Briggs Plan
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The Briggs Plan was a British counterinsurgency strategy implemented during the Malayan Emergency that aimed to defeat communist guerrillas by relocating rural populations into fortified "New Villages" and tightening security control.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British military plan
ⓘ
counterinsurgency strategy ⓘ |
| aimedAt | winning hearts and minds of rural population ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory | Malaya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Harold Briggs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Malayan Emergency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
coercive resettlement policies
ⓘ
human rights concerns ⓘ |
| followedBy | Templer Plan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart | New Villages program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
British armed forces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British colonial authorities in Malaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Malayan government NERFINISHED ⓘ Malayan police NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later counterinsurgency strategies in other colonies ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Emergency Regulations in Malaya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationOfImplementation | rural areas of Malaya ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Harold Briggs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfNewVillagesCreated | over 400 ⓘ |
| numberOfPeopleResettled | over 400000 ⓘ |
| objective |
cut off food and intelligence to guerrillas
ⓘ
defeat communist guerrillas in Malaya ⓘ separate insurgents from rural population ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Malayan Communist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | British counterinsurgency doctrine ⓘ |
| pointInTime | early 1950s ⓘ |
| positionHeldByAuthor | Director of Operations in Malaya ⓘ |
| result |
creation of New Villages
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displacement of rural Chinese population ⓘ reduced support for Malayan Communist Party guerrillas ⓘ |
| securityMeasure |
barbed wire perimeters around New Villages
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controlled entry and exit ⓘ night-time curfews in New Villages ⓘ police posts in New Villages ⓘ |
| startTime | 1950 ⓘ |
| status | historical ⓘ |
| targeted |
Malayan Communist Party insurgents
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rural Chinese squatters ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Cold War ⓘ |
| usesTactic |
curfews
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food denial operations ⓘ forced resettlement ⓘ identity card system ⓘ intelligence gathering ⓘ population control ⓘ security cordons ⓘ village fortification ⓘ |
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