The Private Papers

Folio No: TCL.015 Folio Title: Correspondence (1947, 1951-60) Content Description: Papers of the First National Convention (23 Aug 1953), Third National Convention (14 Feb 1954), UMNO Emergency General Assembly (14 Apr 1954); correspondence relating to the Emergency, the death of Sir Henry Gurney, reorganization of the MCA, activities of MCA branches and committees, Alliance election success in , Singapore Constitutional Commission, award of SMN, etc.

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TCL.015.001- Undated 3 cards. Digitized Open 003

TCL.015.004- Undated Fragments of letters. Omitted from filming. Digitized Open 007

TCL.015.008 Undated Speech re: the MCA. Badly damaged. Digitized Open

"Broadcast by Sir Cheng-Lock Tan to the American TCL.015.009 Undated Digitized Open Public". Reprinted in TCL.026.014.

"Ways in Which the Public Can Help to End the TCL.015.010 Undated Digitized Open Emergency".

TCL.015.011- Undated Ms Miscellaneous notes. Digitized Open 012

TCL.015.013 Undated Notes re: Home Guards and Chinese Affairs Officers. Digitized Open

Letter in Chinese to Tunku through TCL. Text TCL.015.014 Undated Digitized Open somewhat garbled.

Correspondence and papers pertaining to TCL.015.015- distribution of TCL's Malayan Problems: From a 1947 - 1951 Digitized Open 047 Chinese Point of View. Singapore, 1947. Many of the documents are badly damaged.

TCL's speech at the inaugural meeting of MCA Branch. Reprinted from the Straits Echo & TCL.015.048 12/3/1949 Digitized Open Times of Malaya. See also TCL.026.006-006a and TCL.026.020.

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Proceedings of the 2nd annual general meeting of TCL.015.049- 20/7/1951 the Cheng Hoon Teng Temple. 2 copies. See also Digitized Open 049a TCL.026.012.

Notice of the 14th meeting of the MCA Working TCL.015.050 16/9/1951 Digitized Open Committee.

TCL.015.051 16/9/1951 Minutes of the above meeting. Damaged. Digitized Open

TCL.015.051a Undated TCL's notes for above. Digitized Open

TCL.015.051b-c Undated TCL's notes for above. 2 copies. Digitized Open

Letter from Sir Henry Gurney inviting TCL and TCL.015.051d 5/10/1951 Digitized Open colleagues to a meeting.

Notice of an MCA Reorganization Committee TCL.015.052 6/11/1951 Digitized Open meeting.

Letter to Yap Mau Tatt enclosing letter to Yong TCL.015.052a 6/11/1951 Shook Lin re: interview with Oliver Lyttleton, Digitized Open Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Letter to Yong Shook Lin enclosing memorandum on TCL.015.052b 10/11/1951 Digitized Open MCA reorganization.

Letter to E. Newton, USIS, re: USIS assistance to MCA TCL.015.053 20/9/1951 Digitized Open publicity programme. Damaged.

TCL.015.053a Undated Notes re: MCA publicity. Digitized Open

TCL.015.053b 4/10/1951 Typed copy of the above. Digitized Open

Letter from a member of the Negri Sembilan Branch, TCL.015.054 29/9/1951 Digitized Open re: organization of MCA. Signature illegible.

TCL.015.055 2/10/1951 Memorandum by Ho Pao Jin on the role of the MCA. Digitized Open

TCL.015.055a Undated Retyped copy of above. Digitized Open

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TCL.015.056 4/10/1951 List of 16 MCA members. Digitized Open

Letter, probably to above members, re: a meeting TCL.015.056a 4/10/1951 with Gurney on 28 Oct 1951 at King's House. See Digitized Open also TCL.009.032-032b.

Letter to the same, confirming above meeting in spite of Gurney's death but with Malcolm TCL.015.056b 19/10/1951 Digitized Open MacDonald instead, and arranging pre-meeting in Singapore or .

TCL.015.056c 19/10/1951 Letter to Yong Shook Lin re: the same. Digitized Open

TCL.015.056d Undated Duplicate copy of TCL.015.055a. Digitized Open

Text of a telegram of condolence sent to the Secretary of State for the Colonies re: Gurney's TCL.015.057 Undated Digitized Open death and re-affirming the loyalty of Malayan Chinese.

