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3. NOT UNEXPECTEDLY HE RAISED CONCORDE, SAYING THAT NO DOUBT MANICKA HAD TOLD MR PARKINSON THAT IT STILL POSED ENVIRONMENTAL DIFFICULTIES TO MALAYSIA. I REPLIED THAT HE HAD INDEED DONE SO BUT HAD NOT STRESSED THE DIFFICULTIES. ON THE CONTRARY HE HAD SAID THAT CONCORDE WAS STILL BEING MONITORED BY THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT AND HE HAD SAID THE SAME TO THE MALAYSIAN PRESS. MR PARKINSON HAD TOLD MANICKA THAT HE HOPED THAT CONCORDE'S PERFORMANCE DURING THE TRIAL PERIOD HAD PROVED SATISFACTORY AND THAT THE MALAYSIANS WOULD RENEW THEIR APPROVAL. 1 REMINDED HIM THAT WE ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE TO CONCORDE AND ALSO EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE SERVICE WOULD CONTINUE.

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