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Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams
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Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration)
State Department Briefs Files
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Schuman, Robert, 1886-1963
Bevin, Ernest, 1881-1951
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
WASHINGTON
November 16, 1949
I
SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS
INDONESIA
Our Consul General in Batavia reports that Dutch High
Commissioner Lovink remains generally pessimistic
over the long-term prospects in Indonesia. Lovink told our Consul
General that the western powers, which seem to be withdrawing from
the Far Eastern area, do not present the Indonesians with the
"authority" in world politics which the Japanese taught the Indo-
nesians to seek. Lovink feels that it is the absence of this
authority which is leading the Indonesians to assume a dangerous
neutral position between east and west, and he urges that the US,
UK and the Netherlands develop a strong concerted policy of political
and economic support for Indonesia. Lovink also advocates that the
three nations make military defense commitments to the Indonesian
Republic.
YUGOSLAVIA
Our Charge in Belgrade believes that although the
Yugoslav government is still intensely interested in
Albania and strongly dislikes the present Albanian regime, the recent
Yugoslav denunciation of the treaty of friendship with Albania does
not presage direct Yugoslav intervention in the near future. Our
Charge states that with the setbacks in Yugoslavia and Greece, the
Soviet position in Albania has become increasingly tenuous, and the
time element is running in Yugoslavia's favor. Should Soviet support
for Albania weaken, a pro-Tito regime seems to our Charge to be a
foregone conclusion.
GERMANY
In his conversations with German leaders, the Secre-
tary assured them that complete understanding was
reached in Paris, and told them that he, Bevin, and Schuman feel the
High Commissioners have been given sufficient latitude to work out
with the German governments satisfactory solutions to the present
problems. The Secretary stressed the importance of cooperation of
both the German government and the opposition with the occupying
powers, and pointed out that the rise of a strong nationalism and
opposition to those powers would quickly kill the more sympathetic
attitude which was developing in western Europe, as well as discourag-
ing the people of the US so that they would not be willing to contrib-
ute sums essential to German economic recovery. The Secretary pointed
out to opposition leader Schumacher in particular the importance of
all German parties working together to arrive at a united policy.
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