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in China in 1949. Burma accepted foreign assistance in rebuilding the country in these early years, but continued American support for the Chinese Nationalist military presence in Burma finally resulted in the country rejecting most foreign aid, refusing to join the
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Army hardliners now saw the 'threat' of the CPB coming to an agreement with U Nu through the NUF, and in the end U Nu "invited" Army Chief of Staff General
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By 1958, the country was largely beginning to recover economically, but was beginning to fall apart politically due to a split in the
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states: "The official language of the Union shall be Burmese, provided that the use of the English language may be permitted."
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of 1955. Burma generally strove to be impartial in world affairs and was one of the first countries in the world to recognise
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movement insisting on the government honouring the right to secession in ten years provided for by the 1947 Constitution.
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successfully stabilised the situation and paved the way for new general elections in 1960 that returned U Nu's
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to take over the country. Over 400 "communist sympathisers" were arrested, of which 153 were deported to the
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groups, but more significantly by the PVO surrendering their arms. The situation became very unstable in
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of their feudal powers in exchange for comfortable pensions for life in 1959. He staged a
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with a large majority. The situation did not remain stable for long, when the
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insurgencies. Prominent insurgent groups during this period include the
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also disappeared mysteriously after being stopped at a checkpoint near
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