BURMA COMMUNIST PARTY EFFORTS TO IMPROVE ITS ARMED FORCES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006100810002-7
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 23, 2001
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: November 3, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT Burma, Con nunist Party Efforts to Improve Its NO. OF PAGES 2
Armed Forces
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1. At Kamase village (96-37, 17-13) in Pegu District a Bunt Communist Party
(RCP) emergency meeting was held on 16 September, attend,ii by the following
leaders:"
Be YAN RUNG
Bo MIN DIN
Thakin CHIT
Bo KYWAI LAY
Bo TIN WIN
A member of the brand , ;ribul
of Kalakyaunggyi.
TUN WIN (aka MG THAUNG)
Thakin PE TINT
Thakin PE THAN C. 0. Pegu District.
Bo ?iYA SEIN
FYAW THAUNG In charge of South Pegu and R,,oon
Districts.
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Thakin PE THAN was Chairman of the meeting, while Thakin CHIT acted as
Secretary.
After giving an account of Bo RUN ZAWI's activities and his subsequent execut_in
Bo YAW AUNG emphasized the need for maintaining an arrr free from opportunist
and treacherous elements.** The BCP, he said, was strong enough to fight the
Government, but. that the opportunity for an all out effort had not yet cam
'Upper Burma was ready,, but the morale of the Peoples Volunteer Organization (P\.)
and BCP in Pegu District was low, owing to bad leadership. All leaders in
Central and Lower Burma would therefore devote their energies towards improving
their own leadership and raising the morale of their forces.
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This, said YAP AU'TG, was a warring.
3. Other leaders then spoke on the need for increasing the party strength
while KYAW TH.ATJNG undertook to comply with orders concerning recruitment
in the Pega District.***
25X1X , Comaent. Bo YAK RUNG is the senior field commander of the
P+ ogles A Most of the rerso present are known Lower Bu
BCP officials; Bo 111N DIN is probably identical with a Pegs District
PVO leader of that name. There are no firm traces of Bo KYWAI LAY,
Bo TIN WIN, or TUN WIN aka TMG THAUNG,
25X1 A ** Comment. Bo KUN ZATW, Prone PVO leader, was in the custody
of the BCP. In August 1950 the BOP was trying to convert him to the
BCP side.
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This report substantiates information from other
BCP is paying considerable attention to recritiment and
general improvement of their armed forces,
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