Some rather nebulous capacity: Lord killearn's appointment in southeast asia

Modern Asian Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 559-600

  Tarling, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84974288917     PISSN: 0026749X     EISSN: 14698099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X00007861     Document Type: Article

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34. Minute, 24 August 1945, C.O. 273/677/50908.
35. Minute, Resident Minister in S.E.A.C., n.d. [probably by Gent], ibid.
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38. Gen 101/1 st, 19 November 1945, CAB 78/39.
39. Gater to Armstrong, 20 November 1945, C.O. 273/677/50908. Gen 101/1 Final Revise, 24 November, CAB 78/39.
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44. Gater to Armstrong, 21 December 1945, ibid.
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49. Minute, 15 January 1946, C.O. 273/677/50908/1.
50. Gater to Cadogan, 17 January 1946, ibid.
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53. Minute, 13 October 1945, C.O. 537/1547
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55. Minutes, 17, 18 December 1945, ibid.
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59. Minute, 28 January 1946, C.O. 537/1568.
60. Telegram, 11 January 1946, 92873, ibid.
61. Telegram, 15 January 1946, F.O. 371/54017 [F 822/333/61].
62. Minute, 27 January 1946, ibid.
63. Telegram, 2 February 1946, 90, F.O. 371/54017 [F 1851/333/61].
64. See my forthcoming book, The Fourth Anglo-Burman War, ch. 5.
65. N. Tarling, Rice and Reconciliation: the Anglo-Thai Peace Negotiations of 1945, Journal of the Siam Society, LXVI, 2 (July 1978), 59—111. A further article will deal with the implementation of the treaty.
66. Telegrams, 2 February 1946, 180, 181, F.O. 371/54017 [F 2036/333/61].
67. Telegram, 4 February 1946, 171, F.O. 371/54017 [F 2037/333/61].
68. Telegram, 7 February 1946, 202, ibid.
69. CM (46) 14th, 11 February 1946, Item 2, CAB 128/5.
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74. Minute, 9 March 1946, F.O. 371/54018 FF 3117/333/611.
75. CM (46) 16th, 18 February, Item 2, CAB 128/5.
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78. Telegram, 25 April 1946, 314, F.O. 371/54020 [F 6352/333/61].
79. Telegram, 25 April 1946, 315, F.O. 371/54020 [F 6353/333/61].
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81. Minute by Allen, 4 May 1946, F.O. 371/54020 [F 6353/333/61].
82. Minute by Moss, 3 May 1946, ibid.
83. Telegram, 17 June 1946, 12 Saving, F.O. 371/54021 [F 9713/333/61]
84. Minute, 13 June 1946, F.O. 371/54021 [F 8998/333/61].
85. Telegram, 9 July 1946, 1084, F.O. 371/54021 [F 9713/333/61].
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87. Squire (see n. 28) chs 13, 14.
88. Wilson-Young to Dixon, 4 May 1946, as in note 8b.
89. Telegram, 5 July 1946, 41, F.O. 371/53982 [F 9940/84/61].
90. As note 81.
91. Minute, 5 June 1946, F.O. 371/54021 TF 8205/333/61I.
92. C.O. 537/1568. FE (O) (46) 88, 15 July 1946, CAB 134/281.
93. Minutes, 17, 20 July 1946, C.O. 537/1568.
94. FE (O) (46) 9th, 19 July 1946, CAB 134/279.
95. Telegram, 19 June 1946, 9953, C.O. 537/1547.
96. Minutes, 29 June, 2 July 1946, ibid.
97. Telegram, 4 July 1946, 77, ibid.
98. Minute by Rolleston, ro July 1946, ibid.
99. Telegram, 12 July 1946, 91; minutes by Rolleston, 16 July, ibid.
100. Minute by Lloyd, 20 July 1946, ibid.
101. Minute by Allen, 17 July 1946, F.O. 371/54021 [F 10343/333/61].
102. Telegrams, 30 May 1946, 758; 1 August, 1511, F.O. 371/54022 [F 11342/949/61].
103. Minute, 5 August 1946, F.O. 371/54022 [F 11549/333/61].
104. DO (46) 24th, 7 August 1946, CAB 131/1.
105. Telegram, 4 September 1946, 1978, F.O. 371/54022 [F 12991/333/61].
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107. Minute, 7 February 1947, ibid.
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109. Roger Buckley, Occupation Diplomacy. Britain, the United States and Japan 1945–1952 (Cambridge, 1982), p. 147.
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111. Stockwell (see n. 18), pp. 91—2.
112. Gibson to Paskin, 16 December 1946, C.O. 537/1547.
113. Minutes by Morris, 25 January 1947; Bourdillon, 31 January, C.O. 537/2203.
114. Minutes, 17, 22 February, 10, 14 March 1947, ibid.
115. Minute, 15 March 1947, F.O. 371/63543 [F 7570/1147/61]. On Killearn's role in Indonesia, see Oey Hong Lee, War and Diplomacy in Indonesia 1945—50 (Townsville, 1981), 94ff.
116. Minute by Allen, 18 March 1947, F.O. 371/63543 [F 7570/1147/61].
117. Minute, io April 1947, ibid.
118. Minutes by Allen, 14 April 1947;Dening, 18 April, F.O. 371/63543 [F 7571/1147/
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120. Note of a Meeting held in Treasury, 24 April 1947, C.O. 537/2203.
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122. Telegram, 5 September 1947, 1832, F.O. 371/63545 [F 12345/1147/]-
123. Minutes, 9 September 1947, ibid.
124. Telegram from Hankinson, 22 September 1947, 773; reply, 26 September, 684, C.O. 537/2205.
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128. Report, 9 January 1948, F.O. 371/69686 [F 1488/286/61].
129. Telegrams, 28 January 1948, ibid.
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134. Minute, 15 April 1948, F.O. 371/69689 [F 5858/286/61].
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137. Minutes, 27 April, 13, 17 May 1948, ibid.
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139. Minute by Lloyd, 17 July 1948, F.O. 371/69694 [F 10350/727/61].
140. Foulds to Bevin, 21 November 1946, 94, F.O. 371/54348 [F 17690/10035/83].
141. Minute, 15 March 1948, as in note 136.
142. N. Tarling, The Burthen, the Risk, and the Glory. A Biography of Sir James Brooke (Kuala Lumpur, 1982), pp. 110–11, 152–3.