Chen was present during the
Baling Talks, along with the CPM's secretary-general
Chin Peng and senior leader
Rashid Maidin, to discuss the resolution of the
Malayan Emergency. On the other side were three elected national representatives;
Tunku Abdul Rahman,
Tan Cheng Lock and
David Marshall. The talks took place in the Government English School at Baling on 28 December 1956. However, the talks were unsuccessful because the surrender terms were not acceptable to the Malayan Communist Party and because of disagreement over the legalising of CPM as a political party in Malaya. A few weeks after the Baling talks,
Tan Siew Sin, the president of the
Malayan Chinese Association (MCA) received a letter from Chen Tien, requesting a resumption of peace talks and the repeal of the emergency regulations, which he rejected. In 1960, when the emergency was officially declared at an end, Chen Tien, Chin Peng and other communists continued their rebellion. == Later life ==