CONFIDENTIAL
GRPS 451
CYPHER CAT A
FM RANGOON 1509152
CONFIDENTIAL
3
TO ROUTINE FCO TELIO 125 OF 15 AUGUST INFO BANGKOK WASHINGTON
PEKING
MY TELNO 118(NOT TO ALL); SENATOR, MANSFIELD'S VISIT
1. FOUR DAY VISIT TOOK PLACE AS PLANNED, MINIMUM
PUBLICITY WAS GIVEN. SENATOR CALLED ON PRESIDENT U NE WIN,
AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE, WHO LATER GAVE A DINNER FOR HIM. PROGRAMME WHICH COVERED A WEEKEND AND INCLUDED VISIT TO PAGAN AFFORDED LITTLE OPPORTUNITY FOR SERIOUS DISCUSSION.
2. US CHARGE TELLS ME THAT THE PRESIDENT WOULD NOT BE DRAWN ON THE SUBJECT OF CHINA OR THE OBJECT OF THE BURMESE FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT THERE. HE HOWEVER SAID THAT CHINESE MATERIAL. ASSISTANCE TO THE BURMA COMMUNIST PARTY WAS WANING: THAT THEY WERE THE ONLY GROUP OF INSURGENTS CAUSING SERIOUS CONCERN: AMD THAT THE BURMESE WERE MAKING A CONSIDERABLE EFFORT AGAINST
THEM.
3.
PRESIDENT CATALOGUED THE ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES BURMA IS FACING, BUT CHANGED THE POINT WHEN IS LISTENERS EXPECTED HIM TO TO SAY WHERE THE REMEDY LAY.
40
NOTHING WAS SAID OF INTEREST ABOUT INDO-CHINA, ON ASEAN PRESIDENT SAID THAT BURMA''S BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH THE MEMBER STATES WERE SATISFACTORY
AND SUFFICIENT FOR THE TIME DE ING.
5. THE SENATOR WAS IMPRESSED BY WHAT THE BURMESE
TOLD HIM OF THE USE THEY WOULD MAKE OF THE HELICOPTERS WHICH THE US GOVERNMENT HAVE PRESENTED FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE
TRADE IN MARCOTICS. SOME OF THE HELICOPTERS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED, THIS SHOULD 3S USEFUL TO THE ADMINISTRATION IN CONGRESS.
S
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE SENATOR IS TO PRESENT HIS REPORT
TO PRESIDENT FORD LATER THIS MONTH.
FCO PLEASE PASS
CHICK
FILES
SEAD
NAD
SED
MED
HKIOD FED
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
CONFIDENTIAL
Page 45Page 46
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.