Political intelligence, detention, internal security, communist organisation, emergency regulations, smuggling, and cross-border security files.

235 volumes across 10 series.

ReferenceSeriesVolume TitleTNA
CO 1022/1CO 1022General emergency situation in Malaya; good progress in war against bandits
CO 1022/13CO 1022Security Forces weekly intelligence summaries on bandit activity in Malaya
CO 1022/132CO 1022Detention and deportation in the Federation of Malaya; repatriation of undesirable Chinese; statistics of detention under Emergency Regulations
CO 1022/133CO 1022Detention and evacuation of all the villages of Tras, Malaya in connection with the murder of former UK High Commissioner, Sir Henry Gurney
CO 1022/137CO 1022Deportation of British subjects from the Federation of Malaya only under the Banishment Ordinance or under Emergency Regulations
CO 1022/138CO 1022Deportation of aliens from the Federation of Malaya
CO 1022/14CO 1022Security Forces weekly intelligence summaries on bandit activity in Malaya
CO 1022/145CO 1022Speculation about a Communist courier system in Malaya
CO 1022/146CO 1022Communist propaganda in the Malayan press and in the London paper “Malayan Monitor,” edited by H. Lin Lim
CO 1022/149CO 1022Recruitment of Chinese for the Malayan security forces: indifferent success
CO 1022/15CO 1022Security Forces weekly intelligence summaries on bandit activity in Malaya
CO 1022/150CO 1022Communist activity in Chinese schools in Malaya
CO 1022/152CO 1022Policy on rewards for information leading to death or capture of Communist terrorists in Malaya
CO 1022/16CO 1022Security Forces weekly intelligence summaries on bandit activity in Malaya
CO 1022/162CO 1022Communist activity in Malayan detention camps
CO 1022/163CO 1022Decision to Set up a Detention Camp on an Island off the Coast of North Borneo; Increased Effort to Ship More Deportees to China
CO 1022/17CO 1022Security Forces weekly intelligence summaries on bandit activity in Malaya
CO 1022/18CO 1022Security Forces weekly intelligence summaries on bandit activity in Malaya
CO 1022/187CO 1022Functions and activities of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP)
CO 1022/19CO 1022Security Forces weekly intelligence summaries on bandit activity in Malaya
CO 1022/2CO 1022Information supplied about the general emergency situation in Malaya
CO 1022/20CO 1022Colonial Office weekly situation reports on the Emergency in Malaya
CO 1022/201CO 1022Monthly political intelligence reports on Brunei and Sarawak
CO 1022/202CO 1022Fortnightly abstracts of intelligence submitted by the Criminal Investigation Department of Malaya
CO 1022/203CO 1022Fortnightly abstracts of intelligence submitted by the Criminal Investigation Department of Malaya
CO 1022/204CO 1022Monthly political intelligence reports from the Federation of Malaya, High Commissioner’s office
CO 1022/205CO 1022Comments on a paper compiled by the Combined Intelligence Staff, Federation of Malaya, entitled ‘Review of the Emergency. Situation on the Thai-Malaya Frontier’
CO 1022/206CO 1022Fortnightly political intelligence reports prepared by the Singapore Local Intelligence Committee
CO 1022/207CO 1022Fortnightly political intelligence reports prepared by the Singapore Local Intelligence Committee
CO 1022/208CO 1022Monthly Emergency and Political Reports on Malaya and Singapore, Compiled from Local Sources
CO 1022/209CO 1022Monthly reviews of Pan-Malayan political and security intelligence issued jointly by Special Branches of the Federation of Malaya and the Singapore Police
CO 1022/21CO 1022Effect of the Emergency on the mining industry in Malaya: monthly reports on casualties and damage
CO 1022/210CO 1022Monthly reviews of Pan-Malayan political and security intelligence issued jointly by Special Branches of the Federation of Malaya and the Singapore Police
CO 1022/211CO 1022Monthly political intelligence reports for North Borneo
CO 1022/219CO 1022Technical assistance from the Mutual Security Agency (MSA) for the Klang Gates Dam, Federation of Malaya
CO 1022/248CO 1022Singapore Local Intelligence Committee: Reports and Comments on the Security Situation with Particular Reference to Overseas Chinese
