November and December; said Special Supplement Nos. 5 and 6.

[395] The Consul General at Batavia (Beam) to the Secretary of State

Batavia, November 16, 1949—11 a. m.

501.BC Indonesia/11–1649: Telegram

[397] The Acting Secretary of State to Certain Diplomatic Offices

Washington, November 25, 1949—8 a. m.

501.BC Indonesia/11–2549: Circular telegram

[398] The Consul General at Batavia (Beam) to the Secretary of State

Batavia, November 29, 1949—noon.

501.BC Indonesia/11–2949: Telegram

[399] The Acting Secretary of State to the Consulate General at Batavia

Washington, November 29, 1949—7 p. m.

701.56d11/11–2949: Telegram

[400] The Consul General at Batavia (Beam) to the Secretary of State

Batavia, December 1, 1949—4 p. m.

501.BC Indonesia/12–149: Telegram

[401] The Consul General at Batavia (Beam) to the Secretary of State

Batavia, December 4, 1949—2 p. m.

501.BC Indonesia/12–449: Telegram

[402] The Secretary of State to the Consulate General at Batavia

Washington, December 6, 1949—noon.

501.BC Indonesia/12–649: Telegram

[403] The Consul General at Batavia (Beam) to the Secretary of State

Batavia, December 8, 1949—9 a. m.

501.BC Indonesia/12–849: Telegram

[404] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Washington, December 14, 1949—7 p. m.

856d.00/12–1449: Telegram

[405] The Secretary of State to the Consulate General at Batavia

Washington, December 15, 1949—7 p. m.

856d.00/12–849: Telegram

[406] The Secretary of State to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin)

Washington, December 19, 1949—1 p. m.

501.BC Indonesia/12–1749: Telegram

[407] The Secretary of State to the Consulate General at Batavia

Washington, December 20, 1949—7 p. m.

840.50 Recovery/12–2049: Telegram

[408] The Ambassador in the Netherlands (Chapin) to the Secretary of State

The Hague, December 22, 1949.

856d.00/12–2249: Telegram

[410] The Consul General at Batavia (Beam) to the Secretary of State

Batavia, December 24, 1949—1 p. m.

501.BC Indonesia/12–2449: Telegram

[411] The Secretary of State to the Consulate General at Batavia

Washington, December 27, 1949—4 p. m.

856d.01/12–2749: Telegram

[412] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Netherlands

Washington, December 27, 1949—4 p. m.

856d.01/12–2749: Telegram

[413] The Ambassador in the Netherlands (Chapin) to the Secretary of State

The Hague, December 27, 1949—6 p. m.

856d.01/12–2749: Telegram

[414] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Indonesia (Cochran)

Washington, December 30, 1949—8 p. m.

501.BC Indonesia/12–3049: Telegram