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[Robert Cole.] Around 260 Autograph Letters Signed to his parents in England, describing his life while working in the Malay Fisheries Department; with 20 letters from his wife Cicely to Rosalind Cole.

Author:

Robert Cole of the Department of Fisheries, Federation of Malaya [Penang, Malacca)

Publication details:

Mostly written from Penang and Malacca in the Malay Federation. Dating from between 1952 and 1967.

£600.00

The archive contains around 280 letters, two packets and negatives, various postcards, brochures and a driving licence. It contains around 260 letters from Robert Cole to his parents in Littlehampton, Sussex, England during the time he took up a Government position with the Federation of Malaya Fisheries Department in 1952 (Penang and Malacca, where he worked, remained Crown Territories within the Federation); and about 20 letters from his wife Cicely to Rosalind Cole.

Keywords:

Copy of typewritten 'Secret' document headed 'Settlement of Penang. Extract from Chinese Affairs Supplement to Political Intelligence Report for September, 1955. Appendix A . Press Cutting from Straits Echo dated September 24, 1955' [Chinese triads].

Author:

[Federation of Malaya [Malaysia]; C. A. A. Nicol (1921-2012), OBE, CPM, AMN, Special Branch, Malayan Union Police Force and Royal Malaysian Police; China; Chinese triads]

Publication details:

Malaya. 1955.

£150.00

2pp., foolscap 8vo. In good condition. Headed 'Secret'. Headings: 'The Hoong League', 'Founders. Symbols', 'Notorious Societies' and 'Mark of Leadership'. From the private papers of C. A. A. Nicol, who joined the Malayan Union Police Force in 1950, and in the Royal Malaysian Poilce 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.'

Keywords:

PENANG

[Robert Cole.] Around 260 Autograph Letters Signed to his parents in England, describing his life while working in the Malay Fisheries Department; with 20 letters from his wife Cicely to Rosalind Cole.

Copy of typewritten 'Secret' document headed 'Settlement of Penang. Extract from Chinese Affairs Supplement to Political Intelligence Report for September, 1955. Appendix A . Press Cutting from Straits Echo dated September 24, 1955' [Chinese triads].

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