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Malaya's counterinsurgency lessons from Briggs Plan
A retrospective on the Malayan Emergency cites Lt. Gen. Sir Harold Briggs and the Briggs Plan. It notes relocation of squatters, food denial, expanded police and Commonwealth forces, and eventual defeat of Communist terrorists by 1960. It covers civilian casualties, independence, and Malaysia's future formation.
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Gerald Templer
Henry Gurney
Briggs
Malaya
Asia
Singapore
Borneo
Malaysia
South
Calcutta
Burma
Indonesia
Florida
Frederick Gurr
Southeast Asia
Britain
Harold Briggs