At a meeting of the Internal Security Council, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew notified the members of the ISC that an order to banish James from Singapore would be gazetted.
Read more…23rd July 1963 : ISC Banishes James From Singapore
The idea to have Juarez born in Kuala Lumpur was because Special Branch in Kuala Lumpur said they would accommodate visits by James to see Mavis in the hospital. So
Read more…2nd May 1963 : Mavis Delivers A Baby Boy At Kuala Lumpur General Hospital
None of the detainees of Operation Cold Store have ever been put on trial for the charges that they were detained under.
Lee Kuan Yew said he agreed to Operation Coldstore to clinch merger – which is a political matter and not because of any security issue. In a letter dated 12
Read more…12th February 1963 : Arrests To Support Merger and Not For Security
Mavis was sacked from her job in the civil service in January 1963. She was served with a notice of dismissal from her post of Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Education
Read more…9th February 1963 : Offer Of “Assistance” From Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew gave an hour long press conference at Singapore Airport on his return from Kuala Lumpur. He stressed that “the operation had not been to help him or
I firmly believe that [James Puthucheary] was a true Nationalist, totally committed to an independent Malaya which includes Singapore and not a communist or a terrorist. Teo Soh Lung, 2018
Read more…2nd February 1963 : Operation Cold Store – The Sacrifice For Malaysia
“In January 1963 I was again sacked, without reasons given. James immediately told me that it was likely that he would be arrested shortly and on 2nd February Operation Cold
“The last time I met Harry in Singapore was when he offered me help to go away to finish my law degree in London. I think it was genuine. If
The telegram to the Commonwealth Relations Office reports that Tunku Abdul Rahman is incensed by Lee Kuan Yew use of the Internal Security issues to justify the arrest and detention
