Bertil Lintner Collection of Burmese documents

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Bertil Lintner (born 1953) is a Swedish journalist, author and strategic consultant who has been writing about Asia for nearly four decades. He was formerly the Burma (Myanmar) correspondent of the now defunct Far Eastern Economic Review, and Asia correspondent for the Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet and Denmark's Politiken. He currently works as a correspondent for Asia Times.

This collection contains digitized versions of documents about Burma collected by Mr. Lintner.

Source: Bertil Lintner, Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertil_Lintner, accessed January 28, 2021.

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1988 Uprising
(1988)
Newspaper articles from the 1988 uprisings in Burma.
Letter, Jackie Yang to Bertil Lintner
(1985) Yang, Jackie
Correspondence about research on the book entitled The House of Yang
Letter about Kokang History
(1992) Yang, Jackie
Letters, Jackie Yang to Bertil Lintner. I shall answer your questions first re: 1. Jimmy Yang or Yang Kyein Sein. He was born in Kokang (not sure of the exact place) could be Jadiling, in April 1920.
The Burma Road: A Book Proposal
(1980) Law-Yone, Wendy
Using the Burma Road and its colorful history as a backdrop, I intend a book of some 350-400 pages, with photographs, which surveys the Burma road in another, wider context. I mean the road taken by Burma since its independence from a century of colonialism - and the path of one family's history along the Burma road (in both the historic and metaphoric sense). The family would be my own.
The Sino-Burmese Frontier Problem
(American Institute of Pacific Relations, 1957) Kozicki, Richard J.
Late in July 1956, The Nation, an independent and influential Rangoon daily broke the story about Communist Chinese forces in northeastern Burma. Thereafter, and not without embarrassment to the Burmese Government, it waged a vigorous and well-documented campaign in its columns, calling public attention to the fact of Chinese aggression and to the long-standing Sino-Burmese frontier problem.
History of the Chinese Communist Strategy re Sino-Burmese Border Question
(Hong Kong: Research Backgrounder, 1960)
Extensively researched report on Sino-Burmese boundary issue.
Kawthoolei Separatist Stamps
(Thai Philately, 1990) Swanson, Carlos
Article from the Fall 1990 issue of Tahi Philately about Karen National Union Stamps. Document 2 below is a scan of Kawthoolei stamps in color.
Burmese military document
(Loikaw, Karenni State, 1991)
Burmese military document about insurgent activity in Eastern Burma. In Burmese
Handwritten document detailing Burmese military units and their positions
(1988)
Handwritten document given to Bertil Lintner regarding military units and their positions. Date unknown.
Handwritten Letter
(1988)
Letter in Shan about the military and Shan politics.
The Burman Military: Holding the Country Together?
(1988) Yawnghwe, Chao-Tzang
On March 2, 1962, the Burma Army under General Ne Win staged a coup. The principal reason given for this act was that the Union was endangered, hence forcing the military to act in order to "keep the country together". The implication was that the Federal Movement, or the move to amend the 1948 Constitution by the Shan (and supported by all non-Burman leaders and state governments), was either a secessionist plot or that it was in itself a threat to the stability and cohesion of the Burmese Union.
An account of the beginning of the Burma R.N.V.R. and its activities during the war.
(Royal Navy, 1947) Lyle, Captain Kenneth S.
History of the Burmese Navy during the colonial period
Report on arms sales to Burma
(1991)
Account of involvement of Carl Gustav, a Swedish weapons company, with Burmese military? In Swedish
Structure of the Burmese military
(1990)
A handwritten account of details concerning the structure of the Burmese military. In Burmese
Translated title: "Hawkers of Human Hope and We"
(1959)
A Working Paper read to the Seminar on The Defense of our National Ideology By the Director of Education & Psychological Warfare, the Ministry of Defense
Yan Thu Tat Pwe Su Pwe Hmu Sit Inga Sin
(All Burma Students' Democratic Front, 1992) Myin, Aye
Information on the Burmese military, including list of personnel, rank, and assignment. In Burmese
Translated title: "Burmese Political Travels and Ne Win"
(1969)
Excerpt from book with information about Gen Ne Win; text in Burmese.
The Burmese Army, A Profile
(1987) Lintner, Bertil
Short Summary of Armed Groups in Burma, circa 1987. Includes descriptions of Army, Navy, and Air Force troops, plus para-military forces and warlord army.
Burma's Military and the Construction of a Despotic Order: A Master's Thesis Proposal and Outline
(1989) Yawnghwe, Chao-Tzang
Burma has been neglected by the outside world for quite some time, and as a result, the awareness and knowledge of its political system and politics is scanty, and worse, out-dated and marred by stereotyped images. For example, there still persists in writings on Burma, in academic journals even, the perception of the military as modernizers, although such a view has long been seriously questioned and even discredited in the literature of third world military intervention.
The History of Negotiations Since the Start of Insurrection
(Rangoon: The Sunday Nation, 1956-09)
U Nu lays bare past secrets to prove falsity of present rebel "peace" campaign. A major policy speech concerning the Government's attitude towards negotiations with the Communist rebels was made by AFPFL President U Nu yesterday morning at the annual conference of the All-Burma Peasant's Organisation.

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