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TO ROUTINE KUALA LUMPUR

TELEGRAM NUMBER 224 OF 3 AUG

INFO HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR AND ECARFE).

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YOUR TELNO 287 AND OUR TELNO 220: AIR SERVICEST

WE EXPECT TO SEND A DRAFT CMU TO YOU BY BAG BEFORE THE END OF NEXT

WEEK, AS AGREED WITH HAMZAH IN LONDON, THIS DRAFT WILL REFLECT

'THE EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE

AND MANICKAVASAGAM AS WELL AS EARLIER CMUS AND LETTERS INSOFAR AS

THEY STILL APPLY. THE SUBSTANCE OF THE NEW CMU HAS THUS ALREADY

REEN AGREED: THE DRAFT WILL NOT RAISE ANY NEW POINTS OF POLICY,

2. AS MR NOTT'S LETTER (COPY SENT TO YOU BY BAG LAST WEEK) INDICATES, WE HOPE THAT NO FURTHER MEETING OF OFFICIALS WILL BE NECESSARY, AND THAT ANY POINTS THE MALAYSIANS MAY HAVE ON THE

DRAFT CAN BE CLEARED THROUGH YOU. THE CMU COULD THEN BE SIGNED

EITHER BY YOU ON THE BRITISH SIDE, OR BY HAMZAH AND ROBERTS EXCHANGING TEXTS BETWEEN KUALA LUMPUR AND LONDON, IF, HOWEVER, A MEETING IS UNAVOIDABLE, WILSON (CARFE) AND STABLES (DOT) WILL BE IN INDONESIA IN THE WEEK BEGINNING 10 SEPTEMBER AND COULD COME TO

KUALA LUMPUR IN THE FOLLOWING WEEK, ROBERTS REGRETS THAT OTHER COMMITMENTS (NOT FORESEEN WHEN HAMZAH WAS HERE) WILL KEEP HIM IN LONDON IN THE WEEKS IN QUESTION.

3. THIS MESSAGE COULD PERHAPS BEST SE GIVEN TO THE MALAYSIANS WHEN

YOU PASS TO THEM THE DRAFT CMU, BUT YOU WILL BE THE BEST JUDGE OF

THIS.

CARRINGTON

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Miss BROWN

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