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KMT troops would be airlifted from Burma. However, five days later KMT officers
arrived in Bangkok and refused to consider the US plan.
In August KMT officers said that only 1,700 troops could and would leave Burma;
presumably the others were too committed to agree. In September, Burma demanded
that the KMT withdraw 6,000 troops within 35 days and the rest within three months.
The United States and Thailand proposed an alternative plan in which the KMT
would withdraw 150 troops a week for a month after signing the agreement. The
KMT refused both, and Burma withdrew from negotiations. On September 17, Burma
announced that it planned to pursue remedy in the United Nations.
The militarized dispute began on September 20, when Burma resumed military
operations against KMT, including air raids on KMT headquarters at Mong Hsat. On
September 26, the KMT announced that 200 troops would withdraw on October 5.
Three days later the KMT protested to Burma and the United States over the bombing.
Burma stopped bombing from October 5 to give the KMT a chance to withdraw as
it had promised, but two days later a KMT official declared Chinese resolve to stay.
Burma renewed its attacks. On October 8, the KMT said that Burma had bombed
2,000 troops who had assembled to leave. On October 17, Burma agreed to a US
plan to stop military operations until November 15 to give the KMT opportunity to
withdraw 2,000 troops. On October 29, the Chinese Nationalist Government agreed to
withdraw 2,000 troops and announced that it would disavow any guerrillas remaining
in Burma.
Although the withdrawal was scheduled to begin on November 5, KMT troops did
not begin to withdraw until the 8th. A month later the UN General Assembly passed
Resolution 717, which urged continued efforts to withdraw KMT forces from Burma.
On December 21, the Joint Military Committee announced that 2,248 guerrillas had
crossed the Thai border.
Coding changes: End Date changed from October 29, 1953.
713 TAIWAN/816 VIETNAM
MID#4331
Dispute Number: 4331
Date(s): April 16, 1994 to April 28, 1994
Participants: 713 Taiwan/816 Vietnam
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: The Philippines and Vietnam had each previously seized Taiwanese fish-
ing vessels near the Spratly Islands. This dispute was a response to those actions as
Taiwan sent two police patrol boats to secure a safe route.