CO 1022/25CO 1022Casualties among rubber planters in Malaya since the start of the Emergency
CO 1022/250CO 1022Co-Operation between Singapore and the Federation of Malaya in Combating Communist Terrorists
CO 1022/28CO 1022Interrogation of captured Communist terrorists in Malaya; clearance of various reports and books on the subject
CO 1022/319CO 1022Supply of arms and ammunition to Communist terrorists in Malaya
CO 1022/34CO 1022Provision of information for the Cabinet on additional expenditure due to the emergency in Malaya
CO 1022/37CO 1022Co-operation with Thailand police in pursuit of terrorists in frontier incidents during the emergency in Malaya
CO 1022/39CO 1022Representations by British business interests in Malaya about the effects of the emergency
CO 1022/41CO 1022Land given to villagers in exchange for information which led to the death of Communist bandits
CO 1022/42CO 1022Land given to villagers in exchange for information which led to the death of Communist bandits: PQ as to how much land was given to the villagers in return for information leading to the death of a terrorist
CO 1022/45CO 1022Communist propaganda in Malaya: identification of terrorists. Includes 3 photographs depicting: Malaya: British soldier holding decapitated heads of two guerillas; Dyak headhunter wearing beret and badge of Royal Marine Commandos carrying cleaned out scalp of guerilla. Dated 1952
CO 1022/46CO 1022Recovered documents of the Malayan Communist Party
CO 1022/47CO 1022Proposals for speeding up of prosecutions under Emergency Regulations in Malaya
CO 1022/474CO 1022State of Emergency in Sarawak from August 1952 to January 1953
CO 1022/48CO 1022Proposal that bandits in Malaya be known officially as Communist terrorists
CO 1022/49CO 1022Measures to encourage Communist terrorists to surrender: reports of surrenders
CO 1022/51CO 1022Organization and functions of the Federation Intelligence Service in Malaya
CO 1022/53CO 1022Proposal to use displaced Amboinese to reinforce the security forces in Malaya
CO 1022/57CO 1022Employment of Dyak headhunters with security forces in Malaya: difficulty in restraining them in relation to captured terrorists
CO 1022/58CO 1022Policy of relaxation of Emergency Regulations in Malaya where circumstances permit
CO 1022/59CO 1022Singapore Emergency legislation and regulations
CO 1022/8CO 1022Command organisation for the Emergency in Malaya
CO 1030/1CO 1030Federation of Malaya and Singapore: Emergency. Emergency regulations: declaration of “white areas”
CO 1030/10CO 1030Federation of Malaya: Emergency. Reports on the Emergency by the Director of Operations
CO 1030/11CO 1030Federation of Malaya: Emergency. Communicating intelligence reports to Malay minister in Executive Council
CO 1030/1103CO 1030Security arrests in Sarawak and North Borneo
CO 1030/1105CO 1030Clandestine Communist organisation in Sarawak
CO 1030/1155CO 1030Internal security, Singapore: Emergency Executive Committee
CO 1030/1157CO 1030Singapore Internal Security Council
CO 1030/1158CO 1030Singapore Internal Security Council
CO 1030/1159CO 1030Singapore Internal Security Council
CO 1030/1160CO 1030Singapore Internal Security Council
CO 1030/1161CO 1030Singapore Internal Security Council: papers and notices
CO 1030/1162CO 1030Singapore Internal Security Council: papers and notices
CO 1030/1163CO 1030Singapore Internal Security Council: minutes and agenda
CO 1030/1164CO 1030Singapore Internal Security Council: minutes and agenda
CO 1030/1165CO 1030Singapore Internal Security Council: minutes and agenda
CO 1030/1166CO 1030Singapore Internal Security Council: responsibility for detentions
CO 1030/12CO 1030Federation of Malaya: Emergency. Co-operation with Siamese police; frontier incidents
CO 1030/1285CO 1030Barter trade and smuggling between Sulu, Indonesia and Borneo
CO 1030/1286CO 1030Barter trade and smuggling between Sulu, Indonesia and Borneo
CO 1030/13CO 1030Federation of Malaya: Emergency. Casualties among Europeans and Asians since commencement of emergency
CO 1030/14CO 1030Federation of Malaya: Emergency. Reports of the casualties and damage in the mining industry as result of emergency
