‘Communists Active In Sarawak’
(New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, June Id. If Commonwealth troops stationed in Sarawak were withdrawn it seemed likely that local Communist activity would increase, the commander of the Ist Ranger Squadron, New Zealand Special Air Service, Major L H. Burrows, said today.
The attempt by Malaysia and Indonesia to end confrontation had made the border with Indonesia quieter. Major Burrows said at Whenuapai after returning from a visit to the S.A.S. detachment in the area. But there were signs of internal trouble, he said. “Since I was last there about six months ago this was obvious. There were more police checks and villages with barbed wire around them.”
Cases of extortion against villagers and recruitment villagers by the local Communist organisation were more common, said Major Burrows.
The commander of the detachment, Major D. L. Ogilvie, returned with 14 of his men on the same R.N.Z.A.F. Hercules transport.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31091, 21 June 1966, Page 13
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152‘Communists Active In Sarawak’ Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31091, 21 June 1966, Page 13
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