MEMORANDUM TO MR. JOHN A. MCCONE FROM WILLIAM H. BRUBECK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R002900270018-5
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 6, 2003
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: January 30, 1963
• Content Type: MF

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DEPARTMENT')F "1'ATF j
SECRET
January 30, 1963
M.P. John A. McCone
TO:
Central Intelligence Ag
FRAM: William H. Brubeck
Executive secretary
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Attached for your information and
files is a copy of a letter from D.A.
Greenhill of the British Embassy to the
Secretary of State.
Enclosure:
Letter to the Secretary of State
from D.A. Greenhill dtd 1/30/63
re discussions with the Australians
and New Zealanders about Indonesia
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BRITISH EMBASSY,
WASHINGTON, O.C.
January 30, 1963.
The Foreign Secretary has telegraphed to say
that he is seriously concerned about the delay in
starting our discussions with the Australians and
New Zealanders about Indonesia.
Lord Home considers it conceivable that by the
end of February we might be involved in serious fighting
in the Borneo territories against the Indonesians.
He does not believe that there is any difference between
British and American assessments of Indonesian policy and
aims and that therefore it ought to be possible to reach
agreement between us and our Australian and New Zealand
colleagues within a matter of two or three days. Te
should then be able to press on towards early agreement
on recommendations to the four Governments as to the
policy to be pursued and for this policy to be immediately
applied while there is still time to avert any serious
developments.
The Honorable Dean Rusk,
Department of State,
Visshin uon, D.C.
/Lord Home
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Lord Lome fears that if we wait much longer we
shall be Committed to irreversible courses vrhich could
make a head-on collision mith Indonesia inevitable.
He very much ho_~es that we may be able to begin and
conclude our studies within the next week or ten days.
As you know the Ambassador is in New York until Wednesday
evening and grill be ready to discuss this further with
you or Mr. Harriman on his return. In the meantime I am
at your disposal.
(D.A.Greenhill)
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