ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the systematic examination of the relationship between interrogation intelligence collected regarding the mainly ethnic Chinese Malayan Communist Party (MCP) and its militant wing, the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA), and psychological warfare directed at and about the MNLA insurgents and their civilian support network, the Min Yuen. It reveals that interrogations of Surrendered Enemy Personnel (SEP) and Captured Enemy Personnel (CEP) produced crucial 'psychological intelligence' for constructing tailored and accurate propaganda and psychological warfare and disseminating it through channels and media known to be efficient and influential. As the British colonial office affirmed in a report to the Cabinet in late 1951, psychological warfare in Malaya was an 'Auxiliary Intelligence Instrument'. This windfall to the intelligence and psychological warfare system was furthered between 1950 and 1953 by organisational reform and civil-military integration at all levels which improved inter-service liaison and planning, and increased staffing and resources.
