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The Communist Chinese government made two attempts to ship its select fire M14 rifles to the Philippines.  The first attempt was largely unsuccessful and the second was a total failure.  In 1971, Jose Maria Sison, founding chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines, chose Ricardo S. Malay, then a columnist for the Manila Chronicle, to arrange the delivery of weapons from China to the New People's Army in anticipation of an armed uprising against Ferdinand Marcos.  Malay and his family therefore made their way to China in July, 1971.  Malay and his family were later joined in China by Sison's closest colleague, Ibara Tubianosa, and four other individuals.  Certain arrangements were made to package 1,200 of the rifles with magazines, a quantity of ammunition, and other military items.  The cargo was soon thereafter loaded onto the ship MV Karagatan.  The ship and its cargo sailed from the Chinese naval base at Swatoy headed for Digoyo Bay, Isabela Province, Philippines.  However, the Philippine armed forces intercepted the shipment.  The New People's Army fighters, led by Victor Corpus, were waiting for the delivery.  A firefight ensued between the New People's Army fighters, led by Victor Corpus, who were waiting for the delivery and the Philippine troops.  The NPA was only able to salvage only 200 of the 1,200 M14 rifles and little of the other military equipment Mao Zedong had approved as aid to the Philippine revolution.

In 1973, Sison tasked Malay to attempt another delivery of M14 rifles from China to the Philippines.  He proposed that the Chinese prepare a shipment of M14 rifles in watertight packages to be dropped off the Pangasinan coast for recovery by scuba divers.  Months later in December, 1973, Malay and Tubianosa flew to Sanya, Hainan.  Hainan is the southernmost island of China.  Sanya is the capital of Hainan as well as the location of a Chinese naval base.  When Malay and Tubianosa arrived at Sanya, they were briefed by a Chinese military officer regarding the packaging of the M14 rifles.  The rifles were vacuum packed inside reinforced plastic bags with three rifles to a sack.  Each sack also contained ammunition.  The Chinese military officer had a team that had previously tested the packaging to make sure it would hold in the ocean environment.  Malay and Tubianosa flew to Beijing the next day.  The ship MV Andrea, with four crewmembers, was assigned to transport the M14 rifles and eight New People's Army fighters to the Philippine Pangasinan coast.  Enroute to Sanya, the ship struck a reef somewhere in the Pratas Islands of the South China Sea.  The twelve men aboard (four crewmembers and the eight New Peoples Army fighters) the stranded vessel were picked up and taken to Hong Kong by a passing Hong Kong salvage ship, the Oriental Falcon.  In exchange for passage to Hong Kong, the Oriental Falcon was allowed to keep the MV Andrea for scrap.  After a stay in a Hong Kong jail, the Filipino New Peoples Army fighters were released due to intervention of the Chinese Red Cross and the ship's Chinese crew was quickly moved to the Chinese mainland. 

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israeli

Mar 13 2007, 02:42 PM

would you want to buy your weapons and equipment from a country that threatens your existence as a sovereign country?

taken from a Canadian forum:

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Origin of Chinese M14 Rifles


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In 1973, Sison tasked Malay to attempt another delivery of M14 rifles from China to the Philippines.  He proposed that the Chinese prepare a shipment of M14 rifles in watertight packages to be dropped off the Pangasinan coast for recovery by scuba divers.  Months later in December, 1973, Malay and Tubianosa flew to Sanya, Hainan.  Hainan is the southernmost island of China.  Sanya is the capital of Hainan as well as the location of a Chinese naval base.  When Malay and Tubianosa arrived at Sanya, they were briefed by a Chinese military officer regarding the packaging of the M14 rifles.  The rifles were vacuum packed inside reinforced plastic bags with three rifles to a sack.  Each sack also contained ammunition.  The Chinese military officer had a team that had previously tested the packaging to make sure it would hold in the ocean environment.  Malay and Tubianosa flew to Beijing the next day.  The ship MV Andrea, with four crewmembers, was assigned to transport the M14 rifles and eight New People's Army fighters to the Philippine Pangasinan coast.  Enroute to Sanya, the ship struck a reef somewhere in the Pratas Islands of the South China Sea.  The twelve men aboard (four crewmembers and the eight New Peoples Army fighters) the stranded vessel were picked up and taken to Hong Kong by a passing Hong Kong salvage ship, the Oriental Falcon.  In exchange for passage to Hong Kong, the Oriental Falcon was allowed to keep the MV Andrea for scrap.  After a stay in a Hong Kong jail, the Filipino New Peoples Army fighters were released due to intervention of the Chinese Red Cross and the ship's Chinese crew was quickly moved to the Chinese mainland. 

