THE SITUATION IN THE TAVOY AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008900530001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 28, 2000
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 3, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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25X1X 1, Tk'e N-rmes Comrxznists are active in Tavoy District, where their objective
.e ars to be to recapture the '?ra t.zsh-ownarl tin and wolfram mines, hes.e
minas incl-rde those of tl-e "ng?o.I3urrta T'n Co. at ileinda (98-2'7; 2, ,-07),
the llif.Th Sraed Steel 'Plloy Co. at W,a;-u Chhaut g (PP-55; 12'w-53 ), the savoy
tP4n lYre,1pi!- Co. at "'aungb4,onlnn (sic), and ot,I^er,~ Eaolon~'in;R to the con-
solidated I`n ;lines Cn,' Ltd.
2. Pte l T rme a Corr-un- ats erl plc r the following nets ods to achieve their aims
a. "",ew atterrnt to seal of-P {rye runes, preventing the ore from
reach:lri ? 'avo7r anc nrevnntuing `hod ' rori Tavoy reaching the miners.
b. 'Cwev force connany errployees, mine guards, and rdilit.ary personnel
to :leave thw_-ir posts by 'erring the_r^ food and other necessities,
c. Tre-- risola to an! attac' scattered units of the outnumbered Govern-
menu forces in the area, mostly frog' I Battalion C1'in.Rifles
and a -small Union y`iai.ta.rv Pol.i.m unit.
d. D r spread roams o4' an i nding attach on Tavoy, ere'.ting
tension, if not -oanic, in the town..
e. They er.!aicsr harsh measures against v117 ages and tounspeopl.e who
fail to carry 'rut their orrtd.ers.
f. They suspend all motor transnort in he areas under their control,
g. 't'he; urge the Burmese worT:ers in the nines to refuse to coot- rate
wit", t?'e British minlnr companies.
h. The;,r force the mil itar;t authorities in T~ voy Town to deploy their
troops thr?oughrut Tam District,
3. True s have! stopped operat np to arri from Taumy. tats lorl: carts and bicycles
are jar thL ch~ of rreans of transportation between V- o villages. t bicycle
fleet has an eared v1-one opore:tors find it profitable to carry as r,?ch rice,
rredi sine, an! cloth; ng on their bi cl es as they thin", the Communists vil.l
ixis^. '' e5 bicycle operators ti, ha& tin or wolfram from t'' o runes,
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