TNAG-1939-FCO40-2765-Future-of-Hong-Kong-defence-and-public-order-1989 — Page 133

CONFIDENTIAL

Singapore's zeal in general, however, is worth noting.

While

Singapore may be more bullish than Malaysia in some of her plans for

FPDA (and we must bear Malaysia's intentions and interests in mind

and avoid the impression that we are fine-tuning arrangements solely

with Singapore), Mr Beazley's reaction bears out the central

conclusion of the SEAD paper (para 10) that British withdrawal from

the FPDA would seriously damage the FPDA and our own standing in the

region.

JDAAHA

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DH Colvin

South East Asian Dept

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