Revealed: How British Empire’s dirty secrets went up in smoke in the | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
In April 1957, five unmarked lorries left the British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur and drove to a Royal Navy base in Singapore with their cargo of files detailing the secrets of Britain’s rule in Malaya. Their destination was, in the words of one official, a “splendid incinerator”.