Letter from Michael Hogan, Officer Administering TCL.015.058 12/10/1951 Digitized Open the Government, thanking TCL for the above.

Letter from Hogan transmitting reply from the TCL.015.058a 12/10/1951 Digitized Open Secretary of State.

Typed copy of "A note in the handwriting of the late Sir Henry Gurney recently found among his private TCL.015.059 19/11/1951 papers and known to have been written two days Digitized Open before his death". See also TCL.024.004 and TCL.026.007.

Letter from R.P. Bingham, Secretary for Chinese TCL.015.060 13/10/1951 Affairs, confirming meeting at King's House on 28 Digitized Open Oct 1951.

"Memorandum on the Organization of the MCA", by TCL.015.061 28/10/1951 Digitized Open TCL. See also TCL.014.034.

TCL.015.062 31/10/1951 Letter to Hogan replying to TCL.015.058a. Digitized Open

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Notice of an MCA Reorganization Standing TCL.015.063 31/10/1951 Digitized Open Committee meeting.

TCL.015.064 23/11/1951 Letter from re: MCA matters. Digitized Open

Letter from Leong Yew Koh re: MCA and its role in TCL.015.064a 15/10/1951 Digitized Open the Emergency. Badly damaged.

Unsigned letter from Leong Yew Koh to Khoo Teik TCL.015.064b 14/10/1951 Ee, Chairman, MCA Sweeps Committee re: members' Digitized Open expenses. Badly damaged.

Letter probably by TCL to Officer Administering the TCL.015.064c 15/11/1951 Government re: use of Chinese forces in the Digitized Open Emergency. Badly damaged.

TCL.015.064d 20/10/1951 Letter to Leong Yew Koh replying to TCL.015.064a. Digitized Open

Letter from Leong Yew Koh re: TCL.015.064e 22/9/1951 Digitized Open Agreement and the rule of law.

"The Reorganization of the Malayan Chinese TCL.015.065 13/1/1952 Association, 1952", by TCL. See also TCL.005.243- Digitized Open 243g, TCL.011.011c-d and TCL.020.026.

Translation of an anonymous letter from a member TCL.015.066 25/1/1953 Digitized Open re: role of MCA.

Notice of an extraordinary general meeting of the TCL.015.067 5/2/1953 Digitized Open Cheng Hoon Teng Temple.

Letter from Wong Shee Fun, President, MCA TCL.015.068 6/6/1953 Branch, to the Hon. Secretary-General, MCA, re: Digitized Open welfare grants with lists of applications.

Letter from Mohd. bin Abdul Rahman to the Hon. TCL.015.069 26/10/1953 Secretary-General, MCA, reporting on work of MCA- Digitized Open UMNO Liaison Committees. Incomplete.

TCL.015.070 Undated Proposed agenda. Digitized Open

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TCL.015.070a Undated Unknown Draft resolutions. Digitized Open

TCL.015.071 Undated Proposed agenda a fuller version. Digitized Open

TCL.015.072 Undated Extract from some minutes re: agenda. Digitized Open

TCL.015.073 Undated List of participants. Digitized Open

TCL.015.074 Undated Agenda. In Malay and Chinese. Digitized Open

Rules and orders of the National Convention. In TCL.015.075 Undated Digitized Open English and Malay.

Opening address by . In Malay, TCL.015.076 Undated Digitized Open English and Chinese.

Speech by Ismail bin Abdul Rahman. In Malay, TCL.015.077 Undated Digitized Open English and Chinese.

Speech by Dato' Abdul Razak bin Hussein. In Malay, TCL.015.078 Undated Digitized Open English and Chinese.

TCL.015.079 Undated Speech by H.S. Lee. In Malay, English and Chinese. Digitized Open

Letter by Leong Yew Koh to Chief Executive TCL.015.080 27/10/1953 Digitized Open Secretary, MCA, re: MCA matters. Badly damaged.

TCL.015.081 Undated Envelope of letter from K.H. Hwang. Digitized Open

Letter from John C. Wong enclosing a press cutting TCL.015.081a 29/10/1953 of his talk on Malayan political trends to a Rotary Digitized Open Club in the USA.

