MAU MAU VIOLENCE - CONTROL MEASURES - ATTITUDE OF NON-MUSLIM AND MUSLIM INDIAN LEADERS TOWARD MAU MAU.

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06703232
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: September 29, 2017
• Case Number: F-2016-02190
• Publication Date: June 6, 1953

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COUNTRY Kenya/India
Mau Man Violence - Control Measures - Aamitude
of Non-Muslim and Melia Indian Leaders
Tovazd Mau Mau.
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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The chronology of Mau Mau violence during April 1953 ithiev:es a; higher
degree of tactical coordination, the use of better vesponn, and tbe
development of better weapons.
There hsve been further indications of a possible spread of Mau Mau.
The new organization to' control the emergency appears to comprisa
"a vest and unjuejtified supervisory structure above the relatively
fey soldiers and police tho wield the rifles and the;stan guns" and
"has failed to squelch unofficial European criticism .of the bandling
of the emergeacy."
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Soldiers and police are exercising more restraint and more observance
of legal restrictions than any experienced onlooker could reasonably
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At the time of the arrest in Nairobi of fifteen alleged members Of
the Central Council of Mau Mau in late April, 1953, many important
documents vere seized, among which was one which was said to contain
the following: "But Uwe are many enemies and these mat be oUtrocted
before the big wer begin's. Let as take an oath that those who nen-
ducted the case of Jo nn and those who put handcuffs on bin shall be
destroyed."
f) Joneph A. Z. MUrumbi, Becretary4eneral of the XenynAfrican Union,
is in India probably to. strengthen Afro-Indian sympathies and probably
under the wing of Divan Chemin Pal, (said to be a close friend of Nehru)
the second member of Xegyatta's Defence Counsel at Kapenguria.
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The Eon-Malik Indian elected moaners in the Kenya Legislation concil,
and the 'leading .Indian political organization. in Kama have disassociated
themaelvee 'from the =Lye= pro-African position of the Indiaa severnMent
but have denassmad both the Europeans and Min l*m.
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The Kenya Asiatic Muslim communtty has not attempted any kind or sollnboth_
tion with African political leadera, and one of their loaders bhp aPPinged
for a united front_ to give the javernment cemplcte support ill the over-
throw ,:)f Mau Mau.� I
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