1955-in 1955. the talk took place in the government english school at baling on december 28. the mcp was represented by chin peng, the secretary-general, rashid maidin and chen tien, head of the mcps central propaganda department; on the other side were three elected national representatives, tunku abdul rahman, datos tan cheng-lock and david marshall, the chief minister of singapore. the meeting was intended to pursue a mutual end to the conflict but the malayan government representatives, led by tunku abdul rahman, dismissed all of chin pengs demands. as a result, the conflict heightened and, in response.
