The BurmaNet News: April 25, 1996
Issue #392

Noted in Passing:

                I personally know many Japanese who are as ready to
                reject what is ugly as to accept what is beautiful.  But I
                cannot help thinking that such a sense of discrimination
                is lacking in those who seek to promote business with
                Burma these days. - Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
                (see MAINICHI: LETTER FROM BURMA, #22)

HEADLINES:
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MAINICHI DAILY NEWS: LETTER FROM BURMA, #22
REUTER: U.N.ASSAILS BURMA OVER HUMAN RIGHTS
INDEPENDENT REPORT: RESPONSE TO PEPSI! OUT OF MYANMAR
THE NATION: REBELS CUT SLORC TROOPS' SUPPLY LINE
S.H.A.N : FORCED LABOUR IN KE SEE TOWNSHIP
S.H.A.N : BURMESE TROOPS STEP 4-CUTS POLICY
THE NATION: TWO BURMESE OFFICERS MOVED OVER MISSING DRUG
THE NATION: MITSUI EYES VN, BURMA
BKK POST: MEMBER OF BURMESE ARMY'S ORIGINAL '30 COMRADES'
REQUEST: BURMA GROUP CONTACTS, TOURISM GROUP INFO
BKK POST: BURMA MISSION
BKK POST: GOODWILL SOCCER
BKK POST: MALAYISA SAVES STARVING BURMESE
BKK POST: HEROIN SEIZURES
FBC: HOW TO SUBSCRIBE TO FREE-BURMA LISTSERV
WWW: SLORC HOMEPAGE INVITES YOUR COMMENTS, QUESTIONS
WWW: BURMASONG PAGE
WWW: FRENCH CONNECTION FBC
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MAINICHI DAILY NEWS: LETTER FROM BURMA, #22
By Aung San Suu Kyi
April 22, 1996
From: brelief@gol.com (Ken and Visakha Kawasaki)

"BUSINESSMEN CAN ONLY REAP WHAT THEY SOW"

The beautiful and the ugly

Years ago, during a lesson on the Japanese tea ceremony at
Oxford, our teacher showed us colored slides of ceramic
bowls fashioned by a master craftsman. The bowls had been
photographed in the home of the master himself and the
exquisite restraint of their beauty contrasted incongruously
with the loud vulgarity of the modern carpet on which the
master planted his feet and, consciously or unconsciously,
feasted his eyes each day. Our teacher, an American who
had lived and studied in Japan many years to qualify as a
master of the tea ceremony, laughed at our baffled expres-
sions and remarked that some people only knew what was
beautiful, they did not know what was ugly.

Our teacher spoke chiefly of aesthetic matters. He
contrasted the clashing colors and rampant designs of
elaborate brocades with the elegance of plain, dark fabrics
printed with simple geometric patterns or discreet emblems;
he compared garish neon - lit city areas with cool gardens of
moss covered rocks and old pines. The tea ceremony with
its spirit of wakei seijaku illustrated the necessity of
removing all that is ugly or disharmonious before reaching
out to a beauty that is both visual and spiritual.

The fundamental principle of aesthetics which we learnt
from our teacher, that to acquire truly good taste one has to
be able to recognize both ugliness and beauty, is applicable
to the whole range of human experience. It is important to
understand both what should be rejected and what should be
accepted. I personally know many Japanese who are as ready to
reject what is ugly as to accept what is beautiful.  But I cannot help
thinking that such a sense of discrimination is lacking in those who
seek to promote business with Burma these days.

What do these advocates of precipitate economic
engagement see when they look at our country? Perhaps
they merely see the picturesque scenery, the instinctive
smiles with which Burmese generally greet visitors, the new
hotels, the cheap labor and what appear to them as golden
opportunities for making money. Perhaps they do not know
of the poverty in the countryside, the hapless people whose
homes have been razed to make way for big vulgar
buildings, the bribery and corruption that is spreading like a
cancerous growth, the lack of equity that makes the so -
called open market economy very, very open to some and
hardly ajar to others, the harsh and increasingly lawless
actions taken by the authorities against those who seek
democracy and human rights, the forced labor projects
where men, women and children toil away without financial
compensation under hard taskmasters in scenes reminiscent
of the infamous railway of death of the Second World War.
It is surprising that those who pride themselves on their
shrewdness and keen eye for opportunity cannot discern the
ugly symptoms of a system that is undermining the moral
and intellectual fiber and, consequently, the economic
potential of our nation. If businessmen do not care about the
numbers of political prisoners in our country they should at
least be concerned that the lack of an effective legal
framework means there is no guarantee of fair business
practice or, in cases of injustice, of reparation. If
businessmen do not care that our standards of health and
education are deteriorating, they should at least be
concerned that the lack of a healthy, educated labor force
will inevitably thwart sound economic development. If
businessmen do not care that we have to struggle with the
difficulties of a system that gives scant attention to the well
- being of the people, they should at least be concerned that
the lack of necessary infrastructure and an underpaid and
thereby corrupt bureaucracy hampers quick, efficient
transactions. If businessmen do not care that our workers are
exposed to exploitation, they should at least be concerned
that a dissatisfied labor force will eventually mean social
unrest and economic instability.

