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Old 09-20-2022, 19:55   #33
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Reflecting on a recently read book, War of the Running Dogs, it occurred to me that she was in place for most of the "Malayan Emergency." There was clearly influence midway through (from Whitehall) to insure that things were treated as a civil police matter, and to invest the populace in the outcome while aiding them on the tactical side. (Also, the term "hearts & minds" was already in play by the Brits.) One can reasonably debate what was either relocation of the population to deprive the insurgents, or call it forced internment. Probably some of both because the citizenry didn't like being preyed upon. In the end it worked.

I wonder if she had any influence upon this direction early in her reign simply by virtue of either her nature or the preparation she received, regardless of not being a boy, in terms of affairs of state. It was an approach that turned out to be the right one, was accepted and implemented by those on the ground responsible and, for all its warts, (now) Malaysia didn't fall Communist and remains a federal state.

Lots has transpired in those 70 years.
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