APARTHEID
SIR,—The weekly bulletin of the United Kingdom Information Service covering the period April 14- April 27 announced on the first page the Common- wealth Prime Ministers' Conference, pointing out that this was Malaya's first attendance, and listed under 'Topics For Discussion,' the general inter- national situation, the recent meeting between Mr. Macmillan and President Eisenhower, the recent meeting between New Zealand's Mr. Nash and the Russian Premier, Mr. Nehru's recent talks with Mr. Chou En-lai, and constitutional developments in the Commonwealth.
Under 'Other Matters,' the London Press Service Commonwealth Correspondent added : 'These seem the likeliest major topics for consideration, though it appears certain that other matters will be dealt with at the Plenary Sessions and during private dis- cussion.'
There followed four pages of material about the Commonwealth, not a single word of which mentioned the fact that the Prime Minister of Malaya intended raising the subject of apartheid at the conference. The bulletin was published at and distributed lrnre the Office of the United Kingdom High Conalsi• sioner in Kuala Lumpur. Had the editor bothered 10 do his job properly he could have found out frog ,,e his office peon that the Tunku was going to 111:1" an issue out of apartheid. Can one wonder why articulate Malayans 00er bother to look at this ridicLlous—yet so expensive-, pamphlet?—Yours faithfully, DAVID Vi c/o The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking
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