by Harper, Tim
and communist insurrection, 416, 428, 429–30, 444–5, 454–5, 474, 478, 480, 486, 512–15, 534–5
elected Secretary General MCP, 345
pursues Lai Teck, 343–8
researches memoirs, 552
China, 4, 411–12, 457, 462, 467, 468, 474, 484–6, 518, 536, 541, 546, 547
Nationalist, 141, 144, 145, 253, 265, 385, 457, 484, Chinese Communist Party (CCP), 198, 343, 346, 347, 349, 474, 513
Chinese in Burma, 224, 253, 457, 468
in Indonesia, 160, 182, 185, 193
in Malaya, 29–31, 41–2, 45, 99, 108, 118–19, 120–21, 122, 131, 197–9, 205, 208, 210, 270, 332–3, 339, 362–3, 368–70, 410–13, 420–25, 438, 441, 443–4, 446–56, 475, 482–91, 499–501, 527–8
in Southeast Asia, 9, 24–5
Chins, 74, 75, 293, 297, 309, 517
Chittagong, 297, 300
Cholon, 144, 146, 148, 154, 155–6
Chou En Lai, 462
Christian, Ian, 427–8
Christianity, 74, 75, 97
Christians, 234, 297–8, 391, 392
Christison, Lieutenant General Sir Philip, xviii, 50, 171, 173–2, 179, 180–81, 185–6, 188
Churchill, Winston, 8, 26, 65, 97, 141, 220, 268, 321
Chureito, 59
cinema, 138, 295, 313, 329, 409, 440, 441, 472, 479, 510–11, 543–4, 553–4
citizenship, 330, 362–3, 366–7, 501–3, 532
civil servants, 54, 55, 56, 288, 299
in Burma, 62–3, 65, 236
in Indonesia, 168
in Malaya, 101, 199, 201, 275, 443, 484
cloth shortages, 62, 81, 104
clothing styles, 115–16, 122, 214, 223, 288, 299, 303, 355, 374, 479
coal mining, 122, 339, 421, 445
Coast, John, 184–5
Codner, Lieutenant R. M. C., 525
Cold War, xxviii, 140, 238, 256, 321, 436, 457, 518–20, 536, 547
collaborators, 41–2, 62, 93–4, 107, 143, 145, 169
Colonial Office, 97, 215, 275, 276, 453, 535
colonial society, 138–9, 274–7, 336, 340, 378, 438–40, 471–2, 525
‘comfort’ women, 103–4, 119, 162
Cominform, 321, 385, 415
Comintern, 16, 33, 34, 166, 204, 345, 383
Commonwealth, 100, 263, 302, 306–7, 317, 466, 461–2, 466, 482, 504, 520
communalism, 48, 253, 266, 330–31
in India, 23–4, 80, 85–6, 240, 243–52, 286, 287, 289–91, 292–301, 308, 320, 404, 461 see also ethnic conflict
Communist Party of India (CPI), 218, 253, 379, 384–5, 405, 458, 462–3
communists in Burma, 74, 227, 238–9, 239, 259, 262–3, 305–6, 307, 312, 316, 378–80, 383–8, 390, 464–5, 469, 537
in China, 239–40, 265–6, 343, 346, 347, 349, 474, 513, 536
in India, 82, 222–3, 294, 384–5, 397, 404, 405, 462–3
in Indo-China, 141, 142, 144, 147–8, 151, 155, 536
in Indonesia, 161, 191–2
in Malaya, 29–33, 117–21, 196–7, 201–4, 208, 239, 331, 341–50, 405, 414–17, 419, 425–6, 427–35, 440, 445–9, 473–8, 480–81, 512–15
in Thailand, 204, 345–8, 515, 553
red flag, 239, 306, 312, 316, 378, 465, 537
white flag, 239, 318, 378–9, 464–5, 467
women, 119, 128, 354, 419, 428, 431–2, 476, 482–3
Communities Liaison Committee, 500, 529, 530
Conservative Party (UK), 97–8, 318, 321, 393, 523
contraband arms, 81–2, 192–3, 246–7, 253, 254, 313–14, 316–17, 387, 397, 439
Cooch Behar, 297
Cooray, Francis, 87
corruption, 71–2, 81, 94, 108–9, 224, 387, 470–71, 550
cow sacrifice, 300–301
Cowan, General ‘Punch’, 140
Creech Jones, Arthur, xviii, 96, 278, 332, 362, 428, 435, 436, 442, 443, 448, 449, 455, 497
Creer, J. K., 45
