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and the Tunku,
419–20

arrest under Operation Cold Store,
473

chairman of Chinese education committee,
216–18

detention under Operation Liberation,
249

first constitutional talks (London),
229–30
,
232–4
,
237–9

meeting with Azahari,
467

missing union funds,
251–3

on merger with Indonesia,
427
,
450

opposition to Malaysia,
367–8
,
378
,
429
,
461

release from prison (4 June 1959),
307–8
,
310–11

Lim Chong Eu, Dr (United Democratic Party),
602–3
,
617
,
620

Lim Hong Bee,
123–4
,
132
,
157

Lim Kean Chye,
138

Lim Kim San,
576
,
587
,
628–9

chairman, HDB,
343–5

Japanese torture,
79–82

Singapore finance minister,
21

Lim Swee Aun, Dr (MCA, Malaysian minister for commerce and industry),
598
,
601
,
620

Lim Yew Hock,
272–3
,
279
,
283–4
,
289
,
293–4
,
305
,
307
,
321
,
363
,
369
,
385–6
,
409
,
432
,
483–4
,
488
,
503
,
559

amendment to no-confidence motion (July 1962),
433

arrests and banishment of pro-communists,
244–6

chief minister,
238
,
240–1
,
267
,
269–71
,
332

constitutional talks (London),
256–61

general secretary, Singapore Clerical and Administrative Workers’ Union,
138
,
150

labour minister,
199

Operation Liberation,
249–51

proposes questions for merger referendum,
430–1

resigns (1959),
307

Tunku Abdul Rahman’s protégé,
307
,
413
,
417
,
462–3
,
465

Lingam, S.V.,
351
,
447

Linsell, John (director, Singapore Special Branch),
329
,
368

Lloyd, Jeffrey (Conservative Party, UK),
227

London Observer
,
489
,
605

Low You Ling,
71
,
91

Macapagal (president, Philippines),
492–3
,
550

MacArthur, General,
79

MacDonald, Malcolm,
133

Machinda Party,
605
,
617

Macmillan, Harold (prime minister, UK),
365
,
367
,
404
,
425
,
436–7
,
442–3
,
445
,
456–7
,
481
,
542
,
573

Madagascar (Malagasy),
533

Mahathir Mohamad, Dr,
643

speech in debate on the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s address,
608
,
610–12

views on the Malays and Chinese,
441

Mahmood Fawzi (foreign minister, Egypt),
526

Mahmud bin Awang,
368
,
371

Malawi,
532–3

Malaya: Federated and Unfederated Malay States (FMS),
41

Malayan Chinese Association (MCA),
179
,
181
,
223
,
330
,
420
,
462–3
,
475
,
477
,
506
,
515–16
,
541–3
,
546–8
,
642

Malayan Communist Party (MCP),
57
,
78
,
87
,
121
,
123–4
,
130
,
138–41
,
159
,
167
,
178
,
192–3
,
195–6
,
214
,
216
,
221
,
232
,
243
,
253–4
,
262
,
282–3
,
285
,
291
,
321
,
332
,
338
,
352
,
474
,
505
,
512
,
514
;
see
also
Chin Peng, communist united front, the Plen

Liew Yit Fun,
175–6

operation of cells,
174–5

Malayan Democratic Union,
88–9
,
138
,
161

Malayan Forum, London,
121–2
,
231

Malayan Indian Congress (MIC),
223
,
516

Malayan People’s Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA),
87–8
,
105–6

Malayan Union,
88
,
223

Malaysia Agreement,
440
,
442
,
460
,
463
,
483
,
493
,
496
,
500–1

Malaysia Day,
483
,
504–5

Malaysia Solidarity Consultative Committee,
400
,
415

Malaysia:

common market arrangements,
478
,
480–1

Confrontation with Indonesia,
16
,
23
,
404
,
480
,
484
,
492–4
,
505
,
514
,
522–4
,
548
,
567
,
572–4
,
589–90
,
592–4
,
610
,
633

federal controls on Singapore government,
464–5

Heads of Agreement (November 1961),
404
,
406

“Malaysian Malaysia”,
17
,
522
,
605
,
616
,
622
,
624
,
626
,
649

merger negotiations,
370
,
389
,
400
,
403–6
,
429
,
433
,
435–40
,
464
,
474–83
,
499–503

population statistics,
618
,
644

Singapore senators in federal parliament,
517

special position of the Malays,
415
,
553
,
598
,
607
,
610
,
612

Malaysian Solidarity Convention,
17
,
516
,
616–22
,
624
,
629–30
,
634
,
636
,
642
,
644–5
,
653
,
656

