Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, the Ambassador of the Netherlands Eelco Van Kleffens, and Mr. Scott

674 //s DEPARTMENT OF STATE 006448 Memorandum of Conversation 334 COMPT IAL DATE: December 23, 1949. DECLASSIFIED Indonesia E. O: 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) SUBJECT: 7-23-25 Dept. of State letter, Aug.,5,1973 By NLT- HC , NARS Date 4-29-76 PARTICIPANTS: The Secretary, The Ambassador of the letherlands, Mr. van Kleffens, Mr. Scott, EUR. THEMAN EUR; ARCHIVES 'NATIONAL RECORDS AMD COPIES TO: WE; FE; PSA; UNA; UNP; G - - Mr. Rusk 1-1493 Ambassador van Kleffens called on me at 2:30 this afternoon to leave the attached note which announces ratification by the Netherlands and by Indonesia of the agreements signed on November 2 at the conclusion of the Round Table Conference at The Hague. The note concludes with an expression of hope by the Netherlands Government that the United States will recognize the Republic of the United States of Indonesia after sovereignty is transferred to it in a ceremony at Amsterdam on December 27. I told the Ambassador that all of us welcomed this news and that we thought those who had been responsible for bringing about the settlement reached at The Hague had shown wisdom and statesmanship. On the question of recognition, I told him it was the President's intention to recognize the new state shortly after the transfer of sovereignty had actually taken place. I also mentioned that the President was also planning to send Queen Juliana a personal message of congratulations. The Ambassador raised the question of the future role of the United Nations Commission for Indonesia. He said that there was much for it to do in the coming months in assisting in the implementation of The Hague agreements. Of particular importance would be the matter of assuring protection of minority interests, such as the Chinese, and of observing elections. He thought that if UNCFI were to succeed in carrying out the difficult task ahead of it, it would be necessary that each of the three representatives on the Commission be able