ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROPAGANDA IN THE ARAKAN HILL TRACT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007300650004-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 30, 2001
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: April 20, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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9JECT Anti-Government Propaganda in the Araakan
Hill Tract
DATE OF
INFO.
January 1951
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO
Three leaflets, all, signed by one llaung YE PPIYU, "Leader of the Arakan
Bill Tra3ct.," were in circulation in the Buthidaung area of Northern
i roan in January 1951.
2. The first leaflet declared that owing to the repressive m,surees taken
against the proletariat and peasants of the Arakan Hill Tract, a People's
Army had been formed there, which was building up a Democratic Front
to revolt against the Anglo-American imperialists and the Government of
Bu.-ma. The leaflet forecasted the coming of a third world war.
3.. The second leaflet warned the people of the Hill Tract that a third
world war was coming and called on them to conserve all available arms
and ammunition. It announced that a peasants' union, formed in the
Hill Tract,, possessed a considerable number of arms and ammunition in
dumrs located in the Paletwa area (92-51, 21-18).
4. The third leaflet calls upon the people of the Arakan Hills to join
the People' a .Army and register their names at the military headquarters
a u .Heecheung and T._ahemyaing near the Paletra area.*
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Comm. T?'hese leaflets may have been originated by the Burma
OOo1,nrunist Party (BCP), or they may represent simply the efforts of
another bandit seeking support in his area. The name of "'dung YE
FHYI7 cannot be identified. In the past the "CP has paid little
attention to the Awaken Hills area, but these leaflets may andicote
an increased BCP activity there, now that the Awaken has become a
separate zone in the BCP Venal organization.
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