Essentially he changed name of Universities Historical Research Dept (my translation) to "Historical Research Central Department" and moved it from the Ministry of Education to "The Ministry of Culture."
Anthropologist Gustaaf Houtman said recently that after 1988 "Culture" as defined by junta, of course, replaced the 1962-1988 BSPP (Burma Socialist Program Party) policies.
Maybe personnel changes will follow -- certainly a re-writing of history from the junta's perspective. I know that HRCD (may not be real name) was headed by Daw Ni Ni Myint, widow of Gen. Ne Win, and Dr. Than Nyun (British Socialist??) trained economist was minister of education -- has been under travel sanctions to USA since 1988.
I will find out more at upcoming Burma Studies Conference -- but as many commentators now realize, the Sr. Gen. is not to be underestimated.
kmk
