Telegram from Lewis Douglas to Secrertary of State Dean Acheson

INCOMING TELEGRAM DEPARTMENT OF STATE-DIVISION OF COMMUNICATIONS AND RECORDS TELEGRAPH BRANCH D SHORDT A 241 Action UCFA Info: Control 2617 SS E Rec'd March 7, 1949 C 3:48 p.m. G 0 UGT FROM: London EUR UFAA TO: Secretary of State DCL ITP NO: NIACT 821, March 7, 5 p.m. DCR LOG US URGENT. After meeting with Bevin this morning as reported in MYTEL 818, repeated Paris 145, The Hague 25, Brussels 36, Bevin received additional information concerning attitude of Netherlands which causes him great concern. He had a report from British Charge in Paris of meeting Saturday night British Embassy there among Cripps, Schuman, Spaak and Stikker, in which latter expressed grave doubts that in the light of communication made to him by Harriman Dutch could participate in MAP meeting planned for London March 14. According to Bevin's information Stikker construed Harriman's warning contained in DEPTEL 736 to London, 109 Hague, 705 Paris, as pressure from US for Dutch to comply with SC resolution Indonesia. Bevin so concerned that he has held up sending invita- tions to WU countries for meeting fourteenth. He feels that meeting without Dutch would be disastrous for WU. He is seeing Dutch Ambassador this afternoon and intends pointing out that in his opinion US warning constitutes factual statement of situation and not intended as pres- sure to force compliance with SC resolution. Any re- assurance that US may be able to give Dutch that our representation not intended as pressure but that we were duty bound to make it clear that our obligation in UN might make it impossible to furnish military equipment assistance in advance of Indonesian settlement would help situation. and HATIONAL RECORDS Bevin then DECLASSIFIED SERVICE'" E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) or H Dept. of State letter, 7-15:32 TOP OLCRET By NLT- He NARS Date 9-10-76 INFORMATION COPY