Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, the Deputy Prime Minister of Burma, and Others

003437 DEPARTMENT OF STATE s/s 636 Memorandum of Conversation 209-a DATE: July 25, 1949. SUBJECT: General Ne Win's Call on the Secretary AND RECORDS SERVICAM PARTICIPANTS: General Ne Win, Deputy Prime Minister of Burma U Se Nyun, Ambassador of Burma Mr. Dean Acheson - Secretary of State Mr. George o. MeGhee, Assistant Secretary R. E. Usher, SOA AND COPIES TO: S = NEA SOA AMEMBASSY, RANGOON 1-1493_ General Ne Win, Deputy Prime Minister of Burma, paid a courtesy call on ne this afternoon. He was accompanied by the Ambassador of Burma to the United States. I opened the conversation with some general comments about General Ne Win's journey from Rangoon to Washington and commented upon the shortness of his stay here. The General replied cordially saying that he regretted his visit to the U.S. must be so brief. Mr. McGhee told me that while the General had been waiting to see me he had discussed his attitude toward the possibility of Burma's return to the British Commonwealth. The General had told Mr. MeGhee that the Burnese have no intention of seeking dominion status within the Common- wealth, and that they had made up their minds on this point very definitely before making their decision to leave the Commonwealth in the first place. Mr. McGhee brought up the subject of the Point Four Program saying that he had also been discussing this matter very briefly with the General and the General had indicated an CONFIDENTIAL DECLASSIFIED E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, 12-23-25 By NLT. HC NARS Date 4-27-76