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...three years, but never to his home town, Rangoon. Between July 25 and 27, however, he plans a small detour en route to a visit to Moscow. He wants to visit his mother, now well past 80, and for the first time, the grave of his only son, Tin Maung (Timmy), who was killed two years ago at 21 in a Rangoon bus accident...
Died. Tin Maung ("Tinny") Thant, 21, only son of U.N. Secretary-General U Thant, a onetime sociology student at Manhattan's Hunter College; of brain injuries after falling off a swerving bus; in Rangoon, Burma...
...Thant comes from a cultured, well-to-do family of landowners. Oldest of four brothers, all of whom became prominent in Burmese government and business, he is married to the daughter of an eminent lawyer. They have a 22-year-old daughter, Aye Aye, and a son. Tin Maung ("Tinny"), 19, both taking sociology courses at Manhattan's Hunter College...
...country today is in the crucible," said the first Burmese speaker, Maung Nu, secretary of the Burma Research Board, explaining current social changes...
...heaped trays. Although countless bottles of Soviet champagne, wines and vodka were provided, the Soviet leaders themselves were cautious about drinking. Only two major toasts were given: one by Bulganin, and one in reply by the acting dean of the Foreign Diplomatic Corps, Burmese Ambassador Maung Ohn. But the day's gaiety had just begun...