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With the Tunku in Europe
(Frank Sullivan)
Mr. President, Your Excellencies, Fellow Guests and members
of Rotary:
Last week when I spoke on the subject "With the Tunku in
London" I concentrated on one particular point - the Commonwealth
Prime Ministers 1 Conference with particular relation to apartheid.
This week, talking on the theme "With the Tunku in Europe"
1 propose to stress various highlights of his official visits to West
Germany, Belgium, Holland and France. In doing so I will try to
picture the impact of the Tunku on these countries, and also the impact
of these four nations on our Prime Minister.
This was the first time he had visited Western Europe as Prime
Minister, but when he was a student he had spent brief holidays in
Brussels and Paris. Of course, in those far-off days he was an ordinary
tourist like hundreds of thousands of others; now he was an
honoured guest of State, warmly welcomed not only as the leader of
his country but also for his eminence in the world.
So many people have asked me how I enjoyed the trip to Europe
that I feel I should make some comment to give an idea of what official
tours of friendship and goodwill are like. I can assure you that
it is not a leisurely form of travel. Most official tours follow a
similar pattern. The schedule is crowded from morning to night.
[Text of speech entitled "With the Tunku in Europe" given by the Press
Secretary, Prime Minister's Department, Mr. Frank Sullivan, at the
luncheon meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Rotary Club at 1.30 p.m. on
Wednesday, July 13, I960}.
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