COMMENTS OF BUSINESSMEN ON FAR EAST COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R001600930010-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: August 1, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY: Indochina/Burma/Indonesia/Thailand
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SUBJECT: Comments of Businessmen on Far East Communist Activities
PLACE ACQUIRED:
DATE ACQUIRED:
DATE OF INFORMATION: Up to Aug 1954.
SOURCE;
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'Goodwill Visit'
Rangoon ne rspape
g that the next move on the part of the
o take over Burma. This small nation is
herefore, the so-called c21,que'st of Burma
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f the Burmese towards
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It is difficult to obtain opinions from business men in the Far
Eastern countries concerning the political situation of their particu-
lar countries. They reason that if a nation like France will not go
all out in defense of one of their own dependencies (Indochina),
what chance would they have to e k for outside help in the event the
Chinese Soviets decided totAW over their small countries. Business
men hate the Soviets fo at they stand but, no matter which way
things go, they are ht in between.
th& agenda
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is a t wspaper clipping from a
Augus%.12 1954 titled "Small
ops Crosses into Burma on
Machin Villagers near Border"
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