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Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Malaya to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.
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Chin Peng
Malayan communist leader (1924–2013)
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David Marshall (Singaporean politician)
Chief Minister of Singapore from 1955 to 1956
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Tunku Abdul Rahman
Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1957 to 1970
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District of Kedah in Malaysia
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Federation of Malaya
Country in Southeast Asia (1948–1963)
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Baling Talks
1955 diplomatic conference to resolve the Malayan Emergency
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Malayan Emergency
1948–1960 British colonial war in Malaya
The Malayan Emergency, also known as the Anti–British National Liberation War, (1948–1960) was a guerrilla war fought in Malaya between communist pro-independence fighters of the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA) and the military forces of the Federation of Malaya and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)