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Expedition (ABC, 7-7:30 p.m.). A visit to "The Water People of Burma...
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...
Weakened Bands. Unlike their easygoing Lao neighbors (and fellow Buddhists), Burma's soldiers are willing and able to fight, despite the Buddhist scruple against killing. Buddhism is full of loopholes for those who chose to find them: who, for instance, is to blame if a fish dies after the fisherman has rescued it from the wetness in the river...
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...
...driving force in the economy, through the Defense Services Institute set up eleven years ago and now headed by Aung Gyi; the institute has energetically boosted the development of vital small industry (such as a fishing combine, a plywood company, a shipping line), will play a major role in Burma's first four-year plan...