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- ↑ U Myint Thein's death (Myint Thein (Burmese diplomat) )
- ↑ Thein Maung
- ↑ Myint Maung
- ↑ Sett (Burmese diplomat)
- ↑ Tin Oo
- ↑ Hong Liang
- ↑ Wolfgang Bartke , The diplomatic service of the People's Republic of China as of June 1981, Institut für Asienkunde, 1981 – 110 pp. p. 86 p. 13, Embassy of Myanmar en Beijing, , Selected Writings of Retired Ambassador U Thet Tun, p. 21, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China,, China-Myanmar-Relations,
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