Document 4: Letter from Aung San to Supreme Allied Commander Regarding Conversion of BNA to Burma Army

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Editor's Preface vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Document 1: Blue Print for Burma 19
6. Document 2: Defence of Burma, January 30,1945 23
7. Document 3: Major General Aung San Pledges to Fight for Country 28
8. Document 4: Letter from Aung San to Supreme Allied Commander Regarding Conversion of BNA to Burma Army 30
9. Document 5: Memorandum on the Proposed Reorganization of Burma Patriotic Forces 32
10. Document 6: Agreed Conclusions Reached Between the Supreme Allied Commander, SEA, and Major General Aung San at a Meeting at HQ SEAC, Kandy, on Friday, 7th September 1945 35
11. Document 7: Exchange of Letters Between Adm. Mountbatten and General Aung San 39
12. Document 8: Statement of General Aung San, Commander, PVO, May 8,1946 42
13. Document 9: U Aung San's Explanation of the Break Between the AFPFL and the Burma Communist Party 46
14. Document 10: Four Speeches of U Aung San on the Aung San-Attlee Agreement of January 27,1947 53
15. Document 11: U Aung San's Appeal to Pay Land Revenue, Rent, and Agricultural Loans 60
16. Document 12: U Aung San's Burmese New Year's Day Speech, April 17,1947, following AFPFL Victory in the Constituent Assembly Election 63
17. Document 13: The Fourteen Points 67
18. Document 14: Summary and Quotations from Aung San's Concluding Speech to AFPFL Convention, May 23,1947 70
19. Document 15: Bogyoke's Seven Points 72
20. Document 16: Burma's Challenge 74