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To Alex Josey Papers INDEX TO ALEX JOSEY PAPERS Mise. articles (1) Jul 1948 - Jan 1965 "The StatE: of Singapo~e" Ap 1949 - !';ay 1959 "Correspondence etc re me as an alleged communist" Mar 1952 "Labour Party of Malaya" Jul 1952 - May 1954 Ind::mesia (I) Jul 1952 - May 1975 Singapo~e Tiger Standard Jul 1952 - Oct 1979 "Fajar" Ap 1953 - Jan 1963 China (I) Jul 1953 - Political parties of Malaysia (I) Sept 1953 - 1%0 Political parties of Malaysia (11) Mar 1954 - Jan 1966 "Konperensi Socialis Malaysia" Nov 1954 - Sept 1972 Asian-African Conference (I) Feb - Ap 1955 Asian-African Conference (11) J..p 1955 "Pulau Senang pictures" Ap 1955 - 1962 "Socialism - Asian etc" Jun - Dec 1955 Mise. articles (Il) Jul 1955 - ~lar 1966 Cambodia Jul 1955 - Ap 1975 Indonesia (Il) Nov 1955 - Hay 1958 Federal Government Press Statements Dee 1955 - ?eb 1963 David Marshall and Constitutional Talks Mar 1956 - Ma::- 1963 "Emergency: Facts and figures" Jar. 1956 - Hay 1958 Communisrr: Jan 1956 - D<>~ 1972 "Asian Socialist Conference" AP - Nov 1956 "Dato ann's constitution for an independent Malaya - 1956" Ap 1956 - Dee 19£2 South VletnaIL 1'.p 1956 - Ap :'9~2 Commentary Ap 1956 - :Nay 1975 Ch:.na (E) Jul - Sept 1956 "Thailand" Jul 1956 - Feb 1960 Poli~ical file Mar 1963 }l::.sc.a::-tlcles (lII) 1957 - Jan 1972 Burma Feb :957 - Dee 1971 "Fleport ::m or;;anisa tion by Central Committee of the Burma Workers' Party" Dec 1957 "Barisan Soci<.lis" Sept 1ot;,- May :"9:1 Lee Kuan Yew speeches Sept 1957 - Jan 1980 "The murder of Suphachai Srisati" Jul - Oet 1958 Articles by Alex Josey Dee 1958 - Fet 2.97"7 Mise. correspondence May 1959 - Fei:> 1960 "LlSt of PAF biographies" Jun 1959 - Fei:;. 1970 "PI:: documents" Aug 1959 - Ap :%2 Mise. articles (IV) Aug 1959 - J.~p 1.972 Singapore Government Press Statements (I) Aug 1959 - Feb 198::" Mlse. articles (V) Sept 1959 - Ap 1972 Press statements of political parties Jun 1960 - Nov 1964 "hle>: Josey. National Union of Journalists" Aug 1960 - Nav 1961 "Full story of the Ong Eng Guan case" Dec 1960 - Mar 1%1 "Newsweek ~ontempt case etc" 1961 - Nov 1974 "History" Jan 1961 "Slngapore National Union of Journalists" Feb 1961 - Jul 1962 Press clippings re: merger Jul 1961 - Jan 1966 New Statesman Jul 1961 - Ap 1969 "Lim Li an Geo};" Oet 1961 - Mar 1963 "hSh" Nov 1961 - fl.p 1952 "PrimE:!':inister'sTour" Feb - May 1962 PlE:biar, Ap 1962 - hp 1968 British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Jun 1962 - Oet 1967 "!-.5Ian Games" Aug - Sept 1962 Radio Singapore Press Release Aug 1962 - Aug 1970 Slar an !-.khbar Sept 1962 - Feb 1975 Amnesty International Nov 1962 - Jul 1974 "Philippines and Sabah" 1963 - Jul 1968 "Material used" Jan 1963 - act 1983 "Manila Summit" Jun - Aug 1963 "Maphilindo" Jun 1963 - Jan 1964 Singapore Legislative Assembly Jul - Aug 1963 "Johore Sultan story" act 1963 "Japan's blood debt" Sept - act 1963 "Alex Josey expulsion & 'Bulletin'" Sept 1963 - Jul 1965 Misc. articles (VI) act 1963 - Dee 1969 fio~' I:f'o-J - JU.L ;:;0-::>- Expulsion of hlex Josey Do"'" 1963 - Jul 1965 "'Slngapore. :hrtlCl.eSand ClIppIngs" Jan 1964 Jan 