To observe businessmen who come to Burma with the
intention of enriching themselves is somewhat like watching
passers - by in an orchard roughly stripping off blossoms for
their fragile beauty, blind to the ugliness of despoiled
branches, oblivious of the fact that by their action they are
imperilling future fruitfulness and committing an injustice
against the rightful owners of the trees. Among these
despoilers are big Japanese companies. But they do not
represent the best of Japan. I have met groups of Japanese,
both young and old, anxious to find out for themselves the
true state of affairs in our country, prepared to look straight
at both the beautiful and the ugly. At the weekend public
meetings that take place outside my gate, there are usually a
number of Japanese sitting in the broiling sun and, although
they cannot understand Burmese, paying close and
courteous attention to all that is going on. And when, at the
end of the meeting, many of them come up to me to say:
ganbatte kudasai, I am strengthened by the knowledge that
our struggle has the support of Japanese people in whom the
sense of moral aesthetics is very much alive.

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REUTER: U.N.ASSAILS BURMA OVER HUMAN RIGHTS
April 23, 1996
From: Julien H Moe <JulienMoe@AOL.COM>

GENEVA, April 23 (Reuter) - The U.N.'s highest human rights forum
expressed its grave concern on Tuesday at ``extremely serious'' human rights
violations in Burma including forced labour and abuse of women.

    In a resolution adopted by consensus, the 53-state U.N. Human Rights
Commission urged Burma's military government to release all political
prisoners immediately and allow them to ``participate in the process of
national reconciliation.''

    The Commission welcomed the release of opposition leader Aung San Suu
Kyi, the Nobel peace prize winner released after five years of house
detention last July.

    But it said it deplored the fact that many political leaders, including
elected representatives of Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, remained
deprived of their liberty.

    The Commission urged Burma to ``put an end to the impunity of
perpetrators of violations of human rights, including members of the
military.''

    It also said that all persons, without discrimination, should be afforded
a free trial, and called for prison conditions in Burma to be improved.

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INDEPENDENT REPORT: RESPONSE TO PEPSI! OUT OF MYANMAR,
ONLY-WHY?
April 25, 1996
by L. Huron

This is a response to A.K. Ye Naung's commentary which was posted on
soc.culture.burma and burmanet-l a few days ago.  He argued that
outsiders should not boycott Pepsi and other transnational companies
operating in Burma, because the situation in Burma is far better than the
activists claim.  I disagree.

>But to my amazement the majority of its citizens were very
>optimistic and confident of the new policies their government
>has implemented and many of them were happy with the
>steadily developing economy especially the private sectors.

I can't help but wonder with whom A.K. Ye Naung talked to on his last
trip to Burma.  My experience could not have been more different.
While people overwhelmingly support the idea of a free economy, they
have no confidence in the SLORC to implement it properly.  Why?
Because the SLORC is not creating a free economy.  They are creating
an economy which is open only to their cronies and those who can pay
them off.

When Aung San Suu Kyi met with a foreign visitor recently, she gave
two examples of business proposals that were rejected when proposed
by ordinary citizens.  The business plans were then taken over by scions
of the SLORC and the necessary permits were quickly issued.  One example
is Living Colour, a boutique in Rangoon which sells very expensive, designer
clothes from the West.  This boutique is run by Secretary-1 Khin Nyunt's
son and the son of Colonel Kyaw Win, Ne Win's former physician.  In another
instance, an application for a permit for a ball bearings factory was
rejected,
but later given to someone with better connections to the SLORC.

