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RECORD OF A CALL BY THE MALAYSIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS "
TENGKU RITHAUDDEEN, ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE:
THURSDAY, 23 NOVEMBER AT 5.00 PM IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
Present
The Rt Hon Dr David Owen MP
Mr D F Murray, AUSS
Mr A M Simons, Head of SEAD
Mr B Smith, SEAD
Mr J S Wall
Tengku Rithauddeen
Datuk Abdullah bin Ali,
Malaysian High Commissioner
1.
Dr Owen, in welcoming Tengku Rithauddeen, referred to the excellent discussion Ministers had had in Brussels after dinner on 20 November. Such contacts were very helpful; opportunities for direct talks about South East Asia were all too rare. Tengku Rithauddeen said the ASEAN Ministers had welcomed the opportunity to meet the Ministers of the Nine, and to exchange views on a range of political matters. Dr Owen suggested that, now that the plenary session was out of the way, future Ministerial gatherings might be on a smaller, and more intimate scale.
2.
Tengku Rithauddeen referred to the many bilateral Anglo- Malaysian contacts over recent months. Our links were long- standing, and traditionally friendly. The Malaysian Prime Minister had an especially warm regard for the United Kingdom, where he had spent five years as a student. The Duke of Kent, Lord Goronwy-Roberts, Sir J Rampton and a number of senior businessmen had visited Kuala Lumpur in recent months. Of course there were a few outstanding problems, but these could be resolved.
3.
Air Services, and Concorde, remained at issue; he would like to hear what the UK could offer. Neither side wanted to see any public link between the two subjects. But if the air services matter could be sorted out, the technical problems over Concorde would be resolved. An early meeting on air services would be helpful.
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