501.BC Indonesia/2–449: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Netherlands (Baruch) to the Secretary of State 1
108. Deptel 94, February 3. We have left no possible shred of doubt in our statement to Foreign Office of deadly earnestness of our Government and the serious view we take re situation in Indonesia and the full intention our Government to do everything necessary to push home objectives and meaning of resolution we sponsored in SC. Stikker, Lovink and members of Cabinet can have no illusion that US is speaking with its tongue in its cheek. My conversation with Stikker did not fail to impress him with fact US is most insistent that the definite steps this resolution entails must be promptly and fully complied with. Undoubtedly Cochran’s visit here and the meetings which are being scheduled for him will further underline my statement of Department’s position anent resolution and UNCI’s duties in Batavia, especially in view of fact that emphasis was laid by me on this point when informing Stikker of salient facts Deptel 84, February 1.
- Repeated in telegram 62, Usgoc 286, February 5, 6 p. m., to Batavia.↩