>Whether Myanmar is a full fledged democratic country or
>not is not the arguing point at this moment. What we have to
>keep in our mind is that a high percentage of business is now in
>the hands of the private business sector and these are the
>people who are now steadily growing and forming a strong
>middle class level.

Most people in Rangoon say otherwise.  The buying power of the majority
of the people is declining as inflation escalates and wages remain stagnant.
Most can only afford to buy meat once a week or once every two weeks,
and even eggs have become a special treat.  Everyone I talked to agreed
that their buying power was far greater in 1988, before the SLORC took over.

The middle class has shrunk as most people have sunk into poverty
and a few have gained an enormous amount of wealth, primarily through
black market dealings and the development of hotels and industry on
choice pieces of land.

And where did the land for these businesses come from?  Much of it
was expropriated by the state and then sold or given to members
and relations of the SLORC.  The new market in Mandalay is a good
example.  After the old market was torn down and a new, five story
structure built, and all the former vendors had to pay 200,000 kyat to
claim a stall in the market, plus 200 kyat a month in rent.  But the municipal

SLORC authorities reserved 25 key stalls on the ground floor for themselves
and later sold most of them for prices of 2 to 2.5 million kyat each.

In Shan state, huge tracts of land are being expropriated by regional
commanders, and villagers are ordered to move without receiving any
compensation.  These pieces of land are then being developed into
plantations and resorts.  The former residents are living in slum-like
conditions around Taunggyi airport and elsewhere.

A trip to one of the satellite towns outside Rangoon should disabuse
Ye Naung of his idea that people feel confidence in SLORC policies.
These people, who were forcibly relocated from their Rangoon residences,
are living in conditions which can only be descibed as worse than the
refugee camps on the Thai-Burma border.

There is no running water, no electricity for most people, and no work.
Residents must spend considerable time and money getting into Rangoon
every day for their jobs.  One health worker who has worked in the
satellite towns said that an informal survey indicated that residents spend
an average of 30% of their incomes on medicine because of the high
levels of malnutrition and the unhygenic conditions in the satellite towns.
She went on to say that life in the satellite towns is worse than in refugee
camps because people never know when an official will come knocking
on their door.

Fear, not confidence, characterizes the present climate in Burma.  Am I
going to be taken as a porter? a "voluntary" recruit for the army? arrested
for criticizing the government? am I going to be able to buy rice tomorrow?
am I going to lose all my savings in another devaluation? am I going to
be ordered to move again?

Yes, most people want an open market economy.  But as long as the SLORC
is in power, the economy will never be truly open.  Only a return to democracy
can provide the framework for a genuinely open economy and a system in
which everyone can have confidence - because they all have a voice.

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THE NATION: REBELS CUT SLORC TROOPS' SUPPLY LINE IN SHAN
STATE
April 24, 1996
Reuter

BURMESE troops at former opium warlord Khun Sa's jungle
headquarters are facing a critical food shortage as anti-
government guerrillas harass and cut their supply lines,
Thai and guerrilla sources said yesterday.

The government troops in Ho Mong, 350 km northeast of
Rangoon, have asked Thailand to open its nearby border to
allow supplies to come through, sources said.

"The (Thai) interior ministry is now considering the Burmese
demand, but I don't know if the ministry will allow border
checkpoints to open or not," said a Thai provincial official
speaking from Mae Hong Son.

The official, who refused to be identified, said the Burmese
forces at Ho Mong in southern Shan state first asked for the
border to open last month.

Shan guerrilla sources said anti-Rangoon rebels, most of
whom are remnants of Khun Sa's powerful army who did not
surrender to the government with him, were cutting supply
lines to Ho Mong where the government has set up a garrison.

"They're having a lot of problems getting supplies in to Ho
Mong," one Thai-based Shan source said.

"Because of that they're asking the Thais to open the border,"
he said. Ho Mong is about 15km from the Thai border.

The Shan source said about 1,000 former fighters in Khun
Sa's army, led by an officer called Yod Seuk, were behind
the attacks on the government supply lines.

"They're very stubborn fighters and very good at this
guerrilla-style warfare in the mountains," he said.

The Shan opposition source said Burmese troops had executed
several village headmen in the area in reprisal for the rebel ambushes.

Another Shan guerrilla source said Karenni rebels in Kayah
state had joined forces with their Shan colleagues to attack
the government supply lines.

A resident of Ho Mong who recently slipped across the border
into Thailand said most civilians in the town had left due
to the food shortage and the 2,000-strong Burmese garrison
there was living on meagre rations.

