Table of Contents:- POLITICAL CRISIS Rangoon Curfew Ordered 2 Schools Closed 2 Bo Ya Naing Interviewed 2 Sangha Appeals for Calm 2 Bo Taya Interviewed 2 Government Appeals for Calm 3 BSPP Central Committee Session 3 Pyithu Hluttaw Session 3 Moslem Appeal for Calm 5 Commission Formed 5 Health Minister Resigns 6 Dr. Maung Maung's Address 6 Extraordinary Meetings Called 7 Referendum Commission 7 Oppositionists Address Rallies 7 Students Organize 7 Mass Rally for Democracy 7 U Nu Founds Group 8 Sangha Organizes 8 DISTURBANCES AND PUBLIC ORDER Disturbances in Rangoon 8 Detainees Released 11 Disturbances outside Rangoon 11 Two-Way Security Traffic 14 False Rumors 15 DIPLOMATIC Indonesian Show Postponed 15 Japan Approves Referendum 15 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Pagan Symposium Ends 15 Air Traffic Conference 16 Hotels Planned 16 FOREIGN VISITORS China Border Trade Agreement 16 BURMESE DELEGATIONS FAO Delegation 16 BURMA GAZETTE Appointments 16 Appointments Confirmed 16 Appointment and Transfer 17 GOVERNMENT War Veterans Meet 17 U Aye Ko in Charge 17 By-elections in Thaton 17 Passport Rules Eased 17 Multi-Party System Denounced 17 Newspapers Denationalized 18 MILITARY Bomb in Mandalay 18 British Trained Saboteurs 18 Insurgents Surrender 18 BCP Bandits Seized 18 KNU-Mon Insurgent Clashes 18 ECONOMIC Food Distribution 20 Public Pay Raised 20 Construction Expenditures 20 Foreign Exchange Accounts 20 Cooking Oil Arriving 20 New Pension Arrangements 20 Rice Prices Stabilized 20 Private Movie Theatres 21 Remittances from Seamen 21 Reconditioned Car Imports 21 Irrigation Statistics 21 Agricultural Inputs 21 Wholesaler Rules Eased 22 Co-Operative Statistics 22 Sawmills Returned to Owners 22 Private Contractors 22 Private Timber Cutters 22 Livestock Breeding Statistics 22 Timber Exports 22 Exhorbitant Prices 23 Rainfall in Rangoon 23 CULTURAL Konbaung Period Writers 23 Neolithic Axe Find Described 25 SPORTS Olympic Chairman Named 25 MISCELLANEOUS Crime News 26 Obituaries 26 Earthquakes 26 Fire in Rangoon 26 Motor Schooner Sinks 26 RECENT CHRONOLOGY...............26