Folio No: HSL.018 Folio Title: Director of Operations’ Committee I Content Description: Director of Operations' Committee meetings and minutes January - June 1955 ; State War Executive Committees (SWEC); White .Areas policy and areas declared white; maps of white areas in Province Wellesley, , Trengganu; Johore, and .

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Copy of a government press statement on an offer from HSL.18.001 24/6/1955 the to negotiate to end the Digitized Open emergency. (18.001/1 - 2)

English translation of a statement by a representative of the Malayan Racial Liberation Army Supreme Command HSL.18.002 7/6/1955 Digitized Open Hq. Statement was posted in Haadyai, Thailand on 07/06/1955.

Notice and venue of meeting of the Director of HSL.18.003 20/6/1955 Digitized Open Operations' Committee. Attachments:

Appendix A: Paper by the combined intelligence staff on the White Areas. Topics covered - "white area" policy and the areas to which it had been extended; HSL.18.003a 2/6/1955 Digitized Open MCP general reactions to the policy; an analysis of the present conditions in white areas; conclusion and recommendations. (18.3a/1 - 17)

Appendix B and C: Papers on the proposals to extend HSL.18.003b Undated White Areas in Province Wellesley to south Kedah. Digitized Open (18.3b/1 - 5)

Note from the Director of Operations' Committee HSL.18.004 15/6/1955 secretary, re: visits to jungle forts by pioneer aircraft by Digitized Open members of the committee.

Minutes of the Directors of Operations' Committee HSL.18.005 6/6/1955 Digitized Open meeting. (18.5/1 - 6)

Agenda for Director of Operations' Committee: HSL.18.006 6/6/1955 Digitized Open Establishment of Home Guard Officer.

Paper on Home Guard 1956/57 Officer establishment: HSL.18.006a Undated Digitized Open Appendix A and B (18.6b/1 - 4)

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List of representatives on War Executive Committee. HSL.18.007 Undated Digitized Open (18.6/1 - 10)

Minutes of the Director of Operations' Committee HSL.18.008 16/5/1955 Digitized Open meeting. (18.8/1 - 7)

Technical note No. 1/55: Statistics of the , prepared by DF Bayly Pike of the Operational research Unit, Far East. Note included HSL.18.009 Undated Digitized Open graphs plotting the elimination of communist terrorists (inclusive of number killed, captured or surrendered.) between 1949 and 1954. (18.9/1 - 12)

Agenda for the Director of Operations' Committee meeting to be held on 16/05/1955: examination policy HSL.18.010 16/5/1955 regarding Phase lll Home Guard (appendix A); estimate Digitized Open of current armed terrorist strength (appendix B). (18.10/1 - 12)

Minutes of the Director of Operations' committee HSL.18.011 2/5/1955 Digitized Open meeting. (18.11/1 - 8)

Agenda for the Director of Operations' committee to be held on 02/05/1955: review of tenants registration; HSL.18.012 2/5/1955 Malay/Siamese resettlement in the primitive areas of Digitized Open north Kedah and application of this scheme in Padang Durian.

Minutes of Director of Operations' Committee meeting. HSL.18.013 18/4/1955 Digitized Open (18.13/1 - 10)

Note by Commissioner of Police arising from para. 3, HSL.18.013a 18/4/1955 item 4 of the minutes of Director of Operations' Digitized Open committee meeting held on 18/04/1955. (18.13a/1 - 2).

Agenda for the Director of Operations' committee meeting to be held on 18/04/1955: white areas in HSL.18.014 18/4/1955 Pahang (appendix A); white areas in Trengganu Digitized Open (appendix B); review of the emergency situation in Johore (appendix C); surrenders (appendix D).

Appendix A for the Director of Operations' Committee HSL.18.014a Undated meeting on 31/03/1955: Paper on white areas, Pahang. Digitized Open (18.14a/1 - 2)

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Paper on proposed white areas in Pahang. HSL.18.014b 31/3/1955 Digitized Open (18.14b/1 - 4)

Map of Pahang 1949, showing principal roads and cart HSL.18.014c Undated Digitized Open track.

Details of emergency legislation now in force (1955) in HSL.18.014d Undated the , sub-district, district. Digitized Open Danger areas: .

Note from Maj TC Adams on behalf of head of Special Branch, Pahang, re: proposed white area in Pahang, HSL.18.014e Undated Digitized Open with attachment on Pahang's appreciation with regards to this proposal. (18.14e/1 - 6)

Draft of the Emergency Regulations 1951, Direction under Regulations 17 EA (22), re: change relating to HSL.18.014f Undated Digitized Open state of Pahang w.e.f. 16/04/1955, and Schedule of areas affected.

