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    "ocrText": "14918\nDEPARTMENT OF STATE\n812\nMemorandum of Conversation\n276\nARCHIVES AND\nRECORDA\nDATE:\nSERVICE*\nSeptember 14, 1951\nSUBJECT:\nIndonesian Foreign Minister's Call on the Secretary\nPARTICIPANTS:\nMr. Dean Acheson, Secretary of State\nMr. Ahmad Subardjo, Indonesian\nMr. W.S.B.Lacy, Director, Office of\nForeign Minister\nPhilippine and Southeast Asian Affairs\nDr. Ali Sastroamidjojo, Indo-\nMr. W. D. Coerr, Acting Officer in Charge,\nnesian Ambassador to the\nCOPIES TOdonesia and Pacific Island Affairs\nUnited States\nS\nFE\nPSA\nu. s. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE\n16-61120-1\nHaving come to Washington after signing the Japanese Peace Treaty at San Fran-\ncisco, Indonesian Foreign Minister Subardjo, accompanied by Ambassador Ali Sastro-\namidjojo, called at his request on the Secretary Friday evening, September 14.\nAfter amenities were exchanged, Subardjo informed the Secretary that economic\nand security conditions in Indonesia are still bad and that Indonesia faces a\ndifficult problem in rehabilitation. He dwelt briefly upon the Indonesian Govern-\nment's difficulty in dealing with guerilla activity, and as an example mentioned\nthat the lack of telephones with which to equip villages in outlying regions\nseriously hampers the coordination of repressive action by Government forces.\nAs\na partial remedy for the above situation, Subardjo said that his Government would\nbe interested in the possibility of obtaining from the United States a \"general\npurpose\" loan, although he did not elaborate as to the amount desired or the pre-\ncise uses to which such a loan would be put. He said that the Indonesian Ambassa-\ndor mi ght discuss this matter further with the Department.\nThe Secretary replied that the above type of financial assistance would probably\nbe difficult for the United States to provide in view of the current availablity of\nappropriations He assured the Foreign Minister, however, of the United States\nGovernment's continuing desire to be of assistance. The Secretary added that the\nDepartment would be very glad to receive from Ambassador Ali any specific requests\nfor material with which to meet Indonesia's pressing needs which the Foreign\nMinister had described.\nDECLASSIFIED\nE. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)\n5-12-26\nDept. of State letter, Aug 9, 1073\nBy NLT HC . NARS Date 6.30-76"
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