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22nd September 1961 : “Advisor” to the Central Executive Committee of Barisan Sosialis
At the inaugural meeting of the Barisan Sosialis, James was appointed as an “advisor” to the party. James maintained that he was not consulted about this appointment prior to the
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21st September 1961 : Democracy In The PAP Is What the “Communists” Want !
The Communists, through James Puthucheary, were pressing very hard for a constitution which would allow branches complete control in the party and allow branch committees to nominate members to the
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20th September 1961 : “I Was Once A Communist.”
James gave an interview to Australian journalist Peter Hastings. Mr. Hastings met James as well as Lim Chin Siong and made a record of his conversations with both for Mr.
September to October 1961 : The Battle For Merger Radio Talks
Lee Kuan Yew took to the radio is his campaign for merger with the Federation. However most of his campaign for merger was focused squarely on attacking the Barisan Sosialis
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30th August 1961 : Again…… Where Is The Source Of The Communist Directives?
From the minutes of the Internal Security Council meeting on 30th August 1961 (CO 1030/1164), Lord Selkirk noted that no link had been established between the subjects under investigation and
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21st August 1961 : What Caused The Break With PAP
But it must be a very strange state of affairs when a great plot is nothing more than the stating of the correct constitutional position. Were the PAP leaders expecting
20th August 1961 : Paper On Public Finance Theory
James wrote a paper while in detention that was accepted for publication by and international journal, Public Finance of Amsterdam. In his latest paper, Mr. Puthucheary disputes and analyses the
19th August 1961 : Where Is The “Source Of The Communist Directive”?
At the 22nd meeting of the Internal Security Council held on 19th August 1961 a document entitled “The security situation in Singapore as on the 1st August 1961” which according
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