From Malayan Union to Singapore Separation

From Cabinet papers, memorandum and documents, the author probes the reasons why Whitehall

decided to impose the disastrous Malayan Union on Malaya. He explains the British surrender to Malay

demands, the rise of UMNO and Malay political vigour, the subsequence of non‐Malay agitation, and the

formation of the Federation of Malaya.