TCL.015.081b 24/10/1953 Press cutting. Digitized Open

TCL.015.081c 13/11/1953 Letter to John C. Wong replying to TCL.015.081a. Digitized Open

Letter from S.A.E. Hogan-Shaidali asking for TCL.015.081d 4/9/1953 Digitized Open information re: MCA.

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TCL.015.081e 13/11/1953 Reply to Hogan-Shaidali's letter above. Digitized Open

TCL.015.081f 21/11/1953 Letter from John C. Wong continuing TCL.015.081a. Digitized Open

TCL.015.082 2/11/1953 Letter from T.H. Tan enclosing TCL.015.082a. Digitized Open

Letter from F.P. Chatelain, Swiss Vice-Consul in TCL.015.082a 16/10/1953 Singapore, to Chief Executive Secretary, MCA, re: Digitized Open constitutional structure of Switzerland.

Letter from R. Hoeppli, Swiss Consul in Singapore, re: TCL.015.082b 28/10/1953 Digitized Open Swiss nationality and enclosing TCL.015.082c.

"The Fundamental Principles and Forms of TCL.015.082c Undated Representation of the People of the Swiss Digitized Open Confederation and the Swiss Cantons".

Letter from T.H. Tan to Chatelain re: Swiss TCL.015.082d 23/10/1953 Digitized Open nationality.

Referendum by the President, MCA, to members of TCL.015.083 4/11/1953 Central Working Committee re: setting up a Public Digitized Open Relations and Services Section. Badly Damaged.

TCL.015.084 8/12/1953 Letter to John C. Wong replying to TCL.015.081f. Digitized Open

TCL.015.085- Letter from Eric Atkinson, Allen & Gledhill re: draft 4/12/1953 Digitized Open 085b memorandum to the Commission. 3 copies.

Letter to Atkinson commenting on memorandum he TCL.015.086 7/12/1953 Digitized Open drafted to be sent in TCL's name.

TCL.015.086a 8/12/1953 Letter from Atkinson replying to above. Digitized Open

Letter to the Secretary, Singapore Constitutional TCL.015.087 8/12/1953 Digitized Open Commission enclosing:

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"Memorandum by Dato' Sir Cheng-Lock Tan, KBE, DPMJ, J.P., President of the Malayan Chinese Association to the Constitutional Commission of the TCL.015.087a 8/12/1953 Digitized Open Colony of Singapore regarding the future Constitution of the Colony of Singapore". See TCL.008.010 for draft memorandum.

TCL.015.087b 9/12/1953 Mimeographed copy of the above. Digitized Open

Letter from John D. Higham, Secretary to the TCL.015.087c 10/12/1953 Digitized Open Commission acknowledging receipt of TCL.015.087.

Letter from T.H. Tan to members of MCA Central TCL.015.088 16/12/1953 Digitized Open Working Committee enclosing:

Letter to Oliver Lyttleton, Secretary of State for the Colonies, re: Banishment Ordinance, 1915 and the TCL.015.088a 23/9/1953 Digitized Open case of Lim Seng Poh. Reply appended to the bottom of page 2. Damaged.

Letter from J.B. Prentis, Registrar of Societies, to TCL.015.089 18/12/1953 Digitized Open Chief Executive Secretary, MCA, re: MCA Rules.

Letter from T.H. Tan to Leong Yew Koh re: MCA TCL.015.090 4/1/1954 Digitized Open Labour Sub-Committee.

Letter from Mohamed Sopiee, Chairman, Pan- TCL.015.091 2/2/1954 Malayan Labour Party re: Federal elections and Digitized Open National Convention and enclosing:

TCL.015.091a Undated PMLP pledge. Both damaged. Digitized Open

Letter from T.H. Tan, Secretary, National Convention TCL.015.092 10/2/1954 Digitized Open enclosing:

Resolution re: a petition to TRH the Rulers pertaining TCL.015.092a 14/2/1954 Digitized Open to the Federal elections.

Reminder from T.H. Tan re: speech at National TCL.015.092b 11/2/1954 Digitized Open Convention. Damaged.