CO 1030/144CO 1030Federation of Malaya. Responsibility for administration of detention camps
CO 1030/145CO 1030Federation of Malaya. Disturbance in Ipoh detention camp
CO 1030/15CO 1030Federation of Malaya: Emergency. Casualties among rubber planters since commencement of emergency
CO 1030/153CO 1030Federation of Malaya. Security of Executive Council documents in Federation
CO 1030/1537CO 1030Tripartite Agreement on Malaysia. Detention legislation: North Borneo
CO 1030/1539CO 1030Tripartite Agreement on Malaysia. Clandestine communist organisation in Sarawak
CO 1030/1540CO 1030Tripartite Agreement on Malaysia. Operations against clandestine communist organisations in Sarawak
CO 1030/1573CO 1030Singapore Internal Security Council
CO 1030/1574CO 1030Singapore Internal Security Council
CO 1030/1575CO 1030Singapore Internal Security Council
CO 1030/1576CO 1030Singapore Internal Security Council
CO 1030/1577CO 1030Singapore Internal Security Council
CO 1030/1578CO 1030Singapore Internal Security Council: Papers and notices
CO 1030/16CO 1030Federation of Malaya: Emergency. Committee of Ministers to consider Security and Intelligence Services during and before the Emergency
CO 1030/1660CO 1030North Borneo/Indonesia: Piracy and smuggling
CO 1030/17CO 1030Federation of Malaya: Emergency. Protection of rubber estates and mines
CO 1030/18CO 1030Federation of Malaya: Emergency. Dismissal of Chinese rubber estate workers in Bahan because of their Communist sympathies
CO 1030/187CO 1030Action against subversive elements in Singapore Sept-Oct 1956
CO 1030/19CO 1030Federation of Malaya: Emergency. Federal Government plans for dealing with emergency
CO 1030/2CO 1030Federation of Malaya and Singapore: Emergency. Representations against Repeal of Emergency Regulations in Singapore
CO 1030/20CO 1030Federation of Malaya: Emergency. Director of Operations Committee
CO 1030/21CO 1030Federation of Malaya: Emergency. Approach to Chinese Government over Malayan terrorists
CO 1030/22CO 1030Federation of Malaya: Emergency. Surrender of Communist terrorists
CO 1030/23CO 1030Federation of Malaya: Emergency. Rewards for death or capture of Communist terrorists
CO 1030/24CO 1030Federation of Malaya: Emergency. Amnesty offer to Communist terrorists by Malayan Government
CO 1030/241CO 1030Singapore: Monthly Political Intelligence Reports
CO 1030/242CO 1030Sarawak and Brunei: Monthly political intelligence reports
CO 1030/243CO 1030North Borneo: Monthly political intelligence reports
CO 1030/244CO 1030Federation of Malaya: monthly political intelligence reports
CO 1030/245CO 1030Federation of Malaya: monthly political intelligence reports
CO 1030/246CO 1030Far Eastern Department monthly emergency and political reports on Federation of Malaya and Singapore
CO 1030/247CO 1030Far Eastern Department monthly emergency and political reports on Federation of Malaya and Singapore
CO 1030/248CO 1030Far Eastern Department monthly emergency and political reports on Federation of Malaya and Singapore
CO 1030/25CO 1030Federation of Malaya: Emergency. Amnesty offer to Communist terrorists by Malayan Government
CO 1030/26CO 1030Federation of Malaya: Emergency. Amnesty offer to Communist terrorists by Malayan Government
CO 1030/263CO 1030Communist activities in schools in Federation of Malaya
CO 1030/264CO 1030PQ on Communist activity in schools in Federation of Malaya
CO 1030/27CO 1030Federation of Malaya: Emergency. Amnesty offer to Communist terrorists by Malayan Government: meetings with Communist leaders
CO 1030/275CO 1030Deportation Policy in Sarawak
CO 1030/276CO 1030Deportation policy towards aliens in Federation of Malaya
CO 1030/28CO 1030Federation of Malaya: Emergency. Possible intervention by foreign governments over sentences passed on Communist terrorists
CO 1030/29CO 1030Federation of Malaya: Emergency. Record of Baling talks in December 1955 between Tunku Abdul Rahman, Chief Minister of Malaya, David Marshall, Chief Minister of Singapore and Dato Su Cheng Lock Tan and Communist principals Chin Peng, Chen Tian and Abdul Rashid Mahiden to discuss amnesty
