38 Oxley \
How Unlawful Assemblies Could Become Cradles For Birthing A Successful Opposition \
Disrespecting Rule of Law in 1950s [Internal Security Regulations], Did The Ends Justify the Means? \

In 1953, Dr Goh Keng Swee, Dr Toh Chin Chye, S. Rajaratnam, K. M. Byrne and Lee Kuan Yew began meeting on Saturday afternoons in the basement dining room of 38 Oxley Road to consider the feasibility of forming a political party...

These meetings were held secretly, as the internal security regulations then forbade such political meetings.

Dr Toh recalled that Ong Eng Guan suggested burying the minutes of the meetings in the garden.