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tirad

Mar 14 2007, 01:04 AM

israeli

Mar 13 2007, 02:42 PM

would you want to buy your weapons and equipment from a country that threatens your existence as a sovereign country?

taken from a Canadian forum:

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Origin of Chinese M14 Rifles


x x x


In 1973, Sison tasked Malay to attempt another delivery of M14 rifles from China to the Philippines.  He proposed that the Chinese prepare a shipment of M14 rifles in watertight packages to be dropped off the Pangasinan coast for recovery by scuba divers.  Months later in December, 1973, Malay and Tubianosa flew to Sanya, Hainan.  Hainan is the southernmost island of China.  Sanya is the capital of Hainan as well as the location of a Chinese naval base.  When Malay and Tubianosa arrived at Sanya, they were briefed by a Chinese military officer regarding the packaging of the M14 rifles.  The rifles were vacuum packed inside reinforced plastic bags with three rifles to a sack.  Each sack also contained ammunition.  The Chinese military officer had a team that had previously tested the packaging to make sure it would hold in the ocean environment.  Malay and Tubianosa flew to Beijing the next day.  The ship MV Andrea, with four crewmembers, was assigned to transport the M14 rifles and eight New People's Army fighters to the Philippine Pangasinan coast.  Enroute to Sanya, the ship struck a reef somewhere in the Pratas Islands of the South China Sea.  The twelve men aboard (four crewmembers and the eight New Peoples Army fighters) the stranded vessel were picked up and taken to Hong Kong by a passing Hong Kong salvage ship, the Oriental Falcon.  In exchange for passage to Hong Kong, the Oriental Falcon was allowed to keep the MV Andrea for scrap.  After a stay in a Hong Kong jail, the Filipino New Peoples Army fighters were released due to intervention of the Chinese Red Cross and the ship's Chinese crew was quickly moved to the Chinese mainland. 

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In 1973? I wonder what Marcos would've done and what Nixon would've thought about it.

In 2007? Consider that the US now does much, much more business with China than the Philippines. Yep, China figures in external defense scenarios, such as a hypothetical unfortunate skirmish over the Spratlys, but "threatens our existence as a sovereign country"? Um, seriously?

Besides, the strange irony of using weapons from China to get at Maoist rebs (along with ASG) is just too interesting a twist.

tirad

Mar 14 2007, 01:04 AM

israeli

Mar 13 2007, 02:42 PM

would you want to buy your weapons and equipment from a country that threatens your existence as a sovereign country?

taken from a Canadian forum:

Quote:

 

Origin of Chinese M14 Rifles


x x x


In 1973, Sison tasked Malay to attempt another delivery of M14 rifles from China to the Philippines.  He proposed that the Chinese prepare a shipment of M14 rifles in watertight packages to be dropped off the Pangasinan coast for recovery by scuba divers.  Months later in December, 1973, Malay and Tubianosa flew to Sanya, Hainan.  Hainan is the southernmost island of China.  Sanya is the capital of Hainan as well as the location of a Chinese naval base.  When Malay and Tubianosa arrived at Sanya, they were briefed by a Chinese military officer regarding the packaging of the M14 rifles.  The rifles were vacuum packed inside reinforced plastic bags with three rifles to a sack.  Each sack also contained ammunition.  The Chinese military officer had a team that had previously tested the packaging to make sure it would hold in the ocean environment.  Malay and Tubianosa flew to Beijing the next day.  The ship MV Andrea, with four crewmembers, was assigned to transport the M14 rifles and eight New People's Army fighters to the Philippine Pangasinan coast.  Enroute to Sanya, the ship struck a reef somewhere in the Pratas Islands of the South China Sea.  The twelve men aboard (four crewmembers and the eight New Peoples Army fighters) the stranded vessel were picked up and taken to Hong Kong by a passing Hong Kong salvage ship, the Oriental Falcon.  In exchange for passage to Hong Kong, the Oriental Falcon was allowed to keep the MV Andrea for scrap.  After a stay in a Hong Kong jail, the Filipino New Peoples Army fighters were released due to intervention of the Chinese Red Cross and the ship's Chinese crew was quickly moved to the Chinese mainland. 

x x x

In 1973? I wonder what Marcos would've done and what Nixon would've thought about it.

In 2007? Consider that the US now does much, much more business with China than the Philippines. Yep, China figures in external defense scenarios, such as a hypothetical unfortunate skirmish over the Spratlys, but "threatens our existence as a sovereign country"? Um, seriously?

Besides, the strange irony of using weapons from China to get at Maoist rebs (along with ASG) is just too interesting a twist.