Two maps of Johore showing communist terrorists (CT) strengths and MCP branches and another map showing HSL.18.014g Undated Digitized Open major CT incidents between June 1954 and 15 March 1955 (18.14g/1 - 2)

Appendix B for the Director of Operations Committee meeting on 31/03/1955: Proposals to declare whole of HSL.18.015 Undated (map A1) and part of Kemaman (map Digitized Open A2) in Trengganu, white areas. (18.15/1 - 3). Attachments:

Letter from the Trengganu war executive committee chairman to the Director of Operations, re: HSL.18.015a 2/4/1955 recommendations to declare Dungun and Kemaman Digitized Open districts with the exception of Kerteh, Kemasek, Ulu Chukai and Kijal. (18.15a/1 - 2).

Resume of the Emergency situation from 1951 - 55 in the south Trengganu area, prepared by the officer-in- HSL.18.015b 30/3/1955 Digitized Open charge, Kemaman police district, P Barnes. (18.15b/1 - 3)

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Paper on Special Branch appreciation of communist HSL.18.015c 31/3/1955 terrorists operations in south Trengganu by Trengganu Digitized Open Special branch head KC Lodge. (18.15c/1 - 2)

Draft copy of declaration of white areas in Dungun and HSL.18.015d 6/6/1955 Digitized Open Kemaman by Trengganu Mentri Besar.

Map of Kedah and Perlis 1948 (map 1) re: north Kedah HSL.18.016 Undated Digitized Open primitive resettlement.

Appendix C for the Director of Operations' Committee meeting on 31/03/1955: Review of the Emergency situation in Johore (Combined emergency planning staff paper No. 54), containing: summary of HSL.18.017 12/4/1955 recommendations; MCP intelligence; security forces Digitized Open operations; RAF and RN; police; Home Guard; information services; psychological warfare; straits control; food control; administration; miscellaneous (civil). (18.17/1 - 32)

Appendix D for Director of Operations' Committee meeting on 31/03/1955: paper on surrenders prepared by the Operational Research Section (Psychological HSL.18.018 17/3/1955 Digitized Open warfare), for distribution to all executive secretaries of states/settlements War Executive Committees. (18.18/1 - 14)

Minutes of the Director of Operations' committee HSL.18.019 21/3/1955 Digitized Open meeting. (18.19/1 - 5)

Paper on Malay-Siamese resettlement in the primitive areas of north Kedah from the British Adviser's Office in HSL.18.020 9/4/1955 Digitized Open Alor Star, Kedah, to the Secretary for Defence. (10.20/1 - 2)

Paper on Malay/Siamese Resettlement in the primitive areas of north Kedah submitted by Kedah state war HSL.18.021 24/3/1955 Digitized Open executive committee (SWEC) chairman ECG Barrett to the Secretary for Defence. (18.21/1 - 2). Attachments:

Appendix A: Scheme for "primitive" resettlement. HSL.18.021a Undated Digitized Open (18.21a/1 - 2)

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Appendix B for Director of Operations Committee meeting: Memo by the Secretary for Defence on the HSL.18.021b Undated Digitized Open resettlement proposal submitted by Kedah state war executive committee (SWEC). (18.21b/1 - 2)

Agenda for the Director of Operations' Committee HSL.18.022 21/3/1955 meeting on 21/03/1955: review and recommendations Digitized Open for railway security, Malaya. (18.22/1 - 14).

Appendix A to agenda: Diagram showing communist HSL.18.022a Undated terrorists incidents (major and minor) and white areas Digitized Open along the railway line between 1953 and 1954.

Annexure to Appendix A: Brief details of terrorist HSL.18.022b Undated attacks against the railway between 01/01/1953 and Digitized Open 11/03/1955 (18.22b/1 - 6).

Appendix C: List of Wickham trolley pilots for railway HSL.18.022c Undated Digitized Open security.

Appendix D: Wickham trolley patrols for railway HSL.18.022d Undated Digitized Open security.

HSL.18.022e Undated Appendix E: Existing railway radio communications. Digitized Open

HSL.18.022f Undated Appendix F: Police train escorts. Digitized Open

Appendix G: Recommended redistribution of Wickham HSL.18.022g Undated Digitized Open trolleys for patrol duties.

Matters from state war executive committee HSL.18.023 18/3/1955 (SWEC) re: operational duties of Home Guards; and Digitized Open Labis road and Sungei Pelek.

Appendix A to Director of Operations' Committee HSL.18.024 16/3/1955 meeting 5/55, re: review of tenants registration. Digitized Open (18.24/1 - 12)

Sample forms for the registration of tenants: permanent household register (Appendix D); movement HSL.18.024a Undated register (Appendix E); register of tenants; record of Digitized Open movement of persons; weekly summary of movements of people. (18.24a/1 - 5)

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Booklet in Chinese, entitled The Chinese fight against HSL.18.025 Undated Digitized Open communism in Malayan.