CO 1030/291CO 1030Fortnightly Reviews of Political and Security Matters by Governor of Singapore
CO 1030/3CO 1030Federation of Malaya and Singapore: Emergency. Prohibited publications under emergency regulations
CO 1030/30CO 1030Federation of Malaya: Emergency. Memorandum from Malayan Chief Minister and Minister for Internal Defence and Security on Baling talks
CO 1030/306CO 1030Political Parties in Federation of Malaya and Singapore. Malayan Communist Party
CO 1030/307CO 1030Political Parties in Federation of Malaya and Singapore. Malayan Communist Party
CO 1030/31CO 1030Federation of Malaya: Emergency. Verbatim record of the Baling talks taken from tape recordings
CO 1030/32CO 1030Federation of Malaya: Emergency. Thai-Malayan military collaboration in South Thailand in operations against Communist terrorists. With map
CO 1030/33CO 1030Federation of Malaya: Emergency. Restrictive measures and food controls to combat Communist terrorists
CO 1030/344CO 1030Public Security Legislation: Singapore
CO 1030/4CO 1030Federation of Malaya and Singapore: Emergency. Revocation of Emergency Regulations in Singapore
CO 1030/498CO 1030Conference on Constitution of Singapore Held in March 1957. Internal Security Arrangements
CO 1030/499CO 1030Conference on Constitution of Singapore Held in March 1957. Internal Security Arrangements
CO 1030/5CO 1030Federation of Malaya and Singapore: Emergency. Declaration of amnesty in Singapore
CO 1030/530CO 1030Conference on Constitution of Brunei Held in 1959. Discussions on Internal Security
CO 1030/655CO 1030Internal security threats to Malaya and Singapore
CO 1030/656CO 1030Internal security threats to Malaya and Singapore
CO 1030/657CO 1030Finance for internal security operations in Malaya and Singapore
CO 1030/675CO 1030Deportation of aliens from Singapore
CO 1030/7CO 1030Federation of Malaya: Emergency. Monthly reports on subversive activities
CO 1030/700CO 1030Communist Party of Malaya
CO 1030/701CO 1030Communist Party of Malaya
CO 1030/73CO 1030Federation of Malaya: Constitutional Developments. Governmental responsibility for internal security
CO 1030/752CO 1030Barter trade and smuggling between Sulu and Borneo
CO 1030/8CO 1030Federation of Malaya: Emergency. Monthly reports on subversive activities
CO 1030/815CO 1030Maintenance of internal security in Federation of Malaya after independence
CO 1030/9CO 1030Federation of Malaya: Emergency. Monthly reports on subversive activities
CO 1030/98CO 1030Singapore: Constitutional Development. Constitutional Development in Singapore: Reserved Subjects and Control of Internal Security
CO 1069/567CO 1069SINGAPORE 12. Communist front inspired riots, Singapore, October 1956
CO 273/534/1CO 273Malayan Bulletin of Political Intelligence No. 34 (December 1925): correspondence
CO 273/534/10CO 273Malayan Bulletin of Political Intelligence No. 37 (March 1926)
CO 273/534/16CO 273Malayan Bulletin of Political Intelligence No. 38 (April 1926); with correspondence
CO 273/534/17CO 273Malayan Bulletin of Political Intelligence No. 39 (May 1926); with correspondence and distribution list
CO 273/534/19CO 273Malayan Bulletin of Political Intelligence No. 40 (June 1926); with correspondence and index (March 1922-December 1925)
CO 273/534/20CO 273Malayan Bulletin of Political Intelligence No. 41 (July 1926); with correspondence
CO 273/534/21CO 273Malayan Bulletin of Political Intelligence No. 42 (August 1926); with correspondence
CO 273/534/22CO 273Malayan Bulletin of Political Intelligence No. 43 (September 1926)
CO 273/534/4CO 273Malayan Bulletin of Political Intelligence No. 35 (January 1926)
CO 273/534/6CO 273Malayan Bulletin of Political Intelligence No. 36 (February 1926): correspondence
CO 273/534/8CO 273Native affairs and movements in the Netherlands East Indies: administrative reforms; Japanese interest; communist involvement; translations of Dutch newspaper articles
CO 273/535/1CO 273Communist activities in Netherlands East Indies: attempted Communist uprisings; alleged connections with Singapore; military forces in Netherlands East Indies; Chinese boycott of a leading Dutch firm at Medan; German and Japanese interest in Netherlands East Indies; Moslem conference, Etc.