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TCL.015.092c 2/2/1954 Agenda. Digitized Open

TCL.015.092d 10/2/1954 Duplicate copy of TCL.015.092. Digitized Open

TCL.015.092e Undated Duplicate copy of TCL.015.092a. Damaged. Digitized Open

TCL.015.092f Undated Draft of TCL.015.092a. Digitized Open

Letter from Fenner Brockway, M.P., acknowledging TCL.015.093 8/3/1954 Digitized Open receipt of National Convention memorandum.

TCL.015.094 Undated "Pemberita" Programme. Digitized Open

TCL.015.094a Undated "Susunan Perkara2 Meshuarat" Agenda. Digitized Open

"Ketetapan2 Jawatankuasa Kerja Agong TCL.015.094b Undated UMNO/Malaya" Resolutions of the Central Working Digitized Open Committee, UMNO, Malaya.

TCL.015.094c Undated Jawi translation of Lyttleton's message below. Digitized Open

Letter from David Gray, Acting Chief Secretary, to the Presidents, UMNO and MCA, conveying text of a TCL.015.094d 13/4/1954 message from Lyttleton that he was unable to Digitized Open receive an UMNO-MCA delegation re: the Rendal Report and the Federal elections.

"Surat Rayuan yang telah di-hantarkan oleh Yang Teramat Mulia Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Putra, Yang di-Pertua, UMNO, kapada Duli2 Yang Maha TCL.015.094e 21/3/1954 Digitized Open Mulia Raja2 Melayu" Petition from Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra, President, UMNO, to TRH the Malay Rulers re: Federal elections. In Jawi.

TCL.015.094f Undated List of subscriptions received in 1953 and 1954. Digitized Open

Translation of Tunku Abdul Rahman's speech TCL.015.095 18/4/1954 Digitized Open delivered at UMNO Emergency General Assembly.

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Correspondence with Leong Yew Koh and Chin See Yin and other papers re: Chinese labour unions TCL.015.096- arising out of B.H. Tan's press statements on the 6/5/1954 Digitized Open 096h same subject. Also discussed possible action against the latter for mis-use of MCA funds. Some papers damaged.

Letter from T.H. Tan to the Presidents, MCA TCL.015.097 23/6/1954 Digitized Open branches, enclosing:

Letter from H.S. Lee to T.H. Tan re: resignation of TCL.015.097a 23/6/1954 members from government and semi-government Digitized Open committees.

Notice of a meeting of the MCA Chinese Education TCL.015.098 24/7/1954 Digitized Open Central Committee. In English and Chinese.

Letter from Wen Tien Kuang, Secretary-General, TCL.015.098a 5/8/1954 MCA Chinese Education Committee, re: above Digitized Open meeting and enclosing:

Press cutting from the Malayan Mirror on Chinese TCL.015.098b 31/7/1954 Digitized Open education.

Letter from T.H. Tan to members of Alliance TCL.015.099 28/7/1954 Digitized Open Roundtable enclosing:

Draft petition from UMNO-MCA Alliance to TRH the Rulers re: appointment of a special independent TCL.015.099a 1954 Digitized Open commission for constitutional reforms. For final petition see TCL.013.028.

Translation of a letter from Lee Siew Joo, President, TCL.015.100 30/7/1954 Negri Sembilan Branch, to Chief Executive Secretary, Digitized Open MCA, re: branch accounts.

Translation of a letter from the President, MCA Negri TCL.015.101 31/7/1954 Sembilan Branch, to the Malayan Mirror enclosing a Digitized Open cheque.

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Letter from T.H. Tan to members of MCA Standing TCL.015.102 3/8/1954 Finance Sub-Committee re: TCL.015.100 and Digitized Open TCL.015.101.

Letter from T.H. Tan to President, MCA Negri TCL.015.102a 26/7/1954 Sembilan Branch, asking for a statement of branch Digitized Open accounts.

Letter from T.H. Tan to the same re: loan to Port TCL.015.102b 26/7/1954 Digitized Open Dickson squatters.

Letter from Leung Cheung Ling, Chairman, Social, TCL.015.103 4/8/1954 Benevolent and Cultural Sub-Committee, to the Hon. Digitized Open Secretary-General, MCA, re: Chinese libraries.

Letter from T.H. Tan to MCA Central Working Committee re: B.H. Tan's mis-use of MCA funds. TCL.015.103a 20/7/1954 Digitized Open Letter from B.H. Tan appended below. Both in Chinese.

