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PS/Lord Goronwy-Roberts
MALAYSIA AND CONCORDE
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I submit a despatch from Sir Donald Hawley in Kuala Lumpur
in which he sets out to examine Malaysian motives for their
withdrawal of permission for Concorde supersonic overflight in
December 1977; and their decision a year later, to allow the
resumption of the service for a six-month trial period, now
nearly half elapsed.
2. Sir Donald Hawley sets out all the factors in the despatch
Malaysian resentment at British attempts to bring the Air
Services Agreement into balance, the allegedly rough manner of
the British negotiators, jealousy of Singapore over Concorde,
environmental concern and the allegation that Britain had "for-
gotten" Malaysia. It is not easy to decide how much weight to
give to each of these factors. When Concorde was first banned,
the British press laid great weight on Malaysian jealousy of
Singapore; we may well have under-rated this in deciding to set
up a joint BA/SIA Concorde service. Be that as it may, Sir Donald
Hawley is to be congratulated on persuading the Malaysians to agree
to a 6 month trial resumption of Concorde without giving anything
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