10555: Telegram - Joint Weeka 43 - Singapore
24/10/1952
Telegram from unknown in Singapore to Secretary of State - Joint Weeka 43 publication: details of Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs John Moore Allison's visit to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur; Singapore Malay Union's decision not to contest Singapore City Council elections and possibility of the leaders of Malayan Chinese Association's (MCA) Singapore branch organising a new non-communal party without MCA connections to contest Singapore elections; MCA's policy not to participate in activities organised by any political body having its headquarters outside Malaya; Chinese press reports on the conclusion of Kuomintang plenary and opening of Overseas Chinese Conference in Formosa; Federal Government to impose annual licence fees on all businesses to finance national education programme; Singapore Labour Party persuades Singapore Naval Labour Union to drop boycott of Legislative Council by-election; Pan-Malayan Labour Party (PMLP) made a consultative member in Socialis International; update on Operation COPLEX; Polish ship arrives.
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