Myanmar’s MI and the Kempeitai: a historical footnote – New Mandala
After the 1962 coup in Myanmar (then referred to as Burma), one of many first steps taken by Normal Ne Win was to “revamp and reorganise” the nation’s army intelligence equipment. In keeping with the British author Harriet O’Brien, the Directorate of Defence Companies Intelligence (DDSI), broadly referred to as the Navy Intelligence Service (MIS,…