Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 30, No. 4. 1967.
Elimination of communists
Elimination of communists
Many Colombo Plan students took an opportunity this week to see and hear a leading South-cast Asian politician. Tun Abdul Razak, report first-hand from their area of the world.
The occasion was the public lecture held on Tuesday by the Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister under the auspices of the VUW International Club.
Not surprisingly, the Tun spoke on "Malaysia in South-east Asia." "We suffered an internal Communislinsurrection for 12 long years," he said. "We face these Communists day after clay in the jungles. The next time we fought against an external enemy."
But the Communists are not finished in Malaysia yet. "We are facing this threat with vigilance and confidence," Tun Razak said. "We use a soft word in this war —'elimination,' but by elimination we mean wiping them out."
Over 300 attended the lecture, which was followed by questions put from members of the audience. The number was encouraging for anyone who has illusions about the general awareness of the New Zealand public, for outside the rain teemed.