The New light of Myanmar

Tuesday, 19 August, 2003

The world does not accept any form of foreign interference

A sovereign nation is an independent one that can serve the interests of her people and country by
herself under her own crown uninfluenced by other countries. And it can determine its own future.
That means it is free from outside interference or aggression or hegemonism or domination. When the
nation is able to exercise the sovereign powers, fundamental human rights of the citizens and
democracy rights that can create peace and prosperity of the people can be enjoyed fully. (These may
not be the same as democracy and human rights often advocated by them. Those foreign countries
have their own rights to exercise political and economic systems of their choice. We also have our own
rights to determine the political and economic systems that are in accordance with our historical
traditions, national character, culture and nature and can create peace and prosperity of the entire
people. It is not with sincere intention that the foreign countries are instructing us what to do and what
not to do. The world has been aware of the fact that they are interfering in the internal affairs of other
countries for their self-interests.)

There are over 200 or about 300 countries of large, medium and small sizes in the world. Let us look
only at the number of the UN member countries. A total of 191 countries have been in the organization
up to date. Hundreds of countries were invaded and enslaved for hundreds of years by the capitalist
and colonialist countries of not more than a dozen. Myanmar was also included in the list of the
colonized countries.

With the invented excuses, the capitalist countries invaded and colonized other nations rich in oil,
timber, gold, silver, diamond, gems, minerals and industrial raw materials as they had industries but
lacked natural resources, and they did so in search of markets for their products.

If we study books about the world nations, we will find that most of the countries were subjected to
foreign interference, invasion and colonization. Myanmar, for instance, has been subjected to the
interference of foreign countries since the Toungoo and Kongboung eras. In spite of being a capable
king, King Tabinshwehti of Toungoo was addicted to alcohol introduced to him by foreigners and
consequently he was assassinated.

Foreigners who entered Myanmar during the Konboung era trafficked opium into the country. King
Bodaw Phaya had to introduce laws and issue orders to ban trafficking in and abuse of opium. First,
merchants entered the countries bringing their money. They sought audience with the kings kneeling
and offering gifts to the latter. After the two M's, merchant and money, there followed Missions and
eventually the Military that invaded the countries to colonize them.

I will not go into detail about the interference of foreigners such as the British, the French and the
Portuguese. But they meddled in the affairs of our country. They created first Anglo-Myanmar war and
occupied Taninthayi and Rakhine. After the second Anglo-Myanmar war they occupied lower Myanmar.
In the third Anglo-Myanmar war they annexed the entire country. Bombay-Burma Timber Co of the
British smuggled thousands of teak out of the country. Myanmar customs officers found out the
offence and ordered them to pay the fine for
their offence. At that time, their merchants, money and missions were well established in the country.
Eventually, the last M or the military means was applied and they invaded the country with the excuse
of timber smuggling problem.

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Beginning from the occupation of Taninthayi and Rakhine, Myanmar was under the heel of the British
Parliament Democracy for 123 years. Under the British occupation, British companies such as Bullinger
Pool and Steel Brothers purchased Myanmar agricultural produce at very low prices and exported them.
They enjoyed the profit by millions but Myanmar farmers had to face hunger and farmers' uprising led
by Saya San broke out.

BOC Co of the British monopolized Myanmar oil industry and enjoyed profit by millions but workers
were in short supply of food. Oil workers' strike then occurred. Bombay-Burma Timber Co of the British
became richer and richer after they had exported teak and Pyingado of Myanmar forest that covered
half of the country. Most of Myanmar had to live in huts. Burma Corporation of the British mined gold,
silver, zinc, iron, led and copper at will. The British Groceries such as Rowe Co, Ferrer Wether and
Broadways and water and road transport enterprises of the British monopolized the markets in the
country. Myanmar workers were employed day and night at their companies at low wages.

Therefore, Myanmars rose against the British to win back independence, sacrificing sweat, blood and
lives. Capitalists of the west put the blame on Myanmar and bore grudge against it as Myanmar people
fought against them fiercely. Under the plot of the British, Myanmar leaders led by Bogyoke Aung San,
who bravely fought against the colonialists, were assassinated. The aliens used Galon U Saw, who was
a power maniac, to carry out the assassination. Major Young and Captain Vivian of the British Army
issued arms from Botahtaung COD godown to the assassins. Only two or three sten-guns would be
enough to assassinate Bogyoke Aung San. But a great number of arms were issued to the assassins.

