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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A006100040036-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 1, 2002
• Sequence Number: 36
• Publication Date: November 16, 1949
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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1. Dutch 4igh Commissioner's views on Indonesia and Far East?
The US Consul General in Batavia transmits the opinion of
Dutch High Commissioner Lovink that although the transfer
of sovereignty to the Indonesians and the establishment of a
new government can be accomplished without disorders,
long-term prospects for Indonesia are less promising.
Lovink told the Consul General that the western powers,
by apparently withdrawing from the Far Eastern area and
failing to provide "authority"' in world politics, may lead
the Indonesians to assume a "neutral" position between the
East and the West. Lovink added that he has no faith in the
projected Southeast Asia Union, which he believes would be
susceptible to Communist influence, with China as the
potential great Asiatic power. Lovink therefore urges
that the US, the UK, and the Netherlands develop a strong
concerted policy of political and economic support for
Indonesia and that joint military defense commitments be
made to the new Indonesian Republic.
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