CO 273/535/11CO 273Malayan Bulletin of Political Intelligence Nos. 44-53 (October 1926-September 1927)
CO 273/535/5CO 273Pilgrims to Mecca and Medina: Report on the Pilgrimage, 1927; rules for pilgrimage passes; communist propaganda activity directed at pilgrims
CO 273/535/9CO 273Epidemiological Intelligence Bureau of the League of Nations: correspondence; Report of the International Pacific Health Conference (15-22 December 1926)
CO 273/539/2CO 273Methods of counteracting revolutionary propaganda and activity: correspondence; Hong Kong Deportation Ordinance, 1917 (revised to 1924); Straits Settlements Ordinance No. 153 (Banishment)
CO 273/551/16CO 273Ali Zainalabdin Alsagoff: application for patent of armorial bearings; report by Straits Settlements Criminal Intelligence Department
CO 273/553/17CO 273Chong Kai Chuan: arrest and deportation
CO 273/555/13CO 273Karel Virausky: deportation to the United Kingdom; national status
CO 273/558/23CO 273Netherlands East Indies: communist, nationalist and other native activity. Includes 1 photograph depicting: Hadji Agoes (or August) Salim, an Indonesian nationalist leader. Dated 1929
CO 273/558/34CO 273Alleged detention of Syrian prisoners of war in Singapore
CO 273/560/12CO 273Admission of J. J. Kalker, suspected Dutch communist, to the Straits Settlements
CO 273/560/5CO 273Loss of a chest of opium by the Government Monopolies Department; improved security measures
CO 273/564/10CO 273Communist activity in Malaya: influence among non-Chinese
CO 273/565/3CO 273Allegations that Syrian prisoners of war are still under detention at Singapore: case of Dr. G. Bared
CO 273/566/10CO 273Detention and subsequent release of J. Hellebaut of the Belgian Merchant Marine for smuggling arms into Malaya
CO 273/569/20CO 273Petition of Samund Singh against his deportation from Malaya to India
CO 273/589/13CO 273Smuggling: agreement with Netherlands East Indies
CO 273/590/9CO 273Proposed deportation ordinance of non-local British subjects and protected persons
CO 273/591/6CO 273Criminal Intelligence Department to be renamed Special Branch
CO 273/600/10CO 273Alleged smuggling of Chinese into the UK
CO 273/602/7CO 273Secret intelligence in relation to the local Japanese
CO 273/604/11CO 273Intelligence service: need for improvement in relation to Japan and local Japanese activities
CO 273/624/13CO 273Petitions. Mrs. Amy Doo and Mr. G. Y. Doo: deportation orders
CO 273/642/4CO 273Deportation: Lampo Chi alias Chi Chih Hua
CO 273/642/5CO 273Deportation: Wilhelm August Louis Schaub
CO 273/642/6CO 273Deportation: Charles Weinberg
CO 273/657/18CO 273Director of criminal intelligence, Police Department: regrading of post
CO 273/662/11CO 273Labour unrest in Malaya: deportation of Chinese communists from Malaya
CO 273/665/2CO 273Detention of members of HM Forces in civil prisons: charges for maintenance
CO 273/673/9CO 273Cocos Islands: emergency organisation
CO 273/680/12CO 273Land Acquisitions (Emergency Purposes) (Assessment of Compensation) Ordinance, no. 29 of 1946
CO 531/23/13CO 531Deportation of Chinese from Philippines to North Borneo
CO 537/2658CO 537Defence. Security Arrangements, Far East: Sarawak
