Telegram from Ambassador Horace Cochran to Secretary of State Dean Acheson

37 INCOMING TELEGRAM Department of State 240 TELEGRAPH BRANCH 1 A SECRET Action Control: 12448 FE Rec'd: June 22, 1951 FROM: Djakarta 9:06 a .m. Info TO: SS Secretary of State DECLASSIFIED G E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 E NO: 1807, June 22, 4 p.m. State Dept. Guideline June 12, 1979 EUR By NLT/KL UNA 10-29-11 US UN NIACT. DCL DCR Received DEPTEL 1399 today 10 a.m. Religious holiday and all Indo Govt offices closed. Unable find Hatta, Djuanda or Darmasetiawan at home until received by Djuanda twelve noon. I inquired of him status embargo question. said last he had heard was decision Cabinet meeting last week to give Ambassador A11, with copy to Palar, list Indo items to be embargoed with decision on rubber left open. Said Indo officials US were to be instructed learn what Brit and others including their lists with particular reference rubber. If they including rubber, Ali was to approach State Dept and see what considerations he cld get from US for Indo likewise including rubber. Djuanda definitely understood, however, that Indo Govt reconciled to including rubber if UK decision thereon was unconditional. Ali's approach to State Dept was to portray economic repercus- sions Indo. Djuanda considered internal political reper- cussions had already been weighed when Cabinet decision above-mentioned taken. I then let Djuanda know I had learned Palar had told Gross he had received Indo list from which rubber omitted for reasons indicated in DEPTEL 1399. Said I hoped Dept had been able thru Ali to get Palar defer filing report with UN or giving publicity thereto. I emphasized bad reaction that wld follow in US Congress and public if rubber not in- cluded Indo embargo. Djuanda said question of embargo not raised at Tuesday night's Cabinet meeting this week and he was not aware any developments since last week's meeting. He telephoned Darmasetiawan. He gave me impression following his talk with Darmasetiawan that Ministers Subardjo and Sujono Hadinoto, to whom Cabinet had entrusted task of filling in details of draft instruction to Ali, which Cabinet had approved, may have exercised some liberty in suggesting bargaining maneuvers to Ali and Palar. I told Djuanda I had let Darmasetiawan know that we did not intend bargain with either British or Indos. I had assured Indo officials 169 consistently REPRODUCTION OF THIS GRADEM MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED