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>In Malaysia and Singapore, which will lose 10,000 and 30,000 British troops respectively in Britain's pull-out from the Far East by 1971, there was anxious casting about for protective new alliances. So far, the only things that unite the onetime federation partners are joint air defenses built by Britain and a common fear of Indonesia, despite its friendlier attitude under General Suharto. Malaysia's Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman last week declared that the "Saigon situation" has made the question of mutual defense urgent, and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has called elections to gain momentum for his ambitious defense plans. Soon, leaders of both nations will meet with Britain, Australia and New Zealand to discuss the drawing up of a broad—though limited—five-power treaty, which no doubt would be of interest to other nations in jittery Southeast Asia too.