ACTIVITIES OF CHINESE IN BURMA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004000170007-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 1, 1999
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: January 3, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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1 ~ Althou;-h all China Democratic Lca. ;ue (CDL) controlled or affil.- r ted
orrctnizstions in l an oon proudly displayed the new national (Conn unist )
flag on 10 October, the police co:z.nent that the r?a ?orl ty of the
C Mnese in that city, acting on, the advice of their elders, contthued
to fly t:le T-atio_ncli.st flan of Kai.-shek's .orcrrrent. i i?
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the Chinese community was divided over the i::,suo and trouble was feared.
At Lashio, vt a :nueting on C. October, the um, ority of the Chinese residents
decided to display the old ?ationnlist flag.
2. in. spite of the display by Chinese recidertts of .i ngonrr, i'iuomi ntanr,
circles Lhore are reported to fear that as soon as the 'Thinese Co:?!.runist
C?ovornraent is roco;rnized by nations other ' i i "C':., end her ,satellites,
a large na; ority of the C? rinese community in Lure;,, will. transfer allegiance
to the CDL.
The CDL had planned to hold a r?1ass demonstration in ~.nr:^"oon or, 10 )ctober
to celebrate the victory of the Clt;nese Coxiiuni.sts~ Dolerates from the
Trades Ur,.ion Congress (Burma), among others, were expected to attsnd,
The meoting; :tiros concolled es the result of intervention by the police.
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