Folio No: HSL.073 Folio Title: UMNO-MCA 1952-53 Content Description: Municipality elections; correspondence with , Yahya bin B A Razak, re: Chinese-Malay co-operation; minutes of Alliance executive committee meetings; minutes of informal meeting between UMNO and MCA representatives; National Convention; National Conference.

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Open letter to the electors of the Kuala Lumpur Municipal elections (on 16/02/1952) from MCA HSL.73.001 3/1/1952 Digitized Open branch president HSL and copy of registration of voters form. (73.1/1 - 5.)

Notes by T H Tan from information given by after the Tunku's meeting with E E C Thuraisingham, re: UMNO-MCA and the Mentri HSL.73.002 12/5/1953 Digitized Open Besar-sponsored National Conference; Onn bin Ja'afar's break with UMNO and the political strength of the . (73.2/1- 3)

Minutes of the informal meetings of UMNO and MCA representatives held between February and May 1953. First meeting held on 03/02/1953 at the Selangor Chinese Miners' Association premises, was attended by Tunku Abdul Rahman, , S A Bahaman, Dr Ismail Rahman, Syed Nasir bin Ismail HSL.73.003 3/2/1953 Digitized Open (UMNO); Tan Cheng Lock, HSL, , S M Yong and (MCA); and a press release dated 08/03/1953, re: meeting agreed to sponsor National Congress (later changed to National Convention) and economic help for the Malays. (73.3/1 - 71)

Press statements, re: UMNO-MCA alliance on the report and recommendations of the working committee of the Mentri Besar-sponsored National HSL.73.004 31/8/1953 Conference issued on 23/08/1953; and HSL on Onn Digitized Open bin Ja'afar's attack on UMNO-MCA alliance; and an MCA circular on Onn bin Ja'afar's Party Negara opening a branch in Kuala Trengganu. (73.4/1 - 10)

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Notes and notices of UMNO-MCA roundtable meetings and agenda, re: political (enlarging the electorate, education of masses in use of their votes, HSL.73.005 18/12/1953 Digitized Open etc; Sections 124-129 of Federation Agreement); and minutes of meetings between 17/01/1954 and 18/11/1954. (73.5/1 - 27)

Circulars and notices from UMNO-MCA Alliance hq, re: Kluang UMNO/MCA alliance; UMNO-MCA liaison HSL.73.006 22/12/1954 committees; letter from Tom Proctor at the Merdeka Digitized Open Malaya Bureau in London; and other general notices concerning local council elections. (73.6/1 - 28)

UMNO-MCA Alliance circulars, re: MIC and the HSL.73.007 8/12/1954 Digitized Open Alliance. (73.7/1 - 8)

A short analysis of educational structure and policy in HSL.73.008 27/1/1954 the Federation by Abdul Razak bin Hussein. Digitized Open (73.8/1 - 3)

Elections Sub-Committee of the Kuala Lumpur UMNO-MCA-MIC Alliance - minutes of meetings, HSL.73.009 1/4/1954 Digitized Open notices, circulars, etc, relating to the Kuala Lumpur Municipal elections 1954.

Select Committee Report on the Election Offences HSL.73.010 23/2/1954 Digitized Open Bill 1954.

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