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H-ASIA May 8, 2007 Seeking text: Soviet Imperialism & the Malayan CP (comment) ************************************************************************* From: Chandar Sundaram <csundaram@hotmail.com> Just as a rejoinder to Professor Welch's comment that the British defeat in Malaya left a permanent scar on Australia: Aussie ill-feeling against Britain was also exacerbated by the fact that, at a time when Japanese planes were bombing Darwin regularly, and Australian forces were fighting the Japanese on the Owen-Stanley range in New Guinea, Churchill and the war cabinet resolutely refused to allow Aussie forces in the Middle East to be transferred back home to defend their homeland. best, Chandar Chandar S. Sundaram, Ph.D., Associate Professor of history, United International College, 28 Jinfeng Rd., Tangjiawan, Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China 519085 tel.: 0756 3620505 fax: 0756 6126950 -- ****************************************************************** To post to H-ASIA simply send your message to: <H-ASIA@h-net.msu.edu> For holidays or short absences send post to: <listserv@h-net.msu.edu> with message: SET H-ASIA NOMAIL Upon return, send post with message SET H-ASIA MAIL H-ASIA WEB HOMEPAGE URL: http://h-net.msu.edu/~asia/
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