856d.00/2–1249: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Netherlands (Baruch) to the Secretary of State
142. Morning issue ANP Aneta carries following translation official communiqué issued late last night:
“Minister Sassen has submitted his resignation to Her Majesty The Queen as Minister for overseas Territories. No fundamental differences have arisen within the Cabinet on the constitutional aims concerning the reforms in Indonesia. The aims of the government as they have been repeatedly made known will therefore be followed unchanged and, as far as this depends on the government, will be realized at short notice. While also the whole Cabinet wishes to adhere to the statement of Dr. J.H. van Royen made in the SC on behalf of the government on January 28 last, a difference of opinion arose between the other members of the Cabinet and Minister Sassen on the actual policy to be conducted in this matter”.