THAI COMMUNISTS

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CIA-RDP82-00457R005000520010-2
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4
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November 9, 2016
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February 19, 1999
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10
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June 14, 1950
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REPORT
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CU1VAIi4G - iii A3 I,TLY25X1A2g 0) Approved For Released999/0.909-ECIUGEUVE240461R00500052SPC071 NO. rtctti 1.AWCFURATIONI REPNIT NO? CONFIDENTIAL . nyri JT 1T 14 ar ; NO. OF PAGES 6. 'RJITCT Thai Communistss 25X1A6a ,.:ATE OF 25X1A6a NO, OF ENCLS. (Immo BELOW) SUPPLEMENT TO 25X1X6 REPORT NO. The follomieg Are Thai Communists:1/ a. Teienthae Apaiehatabut2/3 The loader of the Trade Union Association , TeAva'Shai, we attorney, organiEes labor meetings and strikes, providoe beil or workers, administers accident benefits, and nerves as the .leborers, representative in negotiations with management. Thienthai, ? indierldeal of considerable ebilitye ts/ a mambor of the Central Cemmi'stee oT the Communist; orgenieatioe/,,Previous to the November 1A7 loup detet, Thienthal'a erganiestion'i required two offices. Zee oTfece at the U-Thai FrintinT Company, near Hok Bridce, bedded tee Lnietry of Defame Building, 60-61 Asdang Road, served as a Cemmueist propaganda outlet. At one time, despite oonsiderable sup- pert, Tbenthai Ifti.3 defeated le his bid for a seat in. Parliamert by en. hun Plot Porapak, presently Deputy elinis'Ser of Deferee, The fact that certain merchants have contributed in excess of 1,000 tecale to a solicitor who carried Thienthai's card is illustrative ty,? Theenthai's influence0 e b. Wed e,/ euAdhon Chamo Formerly a eolioitor at the Menoo Kit (Manootham; Lal firm, Wadeundhon is a member of the oommittee of the Communist Perty, Wadeundhon serves as leaisor, men. between Chenese and Thai leborerse In January 1948, Oadsundhon Was arrested by the Governor ? Chechoengsac Province as one of the leaders of the striking Chines aid Teai rice mill workers. Upon his release, Wadsundhon was greeted ? Hualampong StAteon, Bangkok, by a crowd of approximately 1,000 lehorors. liadeundhon. has an intimate Chinese friend, Fichit (feu), who eyeaks fluent Aandarin, Thai, and Russian. Pichit delivers lec- tures to laboring groups and reeruite for the Communist Party. Piehi.S's non, Sen (fnu), a Communist, is employed at the Texas Theatere Hie deughter, a nurse at Hua Shiow Hospital, is an .c' lye Commuaist Incpsfandist. _ o. Wirote Amphai/ 4,1 eetensibly, Wirote, a bona fide Communist, is the teener of the weekly, Mahachon. However, both the Mehachon and the Chineee newspaper, Chuan Min-Fee are supported by-irle Communiet Ci.ASSIFICATION CONFI NTIALAONTROL - U.S. OF NAVY N3R3 Disiivatnom AIR FRI L Appro ed This document is hereby regraded to CONFIDENTIAL !'n accordance with the letter of 16 Cctil.,er 1978 from the Director c! i-3Ntral Inlolrgence to the Archivist. c! till,. United Sta 9/q9919 i05k-RDP8 RgoINPg e9 Ci -00457R005000520010-2 Approved For Release 1999/09/09 : CIA-RDP82-00457R005000520010-2 /CONFIDMII/SONTROL - H.S. C117710.10aS ONLY CFATR.L, INTELLIGNGE AGUCY 25X1A2g organiation, rdrote acts as owner of Mahachon because .of his social and political conneations. drote's assignment is to publicize the corruption of the Thai Government and to recruit Government officials as Comauniate. A member of the Central Committee of the Communist orgatitation, irote cooperates with Thienthat Apaichatabut in the ore;ani;ation of strikes, and he also acts as a labor spokesman at meetinqa with government officials. 5/ d rapan Tarasak- Prapan, who atudied in the USSR, translates Soviet propaganda into Thad and distributes it tomany receptive newspapers. Prapan, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist organiza- tion, is an advisor of the .Joviot Information service and has direct contact with the Soviet Legation in zangkok. He is of Chinese-Thai parontsge and frequently aatende meetings of the Mit Peng Kio Union. Suri TYonawanit6/: A Communist propagandist, Suri is employed at Aree Livira's him Thai Printing Company. 