Word: nu
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...faced and greying, U Thant wears black-rimmed glasses and elegantly tailored Western suits, usually with an English-style striped tie. He does not drink, but smokes small black cheroots, and is the only official allowed to smoke in the presence of Burma's abstemious Prime Minister U Nu. Still known respectfully as saya (teacher), U Thant has written six books, including a 1933 history of the League of Nations and two recently published volumes in a projected three-volume history of his native country. He speaks fluent English, has an unassuming disposition that has made him exceptionally popular...
...final communiqué, Indonesia's Sukarno begged the conference to support his demand for West Irian; Morocco's King Hassan II urged his claim against Mauritania. Nehru's coalition vetoed mention of either. An Arab resolution condemning Israel was knocked out by Burma's U Nu, a good friend of Ben-Gurion...
...welding of temple and state, voted as a constitutional amendment by a joint session of Parliament, was the fulfillment of a campaign pledge that U Nu made 22 months ago to Burma's 20 million people, 85% of whom are Buddhist. It was bitterly opposed by religious minority groups-Moslems, the Animist Kachins, the Christian Chins-and by Buddhists in separatist-minded Karen and Shan states. But the amendment passed by a landslide 324-to-28 vote. Before he left for the neutralist meeting in Belgrade, ascetic Prime Minister U Nu, who three years ago took the vows...
Still, in a land plagued by incompetent bureaucrats, primitive economics and armed bands of political insurgents, even the mild measure that U Nu has pushed through could be a source of irritation. Keenly aware of the danger is Burma's politically powerful army, which took over the government briefly three years ago to prevent civil war, is now a major prop of U Nu's parliamentary democracy. Says Brigadier General Aung Gyi, 41, chief of operations and one of the army's most powerful officers: "The state-religion bill has aroused the suspicion of the minorities. Only...
Unlike many neutrals, Burma takes a hard stand against Communism, which it has been fighting since gaining independence from Great Britain in 1948. The Communists, who in 1956 controlled 46 seats in Parliament, lost them all when U Nu swept back to power last year. The army has all but eliminated the roving Communist white-flag bands that once terrorized the countryside (along with insurgents of all political leanings, whose numbers have been cut from 31,000 in 1954 to an estimated 7,000 today...