Called By IndiaSpecial Conference On Burma Rising
(Recd. 9.30 a.m.) NEW DELHI, February 25. The Indian Government has asked representatives of the British, Australian, Pakistan and Ceylon Governments to meet to discuss the situation in Burma, where the Karen insurgents are now threatening Mandalay. • . ,An official announcement in New Delhi said: The Governments of the United Kingdom, India and Pakistan have followed with anxious interest the recent developments in Burma. Apart from the wider issues involved, the export of Burmese rice may be affected. These Governments have been in close touch with the Burmese Government. As Dr Evatt will be in New Delhi and the United Kingdom Minister for Overseas Trade is in New Delhi now, it is proposed to consider the situation in Burma. . “The Government of India has invited the Governments of Pakistan and Ceylon to send representatives to this informal meeting on February 28.” The British United Press correspondent says it is believed that the Burmese Government has asked for the assistance of its neighbours to put down the rising..
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Greymouth Evening Star, 26 February 1949, Page 5
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