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INFO ROUTINE ASEAN POSTS, SEOUL, HANOI, PEKING, HONG KONG INFO ROUTINE CANBERRA, WELLINGTON, WASHINGTON, TOKYO

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YOUR TELNO 675 TO TOKYO: LEE KUAN YEW'S VIEWS ON HONG KONG AND

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I RAISED THIS QUESTION ON 24 DECEMBER DURING A CALL ON KAMIL JAFFAR, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE MFA, AND SPOKE AS INSTRUCTED.

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2. KAMIL WAS VERY RELAXED ABOUT THE WHOLE SUBJECT. HE SAID THAT THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT HAD NOTED LEE KUAN YEW'S STATEMENT IN HONG KONG BUT DID NOT ATTACH ANY IMPORTANCE TO IT. THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT KNEW LEE KUAN YEW WELL AND HAD GIVEN UP TAKING HIS VIEWS VERY SERIOUSLY. KAMIL ADDED THAT HE OF COURSE ACCEPTED THAT THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSALS RELATED PURELY TO THE FUTURE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG AND WERE NOT PART OF SOME WIDER CONSPIRACY.

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