Mali,
528

Mao Zedong (Tse-tung),
128
,
191
,
356

Marshall, David,
164
,
177–8
,
196
,
198–9
,
208–9
,
211–13
,
219
,
223
,
240
,
256
,
286
,
305
,
321
,
368
,
371
,
402
,
408
,
430
,
436
,
444
,
447–8
,
507
,
559

alliance with pro-communists,
262–6
,
268–9
,
368
,
371

challenge to Lee Kuan Yew,
264

chief minister,
190–1

clash with Robert Black,
211

first constitutional talks (London),
225
,
228–9
,
234–9

Hock Lee riots,
200
,
202
,
204

resigns,
266

Workers’ Party,
268
,
271
,
432
,
448

Martin, Sir John (UK permanent undersecretary, Colonial Office),
415–16

Maudling, Reginald (UK secretary of state for the colonies),
425
,
455

May 13 incident (“5-1-3”),
166–9

McCue, Donald,
566

McLeod, D.W.,
38

MCP:
see
Malayan Communist Party

Meadows, Val,
335–7
,
352

Menzies, Sir Robert (prime minister, Australia),
456–7
,
550
,
595–7
,
599
,
647

Mojuntin, Peter (United Pasok Momogun Kadazan Organisation),
603

Moore, Philip (UK deputy commissioner, Singapore),
342
,
360
,
363–4
,
366
,
381–3
,
403
,
412
,
415
,
429–32
,
462–3
,
471–2
,
475
,
517–19
,
521
,
634–5

letter to Ian Wallace on Lee Kuan Yew (December 1962),
465–6

reports to London on Singapore’s 1963 general election,
506–10

Morrison, Herbert (Labour Party, UK),
226–7

Mountbatten, Lord Louis,
84
,
88
,
314–15
,
587
,
590

MPAJA:
see
Malayan People’s Anti-Japanese Army

Nair, C.V. Devan,
139
,
159–61
,
174
,
180–2
,
184
,
188–9
,
194
,
196
,
205
,
209
,
242
,
246
,
263
,
290–2
,
310
,
312
,
368
,
525
,
547

and Fong Swee Suan,
350

detention under Operation Liberation,
249

Nairobi,
534

Nanyang Siang Pau
,
17
,
149
,
173
,
392
,
446

Nanyang University,
218
,
331–5
,
346
,
366

Guild of Graduates,
431
,
444
,
446

undergraduates arrested,
512–13

Nash, Walter (prime minister, New Zealand),
454

Nasser (president, Egypt),
15
,
526

Nasution, General Haris (defence minister, Indonesia),
467

Nehru, Pandit,
421
,
427
,
454
,
456

New Zealand,
16
,
223
,
225

Nicoll, Sir John (UK governor, Singapore),
150
,
154–5
,
170
,
201

Nigeria,
532

Ningkan, Stephen Kalong (chief minister, Sarawak),
525
,
535
,
625

Nkrumah, Kwame (leader, Ghana),
531–2

North Borneo,
13
,
400
,
404–5
,
408
,
415–16
,
426
,
442
,
460
,
467
,
478–9
,
481
,
498–9
,
523
,
538
;
see also
Sabah

Nyerere, Julius (prime minister, Tanganyika, later Tanzania),
533
,
535

O’Donovan, Patrick,
138

Obote, Milton (prime minister, Uganda),
534

Oehlers, George,
199
,
407

Oei Tiong Ham,
27

Ong Chang Sam,
622

Ong Eng Guan,
180
,
225–7
,
300
,
305
,
316
,
322–4
,
335–7
,
344
,
348
,
402
,
408
,
430
,
432
,
447
,
450
,
470

his 16 resolutions,
351

mayor of City Council,
274–7
,
313
,
315
,
322

resigns,
622

Ong Kee Hui (Sarawak United People’s Party),
405
,
603
,
609
,
617

Ong Pang Boon,
241–2
,
262–3
,
267–8
,
271
,
299–300
,
326
,
348
,
385–6
,
388
,
401
,
510
,
522
,
540
,
578
,
583
,
629
,
640
,
644

Operation Cold Store,
472–3
,
475

Othman Wok,
556–7
,
562–3
,
613
,
640–1

Pakistan,
115
,
121

Parry, Professor Hughes,
100–1
,
103–4

Partai Rakyat (Brunei),
415

Partai Rakyat (Singapore),
470
,
505

Paya Lebar Bus Company,
199

Penang,
17
,
39
,
52
,
68–9
,
71
,
88
,
542
,
556
,
602–3
,
610

People’s Action Party (PAP),
160–1

adopts MCP techniques to mobilise population,
322
,
326–7

Anson by-election (1961),
367–72

attack on Alliance government’s anti-communist policies,
242–3

Beauty World rally,
246

break between non-communists and pro-communists,
373

breakaway group forms Barisan Sosialis,
385

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