Major Young gave one sub-machine gun, three American carbines, one Stan gun, two Tommy guns,
one Luga pistol and two revolvers and Major Lance Dane one rifle, two Tommy guns, one carbine and
many magazines to U Saw in 1946.

Author : Tekkatho Myat Thu

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The New light of Myanmar
Wednesday, 20 August, 2003
(Article)

The world does not accept any form of foreign interference

(continued for yesterday)

A major of the colonialist army presented a rifle, two tommy-guns, a carbine and rounds of ammunition
to U Saw.

On 24 June 1947, Capt Vivian gave U Saw 200 bren-guns, 200 spare barrels and 800 extra magazines.
On 10 July, U Saw got 100,000 rounds of ammunition used in .303 rifle, 25,600 rounds of ammunition
used in Stengun and 200 hand grenades with the help of the British army major. Such a haul of guns
and ammunition would not be needed if the plot was just to assassinate Bogyoke Aung San and his
cabinet members. The assassination plot would need only there or four stenguns or tommy-guns. The
aim of giving 200 brenguns was to enable U Saw to launch an armed opposition against the then
government after the nation regained independence on 4 January 1948. U Saw named his
assassination plot the scheme to occupy the nation. The colonialist after restoring independence to
Myanmar in an unavoidable situation would like to use U Saw to create the civil war in the country to
cause the immediate loss of her freedom again. Some British officers got involved in drawing U Saw's
occupation scheme.

Under the scheme it was planned to stockpile arms and ammunition and collect money; distribute the
guns to the Galon troops of the Myochit Party; assassinate Bogyoke Aung San and other cabinet
members of the ruling AFPFL government; wipe out the AFPFL leaders in the districts. Once the plot
was carried out, it was also planned, the AFPFL government would be in disorder, without having any
authority over the people; and that the British governor would hand over the State power to U Saw.
But Galon U Saw and his cohorts were arrested and tried for the assassination of the leaders. U Saw
received the Capital punishment. Maj Young was imprisoned for issuing arms to U Saw. Because of the
extreme leftist and rightist ideologies and factional prejudice, there broke out the multi-coloured
insurgency soon after the regaining of independence. The KNDO led by Saw Ba Oo Gyi went
underground in the middle of 1948. When the KNDO seized Insein, they took out Young who was
serving the jail term. The KNDO used him as its military adviser. Saw Ba Oo Gyi was killed in a military
offensive launched by the Tatmadaw, and the dead body of Young was found lying beside Saw Ba
Oo's.

Due to the instigation of the colonialists to sow the seeds of mistrust and suspicions, the KNDO and the
KNU launched the armed struggle to break away from the Union. Now I will tell the readers about
Alexander Campbell, a correspondent of London Daily Mail, and Col Tullock who had served with the
British Force 136 and lived in Calcutta. The two, who incited the KNU armed opposition, assured the
KNU insurgents of the British capitalists' financial and armed assistance. Campbell who was staying at
the Strand Hotel in Yangon wrote a letter to Col Tullock in Calcutta on 11 September 1948. The letter
was sent to Tullock with Idi Simon, an employee of the BOA company. In the letter, he wrote that the
KNUs were waiting for the arrival of the first consignment of arms that had to be sent to them by
Tullock; that the arms were highly essential for the KNUs; and that the KNUs had the desire to break
the present Mon State, Taninthayi Division and the delta region away from the Union to set up a Kayin
state.

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Simon copied the letter and gave the copy to Myanmar Ambassador U Pe Kin. As U Pe Kin presented
the copy to the then government, Campbell was arrested on 18 September 1948. More papers
concerning the Kayin insurgents were seized from Campbell. The incident can be said an evidence of a
kind of plot to break up the Union and to make Myanmar lose her independence again. Myanmar had
faced division, interference and aggression of the colonialists since the 19th Century, and Tullock and
Campbell added fuel to the internal strife which went on till passing the mid-20th Century. Till now, the
outside powers are making conspiracies using national traitors, fugitives and expatriates to break up
the Union. However, we are able to avoid and guard against the latest weapons of the colonialists. The
colonialists had enslaved the nation for 123 years and driven a wedge between one national race and
another for decades.

