Radar Site Survey of Singapore Island. [Singapore.] Marconi Company Limited. Physics,Science,South East Asia

A printed report, folio. pagination: 13 leaves followed by ten separate parts with dividers, printed to rectos only, comprising Part I Introduction (6ll.), II Survey Organisation (6ll.), III Air Surveillance Site Survey (12ll.), IV Coast Watching Sites (19ll.), V Harbour Control (1l.), VI Service and Civil Engineering Aspects (7ll.), VII Conclusions and Recommendations - Air Surveillance (13ll.), VIII Conclusions and Recommendations - Coast Watching (15ll.), IX Acknowledgements (1l.), X Appendices (23ll.); illustrated with mounted original photographs numbered 1-28 and 30-82 (number 29 not called for), 26 folding maps and plans; together with a small typed supplement of 5ll., a folding table and 9 original photographs contained in an envelope; ring-bound in rexine binder; some browning to the folding maps and plans, the binder a little rubbed, else in good order. This extensive survey reports on the investigations made by the Marconi Company on behalf of the Government of Singapore "for a Radar Survey of the Island" (part 1). Marked on the cover "Singapore "Confidential". Ministry of the the Interior and Defence", the report investigates the viability of various sites, the feasibility of radar in relation to air surveillance and coast defence, the effectiveness of existing radar facilities at Bukit Gombat, and other matters. Information for the preparation of the report was partly furnished by the Government of Singapore, but also by the Company from its own investigations. The photographs and maps that accompany the report provide an important record of Singapore at this time.