ACTIVITIES OF THE THAI COMMUNIST PARTY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006000760005-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 29, 1999
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: October 24, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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REPORT NO.
Surat Thani tfianduao (l9-00, 09-20), is headquarters for a part of the Cofimvnist
campaign in `. haila.nd, Arc:r L,iv ra,* who was appointed chief of the Thai Commu-.
niats in May 1950, i.s at 'carat Tl,a.ni, ostensibly oneratint; a box factory,
Actually, Atree is in contact with Pargk>ok, Penang, Singapore, and southern
Thailand Corrnm ist lenders ..
2. The southern Muslim provinces in Thailand are orranized and ready for trouble,,
which will break out at any tiTne, Leaders Include Charim Supsaeng, ** Chan
Prabong (or Chen Phrornyong) ** who was an Islamic: adviser to Pridi, and one
other 1wliv~idual_ who has a Tung?cu (Muslim) title. The campaign for the Muslin
provinces calls {'or the heckling- of the Thai Government through. propaganda,
Parliamentary demands, and other neaps.****
. The Cor rtinist Partly in Theiland hss spent 20 million baht on propaganda in
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winners to side with +,he Communist camp. Q
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dux ng the past two years. "'he Corrrnuanists are now ready fox the
"third phi.: e" of their strategy in Thailand. The first phase entailed collec-
tion of information, besides the recruitment and organization of the Party the
second nhase involved propaganda, the third phase '.-ill be a.i' ed at unrest and
sabotage, and the foi rth calls for actually taking over Thail a.nd,,
The Chinese Cor unistrr in Thailand will not submit candidates in the forth-
coring el.ectionr Hit will wait until aster the election and then lnribe th
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CONFIDENTIAL
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Co'i ,ent. Southern Thailand is the most strategic spot at
presr^nt, but northeastern Thailand and Indochina are being used as
:;randowresain to cloak prapr,ratio s in the :a~tth,
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This document Is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
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