Foreign Relations of the United States, 1951, Asia and the Pacific, Volume VI, Part 1

856D.2395/10–1651: Telegram

The Chargé in Indonesia (Benninghoff) to the Secretary of State

confidential

Djakarta, October 16, 1951—3 p. m.

590. Deptel 247, Aug 24 [23]. PPN informally inquired whether GSA wld consider revision rubber contract giving fixed price 53 US cents pound RSS 1, 51 cents RSS 2 and 49 cents RSS 3 for 500 to 700 tons monthly with balance of same formula present contract except Djakarta instead Singapore quotations. Emb reiterated inability negotiate above market price but agreed submit GSA.¹

Benninghoff

1. In telegram 468 to Djakarta, October 19, Ambassador Cochran was informed that GSA was unwilling to amend the rubber contract except as outlined in telegram 247 to Djakarta, August 23, p. 699. (856D 2395/10–1951)