It's a Ne Win situation. (General Ne Win resigns)

From: U.S. News & World Report | Date: October 3, 1988 | Copyright information

For the long-suffering people of Burma, pulled deeper and deeper into isolation and misery during a quarter-century of rule by Gen. Ne Win, the 77-year-old dictator's sudden resignation in July seemed too good to be true. And that's proving to be the case. Ne Win last week was again riding the tiger that the awakened Burmese population has become, this time not as the out-front autocrat but as the power behind Gen. Saw Maung. As the Ne Win crony took over as head of a junta vo...

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