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1 Burma: Outlines of a New Nation 1 (1951)

handle is hein.cow/burmonna0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 4 BURMA 0 OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS a DEPARTMENT OF STATE * BURMA: OUTLINES OF A NEW NATION Until World War II all that most Americans knew about Burma was the name of its second largest city-Mandalay-and that there was a most unusual road to it where the flyin' fishes play. In the early 1940's Americans heard of another road-the Burma Road-which had become China's lifeline after the Japanese had occupied the China coast. During the war American troops, along with Chinese and British forces, liberated Burma from the Japanese occupation, and since that time Americans have become more and more aware of Burma and its importance as part of the free world. Today, with all Asia seething with internal ferment, Burma is increasingly important to Americans and to other free peoples, because it is a newly independent country which could very well be in the cross hairs of Communist imperialistic sights-a target for tomorrow. The planners of the Communist empire are very well aware of the riches which give Burma its greatest hope for economic development and prosperity for its people. Nor has the im- portance of Burma's strategic geographical position as an overland route to the wealth of Southeast Asia escaped the men of the Krem- lin and Peiping. From the first days of Burmese independ- ence, Communist bands have tried to sabotage the efforts of the Burmese Government. Across the Burmese border in satellite China, renegade Burmese receive asylum from arrest and facilities to train Communist armies for infiltration into Burma. Although only three short years have elapsed since Burma established its independ- ence from Britain, it has already demonstrated its capacity for self-government and its strong adherence to the principles of democratic ac- tion. Against almost overwhelming odds of destruction, despair, and banditry left in the wake of three years of Japanese conquest and occupation, the present government of Burma has succeeded in bringing its people through the very difficult initial years of internal dis- unity to a state of increasing stability and prosperity. Left to its own devices and with JULY 1951

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