Cripps, Sir R. Stafford, xviii, 66, 75, 77, 95, 96, 230, 242, 304, 318, 387, 460
Cunyngham-Brown, Sjovald, 55
D’Argenlieu, Admiral Thierry, 158
Dacca, 249–50, 293, 298–9, 300, 301
Daily Mail, 394, 396
Daine, Major, 319
Dalforce, 30, 129, 283, 351
Dalley, John, 30, 129, 351, 426, 427, 428, 438
dance halls and cabarets, 18, 112, 116, 121, 123, 221, 276, 472
Dash, Arthur, 223, 248, 249, 299, 301
Davis, John, xix, 30–31, 36, 38, 52, 100, 203, 442–3, 492, 534, 535
de Chazal, John, 401–2
de Cruz, Gerald, 201, 329, 350
de Valera, Eamon, 20
Delhi, 88
Dening, Esler, 37, 139, 174, 185, 394
Desai, Bulabhai, 90
Dhillon, Lieutenant G. S., 88, 89
Dien Bien Phu, 443, 538, 543
Direct Action Day, 244–6
Dobby, E. H. G., 505
Dobree, Colonel Peter, 92
dominion status, 263, 286–7
domino theory, 404
Donnison, Colonel Frank S. V., xix, 65
Dorman-Smith, Sir Reginald, xix, 64–5, 66–7, 69–70, 72, 73, 90, 91, 140, 223–38, 257, 308, 318, 372
and Mountbatten, 69–70, 73, 225–6, 227, 230, 231, 236–8
and U Saw, 71, 73, 227, 233, 237, 238, 320, 388
‘Double Tenth’ day, 117, 122, 485
dramatic performances, 116–17, 374, 376–7, 485
Driberg, Tom, 27–8, 57, 68–71, 149, 152, 155, 179, 215, 219, 229, 236–7, 305, 306–7, 318, 396, 483
Durga Puja, 86, 300
Dutch East Indies, see Indonesia Dutch forces, 171, 186, 189, 193
Dutch government, 159, 167, 173–5, 185, 187–8, 191–2
Dyaks, 443, 456
E Maung, 467
East Pakistan, 287, 293, 294, 296–7, 298–301, 547
Eber, John, 200, 201, 329, 355, 363, 364, 367, 507, 508
Ede, John, 409–10
Eden, Anthony, 97, 140, 498, 532
Ee Hoe Hean (‘millionaires’ club’), 121, 226
Eisenhower, President, 404
Eng Ming Chin, xix, 39, 58, 119, 126, 128, 196, 203
ethnic conflict, 86
in Burma, 74–5, 81, 231–2, 253, 393, 401
in Malaya, 29–30, 41–5, 46, 47, 134, 196, 200–201, 210, 548
Eu Chooi Yip, 201, 507, 508
Eurasians, 93, 168–9, 185, 186, 200, 328–9
Fabianism, 96, 225, 278, 374
Falconer, John, 429
famine, 7, 81, 89, 142, 516
Fang, Harry, 448 Fauj Akhbar, 290
Federation of Malaya, 362, 407–8
Federation of Malaysia, 548
Federations of Trade Unions, 341, 349, 363, 416, 426, 496 Feng Hsia (‘Land below the wind’), 198
Ferret Forces, 442–3, 479
Fijian soldiers, 522
flags, 66, 168–9, 175, 195, 205, 217, 286–7, 291–2, 299, 485
Foo Mooi, 454
Foo Yin Fong, 523
food shortages, 50, 63, 81, 104–5, 193, 206, 255–6
Forbes, Mr, 398
Force 136, 30–32, 36–7, 39, 46, 52, 74, 126, 127, 130, 430, 442, 492
and Burma, 318, 394, 396–8, 466
Chinese personnel, 30–31, 35, 120, 192, 512
forced labour, 63, 102–4, 162, 194, 269
forests, 422–3
Foster-Sutton, Sir Stafford, 450, 453 14th Army, 4, 20, 145, 146
Free French, 78, 141, 143, 144, 148 Freedom News, 507–8
Freeman, John, 380
French settlers (colons), 142, 143, 146, 147–9, 153–4
Fu Cheng, 197–8
Furnivall, John S., xix, 373–4, 375, 376, 377, 386, 388, 400, 401, 458–9, 469, 537
Gaidiliu, 298
gambling, 116, 407, 414
Gammans, Captain L. C., 216
Ganapathy, S. A., 339, 340, 481–2
Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand, xix, 18, 22, 76�
��7, 117, 241, 251–2, 287, 288, 289, 290, 299, 313, 325, 401–2, 403
Garos, 297
