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LKN 808/24
NRK 737/24
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DESKBY FCO 241080Z NOV
FM KUALA LUMPUR 2405302 NOV 78
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 485 OF 24 NOVEMBER
INFO ROUTINE CANBERRA BANGKOK SINGAPORE MANILA JAKARTA
BC ARFE HONG KONG
S YOUR TEL NO 558 TO CANBERRA AND CANBERRA TELNO 583 (NOT TO BCARFE) :
UK/AUSTRALIA AIR SERVICES
1. THERE IS LITTLE EVIDENCE TO GO ON HERE BUT I HAVE SOME DOUBTS ON WHETHER MALAYSIAN ACQUIESCENCE IN THE AUSTRALIAN PROPOSALS CAN BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED. WHEN THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM CAME HERE THE MALAYSIAN SIDE WAS LED BY AN OFFICIAL WITH LIGGLE PREVIOUS CONNECTION WITH AIR SERVICES AND THE MALAYSIANS APPARENTLY, WHILE UNDERTAKING TO STUDY THE PROPOSALS, MADE NO COMMENT ON THEM. THUS THE DIALOGUE WAS ONE-SIDED.
2. THE SINGAPOREANS HERE THINK THAT THE MALAYSIANS WILL STICK WITH THEM, AT LEAST IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE. THIS SEEMS TO
BE AN IMMEDIATE QUA. PRO AND FOR SINGAPORZIO BACKING-30W# conR THE