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Carnegie & Marx. Thakin Nu, the cowlicked, amiable young man who has just been re-elected Premier, seemed to agree with Kodaw. Nu is probably the only political leader in Burma who does not want the Premier...
Less hopeful was toothless, 73-year-old Thakin Kodaw Hmine, the Ben Franklin of Burmese independence. "I was unhappy under the British and Japanese," he groaned last week, "but now I am very sad. My young disciples are killing each other like barbarians. I guess this isn't the time for young men to take the lead in government affairs...
...Burma, 42-year-old Socialist Premier Thakin Nu, who had translated How to Win Friends and Influence People into Burmese, was making new friends himself. He had already announced the expropriation of some British companies in Burma. Last week he called for abolition of capitalism, for the propagation of Marxism and friendship with Russia. Said Winston Churchill when he heard the news: Burma is "descending into a state of anarchy tempered by Communism." Later, assured that no outright Communists would be included in Burma's cabinet, the former "thakins" (masters) in London relaxed, but not much...
...Thakin Nu, Premier of newly independent Burma, he sent a good-will copy of Back to Methuselah, confided that he considered it his masterpiece...
...Burma now had a martyr and a legend. The Bogyok's A.F.P.F.L. party was more popular than ever, but its leadership had been almost obliterated. British Governor Sir Hubert Elvin Rance (who gets assassination threats almost every day) announced to Burmans: "I am glad to inform you that . . . Thakin Nu [the murdered leader's right-hand man] has agreed to form a new council...