How AA Started in Malta

From what old-timers recall, it seems that during the couple of years preceding 1966, there were various attempts to start an AA group in Malta. The main protagonists mentioned were three women who had a problem with drink but evidently had a desire to stop. One of these was married to a doctor in the RAF; one was Irish, married to a Maltese; the third was an English woman working with the British forces in Malta. It doesn't appear that they ever managed to set up a regular group but they used to meet regularly in the private residence of one of them. In the November 1965 Grapevine, the "Maltese Islands, Malta" are listed with the "countries where AA meetings are presently held."