POSSIBLE MERGING OF KAREN NATIONAL DEFENSE ORGANIZATION EFFORTS WITH THE BURMA COMMUNIST PARTY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008500350002-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 11, 2000
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: August 31, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO,
COUNTRY Burma
SUBJECT Possible ! rging of Taren National T: fense
Organization Efforts with the Burma Communist Party
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1 Karen insurgent elerent s in the Papua area of East Central Burmr and in
the Delta area rave lint'ed up with Btn-na Corm unitt Party (BCP) units in
an effort to strengthen their military position.1 It is possible that
the Karen T tional. Defense Organization (I TDO) will cast their lot with
the BCP in an effort to seize or control North Bum.2
2, Thinter TRAM WE, a I O leader in the lbungoo area, has sent delegates
to 'Ra.ngoon in an effort to contact any source friendly, to the Karens
and ask for assisa?ance if a merger with the BCP is to be avoided.
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1. Comtr nt. Recentreports have indicated that the Karens
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Comerrt. It is erroneous to assume that KNDO cooperation
with the BCP indicates that the KNDC) is itself a. Communist motivated
insurrectionary group. A concerted effort by the BC? to woo the
KPDO'a into their camp has not resulted in wholesale political
conversions but has 1 ed to growing cooperation for reasons, largely,
of military exparliency.
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