NO SIGNS OF BREAK IN COMMUNIST MORALE IN MALAYA

Wanganui Chronicle, 22 November 1950, Page 5

NO SIGNS OF BREAK IN COMMUNIST

MORALE IN MALAYA

SINGAPORE, Nov. 21 .(Recd. 10pm) —There are no signs of an imminent break in the morale of terrorists in Malaya, Mr. A. P. Foster Sutton, officer administering the Government, told the Federal Legislative Council in Kualalumpur today. The Communists have realised that their only hope is to intensify their campaign now with the object of destroying the country’s morale and economy, he said.

Outlining the measures the Government proposed to take to intensify the war against the terrorists, Mr. Foster Sutton said that regulations are to be published giving power to the Government to conscript and direct manpower. Also the Federal War Council was being expanded and the State and Settlement Governments were expanding war executive committees. In Singapore, the Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. L. Blythe, told the Legislative Council that during the last three months the security position in the colony itself had deteriorated. The train service between Singapore and Kualalumpur was again disorganised following the derailment last night. Terrorists removed a rail after a pilot engine ahead of the train had passed by.—Reuter.