1967 "1964 elections" Mar 1964 - Jul 1965 "1964 Malaya General Elections" Ap :964 "PM & USA" Sept 1964 - Sept 1967 Ministry of Labour act 1964 - Jun 1967 PAP's 10th Anniversary Nov 1964 - Jan 1966 Utusan Melayu Nov 1964 - Jun 1973 Ma.r - Ap 1965 Corresponden~e re: Singapore - KL 'confrontation' "Asian-SoClallst Conference. Bombay. May 6 - 11 1965" May 1965 "Soc:"alism" Aug 1965 - act 1967 Press releases: Speeches by Ministers Aug 1965 - hp 1975 Mise. articles (VII) act 1965 - Jul 1971 Chinese press releases Mar 1966 - Jul 1972 USSR - Singapore trade agreement Ap 1966 - 19£3 Petition from Sheffield University Aug 1966 - Jul 1971 "With LKY 1969 April 16 - May 20" Sept 1966 - Aug 1971 Singapore Government Press Statements (11) Dee 1965 - Sept 196£ Lee Kuan Yew's visit to the US act 1967 Radio broadcasts act 1967 - Ap 1968 "Prime Minister's programme" Dec 1967 - Dec 1969 Khemer Republic Dec 1967 - Ap 1972 "Londor: Jan 14 - 18 1968" Jan 1962 Success and sobriety in Singapore Jan - Mar 1968 "Repo:-t. File copies" Jan 1968 - Jul 1969 96 "London and France" May 1968 97 "LKY in North America" Oct - Dec 1968 98 "Australia (June 1969) " May - Jun 1969 99 Llm Chin Siong Jul 1969 100 "PE:king and S'pore (MCP)" Aug 1969 - Dec 1971 101 National Trade Union Congress Nov 1969 - May 1975 102 Democratic Socialist Club Dec 1969 - Jan 1971 103 "Lusaka. Ceylon. India. 1970" Mar - Sept 1970 104 Lee Kuan Yew's world tour Mar - Nov 1970 105 "Port of Singapore" May 1970 - Feb 1971 106 "Wages. Economy" Nov 1970 - Sept 1971 107 The politics of survival Ap 1971 108 "Singapore Herald press statements - transcripts of press conference & IFI cable" May 1971 109 1972 elections (1) Aug - Sept 1972 110 1972 elections (Il) Oct 1971 - Sept 1972 111 Lee Kuan Yew's visit to Europe Oct - Nov 1971 112 National Wages Council Ap 1972 - Ap 1973 113 "Labour Laws - Singapore in the 70s" Jun 1972 - Jul 1975 114 "LKY 1978" Dec 1972 - Nov 1978 115 Interview with Alex Josey Ap 1974 116 CPM split Jul 1974 - Nov 1976 117 "Thailand Jan 26/75 General Elections" Feb 1974 - Ap 1976 118 Detention of Tan Wah Piow & Ng Wah Ling Nov - Dec 1974 119 "Tan Wah Piow case" Dec 1974 - Jun 1975 120 "Election material" Dec 1980 121 The David Marshall Trials Jul - Sept 1981 122 "Singaporean" Oct 1981 - hp 1983 123 Indonesia and Indochina No date diven 124 "Labour Laws in a changing Singapore" No c.ate glven 125 Subandrio No c.ate glven 126 Singapore History Ap 1955 - Jun 1959 127 Burma Army Units 1960 PRESS CLIPPINGS FOLIOS 128 Indonesia Oct 1957 - Mar 1972 129 Thailand Jan 1960 - r1ay 1975 130 Burma Oct 1961 - Jan 1978 131 Singapore Jan 1962 - Feb 1975 132 Malaysia Aug 1962 - Jul 1975 133 Philippines Nov 1962 - Dec 1974 134 Indochina Ap 1965 - Oct 1977 135 Soviet Union and China Jul 1972 - Jan 1975 TITLE ~=SC. ARTICLES (1) FEP.IO~ JUL 19~2 - JAN 1965 CONTENTS Conta~ns m~m80graphed copies of a boctl8t on the tlographical sketch ot Tan Cheng Lock,Jul lq4~; ef EIECtio~ Conmission p~eSS statements, ~ar to tug ~950; ~~ b18graphical Dotes on Ki~isters aD~ ~ssistant K:nisters In Malaysia, ~ay 19SQ; and cn the ~alayan Trade Unlon Congress. ~lso contalns speec~es by ~Inlsters 0: