BRITAIN AND MALAYA
Sir,-Recent broadcasts by Mr. E, V. Dumbleton and Mr. Malcolm MacDonald drew attention to the threat of Communism in South-East Asia in general, and Malaya in particular. Mr. MacDonald, in justification of British control of Malaya, gave us arguments similar to those used regarding India before 1947-different races, etc. The arguments are not disputed, but he failed to mention. a most important reason for British opposition to an independent Malaya-it is a major source of dollars for the sterling bloc. This is. illustrated in statistics published by H.M. Stationery Office, ‘Colonial Territories," for 1950-51: Malayan U.K. U.S.A. Exports + £60.4 million £117.0 million All Bt. Colonial Territories .£257 million £178 million Malayan f Imports £58.6 million £10.7 million In view of the figures can we be sure that besides fighting Communism in Malaya, we are not resisting a genuine attempt by the "terrorists" to terminate British exploitation of invaluable Malavan resources of tin. iron ore and
rubber?
A. L.
McCULLOCH
(Christchurch)_
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 808, 21 January 1955, Page 5
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