The emergence of the KNU (5)

This post provides the translation of p. 148, chapter 20 of the text ပြည်တွင်းသောင်းကျန်းမှုသမိုင်း (အပိုင်း-၁) (The History of Revolt within the Country - Volume 1), published by the Myanmar Ministry of Information in 1990. The chapter runs 6 pages from page 144 to page 149.

Vocabulary:

သီးသန့် ။ separately, specially; reserved, special
လိုက်လျော ။ to accede to someone's wishes; comply with
ကန့်ကွက် ။ to object, protest
နုတ်ထွက် ။ to resign
ရာဇသံ ။ ultimatum
တွဲဖက် ။ partner, associate; joint
အမှုဆောင် ။ executive

Translation:

The reserved Karen army units did not continue. The Karen State which the Karens had demanded was not at all included in the agreement. In making the agreement, there had not been any consultation with even one Karen.

The decisions of the Karen conference were sent to the royal ministry in London. As the Karens' issue not been agreed to as of March 3rd, 1947, [they] boycotted the State and Division Legislatures and protesting against the [Aung San-Atlee Agreement] and Saw Ba U Gyi gave an ultimatum that he would resign from his position. The Karen conference continued to be held from February 5th, 1947 until the 7th. After that, the KCO, BKNO, KIO and Dawkalu (aka) KNA organisations joined together and formed the Karen National Union on April 6th 1947.

The KNU central leadership members were as follows:

1. Saw San Po Thin, chairperson
2. U Hla Pe, deputy chairperson
3. Saya Tha Hto, secretary
4. Mahn Thein Htun Aung, joint secretary
5. Mahn Ba Khin, Treasurer
6. Saw Ba U Gyi, executive member
7. Saw Tha Din, executive member
8. Mahn Ba Khaing, executive member
9. Mahn Win Maung, executive member
10. Saw Hunter Tha Mwe, executive member
11. Mahn Ba Zahn, executive member
12. Saw Kyaw Sein, executive member
13. Mahn Baw Ee Nyein, executive member
14. Saw San Kay, executive member
15. Saw Sein Tin, executive member
16. Saw Aung Win, executive member
17. Sidney Looney, executive member

Within 10 days, on April 16th 1947, the KNU formed its armed militia the Karen National Defence Organisation. They sent the decisions of the KNU conference not only the British royal ministry but also to the AFPFL government

The KNU's demands included: for Insein, Bago, Hanthawaddy, Phya Bon and Dawei-Myeik regions; to give more than 17 area representatives for the upper house legislature; to allow for 25% ministers in the cabinet; to continue to have Karen reserved army units; to accept the establishment of Karen State; [to appoint] some Karens in all department...