English translation of booklet in Chinese, entitled The HSL.18.026 14/3/1955 Digitized Open Chinese fight against communism in Malaya.

Copy of letter to principal staff officer to the Director of HSL.18.027 9/3/1955 Operations Maj-Gen ES Lindsay, enclosing Chinese Digitized Open translation by HSL on two papers.

Paper on government's reward policy, re: offer of cash rewards for information on the communist terrorists; what has happened to those who surrendered; HSL.18.028 22/2/1955 Digitized Open government surrender policy. Paper issued by the Director of Operations on behalf of the High Commissioner (18.28/1 - 8)

Minutes of the Director of Operations' committee meeting 4/55, re: rewards in connection with elimination of communist terrorists; estimate of current HSL.18.029 7/3/1955 Digitized Open terrorist strength; resettlement proposal in lower district; proposal to resettle Chinese squatters from Changkat at Jawi new village. (18.29/1 - 7)

Letter from the Director of Operations' staff, re: search HSL.18.030 17/2/1955 Digitized Open for man to fill post in Johore.

Correspondence between Wong Shee Fun in Singapore HSL.18.030a 3/3/1955 and HSL, re: possible candidate (Lim Kum Chin) to fill Digitized Open post in Johore. (18.30a/1 - 3)

Letter from Lim Kum Chin, re: appointment of Chinese HSL.18.030b 4/3/1955 Digitized Open Home Guard Officer.

Agenda Director of Operations' Committee meeting No. HSL.18.031 7/3/1955 Digitized Open 4/55, with attachments:

Appendix A to Director of Operation' committee meeting No. 4/55 on 07/03/1955, re: report on HSL.18.031a 22/2/1955 Digitized Open reconnaissance of jungle fort sites in S. Kinta and S. Raia, and recommendations. (18.31a/1 - 3)

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Appendix B to Director of Operations' committee HSL.18.031b 16/2/1955 meeting No. 4/55 on 07/03/1955, re: an estimate of Digitized Open current armed terrorist strength. (18.31b/1 - 5)

Appendix C to Director of Operations' committee HSL.18.031c 18/2/1955 meeting No. 4/55 on 07/03/1955, re: resettlement Digitized Open proposal in Lower Perak district. (18.31c/1 - 2)

Appendix D to Director of Operations' committee meeting 4/55 on 07/03/1955, re: memo by HSL.18.031d 20/1/1955 SWEC chairman D Gray on proposal to resettle Chinese Digitized Open squatters from Changkat into Jawi new village. (18.31d/1 - 4)

Annexure to proposal to resettle Chinese squatters from Changkat for Director of Operations' committee HSL.18.031e 12/1/1955 meeting 4/55, re: map of Changkat area in Province Digitized Open Wellesley, and list of CT inspired incidents in Changkat. (18.31e/1 - 3)

Memo from the Secretary for Defence for Director of HSL.18.031f Undated Operations' Committee meeting 4/55, re: resettlement Digitized Open proposal on Changkat, Province Wellesley.

Article in the Evening Star, Washington DC, by Robert Elegant, entitled New defeat for the west? Dispirited HSL.18.032 21/2/1955 Digitized Open attitude weakens Malaya's fight against Reds. (18.32/1 - 2)

Cover note from the Director of Operations' office enclosing sufficient copies of the Director of Operations' HSL.18.033 15/2/1955 Directive - February 1955, for distribution to all Digitized Open members of the state and district war executive committees (SWEC and DWEC). (18.33/1 - 8)

Minutes of the Director of Operations' committee 3/55, re: rewards in connection with elimination of CTs; HSL.18.034 14/2/1955 surrender policy; review of central cooking and storage Digitized Open of rice in Negri Sembilan; jungle fort in the S. Kinta and S. Raia area in Perak. (18.34/1 - 8).

Annexure A to minutes of the Director of Operations' HSL.18.034a Undated committee meeting, re: expenditure on central rice Digitized Open cooking scheme, .(18.34a/1 - 2)

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Agenda for Director of Operations' committee meeting 3/55, re: review of central cooking and rice storage in HSL.18.035 14/2/1955 Digitized Open Negri Sembilan and jungle fort in S Kinta and S Raia area in Perak.

Appendix A to agenda for Director of Operations' HSL.18.035a 10/2/1955 committee meeting 3/55 on 14/02/1955, re: jungle fort Digitized Open in S Kinta and S Raia area in Perak. (18.35a/1 - 4).

