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1929
Founder of the Karen National Union Saw Ba U Gyi
room United Kingdom
This photograph of the founder of the Karen National Union, Saw Ba U Gyi, was taken around the time he was called to the bar by the Middle Temple (in London) in 1929. Future Secretary-General U Thant's first experience at peace negotiations was not in New York at the United Nations but near Insein in Rangoon in 1949, when he travelled across the front lines at the request of U Nu to meet with Saw Ba U Gyi as well as his old friend from Pantanaw, Saw Hunter Tha Hmwe.