1.
MS JESSELTON AIRPORT
1 ft

2.
LS PLANE TAXIS IN
4 ft

3.
MS SABAH CABINET MINISTERS WAITING
5 ft

4.
LS PALTRIDGE OUT OF PLANE AND MEETS CHIEF MINISTER LOH AND OTHER MINISTERS
12 ft

5.
MS PALTRIDGE GREETED BY ARMY BRIGADIER
14 ft

6.
LS GROUP WALKS TO AIRPORT BUILDING
18 ft

7.
MS NEWSMEN (PAN) PALTRIDGE BEING INTERVIEWED
21 ft

8.
CU PALTRIDGE SPEAKS TO THEM
22 ft

9.
LS PALTRIDGE AND GROUP TOWARDS ARMY PLANE
25 ft

10.
CU MARK ON PLANE
26 ft

11.
MS PALTRIDGE GETS INTO PLANE (TWO SHOTS)
29 1/2 ft

12.
LS PLANES TAKES OFF (TWO SHOTS)
33 ft



Initials CAR/VS/CA/YA/RBI



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Background: THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE MINISTER, SENATOR SHANE PALTRIDGE, ARRIVED IN JESSELTON, THE CAPITAL OF MALAYSIAN SABAH RECENTLY FROM SINGAPORE AS PART OF A FIRST-HAND ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION IN MALAYSIA.

HE WAS MET ON ARRIVAL BY MR. PETER LOH, THE SABAH CHIEF MINISTER, OTHER CABINET MINISTER AND AN ARMY BRIGADIER.

AT AN AIRPORT PRESS CONFERENCE, SENATOR PALTRIDGE SAID: "WE SUPPORT MALAYSIA IN HER STRUGGLE AGAINST INDONESIAN AGGRESSION. OUR ACTIONS OVER THE RECENT YEARS HAVE PROVED THIS. WE ARE PREPARED TO BACK MALAYSIA WITH MATERIAL AS WELL AS MILITARY AID."
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CONFERENCE, HE FLEW OFF TO KENINGAU, INT EH INTERIOR ABOUT 80 MILES FROM THE CAPITAL, TO SEE A SQUADRON OF AUSTRALIAN ARMY ENGINEERS WHO ARE BUILDING ROADS AND BRIDGES FOR THE SABAH GOVERNMENT. THE ENGINEERS ARE AUSTRALIA'S ONLY UNIT IN MALAYSIAN BORNEO.