Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Dutch are maintaining that they are keeping to Linggadjati
Agreement. [1] The Minister asked Dutch Minister what population
would be included in Republic if and when United States of
Indonesia were established according to present plans.
Incidentally, Dutch Minister stated that this would be any day
now. Reply was that only seven or ten millions were involved, at
which Minister pointed out that Linggadjati provided specific
boundaries by naming in Article 1 Java, Madura, and Sumatra. [2]
Dutch Minister claimed that Article 3, giving right to populations
of any territory to establish a special relationship with the
Kingdom, meant that the Dutch were acting within the Linggadjati
Agreement in setting up separate units. This however, is a
misinterpretation of Article 3, which clearly implied the
establishment of a United States of Indonesia including the
Republic as defined, and after that the right by democratic
processes, and after due consultation, to enter into a special
relationship. This will be clear on reading Articles 1 and 3.
2. In view of this, it would be unfair if Dutch claims of
conforming to Linggadjati remain unchallenged.