Cover letter from MCA chief executive secretary TH Tan, HSL.18.036 2/2/1955 enclosing copies of letters relating to appointments to Digitized Open the Johore state war executive committee. (18.36/1 - 7)

Notice of cancellation of the Director of Operations' committee meeting scheduled for 31/01/1955, as no HSL.18.037 28/1/1955 Digitized Open papers had been submitted for discussion. Notice of next meeting on 31/01/1955.

Minutes of the Director of Operations' committee meeting 2/55 held on 17/01/1955, re: report on the HSL.18.038 17/1/1955 emergency situation in Johore; Tunku Abdul Rahman on Digitized Open Alliance decision on amnesty; progress report on resettlement of squatters. (18.38/1 - 10).

Appendix A to minutes of Director of Operations' HSL.18.038a 17/1/1955 committee meeting 2/55, re: copy of press release by Digitized Open Director of Operations on amnesty.

Paper on Home Guard discipline for information of the HSL.18.038b 17/1/1955 Digitized Open Director of Operations' Committee

Notes for Director of Operations' committee meeting, HSL.18.038c 17/1/1955 Digitized Open re: Kuala Lumpur squatter problem. (18.38c/1 - 2).

Appendix A: Summary of the Kuala Lumpur squatter HSL.18.038d 17/1/1955 Digitized Open problem.

Speech by HSL in moving a resolution relating to ending HSL.18.039 15/1/1955 the emergency at a meeting of the MCA general Digitized Open committee. (18.39/1 - 3).

Amendment to the resolution, relating to ending the HSL.18.039a Undated emergency which was adopted at the MCA general Digitized Open committee meeting.

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Letter from MCA chief executive secretary TH Tan, enclosing two copies of letters from HG Hammett to HSL.18.040 17/1/1955 Goh Chee Yan (one dated 03/01/1955 and the other Digitized Open dated 03/12/1955), re: unofficial members on SWEC. (18.40/1 - 3).

Agenda for the Director of Operations' committee meeting 2/55 on 17/01/1955, re: the situation in HSL.18.041 13/1/1955 Johore; surrender policy (appendix A); progress report Digitized Open on the resettlement of Kuala Lumpur squatters and deportation under ER 17 (appendix B).

Appendix A to agenda for Director of Operations' HSL.18.041a Undated committee meeting 2/55, re: surrender policy. Digitized Open (18.41a/1 - 5)

Appendix B to agenda for Director of Operations' HSL.18.041b 12/1/1955 committee meeting 2/55: Memo from the Secretary of Digitized Open Defence, re: deportation under ER 17. (18.41b/1 - 4).

Minutes of the UMNO-MCA Alliance meeting, held at Heeren Street, Malacca. UMNO represented by Tunku Abdul Rahman, Aziz bin Ishak, Bahaman bin Samsuddin HSL.18.042 12/1/1955 and Dr Ismail bin Abdul Rahman and MCA by Tan Cheng Digitized Open Lock, Leong Yew Koh, HSL, Ong Yoke Lin and Leung Cheung Ling. Agenda: question of offering general amnesty to the communist terrorists. (18.42/1 - 3)

Memo from UMNO-MCA Alliance Hq to all members of Alliance Roundtable, re: extract from Hansard No. 299 HSL.18.043 13/7/1955 Digitized Open (23/07/1955 to 30/07/1955) on the Mau Mau terrorists surrender terms. (18.43/1 - 3)

Letter to Director of Intelligence GC Madoc, enclosing a document received by the MCA Selangor branch from HSL.18.044 5/1/1955 Digitized Open communist sources and a letter of receipt from Madoc dated 06/01/1955. (18.44/1 - 2)

Letter to Director of Operations Lieut-Gen Sir Geoffrey Bourne, re: HSL's proposal to move a resolution relating HSL.18.045 5/1/1955 to ending the emergency at the MCA general Digitized Open committee meeting on 15/01/1955 and a reply from Bourne, commending the resolution. (18.45/1 - 2)

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Minutes of the Direction of Operations' committee meeting 1/55, re: rewards in connection with the elimination of communist terrorists; construction of HSL.18.046 3/1/1955 emergency roads and airstrips; proposal by Negri Digitized Open Sembilan SWEC to enforce central cooking and rice storage; MCP's cultivation and supply system; deportation. (18.46/1 - 6)

Agenda for Director of Operations' committee meeting 1/55 on 03/01/1955, re: MCP cultivation and supply HSL.18.047 3/1/1955 Digitized Open system (appendix A); Priority "D" - deportation (appendix B).

Appendix A to Director of Operations' committee HSL.18.047a 30/12/1954 meeting 1/55: Paper on MCP cultivation and supply Digitized Open system. (18.47a/1 - 2)

Appendix B for Director of Operations' committee HSL.18.047b 18/12/1954 Digitized Open meeting 1/55: Priority "D" - deportation. (18.47b/1 - 2)

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