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Show I I A The Salt Lake Tribune, Sundav. March r 11, 1973 - 1 f ? 1 r V -- s 1 , Coach Half of U.S. Team as in Burma Tennis U.S. Takes Weird Forms By Robert Kay lor I nited Press International American RANGOON for- eign aid programs hae been known to take some strange forms, but a few months ago Roddy Dulany, 25, found himself on his way to Burma in one of the strangest twists yet Dulany is a tennis coach He is also exactly half of the I' S. assistance manpower in Burma at the moment The other half is a usiting profes sor of mathematics at Rangoon s Arts and Sciences University Dulany spends most of his time getting Burma's seven-manational tennis team ready for the Southeast Asia peninsular games this fall. The Math professor is Uarl Townsend. 37. often have to measure their influence here in terms of how many people like Dulany and Townsend they have in the country'. The European communist nations are doing better than the West at the moment Measure of Influence It says a lot about Burma's relations with the outside world that foreign powers neutralist image, often shuns monetary foreign aid, although it could be put to good use m the undernourished n VJI2A7 CCLLD C2 7AI rrn Burma's government, anxious to preserve its extreme f nmm7 r n rmr r? econoim. One thing you tan say about Burma, says a foreign It does not diplomat here, have its hand out as some underdeveloped countries do. Even equipment, military which it sorely needs to keep up with the insurgency problem. is on a strictly cash and carry basis these days." Scrupulously Neutral In the sort of cultural and sports programs that Dulany and Townsend are carrying on, the Burmese are scrupulously neutral. West Germany has a soccer coach m Burma at the moment while East Germany has a track coach The Russians are coaching gymnastics. Ping Pong, naturally. is handled by a Chinese coach. one The exception to Burmas standoffishness about foreign aid is Japan. The Japanese are now the biggest aid donors to Burma. They are currently spending SI 1 million to finance offshore oil exploration for the Burmese They signed a deal last year to finance four industrial projects totalling $6 million, and have provided other loans. Want Resources major interest in Burma is in natural resources, which are largely untapped. Japan's dazzling spiral of a All of 14 Karat gold Zales EAP-2- r aLr Master Charge PHONE 1 4 oltonuood Mam Mall fashion haw Mai! Mall liounlifiil. .VINiiiiU Ogdrn & Prmo BUILDING e 1 VELVET CHAIR HIGH-BAC- in STYLING K 46 exciting Available colors of velvet Elegant high-ba- tufted luxury, NAUGAHYDE TUXEDO SOFA FACTORY DIRECT cushions, reversible Rea $199 for Buy at the Sofa Factory bock only Made in our own Salt Lake No middleman factory! costs, no freight costs Fine construction, exceptional value. Reg. $199. . Both Townsend and Dulany shy away from any discussion of politics with their students .Dulany has found there are strict fraternization rules and that Burmese tennis players are forbidden to play on tennis courts maintained by foreign missions here without I I 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. ; trass! 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China offered Burma an million interest-freloan 1961. in When the two countries had a falling out in 1967, $55 million was left. It remains unspent today. The Russians have one major aid project now underway, $1.7 million refurbish a tin and tungsten mine. The Soviet Union is far ahead in the cultural sweep-stakethrough. Townsend is the first American professor to teach here in 11 years. The Russians send scholars regularly $S4 CIIAlfHEL-EACI- The United Stales has spent about $112 million over-al- l on aid to Burma. The Burmese bought 20 T33 jet fighters from the United States on S I2'l Ni. 487-985- MAGfllFICENT helping to supply nationalist Chinese troops who were basing themselves along the Chinese border. RMi4nJ pwautt . Iktviiimtn. LUXURY VELVET years in 1953 when the Burmese charged the CIA was Five convenient ways to buy. Custom Charge BankAmencard Zilei Revolving Charge Projects Wind Down The last U.S. aid projects, constructing a new University of Natural Sciences campus and a teak mill, are now winding down. America's aid fortunes m Burma have had their ups and doums. The program came to Constellation bridal set, 3 diamonds $325 C. Constellation bndal set, 12 diamonds $625 D. Constellation bridal set, 4 diamonds $189.95 B. V mid-197- The Burmese, seeing a market in Japan, are willing. diamonds 14 congressional terms and there were some U S. military men in Rangoon to supervise the aid. but that program is now ended and the last GI left in er Sugar House Valley Provo Center-Bountif- ul |