State power and identification schemes in Rakhine 93 53 Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League, key leaders of the period included Aung San and U Nu. 54 Public statement drafted by Raschid for U Nu contained in the correspondence dated 18/02/1947. 55 Letter from Aung San to Raschid dated 29/03/1946 confirms this visit stating that he has ‘very recently returned from Arakan.’ 56 Also see Siddique, The Rohingya Problem—Why? Speech delivered on 15 Aug 2012 at Thammasat University, Bangkok Available at: www.eurasiareview.com/ 29082012-the-rohingya-problem-why-speech/ (accessed 28/01/2020). 57 Copies of the original records from the ‘Burma Conversations’ of Jan 1947 and the ‘white paper’ pertaining to this are collected and reproduced in Tinker, Griffin et al. (1984). This reference refers to paper 193, 3rd meeting, Record II CAB133/3. 58 Ibid and doc. 218, 5th meeting, Further Statement by the Burma Delegation, L/ PO/9/17. 59 Ibid document 258, Conclusions reached in the Conversations between His Majesty’s Government and the Delegation from the Executive Council of the Governor of Burma, Jan 1947. Cmd. 7029. 60 Two letters from M.A. Raschid to Aung San dated 2 Feb 1947 and 6 Feb 1947. 61 Document 267, Bogyoke Aung San speaks to Press Conference M/4/2590, Tinker, Griffin et al. (1984). 62 Letter dated 19/11/1946 from Raschid to Aung San noting his resignation from Government of India to work with Aung San. Article/obituary of M.A. Rauf, original cutting, ‘Prominent Rangoonite Dies in Toronto.’ Working People’s Daily, 8/6/67. 63 Recorded in the letters, telegrams, and correspondence of Sir Hubert Rance, the last Governor of British Burma, prior to and after the death of Aung San on 19 Jul 1947, collected in Tinker, Griffin et al. (1984). 64 Document 468, Cabinet: India and Burma Committee, I.B (47) 43rd Meeting & Document 533, Cabinet Commonwealth Affairs Committee Paper C.A. (47) in Ibid. 65 Treaty between the Government of the United Kingdom and the Provisional Government of Burma, 1948, Article 3. 66 In47, 26/09/2018, Camp 14 & In40, 24/08/2018, Balukhali. 67 In32, 28/07/2018, Balukhali. 68 Minister of Education prior to independence and Head of Mandalay division of the AFPLF. 69 Close colleague of Aung San and U Nu. Served as Minister in four different departments post-Independence. 70 In44, 25/09/2018, Teknaf. NB. There is no evidence that this conversation actually took place. Imagined dialogues were a common narrative device in the research. 71 Referred to in three focus groups and four interviews. Bibliography Agar, J. (2001). Modern Horrors: British Identity and Identity Cards, in Caplan, J. and Torpey, J. (eds), Documenting Individual Identity: The Development of State Practices in the Modern World. Princeton University Press. 101–120. Alatas, S. H. (2013). The Myth of the Lazy Native: A Study of the Image of the Malays, Filipinos and Javanese from the 16th to the 20th Century and Its Function in the Ideology of Colonial Capitalism. Routledge. Aman Ullah (2024). The History of Rohingya until 1948. Naing Win Htut (Publisher). Amrith, S. S. (2013). Crossing the Bay of Bengal: The Furies of Nature and the Fortunes of Migrants. Harvard University Press.