1.
LS RESIDENCE OF SECRETARIES
0.05

2.
MS MCCANN SPEAKS TO SECRETARIES (BACKGROUND) ARMED POLICEMEN (THREE SHOTS)
0.13

3.
LS MCCANN AND SECRETARIES TALKING
0.17

4.
CU TWO POLICEMEN TALKING TO SECRETARIES (TWO SHOTS)
0.26

5.
MS EMBASSY EFFECTS CARRIED TO WAITING VEHICLE
0.34

6.
MS MISS BODILLY CARRYING BALI WOOD CARVING
0.39

7.
LS BOTH SECRETARIES INTO WAITING CAR (TWO SHOTS)
0.49

8.
MS MISS BODILLY WITH CARVING INTO CAR
0.52

9.
MLS CAR DRIVES OFF
0.56



Initials CAR/V/CA/YA/RBI



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Background: TWO BRITISH EMBASSY WOMEN SECRETARIES WHO STAGED A "SIT IN" IN THEIR DJAKARTA HOUSE FOR THREE DAYS ENDED EARLY THIS WEEK WITH A BRITISH PROTEST AGAINST THE INDONESIAN ACTIONS AS YET UNANSWERED. THE EMBASSY HANDED THE KEYS OF THE TWO HOUSES TO AN INDONESIAN FOREIGN OFFICE OFFICIAL AND TOOK AWAY ALL EMBASSY FURNITURE AND EFFECTS.

THE TWO WOMEN WHO SAT IN ARE MISS GODIFER BODILLY AND MISS BERYL PECOVER. MISS BODILLY IS A PRIVATE SECRETARY TO THE AMBASSADOR, SIR ANDREW GILCHRIST, AND MISS PECOVER IS A SECRETARY. THE GIRLS MADE THEIR SIT IN BECAUSE THE PROTOCOL SECTION OF THE INDONESIAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTRY HAD SAID IT WANTED TO TAKE OVER THE RENTED HOUSES AND BECAUSE THE POLICE GUARDS TOLD THEM THAT IF THEY LEFT THE PREMISES, THEY WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED BACK IN.

AT ONE POINT, THE EMBASSY'S FIRST SECRETARY, MR. M.J.T. MCCANN WAS BAILED OUT AT GUNPOINT BY ONE OF THE GUARDS WHEN HE TRIED TO ENTER THE GROUNDS TO SEE THE WOMEN.

BECAUSE THE MATTER INVOLVED A DIPLOMATIC MISSION, THE PROTOCOL DEPARTMENT HAD TO BE CALLED IN. THE HOUSE MAY BECOME THE RESIDENCE OF AN INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL.

(SIR ANDREW AND MISS BODILY WERE IN DJAKARTA WHEN MOBS BURNED THE BRITISH EMBASSY AND DAMAGED SOME HOUSES OCCUPIED BY EMBASSY STAFF IN SEPTEMBER, 1963.)