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    "ocrText": "05\nUNCLASSIFIED\nARCHIVES 'NATIONAL RECORDS AND JULY\n.\nSERVICE*\n-2-\nAmbassador Barrington mentioned that a special effort was\nbeing made to reintegrate former insurgents into society.\nThe Secretary asked about river transportation in Burma.\nMr. Raschid said that the rivers were open and that transportation\nhad now been restored although many ships had been lost during the\nwar. Ambassador Barrington said that the rivers have been free for\ntransport for about two years; that road transportation was con-\ntinuing to open up and that the principal difficulty had been in\nrailroad transportation. Mr. Raschid explained that there are a\ngreat many small bridges along the railway lines which are not\ndifficult to damage and that the resistance movement during the war\nhad taught many people methods which had been put to unfortunate\nuse later.\nMr. Raschid mentioned the importance attached to the Rehabili-\ntation Corps as a means of making useful citizens of former insur-\ngents. He said there are now about 2,000 in the corps and that the\nGovernment hopes to increase the number of people in it and the\nactivities of the corps. The people in the corps are taught metal\nworking, woodworking and other useful trades and employed on use-\nful construction projects.\nWhen Mr. Raschid inquired if the Secretary had ever traveled\nin the region of Burma, the Secretary took the opportunity to mention\nthe present visits to Southeast Asia of Assistant Secretary Allison\nand Mr. Bonsal, both of whom would visit Rangoon, and his belief\nthat these visits would prove woll worth while. Mr. Raschid referred\nto the recent trips of Ambassador Bowles and Justice Douglas in\nSoutheast Asia. Their visits to Rangoon had coincided. Both seemed\nto have been favorably impressed with what they found in Burma.\nUNCLASSIFIED"
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