Resettlement and Food Control in Malaya
ResearchPublished 1964
A summary of the use of resettlement and food control in the British fight against guerrilla activities of the Malayan Communist Party between 1948 and 1960. To prevail, the government had to separate the guerrillas from the people and prevent passage of supplies and intelligence between them. It succeeded by resettling a half-million Chinese squatters and by strictly controlling food. This Memorandum details the programs for achieving resettlement and food control. Presentation of one case study dramatizes the impact of hunger, combined with military pressure, on the guerrillas' will to fight.
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- Copyright: RAND Corporation
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- Year: 1964
- Pages: 145
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/RM4173
- Document Number: RM-4173-ISA
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Sunderland, Riley, Resettlement and Food Control in Malaya. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1964. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM4173.html.
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