Lim Chin Siong, the former general secretary of the powerful Singapore Factory & Shop Workers Union was the undisputed leader of the communist united front and controlled the mass base. Lee Kuan Yew could not have been unaware of this fact and knew that he had to depend on Lim Chin Siong and his mass base to advance his political ambition. To give an example of the massive influence of Lim Chin Siong over his CUF members, the CUF used to hold anti-colonial mass.....
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