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5 Department of External Affairs to Officer
Cablegram 15 CANBERRA, 30 January 1947
SECRET
Our 12. Representation at Batavia. Please approach Foreign Office
seeking provisional recognition of Bertram Charles Ballard as
Consul-General at Batavia with jurisdiction in Netherlands East
Indies. London has been asked to submit Commission to Palace for
signature and to forward for Counter-signature by Minister. [1]
1 The Legation at The Hague replied on 17 February that the
Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs had granted provisional
recognition to Ballard as Consul-General at Batavia. His
commission was signed by King George VI on 13 July.
[AA:A1068/1, IC47/15/2/2/1]
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