"Below is a copy of a memo which was sent by a British official in Singapore to London in 1965. In it, the official (who has not been identified) describes what transpired at that famous press conference.
According to the memo, Lee "threatened 'punitive' measures against any newspaper which printed pictures of him smiling."
This memo, along with documents from the Albatross file, has led some to ask what Lee's tears on television were all about.
As author T J S George recounted in his 1974 book Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore, Tunku Abdul Rahman was more surprised than he was moved when he saw Mr Lee in tears over the break-up. The Tungku said: "I don't know why Mr Lee acted like that...he was quite pleased about [the split].""
So.... you think what.