Letter from the British Foreign Office on British policy in the Netherlands East Indies and in Indochina (London, 16 November 1945)
Text On 16 November 1945, John Cecil Sterndale Bennett from the British Foreign Office informs J. B. Sidebotham from the Colonial Office about British policy in the Netherlands East Indies and Indochina. He emphasises that the government does not wish to be involved in the administration or political affairs of non-British territories and that the aim is to withdraw British troops from these regions as soon as possible.
Source and copyright
Source: BENNETT, Sterndale John Cecil. [Letter from Foreign Office to Colonial Office (16 November 1945). 16-11-1945. Kept in: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). CO - Records of the Colonial Office, Commonwealth and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices, Empire Marketing Board, and related bodies, CO 968 - Colonial Office and Commonwealth Office: Defence Department and successors: Original Correspondence. Netherlands East Indies and French Indo-China: resolution in Ceylon State Council not to hinder movements for independence, CO 968/107/2.
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