A few months later Malaya’s attorney general wrote to Colonial Secretary Griffiths informing him “there is no room for any ‘sitting on the fence.’ All those who believe in the democratic way of life must join in the fight, and we must fight with our gloves off—all of us—Malays, Chinese, Indians, Europeans and Eurasians….Let everyone declare himself now, and give wholehearted support to the men of our Security Forces who are giving such valiant service to our cause.”[117]
