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[[J. S. Wilson]], Director of the [[World Scout Bureau|Boy Scouts International Bureau]], visited Burma in 1952. Wilson's sole journey outside Rangoon was to fly to [[Myaungmya]] in the Delta. Scouting in that district was due to the enthusiasm of a [[Gurkha]] Preventive Officer, who formed all the official and influential men in the town into a Local Association. Many of those auxiliary leaders were given preliminary Scout training, and Scouters and Guiders received more intensive training, while he apprenticed a successor as District Commissioner. Wilson met Bluebirds and Guides, Cubs and Scouts at a refugee village rapidly becoming a cooperative settlement; Guides and Scouts in their own locale; as well as a little band of Scouts in the compound of a [[Vihara|Buddhist monastery]] across the river. | [[J. S. Wilson]], Director of the [[World Scout Bureau|Boy Scouts International Bureau]], visited Burma in 1952. Wilson's sole journey outside Rangoon was to fly to [[Myaungmya]] in the Delta. Scouting in that district was due to the enthusiasm of a [[Gurkha]] Preventive Officer, who formed all the official and influential men in the town into a Local Association. Many of those auxiliary leaders were given preliminary Scout training, and Scouters and Guiders received more intensive training, while he apprenticed a successor as District Commissioner. Wilson met Bluebirds and Guides, Cubs and Scouts at a refugee village rapidly becoming a cooperative settlement; Guides and Scouts in their own locale; as well as a little band of Scouts in the compound of a [[Vihara|Buddhist monastery]] across the river. | ||
Burma sent a representative to the 1957 Far East Scouters' Regional Pow-Wow held at Sutton Park, England. By [[1959]] the nation counted 13,889 members, and the [[Yangon University|University of Rangoon]] in [[1960]] hosted the Second Far East Regional Scout Conference, with the First Far East Professional Scouters Training Conference held at [[Inya Lake|Inyale]] Camp in Rangoon as an ancillary event. U Tin Tun represented UBBS in the five-man Far East Scout Advisory Committee (FESAC). Burma's | Burma sent a representative to the 1957 Far East Scouters' Regional Pow-Wow held at Sutton Park, England. By [[1959]] the nation counted 13,889 members, and the [[Yangon University|University of Rangoon]] in [[1960]] hosted the Second Far East Regional Scout Conference, with the First Far East Professional Scouters Training Conference held at [[Inya Lake|Inyale]] Camp in Rangoon as an ancillary event. U Tin Tun represented UBBS in the five-man Far East Scout Advisory Committee (FESAC). Burma's U Ba Htay was elected one of the very earliest chairmen of FESAC, which would later become the [[Asia-Pacific Region]], and served from [[1958]] to [[1960]]. Boy and Girl Scouts in Burma merged in [[1962]] to form the coeducational '''Union of Burma Boy Scouts and Girl Guides''', which was active until [[1964]], reaching a membership high-point of 93,562. | ||
[[Image:BurmaCubScout.jpg|thumb|Burmese Cub Scout badge]] | [[Image:BurmaCubScout.jpg|thumb|Burmese Cub Scout badge]] | ||