FCO 141/16971: Singapore: strategic importance of Singapore - migrated archives
01/01/1947-31/12/1948
Letters, memoranda and minutes of meetings concerned with the preparation of a paper by the British Chiefs of Staff on the strategic importance of Singapore. One purpose is to provide a strategic background for any studies undertaken by East Asia. Documents include a memorandum by the Chiefs of Staff on threats to the security of Singapore and defence requirements, a note by the Commissioner of Police of the Malayan Union on incidence of violent crime and the actions of ex-guerrillas and members of the Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army as potential saboteurs, minutes of a meeting of the Commanders-in-Chief Far East which discussed the strategic importance of Singapore and allied papers.
FCO 141/16971
D2014110308
English
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