Lt Gen. Percival.
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Air Chief Marshal Sir R. Brocke-Popham.
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Air Vice Marshal Sir P. Malt by.
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"There is no evidence to shew that there was any extensive fifth column organisation in Malaya, but there is no doubt whatever that the Japanese obtained considerable assistance at times from the local inhabitants Information as to the disposition and movements of our troops was unloubtedly passed to the Japanese ani guides were provile, possibly sometimes under compulsion."
"The pro-Japanese propaganda, which had for some years previously been spread throughout the East, hal undoubtedly had some effect. The Japanese came to Malaya well equipped with the means of continuing these activities and their stream of propaganda, much of it crule, hal its effect on some at least of the people of Malaya, and at times even on a few of the troops.
"Some probable fifth columnists were marked down at Kuala Lumpur and rounded up at the start of the war, but there was very little fifth column work or treachery."
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a country like Malaya it was not difficult for the enemy to obtain information about our forces. He was well served by a long- established system of agents."