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The Southeast Asia Illicit Opium Network
INDIA
Mandalay
BURMA
Opium Production Area
1
Flows of Illicit Opium and its Derivatives
Louisnap
NORTH
Hangi
VIETNAM Haiphong
HAI-NAN
TAO
VIEN THE
Winh
RANGOON O
SUMATRA
CHINA
Canton
AHONG KONG
MAGADU.K.)
(Pt.)
US AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
PHILIPPINES
Demarcatio ina
Sara
Hue.
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THAILAND
Xomanng Sam•
MALAYSI
INDONESIA
KUALA LUMPUR
OLJA
Bratie,
PHNOM PENH
Quan
Leng
SINGAPORE
r.q
Pleiku
SOUTH
• Ghi Nhan
US AND OTHER
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
Da Lat VIETNAM
SAIGON
ALA
BORNEO
INDONESIA
1 There have been recent reports indicating movement of opium westward from the Shan State and the Chin Hills of Burma toward India and Bangladesh.
reach Bangkok, Vientiane, Saigon, Hong Kong, Manila, Tokyo, and eventually the United States.
The Governments of Laos and Thailand, with the advice and assist- ance of the United States, have taken steps to stop the growing of poppies and have created special police organizations to improve enforcement efforts. Unfortunately, the Government of Burma has refused to accept any assistance from the United States or to cooperate with the other governments and insists on dealing with the problem unilaterally. If the combined efforts of American, Lao, and Thai authorities were successful, the problem still would not be solved as long as the Burmese portion of the triangle is operational.