Word: thakin
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
There were many Communists in Burma's jails, but Rangoon's police itched to get their fingers on one more. Hefty Thakin Soe had cost them face. Arrested, he slipped out of their grip and fled into Rangoon's famed Shwe Dagon Pagoda. Police right behind him had to stop and remove their boots before entering the Buddhist temple. For most of a day bootless police combed its labyrinth of passages and rest houses, guarded every exit. They paid little heed to a bent and evidently blind nun who slowly made her way down the main steps...
Shrewd, burly Governor Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith was having trouble with young (28) Major General Thakin Aung San (commander of the Burma National Army). Aung San went over to the Japs early in the war, switched back to the British with the tide. But once the Japs had surrendered, Aung San demanded immediate Burmese independence. Hoping to mollify him, Sir Reginald asked Aung San to suggest a few names for a new council. When Aung San listed eleven fervent nationalists, Sir Reginald rejected his list. Thereupon Aung San was elevated to a crest of Burmese popularity and excitement dangerous...
...will manipulate the strings of Burma-at-war is Japan's "Special Ambassador" Renzo Sawada, who will stay on in Rangoon as permanent Ambassador from Japan. Burma's new Foreign Minister, Thakin Nu, blandly declared: "Burma is without experience regarding foreign policy. Consequently it is necessary to request advice from Ambassador Sawada, who is experienced in inter national foreign relations, and we have notified him of this fact. After conferring with Ambassador Sawada, domestic affairs, organization and selection of the foreign affairs personnel will be quickly decided upon." Burma's independence, Jap-style, was served up last...
...stood by us. What the common herd did doesn't matter. British imperial rule defined in a flash!" Sir Reginald thereupon edited his remarks. Only 4,000 of Burma's 15,000,000 people had actively helped the Japs, said he; they were extremists of the nationalist Thakin Party...