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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A006100050048-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 24, 2002
• Sequence Number: 48
• Publication Date: May 1, 1950
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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GENERAL
1. Views on disposition of Dutch New Guinea--The Department
at State has received a note from the Dutch Ambassador in
Washington stating that the Netherlands Cabinet has reached
the conclusion that New Guinea should remain under Dutch
authority and now requests US support in this matter. In the
note, the Netherlands Government states that the transfer
of authority over this area to either Australia or the United
States of Indonesia would be "unacceptable" to the Nether-
lands and observes that: (a) the Round Table Conference
agreed that the political status of New Guinea would be settled
through bilateral Indonesian-Dutch negotiations; and (b) nego-
tiations to date have shown that the Indonesian Government
is not prepared to arrive at a solution satisfactory to the
Netherlands. The Netherlands Government points out that
the UN Commission on Indonesia, which will receive the re-
port of the mixed Dutch-Indonesian Commission, may be
able to assist the parties in reaching an agreement, and
comments that the UN Security Council may have to consider
the problem if agreement is not reached.
Meanwhile, the Australian Government has reiterated
its intention-to protect what it considers to be, Australia's
vital strategic interest in Netherlands New Guinea and has
indicated that Australia is prepared to entertain solutions
other. than outright Australian control over the area.
(CIA Comment: CIA believes that the Netherlands
position favoring continued Dutch control over New Guinea,
which was inspired by recent Australian statements that
Indonesian control over that area could not be tolerated,
may quiet the Australian Government's fears. CIA further
believes that Indonesian knowledge of the adamant Nether-
lands position will further weaken Netherlands -Indonesian
relations, because the Indonesians still expect to acquire
Netherlands New Guinea before the end of 1960.)
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2. VENEZUELA: Possible dissolution of Communist Pare--
US Embassy Caracas reports that the military junta is con-
sidering the dissolution and suppression of the Communist
Party in Venezuela.
(CIA Comment: CIA believes that the current Com-
munist-Inspired oil workers' strike will probably lead to
government action to dissolve the Communist Party. CIA
further believes that if the party is outlawed, the government
will take strong and effective measures to eliminate Commu-
nist influence throughout Venezuela.)
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