sentences:  In Kathmandu he invented the sport of duck racing.He was posted as ambassador to Burma in 1974 and was appalled by the regime of General Ne Win, whom he was obliged to meet officially on many occasions.Among his friends there were U Myint Thein, a former Chief Justice, and Daw Khin Kyi, the widow of Aung San and mother of Aung San Suu Kyi.