Office of the Historian

The interest of the United States in nationalist opposition to the restoration of Netherlands rule in the East Indies and consideration by the United Nations Security Council of Indonesian case; recognition of Indonesia1

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1948, vol. vi, pp. 57–624. The revised Netherlands constitution renamed the Netherlands East Indies as Indonesia on September 20, 1948. For UN documentation on Indonesia, see United Nations, Official Records of the Security Council, Fourth Year, Nos. 1–2, 4–9, 13, 19–24, 44–45, 51–52; Supplement for January, February, March, September, October, November and December; said Special Supplement Nos. 5 and 6.

[125] Memorandum by the Director of the Office of United Nations Affairs (Rusk)

[Washington,] January 18, 1949.

501.BC Indonesia/1–1849

[127] The Ambassador in Belgium (Kirk) to the Acting Secretary of State

Brussels, January 18, 1949—4 p. m.

501.BC Indonesia/1–1849: Telegram

[128] The Acting United States Representative at the United Nations (Jessup) to the Acting Secretary of State

New York, January 18, 1949—5:55 p. m.

501.BC Indonesia/1–1849: Telegram

[129] The Acting United States Representative at the United Nations (Jessup) to the Acting Secretary of State

New York, January 18, 1949—11:27 p. m.

501.BC Indonesia/1–1849: Telegram

[130] The United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin) to the Acting Secretary of State

New York, January 19, 1949—3:03 p. m.

501.BC Indonesia/1–1949: Telegram

[131] The Consul General at Batavia (Livengood) to the Acting Secretary of State

Batavia, January 19, 1949—5 p. m.

501.BC Indonesia/1–1949: Telegram

[132] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in Belgium

Washington, January 19, 1949—6 p. m.

501.BC Indonesia/1–1849: Telegram

[133] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Netherlands

Washington, January 19, 1949—6 p. m.

856d.00/1–1849: Telegram

[134] The Ambassador in the Netherlands (Baruch) to the Acting Secretary of State

The Hague, January 20, 1949—6 p. m.

501.BC Indonesia/1–2049: Telegram

[135] The Ambassador in the Netherlands (Baruch) to the Acting Secretary of State

The Hague, January 20, 1949—9 p. m.

501.BC Indonesia/1–2049: Telegram

[136] The Consul General at Batavia (Livengood) to the Acting Secretary of State

Batavia, January 20, 1949—10 p. m.

501.BC Indonesia/1–2049: Telegram

[137] The Consul General at Batavia (Livengood) to the Secretary of State

Batavia, January 21, 1949—7 p. m.

501.BC Indonesia/1–2149: Telegram

[138] The Ambassador in France (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

Paris, January 22, 1949—2 p. m.

856d.00/1–2249: Telegram

[139] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Netherlands

Washington, January 22, 1949—2 p. m.

501.BC Indonesia/1–2149: Telegram

[140] The Ambassador in Belgium (Kirk) to the Secretary of State

Brussels, January 22, 1949—4 p. m.

856d.00/1–2249: Telegram

[141] The Consul General at Batavia (Livengood) to the Secretary of State

Batavia, January 23, 1949—7 p. m.

501.BC Indonesia/1–2349: Telegram

[142] The Consul General at Batavia (Livengood) to the Secretary of State

Batavia, January 24, 1949—noon.

501.BC Indonesia/1–2449: Telegram

[143] The Consul General at Batavia (Livengood) to the Secretary of State

Batavia, January 25, 1949.

501.BC Indonesia/1–2549: Telegram

[144] The Acting United States Representative at the United Nations (Jessup) to the Secretary of State

New York, January 26, 1949—8 p. m.

501.BC Indonesia/1–2649: Telegram

[145] The Consul General at Batavia (Livengood) to the Secretary of State

Batavia, January 31, 1949.

501.BC Indonesia/1–3149: Telegram

[146] The Ambassador in the Netherlands (Baruch) to the Secretary of State

The Hague, January 21 [31], 1949—2 p. m.

501.BC Indonesia/1–2149: Telegram

[147] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Netherlands

Washington, January 31, 1949—7 p. m.

501.BC Indonesia/1–3149: Telegram

[148] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Belgium

Washington, January 31, 1949—7 p. m.

501.BC Indonesia/1–3149: Telegram

[149] The Secretary of State to the Consulate General at Batavia

Washington, January 31, 1949—8 p. m.

501.BC Indonesia/1–3149: Telegram

[150] The British Embassy to the Department of State

[Washington, February 1, 1949.]

501.BC Indonesia/2–149

[151] The Consul General at Batavia (Livengood) to the Secretary of State

Batavia, February 2, 1949.

501.BC Indonesia/2–249: Telegram

[152] The Consul General at Batavia (Livengood) to the Secretary of State

Batavia, February 2, 1949—8 p. m.

501.BC Indonesia/2–249: Telegram

[154] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Netherlands

Washington, February 3, 1949—8 p. m.

501.BC Indonesia/2–349: Telegram