The MCP - the Anti-Japanese Movement.

The Malayan Communist Party (MCP) managed to survive underground during the Japanese Occupation which it raised & directed the biggest resistance force in the country - the Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA), unlike the pro-Japanese Kesatuan Melayu Muda (KMM) which only lasted for 6 months before being liquidated by the Japanese.

• During the first year and a half of MPAJA's existence, the MPAJA fared badly, lacking food, capable leadership, sufficient training/experience in guerrilla warfare.
• Japanese terrorism stopped the people of all races to help the guerrillas. - limitations of the MPAJA.
• However, from mid-1943 to mid-1944, the MPAJA began to improve its organization, food supplies, communication systems, military training.
  - the size of the group increased by 4 times - more support from masses.
• From mid-1944 onwards, consolidation and growth and the establishment of close MPAJA-Allied cooperation.
  - Received great supplies of arms, medicines, money from headquarters of South East Asia Command (SEAC) - great support from other parties allowed more efficient expansion of MPAJA.