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    "ocrText": "and TESHAR\nARCHIVES RECORDS AND\n-2-\nis\nan interest in it. Mr. McGhee added that Burma seemed\nto be a country which the Point Four Program suited\nvery well. Both General Ne Win and the Burmese Ambassa-\ndor seemed to be quite interested in these observations\nand I commented favorably on the probable usefulness of\nthe Point Four Program and mentioned the fact that the\nbill for the establishment of a Point Four Program is\nnow before Congress.\nI told General Ne Win that I had had long conversa-\ntions with Ambassador Huddle, our Ambassador at Rangoon,\non the situation in Burma and I understand that they\nhave had to face very grave problems in Burma since the\nend of the war.\nAmbassador So Nyun observed that the general situa-\ntion has been improving in recent months, although\nseveral months ago the outlook had been extremely serious.\nHe emphasized that the most important consideration was\nthe fact that much of the insurgent held rice growing\narea had recently been recovered by Government forces.\nGeneral Ne Win observed that he had not had much\ncontact with our Embassy staff in Rangoon, because he\nwas not socially inclined and tried to stay away from\nsocial affairs and, of course, his onerous duties in Burma\nnecessitated his reducing his social activities to an\nabsolute minimum.\nI said that we were very glad that General Ne Win\nhad come to see the U.S., and that if there was any\nway in which we could be of help to him while here\nwe would be most pleased to be of assistance. General\nNe Win thanked me for this expression of interest in his\nvisit and after a few remarks of a general nature he\nexpressed appreciation of the interview and made his\ndeparture.\nDECLASSIFIED\nB. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)\n7-23-25\nDept. of State letter, Aug. -9,1973\nBy NLT- HC NARS Date 4.27.76\nCONFIDENTIAL\nNEA: SOA: REUsher: rk"
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