Under de besøg, som Dahrendorf, kommissionsmedlem med ansvar på udenrigsanliggender, og Mansholt, daværende formand for Kommissionen, aflagde i henholdsvis februar og september 1972, undersøgte man problemerne i forbindelse med de bilaterale aftaler mellem Fællesskabet og forskellige lande i området (Indonesien, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand).
The problems of bilateral relations between the Community and various countries in the area (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand) were investigated in the course of visits by Mr Dahrendorf, Member of the Commission with special responsibility for external relations, in February 1972, and by Mr Mansholt, President of the Commission, in September 1972.