CO537-5132 — Page 66

(c)

aspects of Communism and has disseminated a large

number of minatory leaflets, etc., in support of

security operations: it also runs a number of news

shoots with quite large circulations.

P.R.O. Singapore has been absent during recent months,

and a considerable increase of activity can be

confidently promised soon.

(d) Consideration is to be given to means to gear the

Malayan broadcasting organization more closely to the

long-term anti-Communist campaign.

(f)

(e) There should be an increase of publications by the

Regional Information Office: the latter also hope, as

soon as their staff increase has taken effect, to

place very

ery many more articles than hitherto.

There is room for the development of material which

could be transmitted through channels available to the

Trade Union Advisers in Malaya and Singapore and also

through channels available to Departments of Labour.

A beginning has been made with the Department of Education in Singapore, and this should be extended

to the Federation as soon as possible.

(g) Both conditions and provision for publicity in

Sarawak, British North Borneo and Brunei are

primitive. The Director of the Regional Information

Office has the intention of visiting these terri-

tories soon after his return, and in particular

devoting his attention to the question of oil

labour in Brunei and Sarawak.

(h) Hong Kong.

(i) Reference is made in para. 11 (f) to the

R. 1.0. representative whom it is hoped to

appoint there.

(ii)/