Garrett, S. P., 281–2
Gelhorn, Martha, 184
General Labour Unions, 123, 204, 206, 207–8, 282–3
Geneva Conventions, 6
Gent, Sir Edward, xix, 213–16, 227, 239, 275, 277, 278, 281, 332, 340–41, 352, 367–8, 407–8, 426, 428–9, 438
George VI, 214, 277, 287
Gerbrandy, Pieter, 159
Geylang, 193–4
Ghosal, Hari Narayan (Ba Tin), 379–80, 385, 604 n. 25
Ghosh, P. C., 300
Gilmour, O. W., 51, 54, 102, 110, 114, 274
Gimson, Sir Franklin, 341, 523
Goh, Keng Swee, 280
Goho, S. C., 87
golf, 276, 409
Gracey, General Douglas, xix–xx, 141, 145–58, 171, 404, 538, 539
Gray, Nicol, 438, 479–80
Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere, 11
Greene, Graham, 539
Griffith, Arthur, 483
Gua Musang, 446–7, 473
Gullick, John, 275
Gunong Semanggol, 359–61, 417–18
Gurkhas, 6, 145, 153, 154, 155, 156, 173, 181, 248, 406
in Malayan Emergency, 427, 436, 455–6, 472, 473, 479, 492, 522
Gurney, Sir Henry Lovell Goldsworthy, xx, 441–2, 443, 449, 450, 455, 479–80, 481, 484, 486–8, 497, 499, 503, 523, 524
Haadyai peace talks, 515, 552, 553
Hagimura, Major, 146
Hall, George, 130, 215–16, 278
Hamka, 162
Han Suyin, 197, 526–7
Hang Jebat, 212, 352
Hang Tuah, 212, 502
Hanoi, 140, 142, 143, 144, 145
Harp of Burma, 543
Haruhito Kanin, 6
Hatta, Muhammad, 161, 164–5, 169, 174, 177–8, 179, 186, 417
Hawthorn, Major-General Douglas, 186
Headlam, Sir Cuthbert, 1
Healey, Denis, 452
Helfirch, Admiral, 170
Hikari Kikan, 22
Hindu Mahasabha, 244, 294
Hinduism, 85, 337
Hindus, 244, 246–52, 293–6, 300–301
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, xx, 2, 6, 86
Hiroshima, xxvii, 1, 2–4, 139–40, 540–41
Hizbul Muslimin, 418–19, 434, 531
Ho Chi Minh, 142, 144, 145, 147, 149, 303, 539
Ho Thean Fook, 41, 129–30
Hoalim, Philip, 200, 205, 325, 368, 410, 434, 435, 507
Hoang A Nhac, see Lai Teck Hone, Ralph, 101, 109, 208–9, 277
Hong Kong, 345–7
horse racing, 112, 407
How to treat people, 120
Hu Yuzhi, 198–9, 201
Huang Xue Ying, 476–7
Huijer, P. J. G., 175–6, 177
Hussein bin Onn, xx, 361
Huxley, Aldous, 77
Hyderabad, 404, 463
Ibrahim Haji Yaacob, 17–18, 29, 40, 47, 135, 165, 509
Ibrahim, Sultan of Johore, xx, 17, 44, 47, 131–2, 133–4, 210–11, 214, 241, 274, 278, 361, 407, 533
Ibu Zain, 354
Idris, Sheikh, 356–7
Idrus, 176
Ikatan Pembela Tanah Ayer (League of Defenders of the Homeland – PETA), 358, 418, 419, 436
imperialism, 303, 325–6, 519
American attitudes to, 141, 152, 155, 167, 457, 462, 519, 539
British, 200–201, 208–9, 280–81, 341, 402–3, 429, 458, 498, 532, 549–50
Dutch, 141, 152, 159–60, 167, 169–70, 171, 173–5, 187–8, 193–4, 457, 462, 467
French, 141, 142, 149, 152, 154, 188, 457, 462, 538 see also British Empire
Independence for Malaya Party, 529
Independent, 185
India, 10, 15–16, 18–19, 75–86, 88–90, 96–8, 138, 221–3, 230, 242–52, 284–301, 401–6, 460–63, 518, 520, 546–7 1946 elections, 240, 242, 243
Cabinet Mission, 230, 242–3, 244, 259, 304
independence, 95, 262, 288, 292, 298, 299, 405–6
interim government, 243, 253, 256–7, 261, 284, 285–6
partition, 98, 242–3, 286–7, 288–301, 309
Indian army, 15, 82, 90–91, 222, 231, 240, 242, 248, 252, 311, 403–4, 405–6, 461