Burmese troops moved Burmese troops moved into Ho Mong at
the beginning of January after Khun Sa surrendered to the government.

More than 10,000 of his troops surrendered along with him,
according to Burmese government figures. But many others
took to the hills to continue the campaign for Shan
independence which Khun Sa has now abandoned.

The former drug lord, who international anti-narcotics
agencies said controlled about half of Burma's annual opium
crop, is now living in a heavily-guarded Rangoon house,
according to diplomats in the Burmese capital. (TN)

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S.H.A.N : FORCED LABOUR IN KE SEE TOWNSHIP
March 31,1996
From: "SHAN<H.NG.P  SPM" <100706.1311@CompuServe.COM>

Since March 1,1996, SLORC troops stationed at Nam Mon village,
Murng Nang circle, Ke See township, ordered 2 villagers from each of the
12 villages to take turns and every day to work in their camps up till
present.
The work includes fetching water, cutting and splitting firewood, collecting
vegetables in the forest, cooking, dishwashing, clothes washing, etc.

Also on March 1, 1996, the SLORC at Murng Nang, Ke See township
ordered each person from every household to build tents ( at intervals of 20
to 40 yards) and stand guard along the motor road from Murng Nong up
to Pang Phone camp ( an old UWSA encampment ), 22 miles away from
Murng Nong and situated on Murng Nong-Lai Kha motor road. They are to
look out for, and gather information about MTA breakaway groups that have
not surrendered to SLORC.

EXTORTION IN KE SEE TOWNSHIP

Since the beginning of 1996, SLORC troops stationed at Murng Nang, Ke See
township have ordered the villager to provide them with 2 viss of pork and 2
viss of beef for every five days from the following 3 village circles in Ke
See
township; Murng Nang, Ho Pong and Wan Zard circles. And, starting from
mid-February, people who grow opium in the 3 circles have to pay tax to the
Burmese troops from 20,000 kyats up to 50, 000 kyats according to the numbers
of
households in village. Opium farms of those who do not pay tax will be
destroyed, but those who pay tax are free to grow as much as they like.

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S.H.A.N : BURMESE TROOPS STEP 4-CUTS POLICY
31 March, 1996
From: "SHAN<H.NG.P  SPM" <100706.1311@CompuServe.COM>

Since early March 1996, SLORC troops have been tightening the long imposed
four-cuts policy over the people of middle and northern Shan State. The most
affected are areas of Khum Pang, Kong Lurn, Murng Nang, Nong Som and Ke See
(the territories of the 7th Brigade SSA ceasefire group led by Zao Pang Fah ).
They force the people to move and gather in one place within three days and
they
shoot at those who disobey their orders and burn houses. Two elders were
burned
to death in their houses at Murng Nang while trying to take out their ancient
copper statues of Lord Buddha.

In Lai Kha township, the areas of Kang Oon, Hai Gong, Wan Look and Nong Som
(territories of SSNA led by Zao Sai Yi ) are suffering the same fate. Those
who
do not want to gather in one place have to flee in different places.

The Palaung village of Nam Mo, near Hai Seng, which had more than 300
households, is now deserted because the Burmese troops had driven many
villages
in the area to gather at Wan Thiza Lai Khum in Lai Kha township. Rice and
paddy
are to be carried away in three days. After that any rice and paddy left
behind
were burnt immediately.

In early March, SLORC had ordered the SSA ceasefire group to move all their
force and concentrate at Om Mu ( Headquarters of 3rd Brigade ) at Nam Lao
village ( they must dismantle the 1st Brigade base of Zao Pang Fah and move to
Nam Lao - south east of Murng Kao at Seng Kew - GHQs of SSA.

The movement must be completed before 27-28 April 1996. The SSNA of Karn Yord
also received a similar order from the SLORC.

The reasons for tightening the four-cuts policy and concentrating SSA-SSNA's
strength are to prevent the ex-MTA non-surrender armed group ( led by Maj.
Yord
Serk and Maj. Khur Ngern ) from getting help from the people and to prevent
SSA-SSNA from helping and receiving them.

If all this is true, SSA and SSNA are already in a hard-pressed condition and
will have to face many difficulties even to survive, let alone to protect the
people from the four-cuts policy or to receive the MTA non-surrender group.

The ceasefire should have been made with the intention of working towards a
peaceful settlement. But SLORC troops are deliberately creating a crisis and
chaos in these areas. How can the ceasefire groups just stand by and look on?.