Malaysia, docu~ents tor the Malaysia Solidarity Co~mitt8e and the Conference ef pro-~alaysia Poltical Parties of Saban, Sara~ai:, Brunei, Singapore and !':alaya. folio 2 TITLE "THE SnoTE OF SINGJ..PORE" PERIOD AP 1949 - M~Y 1959 CONTENTS Mimeographed copies of the Dailv Digest of ChinesE, Malay and Tamil Press on the Rendel Report, 28 Feb 1954, and copies of the Sinqapore GO',:ernment Press Statement on the "P.nglo - Singapore Talks" r 27 tay 1958, on a talk by Lim Yew Hock on the establishment of the Singapore Cons:itution Order in Council, 27 Nov 1958, and on the s:a:ement by Lim Yew Hock befere Election Day, 29 May 1959. There are typed copies of an address by Tan Cheng Loci: on "The Chinese in }1alaya" an:: ::J1; articles en<:itled "Fr-orrJ..siannaticnalis:r. and the l.iest","The new !':alayanNation" and "!':alaya:communist 8r free". Includes mimeographed boot~ets on "The prospects for parlimentary democr-aey in the Feder-ation et !':alayaand Singapore", "People's Constitution for Malaya" and "Some aspects of Malaya nationalisrr". Also contaIns printed copies of the Leg~~la~ive bssen~bly Sessional Paper on David Marshall's request t8 Sir ~.B. Blae]; for the appointment ef 4 Assistant ginistErs, Jul 1955. PERIOD MAR 19~2 20N~ErTS ~e~2;ra~sr ~emoranda, typed and carbor. copies 0: correspondence between J.A. Bra:ier and Sir V.Tewson and AJ and To~ Driberg on Lord Hamilton's statement to the House of Commons that the British Trade Union had protested against the renewal of appolntment of hJ as Assistant Editor of Radio Malaya because of his alleged com~unist sympathies. PERIOD JUL _952 - Kh~ 1954 CO~~EP~S (ontalns typed and carbon copie~ ef correspondence wlth mEmbE~5 et the Fabian SOclEty. There arE mimeographed copies on the ~raft r~vis~d constitution of the Fan-~alayan Lab~ur Party and the constitutIon of the Singapore SocialIst Party. -F-olI---o-----5 T:TLE :NDONES:[ (I) PERIQn JUL 1952 - EAY 1975 CONTENTS Fello has mlmeographed CO~les of press releases. speeches and Join: communique of the Indonesian GovErnment. ThEre are articles issued by the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia In S:ngapore entltled "]..r::f:G. forces ane s::xiety in Indonesia". 5 Oct 1974; "TiE future of the F'acI:lc ':::orr.1T'unity, an Indonesian View", 29 t20Y 1972; 'Th r;:;le of ASEJ..N entrepl-eneurs I-ii::nn the ]..SE~.N framewori:", 2 !':ay 1972; "The Sei:ber Goll:ar: ~. b:'rdls-eyE, ;;isw 01 its his~a~ylt, Scpt 1971; tt:ndci!"iesian foreign pol1cy", ::: l~ar 1970; and "General Suharto", 2 ~:ar 1970. hr:i212s at th2 CeDtr21 C8mml:tcc of ~he C~m~unist Pa~~y 2! Indonesia (FKI) l.n Dec 1961 Includes ";.nnul the US Supreme Court Q€cisio:1"; "Str-engthen national UI:lty and communist unltyl"; "~lol::il:..se the g~E2.tes~ p~sslbIe forces for ~he i~plem€ntation of the people's command by surmounting the :iifficul ties :n ::'i ",ing conditions of the people"; "DS mili~ary provocations in South Vietnaffi must be stopped immediately"; and "It is not a question of who is going to leave but ;'iho is going to enter the Socialist camp"" Speeches and an article by D.N.
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