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HAD MADE THIS CONDITIONAL ON GETTING EXTRA LANDING RIGHTS IN AMSTERDAM. KLM HAD RESISTED. BUT THE MALAYSIANS HAD GOT WHAT THEY

WANTED. THE PROBLEM MUST BE SOLVED. OTHERWISE IT WOULD COME UP

AT EVERY MALAYSIAN/BRITISH MEETING.. LORD GLENARTHUR AGREED IT COULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO FESTER, NOR TO AFFECT OTHER AREAS. MAHATHIR CONFIRMED IT WAS THE ONLY CURRENT CONCERN EVERYTHING ELSE WAS

FINE.

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