Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

the OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WASHINGTON E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 DECLASSIFIED State DEB Dept. NLT, Date 6-10-85 Guidelines, March 6, 1982 October 23, 1950 is C E T By SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS INDONESIA The Indonesians have rejected our plea for a conciliatory gesture toward the Ambonese which would permit the UN Commission to advise that Security Council con- sideration of the matter was no longer necessary. The Indonesians, however, are also wary of Security Council action on the matter and are trying to persuade the UN Commission of the undesirability of Security Council debate. Meanwhile Embassy Djakarta informs us that Indonesian reinforcements have been built up and will go into action immediately under a plan to complete their campaign before the end of the month. Ambassador Cochran comments that no argu- ments either he or the UN Commission might present could prevent the new offensive, and that he would not wish to be the one to topple the Natsir government on this issue. He says that the present Indo- nesian government is the most moderate and pro-western parliament- ary government that can possibly be set up and endure in the present situation, and less blood is likely to be shed by it on Ambon than would surely flow in Indonesia if either a leftist or a military govern- ment took over. Despite the seeming impasse that has been reached we are suggesting a last strategem: an appeal directly from the Dutch Queen to Sukarno for the latter to issue a declaration on the subject of Ambon's autonomy. This is presently under informal consideration. INDIA The Indian Government is apparently much embarrassed because its recent warnings about Chinese intentions in Korea have proven groundless. Embassy New Delhi has been shown British memoranda covering recent conversa- tions with Secretary General of the Ministry of External Affairs Bajpai which indicated that Bajpai has expressed great indignation that the Communist authorities should have completely misled the Government of India concerning their intentions in the matter of the 38th parallel, after India had gone to such lengths not only to prove its friendly feelings for China but to expose China's cause in the UN and before the world. t he Government of India had acted in good faith in the matter toward other friendly nations only to placed in the indivious position of a cat's paw for Soviet-Chinese maneuvers. Bajpai had intimated that the Chinese statements had led India to SECREI