America has been very skilful in trying to destroy our independence, Union and national solidarity by
using various means, despite the fact that it is thousands of miles far from Myanmar and had no hatred
nor grudge against each other. Its acts are so blatant. During the World War II, the British bombing
reduced the nation to ashes. And when the War ended, the nation was struggling to rise again from
the ashes.

When the nation was far away from independence, the Myanmar patriots taking part in the
independence struggle claimed "independence is first priority; independence the second priority; and
independence the third priority." And when the nation was sure to regain independence, Bogyoke Aung
San and his comrades made a slogan - independence is the first priority; the cause of democracy the
second priority; and the cause of socialism the third priority- as said by Bogyoke himself in one of his
speeches.

At the opening session of the parliament at 9 am on 4 January 1948 (the day on which the nation
regained independence), the then President Sao Shwe Thaike openly declared that capitalism would be
abolished and socialist system would be built. The then prime minister also made the same declaration
in the parliament the same day. During the time, members of the American Fullbright Programme, Asia
Foundation, Ford Foundation, American Financial Assistance PL (480) MFA, and the agents of CIA were
meddling in Myanmar's affairs in order to push Myanmar away from socialism and to organize the
country to join the capitalist group. But in practice, Myanmar had not become a capitalist country nor a
socialist one, but it was confronted with the internal strife and poverty.

(to be continued)

Author : Tekkatho Myat Thu

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The New light of Myanmar
Thursday, 21 August, 2003
(Article)

The world does not accept any form of foreign interference

(Continued from yesterday)

Soon after Myanmar regained independence, an intelligence team of DED 44 of the US Defence
Ministry arrived in Yangon. Members of the US team stayed at Washington Park, the US diplomatic
residence, on University Avenue. Lt-Col Seagrave (a doctor) of the team stayed in Yangon only a short
while, and went to Namhkam in northern Shan State. As a US missionary doctor, he set up a hospital in
Namhkam. In 1949, a Kachin military officer Naw Sai went underground and took up arms against the
government. Dr Seagrave had a hand in protecting, instigating and assisting Naw Sai. The AFPFL
government arrested Seagrave, and sent him to prison.

The Americans began to get involved in subversive acts to incite unrest and break up the Union, and in
the armed opposition movements in Myanmar, and were giving trouble to the country. The incident of
Dr Seagrave is seen as a proof of the conspiracies. The ones who brought in the Kuomintang across
the border to southern, northern and eastern Shan State were the CIA agents.

At that time, the Chinese communists led by Mao Zidong conquered all over China and founded the
People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949. The Kuomintang nationalist government with the
assistance of America and Britain fell as it was defeated. The Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-shek and
his followers fled to Formosa Island. Some members of the No 8 Kuomintang Army, the No 25
Kuomintang Army and No 93 Army Division fled Yunnan Province to Myanmar. The CIA made
arrangements for the troops to transgress the Myanmar territory.

The communists were called the Reds at the time. The newspapers and periodicals called the
communists of China "Red China" and the Kuomintang troops which were defeated and had to run
away from China "White (Nationalist) Chinese". First, the Kuomintang troops were stationed at
Mongyan in Tachilek region. Later, they seized some towns in the Tachilek region and set up a foothold
there. The Kuomintang troops had a total strength of 12,000. The American CIA made arrangements
for them to take a foothold in Myanmar to launch surprise attacks against the People's Republic of
China. They were assigned duties to gather military information in Yunnan Province. The Kuomintang
troops attacked Yunnan for two times, but they were totally crushed.

At the Myanmar Parliament, the members of the parliament from Shan State lodged complaint to the
parliament about the Kuomintang intrusion. Thus, the Tatmadaw had to drive out the Kuomintang
intruders. The people in the whole nation were opposing the Kuomintang act as an aggression. They
protested both the Kuomintang nationalist Chinese and the US. As the Tatmadaw launched a major
military offensive against the Kuomintang intruders, an American military mission arrived in Yangon
and asked the Myanmar government to stop the Tatmadaw attacks on the Kuomintang troops. At that
time, the Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Services was also the Deputy Prime Minister and the
Minister for Defence of the AFPFL government. As the Prime Minister was on a state visit abroad, the
Deputy Prime Minister served as the acting Prime Minister. He refused to receive the US mission, and
told it to leave the nation for the mission's interference in the affairs of Myanmar. When the Prime
Minister arrived back home, members of the US mission complained to him about the Defence
Minister's refusal to receive it. When the Prime Minister blamed him for the matter, the Deputy Prime
Minister told him that as he was acting as the Prime Minister while discharging the duties of the Deputy
Prime Minister and the Minister for Defence, he made the decision as he was responsible for national

