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Word: northeasternmost (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Burma Communist Party launched its first major offensive at the end of 1971 by laying siege to the administrative outpost of Kunlong in the Wa States in the northeasternmost corner of Burma. The intensity of the Communist attack came as a surprise to Rangoon, which had hitherto paid scant attention to the existence of the small and weak party. But between 1968 and 1971, a group of Burmese Communists who had been given ideological training in China set up a strong organization among the peasants of the Shan State. The resulting attack on Kunlong ended in a standoff after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BURMA: Trouble in the Triangle | 3/25/1974 | See Source »

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