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845C.01/9–2647: Telegram

The Chargé in Burma (Packer) to the Secretary of State

Rangoon, September 26, 1947.

32. Yawnghwe Saopha unanimously elected Provisional President Union Burma and Thakin Nu unanimously elected Provisional Prime Minister Union Burma by Constituent Assembly 25th effective when constitution becomes effective.9 Thakin Nu also authorized sign treaties. Assembly adjourned sine die.

Packer
  1. The draft constitution was adopted unanimously on September 24. In despatch 67, October 21, from Rangoon, Mr. Packer transmitted a text of Prime Minister Nu’s speech on this occasion and observed: “Russia’s unremitting propaganda regarding the ‘workers paradise’ has been effective among Burma’s present day AFPFL leaders.” (845C.011/10–2147)↩