Memoranda, reports, and press releases, 1948-1950

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(fols. 1-6 and items 1-15) Department of Public Relations, Kuala Lumpur, press releases on the following topics: (item 1) broadcast by MacDonald on the Malayan conflict, 7 Jul 1948; (item 2) Chinese population in Malaya (Malaysia); (items 3-5, 7-11, fols. 1-3, and 6) Emergency and Communist bandits; (item 6) Labour Conference, Kuala Lumpur; (fol. 4) police force; (fol. 5) population figures; (item 12) race relations; (item 13) trade unions; and (items 14-15) a broadcast by Sir Alec Newboult, Chief Secretary, on how the Constitution works, 7 Jul 1948-11 Aug 1949
(fol. 7 and items 16-36) series of articles on the Malaya Emergency sent by the Department of Public Relations, Kuala Lumpur, to the Colonial Office, with a list of the articles, 15 Oct 1948-24 Jun 1949
(fols. 8-16 and items 37-47) Colonial Office Press Releases on the following topics: (fols. 8-9, item 42) labour conditions and trade unions; (items 37-39) development since federation proposals; (items 40, 43, 47) Emergency; (item 41) British colonial policy; (fol. 14) loan by the British Government to the Federal Government of Malaya (Malaysia); (fols. 12-13) war damage compensation; (item 44) Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Regional Conference, Singapore, Sep 1949; (fol. 15) conference on Southeast Asian affairs; (items 45-46, fol. 16) opening of Malaya Hall, London, by the Duchess of Kent, 10 Jan-12 Dec 1949
(item 48) report of the Committee to investigate the squatter problem, Federation paper No. 3, pp. 4, 4 Feb 1949
(item 49) list of members of the Legislative Council, pp. 4, n.d.
(items 50-51) copies of two confidential reports by the Labour Officer to the Commissioner of Labour, about communist influence in trade unions in Malaya (Malaysia) and Hong Kong, pp. 9 and 3 respectively, 12 Apr, 24 Oct 1949
(items 52-53) chronologies of important events during the Emergency, for the periods Jun 1948-Jun 1949, and Jul-Dec 1949, issued by the Department of Public Relations, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 16 and 20, n.d.
(item 54) 'Notes on conditions in Singapore': information paper No. l issued by the Empire Information Bureau, Royal Empire Society, pp. 4, Sep 1949
(fol. 17) Labour Party manifesto in four languages, Dec 1949
(item 55) Annual Report by Brazier, Trade Union Adviser, pp. 40 + 4, 6 Apr 1950-1949.