G. Edward Griffin - The Fearful Master - PDF Archive

When I moved that the draft constitution of the Burma Union should be
approved by the Constituent Assembly, I stated clearly that Burma was
to be a leftist country. . . . In such a leftist country, the production of
commodities is not for the purpose of profit. . . . Briefly, leftism is the
policy by which the world is being turned from the wrong path to the
right path. . . . Lenin and Stalin, when building up Russia, did not use
everything which the found in the writings of Karl Marx. They adopted
what was suitable for Russia. In [Red] China also leftist leaders adopted
what was suitable for that country. Not very long ago when my friend Ko
Ohn went to (Communist] Poland, he was advised by Polish leftists
thus: "We don't go wrong because others go wrong. We do what is
suitable for Poland and we advise Burma to do what is suitable for
Burma."
See what Stalin did to build up Russia's own strength. In 1939, in order
to bring additional strength to Russia, he entered into a non-aggression
treaty even with Hitler. . . . When Trotsky was trying to bring about a
world revolution, he accused Stalin and his followers, who were
endeavoring to strengthen Russia, of being traitors to the revolution. . . .
If we now look back to history, we find that Stalin followed the right
path. 19
U Nu then went on to advocate the following program. Strengthen ties with Soviet Russia;
confiscate all capitalist enterprises in Burma; abolish private ownership of land; form a
league for the propagation of Marxist doctrine; and create a peoples democratic army.
Knowing what kind of political views were held by U Nu, we are now better able to
appreciate the full impact of the following rather innocuous news item that appeared in the
November 16, 1961, issue of the Burma Weekly Bulletin:
Before Burma became independent soon after the Second World War,
U Thant entered the political field upon call by General Aung San and U
Nu. On September 1, 1947, he was made deputy director (press),
information department. As a public servant, U Thant earned reputation
and rapid promotion because of his ability, hard work, simpleness and
good nature. U Thant was promoted as secretary in the same ministry
before becoming the prime minister's secretary on January 1954. In the
year 1952, U Thant went to the seventh session of the U General
Assembly as a member of the Burmese delegation. Since then, he has
traveled widely and generally in the company of Prime Minister U Nu as
a trusted advisor and friend. 20 [Italics added.]
In March of 1962 U Nu was ousted by General Ne Win. This was hardly an anti-
Communist or anti-socialist coup. The new Government merely speeded up the machinery
which U Nu had set in motion. All commercial banks were taken over by the state, all
private industry was declared illegal, and the entire economy was put under "total state
control." 21
After Thant was elected Secretary-General he immediately began to exercise his special
brand of Burmese impartiality. One has almost grown accustomed to the kind of headlines
which appeared on the front page of the Chicago Tribune on December 3, 1962: "Thant
Asks U.S. To Meet Reds at UN: Chides West and Lauds Nikita." 22 Thant blasted the