THE WAR GOES ON: PENELITIAN TERHADAP TRANSKRIP RUNDINGAN BALING, 28 DAN 29 DISEMBER 1955
THE WAR GOES ON: A STUDY OF THE TRANSCRIPT OF BALING NEGOTIATION, 28 AND 29 DECEMBER 1995
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https://doi.org/10.55197/qjssh.v7si2.1317Keywords:
rundingan Baling, pilihan raya umum 1955, Tunku Abdul Rahman, Chin Peng, Baling English SchoolAbstract
Artikel ini meneliti transkrip Rundingan Baling pada 28 hingga 29 Disember 1955 berikutan usaha kerajaan Persekutuan Tanah Melayu dalam menamatkan darurat. Pengampunan kepada pengganas komunis diumumkan pada 8 September 1955 sejurus kemenangan Parti Perikatan dalam Pilihan raya Umum 1955. Usaha yang dilakukan oleh pihak kerajaan telah membawa kepada pertemuan wakil komunis iaitu Chin Peng, Chen Tien dan Rashid Maidin bersama Tunku Abdul Rahman, Tan Cheng Lock serta David Marshall. Baling English School, menjadi tempat pertemuan antara wakil kerajaan dan Parti Komunis Malaya (PKM). Perbincangan artikel ini menggunakan pendekatan sejarah yang merujuk kepada wawancara bersama informan terpilih, Rekod Arkib Negara Malaysia, akhbar dan dokumen sekunder yang lain. Hasil penelitian penulis, mendapati terdapat sebanyak 308 soal jawab yang melibatkan komunikasi di antara wakil kerajaan dan PKM sepanjang tempoh rundingan selama dua hari. Walaupun, Rundingan Baling tidak berjaya membawa kepada pembubaran PKM seperti mana yang dihasratkan oleh Tunku Abdul Rahman namun menjadi detik penting dan bermakna dalam sejarah negara. Kredibiliti dan ketegasan Tunku Abdul Rahman yang tidak berkompromi dengan wakil PKM menunjukkan sifat terpuji negarawan tersohor.
This article examines the transcript of the Baling Talks held from 28 to 29 December 1955, following the efforts of the Government of the Federation of Malaya to end the Emergency. An amnesty for communist terrorists was announced on 8 September 1955, shortly after the victory of the Alliance Party in the 1955 General Election. The government’s initiative led to a meeting between communist representatives, namely Chin Peng, Chen Tien and Rashid Maidin, and Tunku Abdul Rahman, Tan Cheng Lock and David Marshall. Baling English School became the venue for the meeting between representatives of the government and the Malayan Communist Party (MCP). This article adopts a historical approach, drawing on interviews with selected informants, records from the National Archives of Malaysia, newspapers and other secondary documents. The author’s analysis found that there were 308 question-and-answer exchanges involving communication between representatives of the government and the MCP throughout the two-day negotiation period. Although the Baling Talks did not succeed in bringing about the dissolution of the MCP, as intended by Tunku Abdul Rahman, they remain an important and meaningful moment in the nation’s history. The credibility and firmness of Tunku Abdul Rahman, who refused to compromise with the MCP representatives, demonstrated the admirable qualities of a distinguished statesman.
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