Letter from T.H. Tan to Shearn & Delamore, TCL.015.103b 26/7/1954 Advocate & Solicitors, asking for opinion re: B.H. Digitized Open Tan. In Chinese.

Legal opinion from Shearn & Delamore re: B.H. Tan. TCL.015.103c 29/7/1954 Digitized Open In Chinese.

"Report of Visit of Inspection of the MCA Branches in TCL.015.103d 2/8/1954 Digitized Open the State of ", by C.H. Yin. In Chinese.

Correspondence between T.H. Tan and TCL.015.103e 31/5/1954 Digitized Open re: latter's leave, reproduced on 1 page. In Chinese.

Letter from Leung Cheung Ling to members of the TCL.015.103f 2/8/1954 MCA Central Working Committee re: Nanyang Digitized Open University. In Chinese.

TCL.015.103g 4/8/1954 Chinese version of TCL.015.103. Digitized Open

Letter from T.H. Tan to the Presidents, MCA TCL.015.104 10/8/1954 Digitized Open branches, re: Federal elections.

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Telegram from Tanjong Malim re: Alliance election TCL.015.105 15/8/1954 Digitized Open success at Ipoh. Signed "Tan".

Telegram from Leong Yew Koh re: Alliance success in TCL.015.105a 15/8/1954 Digitized Open Ipoh and Teluk Anson.

Telegram Leong Yew Koh re: Alliance success in TCL.015.105b 16/8/1954 Digitized Open Perak.

Telegram from MCA Lower Perak re: Alliance success TCL.015.105c 16/8/1954 Digitized Open in Teluk Anson.

TCL.015.105d 16/8/1954 Telegram of congratulations to MCA Lower Perak. Digitized Open

Letter from Foo See Moi, President, Kelantan Branch TCL.015.106 16/8/1954 to Chief Executive Secretary, MCA, re: Federal Digitized Open elections.

Letter from M. Arokiasamy, General Secretary, TCL.015.107 16/8/1954 MTUC, to Hon. Secretary-General, MCA re: Batu Digitized Open Arang Colliery.

Notice of an MCA Standing Finance Sub-Committee TCL.015.108 17/8/1954 Digitized Open meeting.

Letter from T.H. Tan re: need for an effective organ TCL.015.109 17/8/1954 Digitized Open for the MCA.

Letter from T.H. Tan re: Perak elections and TCL.015.109a 17/8/1954 Digitized Open enclosing:

Text of telegram sent by T.H. Tan in the name of TCL TCL.015.109b 17/8/1954 and Tunku Abdul Rahman congratulating the Perak Digitized Open State Alliance Committee on its election success.

Agenda of an MCA Standing Finance Sub-Committee TCL.015.110 20/8/1954 Digitized Open meeting.

Letter from T.H. Tan to the Presidents, MCA TCL.015.111 24/8/1954 Digitized Open branches, re: auditing of MCA accounts.

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Minutes of the 1st meeting of the Sub-Committee TCL.015.112 4/9/1954 appointed by Standing Finance Sub-Committee to Digitized Open inquire into the work of the MCA Chinese Dept.

Report by Leung Cheung Ling on the work of the TCL.015.112a 4/9/1954 Digitized Open Chinese Dept.

Letter from Allen Chase re: leasing of government TCL.015.113 10/9/1954 Digitized Open land for development.

Telegram congratulating Lau Liat Meng on the TCL.015.114 Undated Digitized Open formation of an MCA District Branch in Singapore.

Correspondence with Lau Liat Meng and other TCL.015.114a-e 15/9/1954 papers re: Farrer Park-Whampoa-Serangoon District Digitized Open Branch.

TCL.015.115 22/9/1954 Letter to T.H. Tan re: Mandi Saffar party. Digitized Open

Letter from T.H. Tan to Lau Liat Meng re: MCA TCL.015.116 22/9/1954 Digitized Open Singapore Branch matters. Badly damaged.

Letter from T.H. Tan to members of Alliance TCL.015.117 22/9/1954 Digitized Open Roundtable enclosing:

Letter from Tan Jin Leong, Secretary, Branch, to Chief Executive Secretary, MCA, TCL.015.117a 11/9/1954 forwarding scholarship application from Raja Digitized Open Suleiman bin Raja Bot. Application appended below his letter.

