CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
COUNTRY: Malaya
SUBJECT: Possible Split in United Malays' National Organization
ORIGIN: [REDACTED]
DATE: 25X1A6a
INFO.: [REDACTED]
DIST.: 16 December 1946
PAGES: [REDACTED]
SUPPLEMENT: 25X1X6
- The Kuala Lumpur MALAYA TRIBUNE stated
17 Johore organizations presented an ultimatum to Dato Onn to either
resign from the presidency of the United Malays' National Organization or
to resign from the position of Premier of Johore. The paper stated
acceptance of the position of Premier of Johore is unconstitutional as
appointment to this position can be legally made only by the Sultan, who
is not present in Johore. The same newspaper reported 20 Malay
associations in Malacca had joined the Malay Nationalist Party in protest
to the results of the recent conferences between the Sultans, the UMNO,
and the Malayan Union Government. The conferences are said to have
resulted in securing certain privileges for the Sultans but obtained no
benefits for the Malay people.
- The editor of the Malaya paper, MAJLIS,
in Kuala Lumpur, denied that the Malay associations deserted the UMNO for
the MNP, and that only the Singapore Malay paper UTUSAN MELAYU
swung to the left-wing MNP.
- The editor of the MALAYA TRIBUNE
placed responsibility for the report of the defection of the Malay
associations to the MNP on his chief reporter, who maintains the story is
true. The editor of the paper adopted a neutral attitude, but stated his
paper will continue to feature the Malayan issue to combat the government
tendency to secrecy in regard to the negotiations.
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