[Printed booklet.] Malaya. The Road to Independence. ['a series of eleven talks specially arranged as an introduction to Malayan independence, which were originally broadcast in "London Calling Asia," the B.B.C.'s regional programme in English']

34pp., in green printed stapled wraps, with photographic plate of Tunku Abdul Rahman following the contents. In good condition, on aged paper, with slight wear to wraps. Accession stamp at head of front wrap of the Penang Contingent Headquarters Registry, dated 3 October 1957. The full subtitle reads: 'This booklet contains a series of eleven talks specially arranged as an introduction to Malayan independence, which were originally broadcast in "London Calling Asia," the B.B.C.'s regional programme in English for South and South-East Asia and the Far East.' P.34 carries a full-page map of 'The Federation of Malaya'. The full list of contributors, in order, is: Sir Donald MacGillivray; Prof. C. Northcote Parkinson; Rt Hon. Malcolm MacDonald; Rt Hon. James Griffiths; Mohamed Khir Johari; Ong Yoke Lin; P.P. Narayanan; Sir Sydney Caine; Ya'acob bin Abdul Latiff; A. T. Lennox-Boyd; Tunku Abdul Rahman (in an interview with Derrick Sington). Scarce: the only copies on COPAC and OCLC WorldCat at the British Library, Cornell, Ohio, Yale, Hong Kong and Singapore. From the private papers of C. A. A. Nicol (1921-2012), OBE, CPM, AMN, who was a 'Member of a joint FCO/MOD department in Hong Kong' between 1970 and 1975. Nicol joined the Malayan Union Police Force in 1950, and served in the Royal Malaysian Police between 1957 and 1967, 'to assist in promoting and consolidating the successful transition to full independence. During this period the Special Branch played a vital role in maintaining peace and security in the country.'