Malaya and Mao

The hostility of Malayan and Singapore authorities against the People's Republic of China, like the foreign policy of New Zealand in the past, is due to the colonialist pressures. The economic and political well-being of the Malayan (including Singapore) people has seriously distorted for years. In this present political arena of change, the hesitancy of Malaya (including Singapore) in deciding the necessary adjustments has resulted in her political and economic isolation and stagnation, with resultant hardship to the people at large. The present archaic foreign policy of Malaya is obviously due partly to the hangover from oldtype colonialism and partly to modern superpower pressures. However, as a result of public pressures and the genuine wish of the Malayan people, the authorities of Kuala Lumpur and Singapore are forced to adopt new policies by altering the old situation. Diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China and the two governments of Malaya are expected to begin in the very near future, perhaps in 1973. Such development is certainly welcome by the people of both countries.