MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD, OREGON
THURSDAY, MAY 33, 1963
Burmese Government Said in Steady Move Toward Eastern Bloc of Nations
Editor' note: UPI'i gen
eral news manager for Alia
ii the tint Western news
men to enter Burma tine
Jhe govern m e n t itopptd
giving visas to foreign jour
nalists three months ago. In
ihe following dlipatch ht
report! on the current
ttatut of the military gov
ernment'i so-called "Bur-
meie Way to Socialism."
By DONALD J. BRYDON
Rangoon - IUPII - The sleek
airliner' touched down at
Mingaladon airport 10 miles
outside Rangoon and eight
passengers stepped off.;'
A British businessman was
chatting with a man making
his first visit to Burma:
"Not many people are go
ing to Burma these days," he
said. "It's a pity. Rangoon is
one of the nicest titles in the
Orient, but there isn't much
to attract the westerner any
more." , ..-,,...
There is little doubt that
this is just the way the gov
ernment wants it. Trade with
the West is openly discour
aged.: .. , . .-
The revolutionary council,
under the. direction of Gen.
Ne Win, took control of the
government in an almost
bloodless coup in March, 1962.
The teen -aged son of Sao
Shwe Thaike, the first presi
dent of independent Burma,
was killed while resisting ar
rest when army troops sur
rounded his father's home.
He was the only casualty.
Moves Toward Eait
Since then the government
has moved steadily away from
the West and toward the east
ern bloc of nations. It is not
a Communist government by
any means, but some ob
servers feel the day is com
ing when Burma will move
all the way to the left.
.'. Today, however, the mili
tary men who rule the revo
lutionary council of the Union
of Burma . call themselves
non-aligned socialists. They
say they took over the gov
ernment last year and placed
Former Premier P Nu, along
with President U Win "under
protective custody'" because
the country was on the verge
of disintegrating.
U Nu and the other de
posed officials are still being
held 14 miles north of Ran
goon at a military base. They
are under heavy guard and
U Nu's wife has seen her hus
band only once since he was
arrested.
Unity Urgent Problem
Western diplomats agree
that the most urgent problem
facing the Burmese govern
ment is that of unity. Various
insurgent groups are in open
revolt against the govern
ment. The rebels are located in
small widely-separated areas.
They present no serious threat
to the government but stage
hit and run raids on small
outposts and villages.
The largest Insurgent
groups are made up of Com
munists and Karens. Two
other movements are under
way in the Shan states in
northeastern Burma. One
calls for secession from Bur
ma. The other group desires
a change in the constitution
which would create a feder
ation of Burma, somewhat
along the lines of the govern
ment of the United States,
with more autonomy for the
individual states.
Early in 1962 at meetings
in Rangoon and Tainggyi,
Shan leaders openly declared
they would use force to
achieve their ends. This was
when the army decided the
nation was on the verge of
widespread rebellion and pos
sible disintegration. The mili
tary moved in on March 2 and
has ruled with an iron hand
ever since.
Actually the armed forces
have taken over the govern
ment twice in the past five
years. Both times U Nu was
premier. On Sept. 26, 1958,
U Nu called on the military
to form a "caretaker govern
ment" which ruled for six
months.
Ne Win and his armed
forces did not wait for an
invitation the second time.
And now, after more than
one year of the "Burmese
Way to Socialism" under Ne
Win's leadership, where docs
Burma stand and where Is it
headed?
Banks Nationalised
All foreign, as well as Bur
mese, banks have been na
tionalized. This included Com
munist China's Bank of
China.
Newspapers, magazines and
book publishers are licensed
and kept under a tight rein.
News print allocations arc
controlled by the government
Industrialization in Burma
is lagging behind other Asian
nations but Ne Win says the
country must first concentrate
on building up its agricultural
economy. He plans to set up
new industries with money
derived from the sale of rice
and other agricultural prod
ucts. Official government rela
tions with the West have be
come strained while Burma's
tics with the socialist nations
have become closer.
Trade with the West was
never great but it is less to
day. Great Britain still has
economic and cultural tics
with Burma based on Eng
land's long period of colonial
rule. There is virtually no
trade with the United Stales.
Almost all cf the 800 Amer
icans in Burma are mission
aries or employees of the U.S.
State department. There are
only two American business
men in Burma. One is an air
line representative in Run
goon and the other is a
farmer in upper Burma.
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In another condition, called
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It is a comfort now to note
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the doctors are taking care of
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with what may look at first
like one rare disease. After
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to say, "We have here sev
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similar symptoms." Soon
they are able to differentiate
the diseases and to start find
ing appropriate treatments
for them.
When I was a boy, doctors
could not always tell the dif
ference between typhoid fe
ver, malaria, and pneumonia,
and hence, they commonly
diagnosed "typhoid malaria
and "typhoid pneumonia." As
a wise old Chinese said long
ago, "The beginning of wis
dom comes when one calls
things- by their right names
"' Early symptoms of shaking
palsy can be recognized and.
depending upon the develop
ment of the disease, certain
treatments can be tried. Dr,
Alvarez suggests some in his
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