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Second Malayan Emergency, Malaysia, 1968-1989


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    • Malayan Emergency, 2nd, Malaysia, 1968-1989
    • Second Emergency, Malaysia, 1968-1989
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    • found: Work cat: Ho, Hui Ling. Pergerakan bersenjata Parti Komunis Malaya, 1968-1989, 2015:t.p. (Pergerakan bersenjata Parti Komunis Malaya, 1968-1989 = armed movement of Malayan Communist Party, 1968-1989) summary (armed conflict from 1968 to 1989 between the Malayan Communist Party and Malaysian federal security forces in the Peninsular Malaysia; resurgence of armed communism in West Malaysia) (DLC)2016323355
    • found: Malaysian emergencies, anthropological factors in the success of Malaysia's counterinsurgency, 2004:t.p. (Malaysian emergencies) summary (racial clash of May 13, 1969 was used by remnants of the CPM along the Malaysia/Thailand border to revive their effort to take over the government. This gave rise to what was later known as the 2nd Malayan Emergency; Malaysian 2nd Emergency)
    • found: Links, June 4, 2018 viewed on September 7, 2020homepage, summary (In 1968, the Malaysian Communists under their ethnic-Chinese leader Chin Peng declared war on the Malaysian government. They kept their insurgency going until 1989, although to increasingly diminishing effect. This armed struggle is generally known as the Second Emergency, following the original "Malayan Emergency " of 1948-1960. The insurgency, spearheaded by the Malayan National Liberation Army, took the form of a campaign of subversion in Singapore, where the Communists sought to capture power through a united front strategy combined with bombings and acts of arson, and of sporadic jungle fighting in Malaysia) - http://links.org.au/1968-asia-malaysia-second-emergency-communist-party
    • found: RSIS commentaries, 10 October 2013 viewed on September 7, 2020summary (Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960 closely associated with the actions of Communist Party of Malaysia during the years 1948 to 1960; the second phase sometimes called the Second Emergency, 1968-1989 in which the CPM's armed struggle actually posed a serious security threat that required the combined efforts and resources of the Malaysian, Thai and Singapore governments to resolve)
    • found: Wikipedia, viewed on April 24, 2020(Communist insurgency in Malaysia, 1968-1989; aka. Second Malayan Emergency; was an armed conflict which occurred in Malaysia from 1968 to 1989, between the Malayan Communist Party and Malaysian federal security forces; hostilities officially re-ignited when the MCP ambushed security forces in Kroh--Betong, in the northern part of Peninsular Malaysia, on 17 June 1968; the insurgency came to an end on 2 December 1989 when the MCP signed a peace accord with the Malaysian government at Hatyai in southern Thailand)
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    • DS597.2
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    • 2020-04-24: new
    • 2020-11-13: revised
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