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SHAN HERALD AGENCY FOR NEWS=20

28 September 1999

Back To The Past - Today

The Armed Forces Staged the First Coup
The Defense Services, led by Gen Ne Win, staged a bloodless coup det'at=20
today, 28 September 1958, and overthrew the elected government of =
Premier U=20
Nu.

U Nu, in his memoirs, "Saturday's Son", revealed that the transfer of =
power=20
by himself was only to legalize the takeover by the Army.

Bamaw Tin Aung, a well known political writer, also exposed the real =
facts=20
behind the scene in his "Windermere Palace Intrigues".

It was believed by observers as Ne Win's attempt to head off any efforts =
by=20
Shans and Karennis to exercise their right of secession, which was=20
enshrined in the 1947 Union Constitution.

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>28 September 1999<BR><BR><STRONG><FONT =
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To The Past - Today<BR><BR></FONT></STRONG>The Armed Forces Staged the =
First=20
Coup<BR>The Defense Services, led by Gen Ne Win, staged a bloodless coup =
det'at=20
<BR>today, 28 September 1958, and overthrew the elected government of =
Premier U=20
<BR>Nu.<BR><BR>U Nu, in his memoirs, "Saturday's Son", revealed that the =

transfer of power <BR>by himself was only to legalize the takeover by =
the=20
Army.<BR><BR>Bamaw Tin Aung, a well known political writer, also exposed =
the=20
real facts <BR>behind the scene in his "Windermere Palace =
Intrigues".<BR><BR>It=20
was believed by observers as Ne Win's attempt to head off any efforts by =

<BR>Shans and Karennis to exercise their right of secession, which was=20
<BR>enshrined in the 1947 Union Constitution.<BR><BR>/// END \\\<BR>For =
further=20
information, please contact S.H.A.N. at:<BR>Shan Herald Agency for =
News.<BR>P.O.=20
Box. 15, Nonghoi P.O., 50007, Chiangmai, Thailand<BR>Ph/Fax: (053) 807=20
121<BR>e-mail: &lt;<A=20
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