Telegram from Lord Mountbatten on the British mission in Indonesia (21 November 1945)

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On 21 November 1945, the British Admiral Louis Mountbatten sends the British Chiefs of Staff a telegram in which he asks for details on the British Government’s position in Indonesia. In addition to their mission to release allied prisoners of war and to disarm and repatriate the Japanese armed forces, Lord Mountbatten asks whether the British forces should also be intervening in political matters with a view to restoring Dutch power in Indonesia.

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Source: MOUNTBATTEN, Louis. [Telegram from Admiral Mountbatten to British Chiefs of Staff. SEACOS 553. (21 November 1945)]. 21-11-1945. Kept in: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). CAB - Records of the Cabinet Office, War Cabinet and Cabinet Office: Joint Planning Staff: Correspondence and Papers. Allied re-occupation of the Netherlands East Indies:civil and political aspects. 01/01/1945-31/12/1945, CAB 119/193.

Copyright: (c) The National Archives of the United Kingdom

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