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Description: "Today a whole new nation is being built in Burma — politically, socially, and economically. Part of the task is physical: to repair war damage and create enough industrial capacity to improve living standards and make out country self-sustaining; an even greater part is social and psychological: to educate a people long held down by colonialism in the ways of democracy and self-development. Because there is very little private capital in Burma, the major responsibility has inevitably fallen upon the Government. Its greatest efforts are now being applied to such fields as these..."
Creator/author: U Thant
Source/publisher: The Atlantic
1958-02-00
Date of entry/update: 2008-11-15
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Category: U Thant
Language: English
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Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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