Telegram from Ambassador Horace Cochran to Secretary of State Dean Acheson

59 INCOMING TELEGRAM Department of State ACTION COPY DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 TELEGRAPH BRANCH Action Assigned to PSA State Dept. Guideline, June 12, 1979 7-2 SECRET Act Taken noticle Action By NLT- WL NARS, Date 10.29.11 Control: 7652 FE Rec'd: May 16, 1951 FROM: Djakarta 2:35 a.m. Into Date of Action SS TO: Secretary of State my G Action Symbol PSA SISA NO: 1601, May 16, 11 a.m BUREAU EASTERN Name of Officer SFA DEPARTMENT OF STATE Direction to DC/R P NIACT file EUR UNA Recd by FONMIN Subard jo 9 a.m., May 16 his request. Subardjo USUN presumed I was aware of announcement by his Ministry that DCLC any statements to press therefrom shld only be considered DCR official if in writing. He said he had been much embarrassed by various mixed interpretation and tendency unfriendly press to use oral material wrongly. I told him I had come 5/16/51. to him directly when concerned over his statement of being willing trade with the devil, and had subsequently expressed to Darmasetiawan unhappiness of my govt well as my Emb over statements such as that attributed to Zain. I said felt obliged mention further article printed in MERDEKA 15th extremely critical US Govt (EMBTEL 1594). I told Subard jo I did not for one minute venture suggest Zain had been responsible for this article written by Diah, who was both friend of my Emb and relative of Subardjo, but that I saw great similarity in wording of Diah's article and statements made to officer of my staff and to myself by Zain. I told Subard jo that problems necessarily arose between our govts on such matters as tin and rubber and we shld talk frankly with each other when presenting our respective official positions. I pointed out danger and unfairness, however, of anyone connected with such negotiations providing press with tendentious material for use in such a prejudiced and untrue article as that written by Diah. I said that in this instance as on other occasions when Amer policy has been unfairly criticized by Indo press, I did not intend give out any statement in rebuttal thereof. I realized responsible offs of Indo Govt are cognizant and genuinely appreciative of assistance which US has given Indo in past and is continuing to give, and I preferred depend on them to make appropriate defense of our relations whenever time comes in Cabinet or Parliamentary debate, or if other type of publie official statement may be required. Subardjo said when he had made his "trade with the devil statement he had in mind particularly reaction from leftist groups PERMANENT REPRODUCTION OF THIS RECORD COPY This copy must be returned to DC/R central files with notation of action taken MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED 4