Numerous accounts, including Gregory Fremont-Barnes' History of Counterinsurgency, are content with a simplified version that Indonesia closed the Strait for one reason or another, and that the arrival of the task force assembled around the aging carrier had intimidated Sukarno into reopening it.
Banyak laporan, termasuk History of Counterinsurgency Gregory Fremont-Barnes, setuju dengan versi sederhana bahwa Indonesia menutup selat tersebut karena alasan tertentu dan kedatangan satuan tugas di sekeliling kapal induk tersebut mengintimidasi Soekarno untuk membukanya kembali.