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While Burma's devout Premier Thakin Nu prayed for peace at a Buddhist altar, his government's drive to end civil strife had cut down and scattered the fierce Karen rebels (TIME, June 5). Recently, the government got word that insurgent Karen "Premier" Saw Ba U Gyi was hiding out near the Siam border...
When Burma's nine-sided civil war degenerated into chaos last July, devout Buddhist Prime Minister Thakin Nu launched a "Peace Within One Year" campaign. Not even his followers placed much hope in it. But the combination of piety and punch paid off surprisingly well...
...Thakin Nu last week gave his explanation of this surprising development. Said he: "It was a gradual but definite realization by the people that peace cannot be achieved by spilling Burmese blood. There has been a wonderful spiritual revival which began when we brought the sacred Buddhist relics here from Ceylon in February and exhibited them to the people in 20 towns all over Burma...
...Next day Thakin Nu announced that he would be a hermit premier, living in a thatched bamboo hut on the grounds of his residence and leaving his regime of prayer and dedication only when state affairs are most demanding...
Chin and Kachin guerrillas. But in the Irrawaddy valley and along the Rangoon-Mandalay railway line, it has made more progress in the past month than in the previous year. Prime Minister Thakin Nu has said that as soon as Bur,ma is pacified he will become a Buddhist monk. He may possibly have his wish...