This memorandum was printed as a confidential document for the members of the assessment committee charged with investigating Kuyper’s behavior in the decorations affair (see 1909.19). The memorandum includes letters, postcards, and press statements, as well as background information and Kuyper’s remarks about the affair. The memorandum also discusses his testimony in the Second Chamber (see 1909.25, pp. 330–332), the parliamentary reaction to his testimony, and the two speeches delivered by P.J. Troelstra. The memorandum numbers fifteen paragraphs, including information about other issues such as the Tideman interview (see 1909.19), with an additional paragraph of summary. A list of forty-one enclosures is also included (pp. 58–59).

On May 25, 1910, the Second Chamber rejected P.J. Troelstra’s proposal to carry out a parliamentary investigation into Kuyper’s behavior in the decorations affair. Immediately afterwards, Kuyper gave a copy of this memorandum to J.H.F.K. van Swinderen (vice president of the Council of State), H.J. Kist (a member of the First Chamber), and A.P.C. van Karnebeek (a member of the Second Chamber), all of whom had been appointed to the assessment committee by the chairman of the First Chamber.