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.
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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
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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14th August 1961 : Goh Reveals His Conversations With James In The Straits Times
In response to the allegations made by the Barisan Sosialis group that had met with Lord Selkirk, Goh Keng Swee revealed his discussions with James that led to the group
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13th August 1961 : Unveiling The Truth Of The Eden Hall Meeting
Lee’s hypothesis that the British gave Barisan Sosialis the assurance the craved for only because they were trying to draw Lim Chin Siong and his supporters into the open by
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August 1961 : Merger With The Malayan Federation
“I was all the time very pro merger. In my view Barisan Sosialis never accepted merger. They believed in an independent Singapore. My suspicion was that they were afraid they