Notes, reports and memoranda collected as Secretary for Chinese Affairs,Kedah, 1950s, dealing with the history and functions of the Department ofChinese Affairs, Malaya, Sino-Malay relations and Chinese secret societiesfrom 1879 to 1957.
Papers of W.J. Watts
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- Dates of Creation1950s
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Administrative / Biographical History
William John Watts (fl 1923-1991) entered the Overseas Civil Service in 1947and was posted to Malaya. He was Secretary for Chinese Affairs for the stateof Kedah in the early 1950s, District Officer for Jelebu, 1954-1955, andDeputy Secretary, Ministry of the Interior and Justice, Federation of Malayauntil 1959. He then entered H.M. Diplomatic Service, serving in the Far Eastand in Kenya until his retirement in 1981.
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Collection level description created by Paul Davidson, Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House.
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Listed as no. 740 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford,Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996). A handlist isavailable in the library reading room.
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