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THE NATION: TWO BURMESE OFFICERS MOVED OVER MISSING DRUG
April 24, 1996
Reuter

TWO senior Burmese army officers were removed from posts in
the opium rich Shan state headquarters of former drug lord Khun Sa after
some seized heroin vanished, a Thai narcotics source said yesterday.

Col Chit Htwe, commander of the former Ho Mong base of Khun Sa,
and Brig Gen Mo Heng, commander of Burma's 55th army division, were
transferred after the loss, said the narcotics officer based in Mae Hong Son.

Chit Htwe had arrested two suspected subordinates of Sam
Herng, the son of Khun Sa, near Ho Mong in late February and
seized 20 kilogrammes of heroin from them.

But only half the heroin was handed over to the government
investigators a week later, the officer said. (TN)

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THE NATION: MITSUI EYES VN, BURMA
April 23, 1996  Kyodo

TOKYO - Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co and Mitsui
and CO will establish a shipbuilding company in Burma and  a
steel structure construction company in Vietnam jointly with
local companies, a Mitsui spokesman said yesterday.

In Burma, the two Japanese companies will tie up with state-run
shipbuilding company Myanmar Shipyards in Rangoon and will
establish the joint venture sometime this summer, the spokesman said.

Negotiations are in the final stages and the partners are
talking about US$12 million for the planned company's
capital. The two Mitsui companies are likely to invest 60
per cent of the capital, with the Burmese side placing 40
per cent, he said.

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BKK POST: MEMBER OF BURMESE ARMY'S ORIGINAL '30 COMRADES'
DIES
April 23,1996
Report: AFP, Rangoon

Bo Tauk Htain, a member of the "30 comrades" who fought for
independence and formed the nucleus of the Burmese army, has
died aged 87 in his native town of Pyinmana, a state
newspaper reported.

Bo Tauk Htain, also known as Thakin San Mya, received top
state honours for his role in the independence struggle. He
died on April 18 and was cremated on Saturday, a brief
obituary notice from the family said.

The 30 comrades, whose Burmese Independence Army was
officially formed during a ceremony in Bangkok in 1941, were
led by Aung San, father of the current leader of the pro-
democracy movement in Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi.

With Bo Tauk Htain's demise, only five of the original 30
comrades remain, including Ne Win, who took power in a 1962
coup d'etat and ruled until 1988 as head of the military-
dominated Burma Socialist Programme Party.

Aung  San was assassinated shortly before Burma gained its
independence from the British on January 4,1948.

Bo Tauk Htain entered politics after independence and was a
member of parliament from the central Burma Pyinmana
constituency until the 1962 coup.

He was active in the pro-democracy movement during and after
the 1988 coup, which brought the current military regime to
power, but had retired to his home town due to old age.

The other surviving members of the 30 comrades include ex-
defence minister Bohmu Aung, Bo Bala and former Communist
Party of Burma (CPB) members Kyaw Zaw and Bo Ye Htut.

Bo Ye Htut joined the CPB while serving in the Burmese
military and later surrendered. Kyaw Zaw joined after his
forced retirement from the military and has taken up
political asylum in China.

Bo Bala was a supporter of the late U Nu, the first prime
minister after independence who also held the post when the
1962 coup ended democratic rule in the name of national unity. (BP)

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REQUEST: BURMA GROUP CONTACTS, TOURISM GROUP INFO
April 24, 1996
Burma Action Group <bagp@gn.apc.org>

The Burma Action Group in England has received a request from the
New Internationalist re their June issue for Burma organisation contact
addresses, numbers and e-mail addresses in South Africa and New Zealand.

If you know of any, please send this information to Yvette:
Burma Action Group <bagp@gn.apc.org>

Also, this is a second reminder:

'Don't Visit Burma Year 1996'

BAG are compiling an updated tourism campaign information
document, following that released in April 1995, in an effort to
improve the information available and further the exhange of
campaigning ideas on the specific issue of tourism in Burma. The
format will be similar to that of the first document and will
contain a section on the specific tourism campaign plans / actions
of the various active groups and individuals worldwide, with a
section of contacts and addresses of organsations and individuals
interested in the issue, and resources they have available. This
is intended for groups/individuals who are already involved in the
tourism campaign or who are now considering an active campaign on
the tourism issue.

