Bloomberg revealed that Kuala Lumpur and Washington have been engaged in secret talks to allow U.S. Navy P-3s and P-8s to deploy out of the island of Labuan on East Malaysia in order to monitor Chinese activity in South China Sea.
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David Shear, the assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific security, and officials from Pacific Command are leading the talks with Malaysia.