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When a quiet man speaks forcefully, his words carry twice the weight. Fortnight ago a quiet man, Burma's ex-Premier U Nu, spoke with decided feeling: "Our main problem arises from the existence of those inside the country who have no compunction about playing the part of stooges, spies, fifth columnists and veritable sons of bitches for distant aunts...
...evoked a certain perplexity among the natives of Loma. As Editor Miller tells it: "TIME has brought news of the world to our remote African door. TIME articles have been given recognition in our publication. For example, your very newsworthy story about the trade of rice for cement in Burma (TIME, May 21) met with stupendous lack of sympathy in this rice-conscious, rice-loving part of the world. No Loma man would even consider trading rice for cement...
...claim that Nehru speaks for all Asia. This is manifest nonsense. Nehru does not speak for Mao's China, for Japan, for the Philippines, for Formosa, for Korea, for Thailand, for North or South Viet Nam, for Afghanistan, for Pakistan. His influence is principally felt in Ceylon, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Malaya and Indonesia...
...three years the Socialist government of neutral Burma has refused to take U.S. aid. It was willing to try barter deals with Iron Curtain nations, only to find that Burma invariably wound up on the losing end. Last week, disillusioned with barters and angered by Russian and Chinese support of Burmese Communists, Burma's new Premier U Ba Swe announced that he hoped to get a long-term low-interest loan of $20 million to $30 million from the U.S. as a business deal "without strings," thus compromising neither Burma's neutrality nor her self-respect...
...FREE MARKET OFFICIAL RATE Argentina 32 pesos to the $1 18 to the $1 Bolivia 5,500 bolivianos 190 Brazil 83 cruzeiros 18.75 Burma 10 kayats 4.76 Finland 300 marks France 395 francs 350 Japan 385 yen 360 Pakistan 6.40 rupees 4.76 Philippines 2.85 pesos Spain 43 pesetas Turkey 9.50 lire...