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security and territorial integrity. Later, he resigned from the posts of the Defence Minister and the
Deputy Prime Minister but continued to take only the post of the Commander-in-Chief. He saw that the
Armed Forces gallantly drive out the Kuomintang troops.

The US provided trucks and heavy artillery for the Kuomintang troops. The journals published the news
reports on the American aid to the Kuomintang troops with news photos. When the public was staged
mass demonstrations against the intruders and their masters, the Tatmadaw launched fierce attacks
against the enemy troops and members of the parliament unanimously raised the Kuomintang issue,
the then Prime Minister had to lodge complaint with the UN about the Kuomintang intrusion. At the UN,
the US suggested that a general term "foreign troops" should be used instead of the Kuomintang
(KMT) troops in the complaint presented by Myanmar to the world body. On 23 April 1953, the UN
passed the decision denouncing the foreign troops for their intrusion into Myanmar territory. With the
UN programme, the nation was able to drive out the Kuomintang troops to Chinese Taipei. However,
some Kuomintang troops were able to dodge the programme with the CIA assistance and remained in
Myanmar territory. Some left behind in Thai territory. They were known as nationalist Chinese drug
trafficking gangs.

In 1961, the US airdropped American-made weapons and trucks. It became obvious that the arms
were manufactured in 1960. The Kuomintang troops have become the drug traffickers in the Golden
Triangle. The CIA taught the Kuomintang troops how to refine opium into heroin. Till today, they are
engaging in the drug production and trafficking in competition with the insurgents like the SURA.

In December 1961, some elements who felt discontent with the arrangement in which the Shan lords
had to relinquish power, and CIA agents met in Taunggyi and conspired to hold a meeting on the
federal principle. The former Minister U Kyaw Nyein handed over the evidence concerning the issue of
the federal principle involving eight states, the plan to break away from the Union, the plan to set up a
separate nation and join the South East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) led by the US to the Prime
Minister and warned the latter about the plot. But, the Prime Minister had no more authority over those
in favour of the federal principle. Under the circumstances, the Tatmadaw had to take over the duties
of State on 2 March 1962 and saved the Union from disintegration.

In the late 1969 and early 1970, there occurred an insurgency under the name of the parliamentary
democracy revolution, staged by expatriates rising against the nation. The expatriate group was led by
U Nu and U Law Yon. U Thwin, U Win, Bo Let Ya, Bo Set Kya, Bo Yan Naing and Bomu Aung were also
the members. U Law Yon was the person who controlled the expatriate programme.

(To be continued)

Author : Tekkatho Myat Thu

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The New light of Myanmar
Friday, 22 August, 2003
(Article)

The world does not accept any form of foreign interference

(Continued from yesterday)

U Law Yon joined the British Army in 1941. During the World War II, he fled to India. He joined the US
Army there. He also served in OSS, the vanguard intelligence unit of the CIA. After the World War II, U
Law Yon become a major at the unit. He entered northern Myanmar and served as an American agent.
He recruited men for the CIA in Myanmar. He published the Nation Daily in Myanmar, while working for
the CIA. The Nation meddled in the Myanmar's affairs to disrupt the task of demarcating China-
Myanmar border. U Law Yon was detained by the then Myanmar government for his acts to criticize
Myanmar in order to serve the interest of the US and Britain. When he was released from prison, he
went to England. Later, he went to America, and became a US citizen there. After organizing the
Myanmar political leaders living abroad and also U Nu, he started the activity of the expatriates. U Law
Yon worked hard to get the CIA assistance, and got it.

