United Nations Security Council Resolution 65, adopted on December 28, 1948, requested that the consular representatives in Batavia referred to in United Nations Security Council Resolution 30 send a complete report on the situation in the Republic of Indonesia, covering the observance of cease-fire orders and the conditions prevailing in areas under military occupation or from which armed forces now in occupation may be withdrawn.
The resolution was adopted with nine votes to none; the Ukrainian SSR and Soviet Union abstained.
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