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May 13: Declassified Documents on the Malaysian Riots of 1969

By Kua Kia Soong

Book information

Publisher
2007, SUARAM
Year
2007
ISBN
9834136765, 9789834136765
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (6824219 bytes)
Edition
2
Pages
149\172
Topic
History
Time added
2024-04-01 17:58:02
1969ClasscolonialismimperialismMalayMalayaMay 13pogrom

Description

This is the first credible account of the May 13, 1969 racial riots / pogrom in Malaysia using documents recently declassified at the Public Records Office, London after the lapse of the 30-year secrecy rule. Since local sources remain classified or have been destroyed, these documents provide the only available confidential observations and memoranda by British and other foreign embassy operatives They include dispatches by correspondents which were not available to Malaysians at the time.

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