get off the ground. It was under the "White Flag communists that a 3,000 strong mob looted a government rice mill in Akyab; 18 persons were killed when government troops opened Are. According to Bo Saw Lin, a prominent rebel leader who defected from the party, the White Flag communists are planning widespread insurrection with arms aid from Peking. Looting incidents have been reported from the Ara- kan area; 11 soldiers and a policeman were killed when communist rebels ambushed a joint army-police patrol near the town of Paukkaung. Peking broadcasts to Burma, meanwhile, have been increased by one hour a day.