GENERAL NE WIN AND HIS WIFE BEING GREETED AT NEW DELHI'S AIRPORT BY THE PRESIDENT DR. RADHAKRISHAN AND THE INDIAN PREMIER MR. SHASTRI. IT ALSO SHOWS HIM LATER LAYING A WREATH AT THE RAJ GHAT AND THEN HAVING HIS FIRST DISCUSSION WITH MR. SHASTRI.




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Background: GENERAL NE WIN, CHAIRMAN OF BURMA'S REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL ARRIVED IN NEW DELHI YESTERDAY, (FRIDAY), TO BEGIN AN EIGHT DAY STATE VISIT TO INDIA. GENERAL NE WIN, WHO HAS RARELY LEFT BURMA SINCE HE TOOK OVER EXECUTIVE POWER IN 1962. IS TO FACE A BUSY PROGRAMME INCLUDING A SERIES OF TALKS WITH INDIAN LEADERS.

BURMA AND INDIA HAVE ENJOYED CLOSE RELATIONS TRADITIONALLY, AND THERE WAS A WARM WELCOME AT THE AIRPORT FOR THE VISITORS. AFTER INTRODUCTIONS TO CABINET MINISTERS, GENERAL NE WIN TOOK THE SALUTE OF A MARCH PAST OF A GUARD OF HONOUR.

AFTER LEAVING THE AIRPORT HE DROVE TO THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE, (RAJ GHAT) WHERE HE LAID A WREATH AT THE MEMORIAL TO MAHATMA GANDHI. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, MR. SHASTRI CALLED ON GENERAL NE WIN, FOR THE FIRST OF THEIR TALKS WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO COVER POLITICAL AND TRADE ISSUES.