Episode 43: Operation Coldstore I: The Night of Long Knives

The British, Federation of Malaya, and PAP leaders agreed to a merger of the Federation and Singapore. But Tunku Abdul Rahman demanded that Singapore’s political opposition be arrested before merger, while Lee Kuan Yew demanded they be arrested after merger, and Lord Selkirk felt arrests were unnecessary and unjustified. In this episode, PJ Thum explains the central political conflict surrounding merger and how this deadlock was eventually broken by a political event which ostensibly had nothing to do with Malaya. Please send questions, comments, and feedback to thehistoryofsingapore@gmail.com or visit thehistoryofsingapore.com. Support the show at patreon.com/pjthum.

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Episode 43: Operation Coldstore I: The Night of Long Knives is an episode from The History of Singapore by The History of Singapore.

This episode is 00:34:07 long.

This episode was published on Aug 26, 2016.

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