SINGAPORE: The Quiet Man

A noisy combination of Communist fronts, from the powerful Students Union down to the Musical Brass Gong Society, has turned Singapore's first 18 months of self-government into a symphony of discords. Through their fronts the illegal Communists have been able to foment riots, call hundreds of strikes, and strongarm those who actively oppose them. Last week, however, just when it seemed that the Communists were on the point of achieving overwhelming ascendancy, a series of surprise moves by a mild little man threw the Red brass into confusion and made the gong beat falter.

Nursing Friends. The man was Lim...

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