MILITARY - COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES POLITICAL; BIOGRAPHIC - MILITARY PERSONNEL

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700220045-3
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• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 11, 2003
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: March 31, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INT_CCTGEINL AU;E .
Military ?- Communia* a^tivl'i.ee
Political.; 5iographic Military L:rr_';rr_el.
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION APISCTINN THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
01 TOE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE ^EARISI 01 ISPIORAII ACT SO
Y. S. C., SI AND Sl. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION ON TOE R[Y[LATION
01 ITS CONTENTS IN ANT ^AN0EA TO AN URAYTMORIZSD PERSON IS PRO
111117ID MT LAW. RSINODUCTION 01 THIS P.M. IS I0ONINITIO
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DATE DIST. 3 J Max 1953
%OV 3 0 1954 NO. OF PAGES
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
CHINESE CCM.MT!l:SI A-' ':T'i ALONG !jORDFF.
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L. T}:e:e fLpprar tr r,,!, tvc rii1:.':n~ !rre: rI.-
T.gtrOrLr regard CI; _ne5c t, '. rL:i n1F ~: .in_?L i= Or
jveF.?1 'y. One
i. _rrE:retat.1c giver, by R. P. !'pai.:yaya, pre,lderat ?~ .,':!`
anpaiese Cengreas Party, views -r -..T;aat.oc vlth alarm,
The .,trier F:.gadl!r Bantat:a, !:!n:1 :f !i.h_.: _ nt'Le
FJii?: _._. 3nr,l,er in rept~r:. try., i.hlne_e C :=cr,
are ar: v! is nefLr Ire i^__L- !pal-='ic?_
birder e.r^R.
.Th! *o:..i n g ?.r-f ..Ca?_.:,, ?. .. Ell ..Jm Hl n(!:. a l .-?wn
p-L .. .^.r '.}.' Yer1_i toir:-
oct vreV_ .L tzv .., b` :.....i!r
vho n;L ;;e ret1'. th.
v .cI1at t -m N~-a1eEr I r:, ?..... _ .
R. P. Jphl:yayei, ilep=,lr_se
an a1a;Jets t!P-rn:Iir.. c. r.c rrn.':r i. CSR .?r Lc t.. .:e^, d'. _?r C, f __ .'3'.-?deFh,-
eee bor, cer, a, .. 1ng tc _ Derr, _i _pa:,... :r. At .,, E:n_) . L _ r,ev -r
Banaras.
Tne di=pet=.. .epr,rtej tia ''u a'lyc,sa. '..:.. !:..._ !rs n?~..tcer.? ir,
Patna, Bihar, de^19: - that. a.. cr s rng '.C ; t'_ . rT.n Com-
mti:.ists are pene'rnt=rg Nepal.so. .. ^thee
?/icinity of St.apltl, nerrN Erie :n1_7? pal-'?frr?
border in wes.r.err. Nepal. Arccra.-:,~ T.,- the .!:ps. ?tfriri;Ttvc{ adrtr??i Tlrat. th C' i-
ne eCommt:niste have been :,cent:e,tirc; ...
Tibet since 1951and that the ? in pare..'- t r to troo}-?s han:r, le-r. entering 1eTaese. territory to
to
cut, down trees "'or thr- ccnstructinn 01' br,: *nc'r.s ar?i ct}' r n,J; id--,no. .; i.)
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Brigadier Bantawa, on the other hand, manlfen'_-d le-;
smen a
the frontier situation, according to reports of his ,tatementsatuno ewxmer. at
Raxaul, Bihar, on 26 December which appeared in several !=sues of IJavb
limes, Bharat, and Vishwamitra for the period 27 - 3' Pe-ember 1r karat
52,
Brigadier Bantawa was described as the leader of e five-min !1epalese
"Peace Delegation" which left Katmandu cn 8 October 1952 to inveattgare re-
ports of Chinese Communist penetration of the wec-'ern frontier regieu, of
Nepal. (2) He was further identified as C. _., Eantawa whc is
Nepalese Armed Police. He was r nc t h_ of .e-
quoted as having to:a ~.. repor-.rs that '.: ?._ dele-
gation was returning to Katmandu after havirt conducted a 7-day *,-tz- of ,
norm:::extern bord-r because of the alleged expansion of Communist _rfl:cute jr
that. area and the sioiat iOn of Nepalc:,e territory by Co suns:-t rroop~
in Taklakot? and Garbyang-(3)
Bantawa declared that rumors about. C};_r,.fe :a.mrttrtst. peretrattc'; of
i7epaleses terr:.'cry arc com ietel fa--t
P Y c? i ;at. is . 1, the drtrtme:it ot,
Sino-Nepalese friendship to permit t. ue !.p:'ca,i u f : ucr r rr paganj.a, h" .s :dad
that there are no more than 300 Chinese crc.cpc ar.J *hat. they are there :o
develop the area. (1+)
Members of the delegation, in radditicr t:J 3antawa, were :dent if 1?'-d a;
Major Thana, Maj Lila Ram Sharma, Khadar:audu SI:rlrma nd Lt R:d:a Frnsad, _Tt 1 listed the d.elegat_s in the e.ami ct : `?& -'
Thapa d`"' aLov~, : r." rpt Major
was critter. Ma, R. B. Maya and Lt R'.:dra ?r..a,i wal- ?" . __.:n?_ -lvd a5
Lt Rudra Frasad i1Y;,;.ityayri
Ma.' Lila Ram Sharma furth?_r iirntlfi, i a ranking cf lcrr tf rho ;r-
eret elute. of t}, cvcr=ent
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that lt!?r C?.i:?S itre :IUN
` "ct PrV S:.` t:;?.lt':1'y !^; r'uC-
1ans '- f
om Chinese Co:~tJt:... ,:.:d '.}:r:. -. ~?
' i l _ b'?,?-.:?_: t1a Vr. ?..!=1'?:C ~E_L?alet !'
tier rl t orj to cut. down trEes. }}e -:t:c}_l,t2?, t
i nat. ~ i. ... 3 ,, ,. .. . ti:. f ror,-
tl,_r to peri.r.. .`c a::Y cr:no or rc, ".._ !? - l: n:. h _ ?
na't alw.-_y. been in the h sb t Of
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f 1r, wcod or tisiter (1:)
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