7. Mr. Edward M. Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what developments have taken place with regard to the expropriation of British property in Indonesia since Her Majesty's Ambassador in Djakarta handed a note to the Indonesian Government on 25th February drawing attention to the fact that no reply had been received to the note delivered by Her Majesty's Ambassador on 1st December last.
§ Mr. George ThomsonThere has been no response from the Indonesian Government to the representations made by our Ambassador.
We are not alone in this situation. No compensation has yet been paid by Indonesia for Dutch properties seized in 1958. A general take-over of United States interests began some weeks ago, and our latest information is that all foreign companies operating in Indonesia are to be taken over.