THE MEMOIRS OF MUSTAPHA HUSSAIN - Malaysia Today

392 Memoirs of Mustapha Hussain
note to UMNO Malaya’s Secretary General on behalf of Larut and Matang
district residents. Personally, I was not interested in the post as many
Alliance policies were in conflict with my political ideology. Had I been
interested, I was unbeatable as I was born and bred in the district.
Secret Meeting with Datuk Onn
The last time I met Datuk Onn Jaafar was a couple of days before the
all-Malaya Malay Youth Congress on 1 April 1955. Dr Burhanuddin and
I met Datuk Onn secretly to discuss three matters. At the meeting, we
agreed that the nation would be called ‘Malaysia’; the nationality of the
people ‘Melayu’; and the monarch would be called ‘Duli Yang Maha
Mulia Seri Paduka Baginda Yang Di-Pertuan Agung’, now usually
referred to as the Agung or King.
Only the second issue of ‘Melayu’ nationality did not materialise. No
one knew of this meeting, held at a Holland Road coffee shop by the river
that flows through the heart of Kuala Lumpur.