Letter from Lee Eng Teh, President, Klang Sub- TCL.015.117b 7/9/1954 Branch, to Secretary, MCA Selangor Branch, Digitized Open forwarding the above application.

Notice from T.H. Tan to the Presidents, MCA TCL.015.118 23/9/1954 Digitized Open branches, re: auditing of MCA accounts.

Letter from T.H. Tan to members of MCA Standing TCL.015.119 23/9/1954 Finance Sub-Committee enclosing committee Digitized Open papers. Enclosures lacking.

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TCL.015.120 23/9/1954 Letter to T.H. Tan re: Ampang Road building. Digitized Open

TCL.015.120a 22/9/1954 Telegram from T.H. Tan re: the same. Digitized Open

Letter from Chan Shi Shi, President, MCA Muar Sub- TCL.015.121 6/10/1954 Branch, re: Ismail bin Abdul Rahman and TCL's visit Digitized Open to Tangkak and Muar and enclosing:

TCL.015.121a-b Undated Programme of visit. 2 copies. Digitized Open

Letter from T.H. Tan to the Private Secretary to the TCL.015.122 21/10/1954 High Commissioner, enclosing papers re: Federal Digitized Open elections.

Letter from T.H. Tan to members of MCA Central TCL.015.123 22/10/1954 Working Committee in English and Chinese Digitized Open enclosing:

Letter from Leong Yew Koh to Chief Executive TCL.015.123a 19/10/1954 Secretary, MCA, re: membership subscription. In Digitized Open English and Chinese.

Letter from Wen Tien Kuang re: Federation of the TCL.015.124 27/10/1954 Digitized Open Chinese Teachers' Association.

TCL.015.124a 28/10/1954 Reply to above. Digitized Open

Letter from T.H. Tan re: Alliance petition to TRH the TCL.015.125 30/10/1954 Digitized Open Rulers. For petition see TCL.013.028.

Letter from T.H. Tan re: U.S. Government TCL.015.126 6/11/1954 Digitized Open Scholarships and Leader Grants.

Letter to Chase enclosing letters to and from Sir TCL.015.127 11/11/1954 Digitized Open Donald MacGilivray. Damaged.

Letter to E. Kocher, U.S. Consulate in Kuala Lumpur, TCL.015.128 18/11/1954 Digitized Open re: above.

TCL.015.129 24/11/1954 Letter from T.H. Tan enclosing: Digitized Open

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Draft of letter to Lee Siew Joo, President, MCA Negri TCL.015.129a Undated Sembilan Branch, re: loss of seats in Seremban Town Digitized Open Council elections.

Letter from T.H. Tan to the Presidents, MCA branches, conveying Alliance Roundtable decisions TCL.015.130 24/11/1954 Digitized Open re: local parties and nominations for Federal elections.

Minutes of an extraordinary meeting of MCA Pahang TCL.015.131 28/11/1954 Digitized Open Branch Committee.

Letter from Ong Seong Tek, President, Pahang TCL.015.131a 26/11/1954 Branch to Chief Executive Secretary, MCA re: branch Digitized Open affairs.

TCL.015.131b 28/11/1954 Chinese version of TCL.015.131. Digitized Open

TCL.015.131c 26/11/1954 Chinese version of TCL.015.131a. Digitized Open

Letter to Y.T. Lee, Corporation Architects & R.C. TCL.015.132 8/12/1954 Digitized Open Engineers, re: Ampang Road building.

Letter to Chief Executive Secretary, MCA, from Y.T. TCL.015.133 9/12/1954 Digitized Open Lee re: the same.

Letter from T.H. Tan to Wong Shee Fun re: MCA TCL.015.134 30/12/1954 Digitized Open financial matters.

Letter from T.H. Tan to members of MCA Standing TCL.015.135 6/1/1955 Digitized Open Finance Committee enclosing:

Letter from Leung Cheung Ling re: a staff member of TCL.015.135a 3/1/1955 Digitized Open MCA Chinese Dept. and enclosing:

TCL.015.135b 30/12/1954 Medical report on the same. Digitized Open

Letter from Tunku Abdul Rahman to the President, TCL.015.136 23/1/1955 Digitized Open MIC, re: UMNO-MCA-MIC Alliance.

