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SHAN HERALD AGENCY FOR NEWS

17 October 1999

No: 10 - 17

Back To The Past-Today

17 October 1947

Nu-Atlee Agreement for Burma's Independence Signed

Today, 52 years ago, a treaty recognizing independence of Burma was =
signed=20
by the Right Honorable Clement Richard Atlee, Prime Minister of the =
United=20
Kingdom and the Honorable Thakin Nu, Prime Minister of the Provisional=20
Government of Burma.

The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern =
Ireland=20
agreed "to invite Parliament to pass legislation at an early date =
providing=20
that Burma shall become an independent state".

Burma Independence Bill stipulated that Burma would become independent =
on=20
"the fourth day of January, nineteen hundred and forty-eight", a country =

"neither forming part of His Majesty's dominions nor entitled to His=20
Majesty's protection".

The treaty was signed in London.

It was also reported that the Panglong Agreement, signed between Aung =
San,=20
U Nu's predecessor, and the non-Burman representatives, on 12 February=20
together with their ratification of the draft constitution of future =
Burma=20
on 24 September, had helped to secure the Anglo-Burman treaty.

Shan Herald Agency for News.=20


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<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial><BR>Today, 52 years ago, a =
treaty=20
recognizing independence of Burma was signed <BR>by the Right Honorable =
Clement=20
Richard Atlee, Prime Minister of the United <BR>Kingdom and the =
Honorable Thakin=20
Nu, Prime Minister of the Provisional <BR>Government of =
Burma.<BR><BR>The=20
Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland=20
<BR>agreed "to invite Parliament to pass legislation at an early date =
providing=20
<BR>that Burma shall become an independent state".<BR><BR>Burma =
Independence=20
Bill stipulated that Burma would become independent on <BR>"the fourth =
day of=20
January, nineteen hundred and forty-eight", a country <BR>"neither =
forming part=20
of His Majesty's dominions nor entitled to His <BR>Majesty's=20
protection".<BR><BR>The treaty was signed in London.<BR><BR>It was also =
reported=20
that the Panglong Agreement, signed between Aung San, <BR>U Nu's =
predecessor,=20
and the non-Burman representatives, on 12 February <BR>together with =
their=20
ratification of the draft constitution of future Burma <BR>on 24 =
September, had=20
helped to secure the Anglo-Burman treaty.<BR><BR>Shan Herald Agency for =
News.=20
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