Burma / Myanmar: Communist Party of Burma (CPB) meeting with the National Democratic Front (NDF), Panghsang (March 1986)

The Communist Party of Burma (Burmese: ဗမာပြည်ကွန်မြူနစ်ပါတီ; CPB) is the oldest existing political party in Burma. The party is unrecognised by the Burmese authorities, rendering it illegal; so it operates in a clandestine manner, often associating with insurgent armies along the border of People's Republic of China. It is often referred to as the Burma Communist Party (BCP) by both the Burmese government and the foreign media.

The National Democratic Front (NDF) was an umbrella organisation of about a dozen non-Communist ethnic rebel armies in Burma and was set up in 1976.

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