CONFIDENTIAL
RESPONSE TO UK WORKING PAPER NO 1 UNQUOTE . A COPY OF THIS PAPER
IS AT ANNEX 4.
6. FOLLOWING FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ALL ASPECTS OF UK/MALAYSIA A SERVICES ARRANGEMENTS, THE UK DELEGATION TABLED A DRAFT CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AS A BASIS FOR FUTURE ARRANGEMENTS FOR SERVICES ON THE AGREED ROUTES. ATTACHED TO THIS PAPER, A COPY OF WHICH IS AT ANNEX 5, WAS A NEW TEXT OF THE GUIDELINES REVISED TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF POINTS MADE IN DISCUSSION. THE MALAYSIAN DELEGATION WAS UNABLE TO ACCEPT THE PROVISIONS OF THE UK DRAFT, AND FOLLOWING FURTHER DISCUSSION TABLED AN ALTERNATIVE DRAFT CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, TOGETHER WITH REVISED GUIDELINES. A COPY OF THIS PAPER IS AT ANNEX 6.
7. DESPITE LENGTHY AND DETAILED DISCUSSIONS IT DID NOT PROVE
POSSIBLE TO RECONCILE THE POSITION OF THE TWO SIDES.
8. BOTH DELEGATIONS INDICATED, HOWEVER, THAT, SUBJECT TO REFERENCE TO THEIR RESPECTIVE MINISTERS, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN SMALL ADJUSTMENTS TO THEIR RESPECTIVE POSITION, PROVIDED THAT AS A RESULT AN AGREEMENT ACCEPTABLE TO BOTH SIDES COULD BE REACHED.
ENDS.
CARRINGTON
FILES MAED SEAD SPD
HA
MR CORTAZZI MR MURRAY MISS BROWN
COPIES SENT TO CAD | DOT]
CON
2
CONFIDENTIAL