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14th August 1961 : Goh Reveals His Conversations With James In The Straits Times
In response to the allegations made by the Barisan Sosialis group that had met with Lord Selkirk, Goh Keng Swee revealed his discussions with James that led to the group
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13th August 1961 : Unveiling The Truth Of The Eden Hall Meeting
Lee’s hypothesis that the British gave Barisan Sosialis the assurance the craved for only because they were trying to draw Lim Chin Siong and his supporters into the open by
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August 1961 : Merger With The Malayan Federation
“I was all the time very pro merger. In my view Barisan Sosialis never accepted merger. They believed in an independent Singapore. My suspicion was that they were afraid they
1st August 1961 : Resignation from All Government Offices
In August 1961 James resigned from all appointments and resumed his studies at the Faculty of Law, at the University of Singapore. James stated in his press conference held at
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31 July 1961 : Record Of The Meeting At Eden Hall
The motive in coming to see Lord Selkirk was to seek a re-assuarnce that in the event of the fall of Lee Kuan Yew’s Government, the British would not take
29th July 1961 : Formation of the Barisan Sosialis
The main objectives of the Barisan Sosialis included eradicating colonialism, establishing a united independent and democratic Malayan nation comprising the Federation of Malaya and Singapore and introducing an economic system
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21st July 1961 : Lee Kuan Yew’s “Ridiculous Fairy Tale”
Lee’s motive is clearly that proposition he put to me on the detainees was designed first to allay suspicions in the party that he had not in fact been pressing
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20th July 1961 : Vote Of Confidence
We always wished that Harry was not so authoritarian and Chin Siong was not so convinced of the people’s power. Lee Kuan Yew moved a motion of confidence in his
18 July 1961 : Eden Hall Meeting
Woodhull, Chin Siong and Fong came along in Woodhull’s car and asked me to go with them to Selkirk’s place. After some discussion I agreed to go with them. I