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Japanese Puppet Strategy Expands in Southeast Asia and Burma
The article outlines Japan's political strategy to win support from conquered peoples in Burma and Thailand by promising independence, forming single party governments, and granting nominal sovereignty while maintaining military control. It notes Burma’s 1943 independence setup under Dobama-Syngetha, Thai gains in Shan States, and ongoing puppet regimes in the Philippines and Indonesia, with Tokyo advising and funding. It contrasts these moves with limited concessions in the Dutch East Indies and Viet Nam, highlighting broader aims to pressure India and reshape Southeast Asia under Greater East Asia.
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United ‘Maton
South East Asia
Gin
Korea
Honey Po
Wang Ching-wei
Nanking
Selden
Sey Monier
Chin Sna
Ang
Thailand
Bangkok
Japan
Burma
Asie Sheha
Andane Bar
FCC
Dobama-Syngetha League
Burm
Bec Ome
Greater East Asia Co- Promerty
Burra
Britain
America
Reman Sawada
Japanese Southern Development Bank
India
Emuppines
Breaanfare
Manchuria
Jose Laurel
Supreme Court
Jorge Vargas
Maria
Tokio
Emilio Aguinalde
Amerigane
Kalkhai
Counternar
Indies
North Borneo
Indo-China
Uis
Japen
Wang Chingwei
Shanghai