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Letter from D.M. Cooper, Dept. of Broadcasting, TCL.015.137 1/3/1955 Digitized Open Singapore, re: an interview and enclosing:

TCL.015.137a Undated List of questions for the interview. Digitized Open

Letter from Tunku Abdul Rahman enclosing TCL.015.138 1956 Digitized Open photographs of the Baling Talks. Badly damaged.

Letter of thanks for gift parcel from Mrs J.J. Milme. TCL.015.139 29/2/1956 Digitized Open Badly damaged.

Letter of sympathy from G. Hawkins. Badly TCL.015.140 8/3/1956 Digitized Open damaged.

TCL.015.141 11/4/1956 Letter from T.H. Tan re: constitution. Damaged. Digitized Open

TCL.015.142 24/5/1956 Farewell letter from Victor Purcell. Digitized Open

Letter from Purcell making appointment to see TCL TCL.015.142a 1956 Digitized Open before his departure.

TCL.015.142b 28/5/1956 Reply to above. Digitized Open

Telegram requesting TCL to attend an emergency TCL.015.143 29/5/1956 meeting of MCA Central Working Committee. Digitized Open Damaged.

TCL.015.144 31/5/1956 Fragment of letter from John. Digitized Open

Letter from editor of Kwong Wah Yit Poh requesting TCL.015.145 1957 a contribution to its Merdeka Day Supplement. Badly Digitized Open damaged.

TCL.015.146 1957 Fragment of a letter from Arthur W.S. Thevathusan. Digitized Open

TCL.015.147 30/1/1957 Fragment of a reply to above. Digitized Open

TCL.015.148 25/1/1957 Letter from Pelgrave Simpson. Badly damaged. Digitized Open

TCL.015.149 29/1/1957 Fragment of a letter. Signature lost. Badly damaged. Digitized Open

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Announcement of Vesak Day celebrations at Seck TCL.015.150 8/5/1957 Digitized Open Kiah Eenh Temple. Damaged.

Letter from Yong Pung How giving legal opinion re: TCL.015.151 9/10/1957 leave of absence of MCA Secretary-General. Digitized Open Damaged.

Letter to Ang Keh Tho, President, Selangor Chinese TCL.015.152 18/10/1957 Digitized Open Assembly Hall, re: citizenship drive. Damaged.

Letter of complaint from 5 constituents of Bangsar TCL.015.153 9/12/1957 Ward to V.T. Sambanthan, Minister for Health, re: Digitized Open Federal elections. Signatures illegible.

TCL.015.154 10/12/1957 Letter appealing for assistance from L.G. Peter. Digitized Open

Fragment of letter from a University of Malaya TCL.015.155 13/12/1957 Digitized Open student. Signature lost. Badly damaged.

TCL.015.156 17/1/1958 Leave application from an MCA staff member. Digitized Open

Announcement of goodwill tour of Malacca by TCL.015.157 30/7/1958 Buddhist Association Youth Circle. Badly Digitized Open damaged.

Programme for Merdeka celebrations in Malacca. TCL.015.158 1958 Digitized Open Damaged.

Letter from Chong Shih Guan congratulating TCL on TCL.015.159 31/8/1958 his award of Seri Maharaja Mangku Negara SMN. Digitized Open Letter and following papers badly damaged.

Congratulatory telegrams from Teo Peng Kai, Wong TCL.015.159a-h 3/9/1958 Shee Fun, Chua Song Lim and Kuan Chan Seng; with Digitized Open TCL's acknowledgements.

Letter from the Manager, Cathay Theatre, Malacca, TCL.015.160 13/10/1958 thanking TCL for the loan of photographs for Digitized Open exhibition.

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The Tan Cheng Lock Private Papers

ITEM DOCUMENT DIGITIZATION ACCESS DOCUMENT CONTENT NO DATE STATUS STATUS

Congratulatory message for Alliance election success TCL.015.161 27/5/1959 Digitized Open from Low Kway-song.

Fragment of Henry Gurney School Visiting TCL.015.162 1960 Digitized Open Committee report for 1959. Damaged.

Letter from the Editor, Who's Who in Malaya, re: TCL.015.163 18/7/1960 Digitized Open publication. Damaged.

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