such accounts of misconduct and abuse of power do not amount to revelations. With respect to Batang Kali and Lee Meng, they add little if anything to what has already been published. Nor is it surprising that Chin Peng a veil over similar charges that have been levelled at the communists and ignorance of the appalling repr by his fighters upon defenceless Malayans. What is remarkable in his testimony, however, is his