03270oam 2200481 450 991034515150332120230320121950.0981-230-903-910.1355/9789812309037(OCoLC)646981104(MiFhGG)GVRLA23X(EXLCZ)99243000000004104820130712d2009 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMalaya's first year at the United Nations as reflected in Dr. Ismail's reports home to Tunku Abdul Rahman /compiled by Tawfik Ismail & Ooi Kee Beng1st edition.Singapore :Institue of Southeast Asian Studies,2009.1 online resource (130 pages)Gale eBooksDescription based on print version record.981-230-980-2 981-230-902-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-125) and index.Frontmatter -- CONTENT -- Chronology of Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman's Life -- FOREWORD / Rithauddeen, Tengku Tan Sri Dato' Seri Ahmad -- PROLOGUE -- CONFIDENTIAL NOTES BY THE AMBASSADOR -- EPILOGUE -- APPENDICES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEXDr Ismail's writings and speeches, and his letters to the Tunku, covering a variety of foreign policy issues, are a valuable asset in understanding the unique role he played in the nation's history. He was without doubt the primary architect of Malayan (Malaysian) Foreign Policy. - Tengku Tan Sri Dato' Seri Ahmad Rithauddeen, Former Foreign Minister of Malaysia Not only was Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman Malaysia's first ambassador to the United States and permanent representative to the United Nations, he was also Foreign Affairs Minister in 1959-60. Later, as long-time Home Affairs Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and occasionally Acting Prime Minister, he played a decisive role in making neutrality the pillar of Malaysia's foreign policy. This important collection of notes he wrote to the Tunku in 1958 and of his speeches made in 1957-58 at the UN are being published for the very first time. It gives us a window into his seminal thinking and makes us understand the contribution he made to Malaysian nation-building in the early years. Tawfik Ismail and Ooi Kee Beng deserve kudos for compiling these into one volume and for providing elaborate footnoting that presents the reader with an intriguing picture of the Cold War year of 1958. The book is a "must read" for the diplomatic corps and Malaysian foreign policy analysts. - Johan Saravanamuttu, Former political science Professor and Dean, Science University Malaysia (USM)DiplomatsMalaysiaBiographyMalaysiaForeign relationsDiplomats327.595Ismail Tawfik, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1429137Tawfik IsmailOoi Kee BengInstitute of Southeast Asian Studies,MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910345151503321Malaya's first year at the United Nations3567534UNINA