Decolonization of Malaya Malayan Union Federation of Malaya Emergency Gradual Preparation for Independence
Malayan Union Blue = Unfederated Malay States Red = Straits Settlements Yellow = Federated Malay States
The British government wanted to centralize power Citizenship = 8 out of 10 years. Prepare Malaya for independence
Remove political powers of Sultans
British Governor who ruled with Executive and Legislative Council
Rise of Nationalism Dato Onn Binn Jaafar, District Officer 41 different Malay organizations – UMNO March 1946
Hartals, boycotts, strikes
British fear of radical Malay groups and Indonesian Revolution (1945 – 1947) Sukarno-Hatta declare Indonesian Independence 17 August 1945 Surabaya (Nov ’45) Pemuda General Malleby Kesatuan Melayu Muda – Ibrahim Yaacob
British compromise with UMNO and Sultans
II. Federation of Malaya State Legislative Concil Sultan powers 15/20 years - citizenship
III. Emergency MPAJA and the Ex-Comrades Association
Mao Tse Tung and communist China
Trade Unions and Chinese Schools
Min Yuen – Chinese village squatters
Lai Teck as Double Agent
Guerilla War 3 Europeans murdered in Sungei Siput Emergency
Political Strategy – Elections Murder of Henry Gurney, High Commissioner in 1950