No available shotlist




Initials DS/S/JF/LW



Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved

Background: A 12 MAN DELEGATION REPRESENTING THE MALAYSIAN FEDERATION ARRIVED IN CASABLANCA YESTERDAY (TUESDAY), ON THE SECOND STAGE OF A MISSION TO AFRICA SEEKING GOODWILL FOR THE FEDERATION.

FILMS SHOWS THE ARRIVAL OF THE DELEGATION ABOARD A SPECIAL PLANE AT THE RABAT SALE AIRPORT.

MR LEE KWAN YEW, THE SINGAPORE PRIME MINISTER IS LEADING THE MISSION WHICH WILL SPEND ABOUT FIVE WEEKS VISITING VARIOUS AFRICAN NATIONS. MAIN AIM IS TO PUBLICIZE THE NEW FEDERATION, AND STATE ITS POSITION IN THE DISPUTE WHICH HAS ARISEN WITH INDONESIA.

MALAYSIA'S ONLY DIPLOMATIC LINK WITH THE AFRICAN CONTINENT IS THROUGH ITS DIPLOMATIC MISSION IN CAIRO. ON THE OTHER HAND, INDONESIA HAS A NUMBER OF EMBASSIES AND LEGATIONS THROUGHOUT AFRICA.

THE ITINERARY LISTS ABOUT A DOZEN COUNTRIES THE MALAYSIAN MISSION WILL VISIT. IT HAS ALREADY VISITED TUNISIA, AND AFTER LEAVING MOROCCO WILL GO ON TO ALGERIA