7/ f. Are Livira.i: Preaaldent of the Thai Frees AssociEtion. g. Thalya Anna,)rapiJ.: Staff member of oUrn Thai. h. Dilik ThirW,arne/: Staff member of Siang Thai. 0:ichitvong Ne. eomphei: Staff member of LIsa Thai San (fnu): staff member of SiRr17 Thai. k. Lheag (fnu)9/; thong, a staff rsmber of >ierig Thai, uses the pen name Orpin. He is Chinese and the son of Aschawong (fnu), who was a political prisoner on Tarutao Island at the same time as Suri Thongwanit. Lheng was sent to Thailand from Kunming via Kangtung by the Chinse Co.alauniats to cooperate w:th the Thai Communists, He speaks fluent Chinese, Thai, and 4nglash. Lheng, who also writes for Churn Mn Pao, is considered an important individual in. Commu- nis; circleo in Targko):. 1:doa Srisuwan10/: Spokesman for Mahachon. m. Chc;d Chai Cha Won?: Of Chinese-Thai parentage. n. Sri Anothai o. Surnrit Chamnong 3 Of Chinese-Thai parentage. P. Chj (fnu) q? Som'aln Sribunserm.11/ r. Sompong (fnu)12/ s. 5akSaphaka'Fom Editor of imahachon. t. Sanoh (nu)23/ CONFID TIfiL/COrTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY Approved For Release 1999/09/09 : CIA-RDP82-00457R005000520010-2 25X1A6a 25X1A6a 25X1A2g 25X1A6a 25X1A6a 25X1A2g 25X1A2g 25X1A2g 25X1A2g 25X1A2g 25X1A2g 25X1A2g 25X1A2g Approved For Release 1999/09/09 : CIA-RDP82-00457R005000520010-2 V. W. TIAL/COUTR)L - OFFICIALS ONLY -,-;WTEAL INTEr.LIGENCE AGCY - 3 - JuIave .ch Rhithidet ( fau Chu ) FTaseA Paeoradit Suwon. (2 iv) ;1. Chort (fnu)14/ Kuang Tong 'Nee: Member of Parliament froul Kalasin 25X1A2g lb Praset SapsuntAorn15/: Thai Communist leader. oc Kos= Sapsunthorn dd.. Wisit Sripatra3 Chief of the Makasan labo::- union. Nakasan is the 7overimert rail'Aiay repair shop, if C,umeA. Wlether the individuals reported herein are members l--17)Ol-ti-fld'e Communist Party, which is a member of the Communist intern Iona] in ';11e stme sense as the Chinese Communist Party, is not yet clecr. frowever, It is cerain that this group, which apparently thinks if itself as Communist, is working closely with and is probably being sopervised 'y the Chinese Communists. Comment, In irenerai, the names oontained in this report suestan,late those in 111111111 which was from another source. 2/ e(mment in speakin7 of of ices and oranization, source is prebal- Identifying the Communist organization with the Central Labor Union (i LU) oramuition. The office referred to was ostensibly, in ail proiabiity, -;he CLU hod quarters. However, it appears that the Communilt orplInisatioh is, to n large extent, carried on within the f2rariewelk of the CLU, which would account for source's difficulty in disiingtishing between the two. otamnt.6e e for further information on the re- lation letwoen the Communist Party in Thailand and the CLM For a -ucent ieport on the activities of Thienthai, see 4/ 5/ 6/ 7/ See See 6eo 6ee See 8/ See DEI In/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY Approved For Release 1999/09/09 : CIA-RDP82-00457R005000520010-2 Al.. 4. 25X1A2g 25X1A6a Approved For Release 1999/09/09 : CIA-RDP82-00457R005000520010-2 25X1A6a T1AL/C.0-NTROL - U.S. oF?ICIALS ONLY GETTRLL INTEL117ENC AG14.3NCY 07!):0,pal, .Lheng Irkiht possibly TaJ-wang) who 'was reported in writer who resides at the Chuan is Lle-ig How: Eck (LIAM iiiang4ilo), miror of the Centrl tosecutive fiist Iarty in Thailand. CONFIDENTIAL 25X1A2g 25X1A2g be the same as Tura Kwai Nieng a well known Chinese Pao offices, Another possibility ? , Who ASS reported by 25X1A2g Comittee of the Chinese Con as 10/ See 11/ :omment. Possibly the same Ahai mlnaor of the New East Asia as Sombun Srisupandit, the Chinese- Company, 25X1A6a 25X1A2g 12/ 1111111.017nento Possibly the same as Som rr po, Pavichit, a Thai-Chinese, _ who wai reported in as the editor of a new Chinese Communist ar-s s,irwce. 25X1A6a 25X1A6a 25X1A2g 25X1A2g 25X1A2g 13/ Amment, Possibly the same as Sat oh Tanbunyun, a professor at OhLI]gl(mgkorn University and a Thai youth leader, 14/ a5/ See i;ommont? Possibly the .same as Chop Maninoi who was reported being a pro-Communist member of the Thoi Press .ksocia- Se? or further information on Chop. 1 CC1NFTDE1Y _AL/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICI LS ONLY Approved For Release 1999/09/09 : CIA-RDP82-00457R005000520010-2 calFjaELLTJL.1