Summary: Army training film of Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer in discussion with Major-General David Lloyd Owen and Lieutenant-Colonel J P Foley on the role of the High Command in the anti-terror campaign in Malaya, 1947-1955. Film covers Templer's previous service, particularly his experience as Director of Military Government in Germany, 1945-1946; the background to his appointment as High Commissioner, February 1952, including account of interview with the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill; and Templer's orders concerning the restoration of law and order, particularly his identification of his prime objectives, intelligence, and the reorganisation of the police and government information services.