He was confronted with many difficulties in his involvement with the expatriates. Most of the
expatriates were rightists, but leftists were also included. A lot of ideological, personal and factional
disagreements plus attempts to win the leadership occurred among the expatriates. At last, U Law Yon
went back to the US and kept a low profile with his family till he died of heart attack. While U Law Yon
was at the expatriate headquarters in Bangkok, his elder daughter Winnie Law Yon and his son-in-law
Stalin Seagrave arrived there, and wrote many articles in the Asian, European and American media to
publicize the expatriate cause. Stalin Seagrave is a son of Lt-Col Dr Seagrave (Namhkam). He owned a
TV network in US.

The ones who introduced U Nu and U Law Yon to the US Congressmen, government officials and CIA
agents and tried to receive assistance for the expatriates were the Myanmar expatriates of the VOA
opposing their own country and Myanmars who got naturalized in the US. U Thaung Khin even took
charge of publishing periodicals for the expatriates.

After some of the old expatriates quit their cause and some died, their sons, daughters and sons-in-law
who were the new generation expatriates including Tin Maung Win, Ye Kyaw Thu and Maung Aung
founded the CRDB and started another expatriate activity. Living in Washington, they won the support
of the CIA, opened branches in London, Europe, Australia, Tokyo and Seoul, and launched the activity.

The CRDB, the BCP and the KNU tried to convert the naive youths, who under the instigation fled to
the KNU camp in Marnepalaw, and BCP north-east region in disarray after the 1988 unrest, into
insurgents and expatriates. The terrorist masters of the US taught them how to blow up explosive
devices in their own country and kill their own people.

And most of the terrorist and explosives instructors were from America, Britain and France. CIA
masters came to the border, gave false promises, saying that they would send an aid of US $ 7 million
for the expatriate youths, and urged them to continue to strive for their cause. It is a common
knowledge that the CRDB and the KNU asked aid from the West, using the expatriate youths.

During the 1988 unrest, the VOA and the BBC radio stations, and the AIR, which was under the
influence of U Nu's daughter and son-in-law, tried to incite the people. The CIA agents under the

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disguise of diplomats gave support to the incitement and also tried to exploit the situation. Member of
the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US Congress and Chairman of East Asia and Pacific Affairs
Committee Stephen Solarz arrived in Yangon on 3 September 1988. He met with and gave
encouragement to the so-called leaders of the 1988 unrest including Daw Suu Kyi, U Tin Oo, U Nu and
U Aung Gyi. During his meeting with Dr Maung Maung, the American urged the latter to form an
interim government. On his way back, he met the press in Bangkok, and said that a civil war would
break out in Myanmar, if the transfer of the State power to the democracy leaders was delayed; and
that the Myanmar Government would have to choose one of the two alternatives - to make a
concession peacefully or to let the nation dying in a blood bath.

In September 1988, five US warships including an aircraft carrier, personnel and weapons carriers and
supply ships, entered Myanmar waters. Amphibious assault craft conducted war games in the waters.
When the then Myanmar government learned about it, and complained to the respective body about
the matter, the naval group asked Myanmar to give it 48 hours, and after receiving orders from the
headquarters, they left the Myanmar waters. By issuing false announcements, the perpetrators inside
Myanmar were trying to pave the way for the ships to sail to Yangon port.

During the 1988 unrest and even today, America has been conspiring against Myanmar. It has been
publicizing destructive insurgents as the democracy activists and the ethnic freedom fighters to destroy
peace and stability in Myanmar and to break up the Union; lashing out at Myanmar with various
accusations to give trouble to the Myanmar people who are trying to perpetuate the Union, and ensure
peace and stability and development in the nation; and directing other countries to follow its example.

I will not go into details as the matter is a common knowledge. All the more than 52 million people of
Myanmar are tired of hearing the slanderous accusations of the US, which is saying that Myanmar is a
country that is violating human rights, that has no religious freedom and democracy, that is using the
forced labour, that has the largest number of human trafficking cases, that is producing the largest
amount of narcotic drugs, and that has not cooperated with the US in eliminating narcotic drugs. All
the accusations are false.

But if the same accusations are levelled at them, they will prove to be true. Criticizing or giving trouble
to others is not the nature of the Myanmar people. We have no thought other than trying to ensure
peace, freedom and development in our country. We are harmoniously striving in the interest of our
race and religion, as it is our basic right. The world never accepts any form of foreign interference. It is
Myanmar's resolve not (not) to accept foreign interference.

(Concluded)

Author : Tekkatho Myat Thu