THE NAN CHAO REPUBLIC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003200480004-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 13, 2001
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: September 19, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

FORM NO. 51.4A
SEPT.1948
COLJNTRY China/Burma
SUBJECT The Nan Chao Tepublic
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The western part of/thanan Province adjoining Burma is not ruled by the
b Hess Nate o jast' verr mez~t, but is a special area where feudal influence
3r'edomtna~es, Local'
oca . admin .stratton in this area is carried out b r native
i ei aixrs *ho-o q office 1,s , red .tart'. tie people of this area are completely
stbt s:si v to tee' oha e`ta.ns and axe, fact, mp
coletely iorant of the
t A?
-Is t 0,, fot a por ion ver me nt, they Thave in occupation ofc the people
is e e
p o acquire arms from
Ne.tiona -is roo s. Also so, mercury is reined in the area. the output being about
r e s p r
n
mo11 , The important mercury producing areas are the Y'eh--
ih (99-00, 27-L,2) and Paofeng (' ) areas, The natives barter for goods
m Brit s i merchants . htbheir .mercury,
the Nan Chao Republic was, founded at an assembly of the United. Native Chieftains
old 14 Hmiaolungchiuan (i J%~k. ~,J) in May 1948. This meeting was pre ided over
b AO Cain -pan ( ~ ~ ), the Chief of Kanyai (98-05,24-26). The primary aim
of the R4,ub119 was to separate from China and then to make an alliance
th Burm4, e, C'h ese National st 0overnment real zed fully the significance
o this more fearing that the incident might cause great excitement among
the.~e opl.e in general were the truth knovm, reported the evtablishment of l 46 the 1.1an Chao public as a rebellion engineered by the native chieftains. The
Repib1io, however, had already severed completely from China. In fact, the
majority of the soldiers in the two divisions in SUN Li-. jen's w First Army
o articipated in the mutiny which had broken out in the N6rthnast during
and 1y 1218 were natives from this border area. A Chinese '"Yunnan-
-order T b _lion Suppression 4rmsent to quell this insurrection and
led iy
C.ozta~der :SANG Shih-hpu vas sa.rd b the troops of the native chieftains,
A dor~ was s1iQt when., he attempted to invade the I anyai area in
spr off` , C ander CH'ANG Shag-ch'un of the L iglu { f u )
crrllataohaent who directed ome 2,000 troops in a suppression campaign
in the Io ru a , ) area, lost most of his men in the sprint; of 19118) also
the result oattacks by the troops' of LEI Fn-ter and other native chieftains.
Troops led by native chieftains are reported to have attacked the Nationalist
troops in $henhukuan (% and to 'lave set fire to all 'the. Nationalist
b rr clo, Other reports Mate that native troops killed 06mmander HLTANG Fu-
chten of the Luhsi Guerrilla unit.
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arms. also
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has. n re at Q 7s
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KUNG Ttung,-.chih
-500 rna c hj, e run s
FANG Kfe-shen
to Prei-ying yQ Chieftain of Chefang;
Cnan , t a . ~ V ~, Chieftain of Mengmao;
Chieftain of Nantienn 1,000 rifle s
~ ~ Chieftain of Hulasa ji4j
3L,,, ( ); 1, 000 rifles
mch.r~e ,guns. 10 light artillery ces
Ghieeftain of Choutaj 500 rifles, 500 machine
Chieftain of Nuchiang
Chieftain of Cht.awashan
girts
ms. Border
the N axe C
hat the tws
car dared to
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2,. Since
Nati onalis
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lie the nativ
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ministration Offi
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Chao_ Republic and
J ne8e):
has appointed his brother,
o Repol c to, Burmali_LEGIB
their representatives
onstfc.tion Committee
the rationalist
a plan for cooperation,
ar aut for the arrest
sf to is too hard
t to tie suppression
system in this area
annot be exerted over
yin; to establish schQZls
o-ationalist,
as not been,ffected.
y has just l gun,
'Aruting, Yuanm `.,
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mobilized for the