New book sheds light on Singapore’s secret negotiations for independence
SINGAPORE – Singapore’s separation from Malaysia in August 1965 was the result of a “bloodless coup” orchestrated by then Finance Minister Goh Keng Swee and then Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, over just 25 days. A new book, The Albatross File: Inside Separation, shows how an off‑the‑cuff remark by Dr Goh on July 15, 1965, set off a chain of moves that led to the proclamation, at 10am on Aug 9, that “Singapore shall be forever a sovereign democratic and independent nation”. The book, edited by Ms Susan Sim and published by The Straits Times Press and the National […]...Keep on reading: New book sheds light on Singapore’s secret negotiations for independence
