NEW PREMIER IN BURMA
MAJORITY OF CABINET RETAINED (Reed. 9.30 p.m.) Rangoon. Jan. 19 The Governor called on Sir Paw Tun to form a Government. The detained Premier Usaw, who is 41 years old, is reported to have become an admirer of Hitler after reading "Mein Kampf.” He planned to introduce several National Socialist reforms in Burma. Sir Paw Tun stated that he was retaining the outgoing Ministers in an enlarged Cabinet. He had the full cooperation and sympathy of his colleagues. He gSved at Usaw's detention, and in his absen c he had pursued the policy Usaw laid down ami had partially executed. Sir Paw Tun added that he realised that he must not let the country down at the most crucial moment of her history
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 17, 21 January 1942, Page 5
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