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4.

SCORCHED

EARTH.

Lt. Gen. Percival.

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Para.

34

190

82

590

"One

(Apropos "scorched earth" measures). was the failure to destroy the Penang Broadcasting Station from which during the rest of the campaign a stream of anti-British propaganda was sent out and the other was the failure to remove or scuttle all the small vessels and barges in the Harbour."

"The machinery and plant belonging to firms with British managers were, with a few exceptions, effectively destroyed in spite of the reluctance on the part of some firms to acquiese in the proceedings.

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