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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A006000030014-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2001
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: December 15, 1948
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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1. tTS-Dutch respom to fndon elan Premier's letter--The
se ve Cochran
in Batavia that the 13 December letter from Republican Pre -
mier Batta, offers adequate and practical grounds for the re-
sumption of negotiations, either within or outside the Good
Offices Committee. The Department has authorized Cochran
to telegraph the contents of the limber to the UN Security
Council. US Embassy The ifague reports meanwhile that
Netherlands Foreign Office officials eonsfder the letter to
be "a major concession" by the Republic.
Be in supports US position Endoi sia --Premier
Spaak has told US Embassy Brussels that he approves the
US position on Indonesia and feels that the Dutch are being
"obstinate" on this question. Spaak views the pressure of
Dutch military leaders for military action in the area as
"very dangerous," and fears that such action, unless it were
Immediately and sweepingly successful, would create a situa-
tion in Indonesia similar to that in Greece. Spank proposes
that a Washington meeting be held of top-level officials at
the governments constituting the GO C (U3 Belgium, and
Australia). Speak considers that such an i `ad hoc GOC"
meeting could produce results by summoning the Republican
Premier and the Dutch Foreign Minister and making strong
statements to both.
(CIA Comment: CIA considers that this endorsement
of the Hatta letter by the US, combined with Belgian support
of the US position, will probably persuade the Dutch to re-
sume negotiations with the Republic, thereby postponing the
possibility of I ,ch "police action"' and the necessity for
Security Council action.)
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