ABSTRACT
In human relations the time lag in the march of ideas among different peoples is one of the most fruitful causes of conflicts and mutual suspicion and recrimination. When the high tide of imperialism had passed for the older colonial empires and they were deliberately. In Indonesia the efforts for the implementation of the Linggajati Agreement bore no results and the situation changed for the worse. The Western democracies were directly concerned with these problems, for their influence had been paramount in this region and they carried direct responsibility for most of its component territories. Mr. Sharifuddin, interpreting the American note as a recognition of "the essential position of the Republic of Indonesia as a factor of political and economic stability in the world". He agreed; he even said that these points were well taken; he even discussed Dutch technical assistance for improving the mobility of his police.
