11439: Telegram - Joint Weeka 21 - Singapore
24/05/1952
Telegram from unknown in Singapore to Secretary of State - Joint Weeka 21 publication : steps taken to form all-Malaya Labour Party; delay in planned recruitment of Chinese in local police; financial problems of Singapore Kuomintang daily; internal Malayan Chinese Association (MCA) quarrel leads to Yong Shook Lin's resignation; senior MCA officials feel that too much stress has been put on Singapore-Federation merger, Hashim Ghani resigns as President of Peninsular Malay Union (PMU); Perak Chinese home guards to guard Kinta Valley tin mines; formal opening of Penang branch of Independence of Malaya (IMP); military: order of battle changes and weekly statistics of anti-bandit campaign; Soviet naval movements.
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