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24pp., 4to, unbound, flimsy/thin paper, crudely stitched, fold marks, wear and tear, including closed tears at folds, grubby, loss of 2 x 3" corner of final leaf (jagged), text, apart from this loss and wear at the fold of last leaf, clear. Annotated, probably in Lambert Cowan's hand, with the name of the officer to whom it had presumably been sent, Maj.Gen. F. Campbell, and with three lines in the same hand, some of which is lost by the damage to the last leaf, but now reading, "[...] own by the great precautions taken by | [...] ment that they believed in the | [...] of the danger".

Malaysian original: vi+21pp., 8vo. English translation: vi+17pp., 8vo. Both printed in same layout and format, and both in red and black printed card wraps. Foreword, dated 24 October 1966, by Malaysian Minister of Home Affairs Tun (Dr) Ismail bin Dato Haji Abdul Rahman. Malaysian original near fine; English translation very good, with bumped corner.

60pp., foolscap 8vo. Dogeared, and with first and last leaf creased, otherwise very good on lightly-aged paper. With a few manuscript corrections (by Hyde?). The talk itself covers pp.1-22, and the session of 'Questions and Answers' pp.23-60. Typed notes in the text (Spelling?', 'Distorted', 'Indistinct') indicate that the transcription was made from a recording. Besides the questions in the latter section are pencil notes relating to the identity of the questioner ('Craig', 'Scott', 'Asian', 'Australian').

The documents are numbered 1 and 2. Both very good, on lightly-aged paper. Document 1: 2pp., foolscap 8vo. Headings read: 'Calcutta Conference - March 1947', 'Start of Emergency - 20 Jun 48', 'Advantages to CTO', 'Results', 'Government wresting the advantage from the CTO', 'Success against CTO' and 'Conclusion - Operation Bamboo'. Dates and figures have been added over the two pages, on subjects including Operation Parchment, Operation Chieftain, Operation Shark, Operation Bintang and Operation Ginger.