MALAYAN EMERGENCY.

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The Police Ordinance with Rules; the Police Regulations 1952. First edition of this handbook issued during a period of transformation for the police. By the mid-1950s, the force had evolved from an unpopular paramilitary group into a professionalized service and was adept at cultivating relationships with ordinary Malayans to gather intelligence for counter-insurgency operations.This handbook combines an April 1952 printing of the ordinance (4,020 copies) and a November 1952 printing of the regulations (3,000 copies). Neither are found in institutional collections.Loosely inserted are three office copies of government receipts concerning 1953 payments from the Earl Haig Fund to one Yussof bin Abid, a constable with the police force, and his family.

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