LS CROWD AT AIRPORT (2 SHOTS) 6 ft
MCU MR. LEE TALKING TO CABINET AND CONSULAR MEMBERS 7 1/2 ft
CU PREMIER LEE 9 ft
CU CONSULAR MEMBER 10 1/2 ft
MLS MR. LEE WITH GARLANDS MEETS CROWD 13 1/2 ft
MLS CROWD 15 1/2 ft
MS HE ADDRESSING CROWD 19 1/2 ft
LS CROWD 22 ft
MS HE ADDRESSING CROWD 25 ft
MLS LOCAL AND FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS 27 ft
MS MR. LEE BOARDING AIRCRAFT (3 SHOTS) 35 ft

Initials CAR/S/MK/GAP/AMR

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Background: THE PRIME MINISTER OF SINGAPORE, MR. LEE KUAN YEW, LEFT FOR LONDON ON JUNE 25 ON THE CRUCIAL CONSTITUTIONAL MISSION - FULLY DETERMINED THAT MALAYSIA MUST GO THROUGH.
TO A HUGE CROWD, WHO SAW HIM OFF, HE SAID: "WHATEVER HAPPENS, FINALLY WE WILL SUCCEED, WE MUST SUCCEED ..... THERE WILL BE MALAYSIA, AND WITH SINGAPORE IN IT."
BEFORE BOARDING THE AIRCRAFT AT THE SINGAPORE AIRPORT, HE TOLD THE CROWD THAT HE WAS DETERMINED TO "SQUAT IT OUT" IN LONDON FOR AS LONG AS NECESSARY "TO BE PERSUADED AND TO PERSUADE, TO BE CONVINCED OR TO CONVINCE, UNTIL WE ARRIVE AT A FAIR AND JUST SOLUTION."
SOME FOUR THOUSAND PEOPLE TURNED UP WITH THE RULING PEOPLE'S ACTION PARTY FLAGS AND PRO-MALAYSIA BANNERS TO GIVE THE PREMIER A ROUSING SEND OFF.
THEN AFTER A LONG CHAT WITH CABINET AND CONSULAR MEMBERS, WHO WERE PRESENT AT THE AIRPORT, PREMIER LEE MOUNTED AN AIRLINE GANGWAY ON THE APRON TO ADDRESS THE CROWD.