BRITISH TROOPS IN MALAYA
TUNKU HOPES FOR RETENTION (N.Z Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 8 p.m.) SINGAPORE, June 12. Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaya's Chief Minister, has told back country villagers that he hopes British troops will remain in Malaya after the country becomes independent next year. The Malayan leader is touring remote native villages in Perak explaining what independence will mean to Malaya. The wealth of Malaya would be a great temptation to other Powers if the British left the Tunku told his audiences. For this reason, the treaty of defence between Britain and Malaya was essential to the security of the country. British troops, the Tunku added, were not only essential to Malay’s external defence, but would also help her build up her own forces. He warned villagers of the dangers of Communist infiltration into political life, which, he said, could lead to riots and national, disunity. Instead he called for tolerance among all races in- free Malaya.
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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27993, 13 June 1956, Page 14
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