Secretary-General U Thant Visits Burma

Secretary-General U Thant this week visited Burma at the invitation of the Burmese Government. While there he exchanged views with General Ne Win and other members of the Cabinet, spent some time with his family and paid homage at the great Shwedagon Pagoda. This was his second visit to Rangoon since he left seven years ago and his first as Secretary-General.
Secretary-General U Thant and his 81-year-o1d mother, Daw Nan Thaung, are seen during a religious ceremony at the Chauk-Htat-Gyi Pagoda. As part of the ceremony U Thant served meals to monks, offered them monetary gifts and, in accordance with with the custom at the beginning of the Buddhist Lent, offered one full set of robes to the presiding monk. He also served meals to 1,200 friends and relatives at the ceremony.