CYPHER/CAT A
IMMEDIATE MANILA
TELEGRAM NUMBER 245
NFIDENTIAL
Drake
CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN OFFICE
25 SEPTEMBER 1958
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FOLLOWING RECEIVED FROM MANILA.
ADDRESSED TO FOREIGN OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER 245 OF 25 SEPTEMBER
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO KUALA LUMPUR POLAD SINGAPORE WASHINGTON
CANBERRA WELLINGTON AND SAVING TO HC SINGAPORE TOKYO AND BANGKOK.
YOUR TELNO. 336: MALAYSIAN PHILIPPINE RELATIONS.
1 HANDED AIDE MEMOIRE TO ACTING FOREIGN SECY INGLES THIS MORNING- AND SPOKE ON YOUR INSTRUCTIONS. HE MADE NO SIGNIFICANT COMMENT.
2. ON A POSSIBLE MEETING BETWEEN THE TUNKU AND THE PRESIDENT, HE
SAID THAT THE LATEST POSITION WAS THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD SENT A
FURTHER MESSAGE PROPOSING THAT SABAH SHD BE DISCUSSED AT A MEETING
AND WAS AWAITING A REPLY. ON DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS, HE SAID THE
PRESIDENT IN HIS TELEVISION INTERVIEW ON 22 SEPT HAD DEFINITELY SAID
THAT ALL PHILIPPINE DIPLOMATIC STAFF NOW AT KUALA LUMPUR WD BE
RETAINED. THIS SHD BE TAKEN AS AN OFFICIAL COMMITMENT AND NO FURTHER
CLARIFICATION ON THIS POINT WAS REQUIRED.
3. 1 RAISED THE QUESTION OF FURTHER STAGING FLIGHTS THROUGH
CLARK WITH HIM ON A PERSONAL AND INFORMAL BASIS. AFTER EXPLAINING
OUR USE OF THIS FACILITY I ASKED FOR HIS PERSONAL OPINION WHETHER IT
WOULD BE BETTER TACTICS TO SEEK FOR A GENERAL ASSURANCE NOW OR
TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT OCCASION AROSE. HE SAID THAT HE HAD
BEEN INSTRUCTED TO REPORT TO FOREIGN POLICY COUNCIL ON PHILIPPINE
INTERNAL MACHINERY FOR DEALING WITH THESE APPLICATIONS AND
HAD NOT YET COMPLETED HIS REPORT. HE THOUGHT THAT IT MIGHT
BE BETTER TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT OCCASION AROSE, BUT WE LEFT
IT THAT HE WOULD THINK OVER WHAT I HAD SAID AND THAT WE
MIGHT DISCUSS LATER AGAIN. I THINK THAT THIS EXCHANGE MAY HAVE
BFEN A USEFUL PREPARING OF THE GROUND.
FOREIGN OFFICE PASS KUALA LUMPUR POLAD SINGAPORE WASHINGTON CANBERRA
WELLINGTON.
MR. ADDIS
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