goal was felt to be a generation away, say the mid-197os. In June 1950 (the month when the Korean War broke out) ministers and senior officials were thinking in terms of fifteen years (i.e. 1965). After less than twelve months as high commissioner, Templer suggested a notional date of 1962. At last, early in 1956 the Cabinet was so relieved that Tunku Abdul Rahman had resisted Chin Peng's peace offer at Baling that it agreed to the chief minister's demand for independence by 31 August 1957 53 The communists certainly contributed to the achievement of merdeka (freedom), even though they were fated to shake the tree while others harvested the fruit. Emergency have The settlement of 1989 and Chin Peng's subsequent account of the provoked conflicting reactions. Some were nauseated by his attempts to disclaim responsibility Cold war for thousands of casualties and to present himself as a man of peace. veterans cautioned the Malaysian government against dropping its guard after Haadyai lest the of psychological warfare in Malaya/Malaysia, 1954-83) warned: "The CPM has learned from bitter experience become subtle and sophisticated, pragmatic and aware of its to limitations and to manipulate others to do their bidding 54 For the communist, it has been said, the future is planned while the past changes every day, and the publication of Chin Peng's memoirs was regarded by his opponents as an attempt to manipulate history having abandoned the sword, he was continuing the struggle with the pen. From a very different perspective, the Committee for a workers' International welcomed My Side of History because the modern generation would learn from Chin Peng's mistakes to apply more appropriate methods for the achievement of "the new socialist future" 55 Yet others cast doubt on the significance of both him and his book: he was a "failed revolutionary" in a sideshow to the great super-power contest while his book was unreliable unoriginal and simply polemical
goal was felt to be a generation away, say the mid-197os. In June 1950 (the month when the Korean War broke out) ministers and senior officials were thinking in terms of fifteen years (i.e. 1965). After less than twelve months as high commissioner, Templer suggested a notional date of 1962. At last, early in 1956 the Cabinet was so relieved that Tunku Abdul Rahman had resisted Chin Peng's peace offer at Baling that it agreed to the chief minister's demand for independence by 31 August 1957 53 The communists certainly contributed to the achievement of merdeka (freedom), even though they were fated to shake the tree while others harvested the fruit. Emergency have The settlement of 1989 and Chin Peng's subsequent account of the provoked conflicting reactions. Some were nauseated by his attempts to disclaim responsibility Cold war for thousands of casualties and to present himself as a man of peace. veterans cautioned the Malaysian government against dropping its guard after Haadyai lest the of psychological warfare in Malaya/Malaysia, 1954-83) warned: "The CPM has learned from bitter experience become subtle and sophisticated, pragmatic and aware of its to limitations and to manipulate others to do their bidding 54 For the communist, it has been said, the future is planned while the past changes every day, and the publication of Chin Peng's memoirs was regarded by his opponents as an attempt to manipulate history having abandoned the sword, he was continuing the struggle with the pen. From a very different perspective, the Committee for a workers' International welcomed My Side of History because the modern generation would learn from Chin Peng's mistakes to apply more appropriate methods for the achievement of "the new socialist future" 55 Yet others cast doubt on the significance of both him and his book: he was a "failed revolutionary" in a sideshow to the great super-power contest while his book was unreliable unoriginal and simply polemical
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