A wannan lokacin, Burma ta kasance karkashin mulkin soja wanda ya ki amincewa da shi. Shugaban kasar Burma na lokacin Ne Win ya yi hassada game da matsayin Thant na kasa da kasa da kuma girmamawa da jama'ar Burma suka ba shi. Ne Win kuma ya yi fushi da dangantakar Thant da gwamnatin dimokiradiyya ta U Nu wanda Ne Win ya kifar da shi a cikin juyin mulki a ranar 2 ga Maris 1962. Tambaya: Burma ta ki amincewa da girmamawa ga wane mutum ne saboda ana gudanar da shi ta hanyar mulkin soja?
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