CO 537/2796CO 537Defence. Review of Colonial Police and Security Forces in Relation to Communist Infiltration: North Borneo
CO 537/3763CO 537Eastern. Political intelligence: Reports from North Borneo
CO 537/3764CO 537Eastern. Political Intelligence: Reports from Sarawak
CO 537/4421CO 537Defence. Review of Police and Security Forces in Relation to Communist Infiltration: North Borneo
CO 537/4425CO 537Defence. Review of Police and Security Forces in Relation to Communist Infiltration: Sarawak
CO 537/4427CO 537Defence. Review of Police and Security Forces in Relation to Communist Infiltration: Brunei
CO 537/4864CO 537Eastern. Political Intelligence: Reports from North Borneo
CO 537/4865CO 537Eastern. Political Intelligence: Reports from Sarawak
CO 537/5387CO 537Defence. Powers for Dealing with Subversive Activities: North Borneo, Brunei and Sarawak
CO 537/5430CO 537Defence. Review of police and security forces in relation to communist infiltration: Singapore
CO 537/6084CO 537Eastern. Political Intelligence: North Borneo
CO 537/6535CO 537General. Security Singapore: Miscellaneous cases; Russian shipping
CO 537/6740CO 537Defence. Deportation Legislation: North Borneo
CO 537/7339CO 537Eastern. Political Intelligence: North Borneo
CO 537/7340CO 537Eastern. Political intelligence: Sarawak
CO 537/7342CO 537Eastern. Political intelligence: Singapore
CO 717/113/21CO 717Deportation of Indians
CO 717/147/9CO 717Malayan Planters Provident Fund: emergency situation
CO 717/156/4CO 717Malay irredentist movements and subversive activities in South Siam
CO 717/167/1CO 717Law and Order. Emergency legislation
CO 717/167/2CO 717Law and Order. Emergency legislation
CO 717/167/3CO 717Law and Order. Emergency legislation
CO 717/167/4CO 717Law and Order. Emergency regulations (detention orders rules), 1948
CO 717/167/5CO 717Law and Order. Emergency legislation: proposed legislation for the detention of subversive persons
CO 717/171/3CO 717Law and Order. Military situation: Federation of Malaya Police, combined intelligence reports
CO 717/171/4CO 717Law and Order. Military situation: Federation of Malaya Police, combined intelligence reports
CO 717/176/3CO 717Law and Order. Additional expenditure due to emergency
CO 717/198/1CO 717Law and Order. Military situation: weekly intelligence summary
CO 717/198/2CO 717Law and Order. Military situation: weekly intelligence summary
CO 717/200/5CO 717Law and Order. Additional expenditure due to emergency
CO 717/200/6CO 717Law and Order. Additional expenditure due to emergency
CO 717/72/3CO 717Deportation of Indians
CO 717/89/13CO 717Deportation of Indians
CO 717/95/3CO 717Import duties: smuggling into the Federated Malay States
CO 874/1056CO 874Correspondence. Security for Currency Notes
CO 874/748CO 874Correspondence. Deportation of Chinese from Philippines to North Borneo
CO 874/914CO 874Correspondence. Opium Smuggling
CO 874/915CO 874Correspondence. Opium Smuggling
CO 874/916CO 874Correspondence. Opium Smuggling
CO 938/8/13CO 938Ordinances. Detention of Persons (Special Powers) Ordinance No 1 of 1950
CO 938/8/6CO 938Ordinances. Emergency Regulations (Amendment) No 31 of 1949
CO 953/22CO 953Reports on Chinese Communist Party leaders
CO 953/44CO 953Travel control in an emergency in Malaya and Borneo