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TO IMMEDIATE KUALA LUMPUR TELEGRAM NO 3451 OF 11 OCTOBER
INFO SINGAPORE, JAKARTA, CANBERRA, HONG KONG (GOVERNOR AND BCARFE)
AC YOUR TELNO 407: CONCORDE/AIR SERVICES
PARAS 4 AND 5 OF YOUR TUR: BA WERE VERY READY TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP THE DIALOGUE. BUT SAW PROVED AS ELUSIVE TO BA AS MANICKAVASAGAM HAD BEEN TO US SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. SAW APPARENTLY SPENT MOST OF HIS TIME HERE ON PRIVATE BUSINESS, HOWEVER, WILSON (BA) HOPES TO CATCH SAW AT HEATHROW TOMORROW WHEN SAW LEAVES FOR KUALA LUMPUR. HE INTENDS TO REFER TO THE AUSTRALIAN ANNOUNCEMENT WHICH WILL PRESUMABLY HAVE BEEN MADE BY THEN (OUR TELNO 481 TO CANBERRA) AND INDICATE THAT, ONCE THE AUSTRALIANS HAVE DISCUSSED WITH THE MALAYSIANS THE IMPLICATIONS FOR MALAYSIA OF THE AUSTRALIAN PROPOSALS, THE WAY WILL BE OPEN FOR A FURTHER ROUND OF UK/MALAYSIA TALKS.
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