HISTORY OF BURMA AS I REMEMBER

Part 5.
Thakin Aung San led a delegation to finalize the Independence of Burma agreement with the British Government. AFPFL had a Mass Meeting at the Cantonment Garden [Kandormin Pann Chan - at the foot of Shwe Da Goan Padoda] a few days before Thakin Aung San left for London. Thakin Aung San warned, Burma must be: prepared for an armed struggle if things did not turn out as hoped. The Burmese Delegation went to London against the backdrop in which the true British sentiment was revealed in the British Cabinet meeting minutes CM [46] 105th meetings, dated December 12, 1946. It noted that: there was a good deal of anti-Burmese feeling vented by most of the leading members present, to the effect that the Burmese were really not worthy of selfgovernment; they could not rule themselves. The negotiation lasted from January 13 to 27 and the most important and historic accord for Burma Aung San-Attlee Agreement was signed on January 27, 1947 just four days shy of the January 31st deadline set by the AFPFL. The British Prime Minister Attlee announced the Agreement in a speech in the House of Commons on January 28, 1947 regarding Burmas independence. The Burmese Independence Bill would be the first of its kind and probably also the last, for an ex-colony: to decide to leave the Empire explicitly, and on the part of the British to grant such a wish without a struggle involving military intervention, was lamented by former War time Prime Minister Churchill. At the second reading of the Bill on November 3rd, Mr. Churchill made a rude and arrogant disclaimer on the Burmas Independence Bill: only in the Rt. Hon. gentlemans time were one to see gangsters like Aung San welcomed at the steps of St. James Palace. Mmbers of the Thirty Comrades of Burma at the Military Training Center, Japan. From Left to Right: Bo Let Yar, Bo Set Kyar and Bo Aung San. One and only photograph of Bo Ne Win with Bo Aung San. Lord Louis Mount Batten's handpicked Last Governor of Burma Sir Hubert Rance with Bogyoke Aung San in front of the Governor's Mansion in Rangoon [Left]. Bogyoke Aung San in London with British Prime Minister H. E. Atlee, flanked by U Tin Htut [ICS], one of the main architects of Burma Independence Negotiation on his left. After Independence U Tin Htut was assassinated in front of Globe Movies Theatre right in the downtown city center of Rangoon near Sule Pagoda.

Bogyoke in front of the No. 10 Downing Street, London, the Residence of the British Prime Minister [Left]. Happy Hour after January 27 for Bogyoke Aung San and Mr. Atlee. Coded Telegram was sent from London by the Burmese delegation. AFPFL Inner Circle knew ahead of the Official Announcement that the Negotiation between Burma and the British had been smoothed out fine; Burma is sure to gain Independence.

The first Cabinet formed under President Dr. Ba U's Presidency in 1952. From Left to Right, front row, seated: Mrs. Ba Maung Chain, Sao Khun Cho, U Nu, Dr. Ba U, U Ba Swe, Myanma-alin U Tin, U Win. From Left to Right, second row, starting from the third position, the first two being Presidential entourage: Sao Wunna, U Ba Saw, U Tun Phay, U Raschid, Bo Khin Maung Lay, Bo Minn Gaung, Thakin Thar Khin, and Thakin Tin. From Left to Right, last row: U Tun Win, Sima Duwa Sin Wa Naung, U Khin Maung Latt, and skipp two to the six position, Mmahn Win Maung, and Thakin Kyaw Dun. Thihar Thana Palin [The Throne] of our Burmese Last Koanbaung King Thibaw was taken away along with many priceless jewelries by the British in 1885 after the Third Anglo-Burmese War; some ended up in the Museums and some ended up as the Royal treasures and some into the pockets of the British thieves. Just a few days before the Independence the Throne was returned to Rangoon under direct orders from Lord Louis Mount Batten of Burma, the Viceroy of British India.

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