Please contact Yvette at bagp@gn.apc.org, putting "Tourism
Coordination" as the subject as soon as possible, with a brief
summary of your activities and plans so that we can include you in
this document. We would appreciate an update even if your
organisation was included in the 1995 document. We would be
grateful if you would also let us know of the tourism related
activities and contact names/addresses of any other organisations/
individuals you may be aware of who, do not have access to e-mail.

The recently launched  second edition of Burma -The Alternative
Guide is now available from the BAG office at #3.99 plus #1.00
postage and packing.  Discounts for bulk orders.

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BKK POST: BURMA MISSION
April 23,1996

A Singaporean delegation arrived in Rangoon yesterday to
explore investment opportunities in agriculture, poultry,
crocodile and pig farming and rubber plantations. Tay Saeng Hock,
head of the agricultural technology development branch of the
Primary Production Department, is leading the five-day mission.
He said there was "great synergy" between Singapore's food sourcing
needs and Burma's agricultural resources. (BP)

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BKK POST: GOODWILL SOCCER
April 23,1996

A Burmese military football team recently visited Laos to play
goodwill matches marking the 47th anniversary of the Laotian
People's Armed Forces. Deputy Adjutant-General of the Adjutant-
General's Office Col Ye Tun led the 26-member delegation. (BP)

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BKK POST: MALAYISA SAVES STARVING BURMESE
April 23,1996

Malaysian marine police have rescued 189 starving Burmese
immigrants, who were trying to enter the country illegally last week.
The 179 men and 10 women were intercepted last Thursday off
northern Penang island. Azizan Pawanteh, the northern marine
zone superintendent, said the Burmese had paid US$120 each
to come to Malaysia, where they had been promised jobs by a syndicate.

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BKK POST: HEROIN SEIZURES
April 23,1996

Burmese authorities seized 38 kg of heroin, 64 kg of opium
and arrested 395 people for a total of 287 drug-related
offences last month. Seizures by the military accounted for 36 kg
of heroin and 12 kg of opium out of the March totals, along with 977
litres of methyl alcohol. Three people, including two Indian nationals,
were arrested on March 11 in the Burmese border town of Tamu with
20 litres of acetic anhydride used in the refining of heroin. (BP)

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FBC: HOW TO SUBSCRIBE TO FREE-BURMA LISTSERV
April 19, 1996
From: zni@students.wisc.edu

For regular updates on the Free Burma Campaign and information sharing
about Free Burma Campaign activities on university campuses and elsewhere,
subscribe to the free-burma listserver.

To subscribe, send a note to:
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Leave the subject area blank.

The body of the message should read:
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WWW: SLORC HOMEPAGE INVITES YOUR COMMENTS, QUESTIONS
April 22, 1996
From: brelief@gol.com (Ken and Visakha Kawasaki)

Just found this invitation on soc.culture.Burma.  It would be a shame not to
take Slorc up on its free offer but do watch those rude political words like
democracy, freedom, human rights, elections, NLD, DASSK.  Anyway 1000 plus
browsers might benefit from your comments! - by Ken and Visakha Kawasaki
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From: miisinfo1@aol.com (Miisinfo1)
Message-ID: <4lanig$odc@newsbf02.news.aol.com>

All of you...
 (white or black...in or out....for or against....frient or foe....good or
bad....
angel or evil....Myanma or Burma....somebody or nobody.....rich or poor....
A.B.C or X.Y.Z....)

We would like to welcome you to participate in our
Myanmar Home Page Guest Book....

* Employment Opportunity
* Friend Search
* Pen Friends
* Your Opinion
* Your Philosophy
* Your Question
* whatever you have in your mind....express it.......it's free......

  Note: 1000+ browsers will see your expression.......

(except NON-SENSE POLITICS with rude words..............)

 http://www.myanmar.com/myanmar/guest/guestbook.html

 Browse it....you'll enjoy it................See ya soon..........

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WWW: BURMASONG PAGE
From: <wtongue@ix.netcom.com>

A new Burma-related Web site named BURMASONG PAGE has been opened.
The address is http://users.imagiware.com/wtongue/

This URL currently contains the words to the song, "In The Quiet Land"
in a presentation format.

Visitors can download AIFF or .wav sound files from a demo recording of
a verse and chorus of "In The Quiet Land". A text file of the words and
chords may also be downloaded from this page.

This site will be continuiously updated with new songs and resources.

All of these resources may be used freely to promote a greater
awareness of the struggle for human rights and democracy in Burma.

When you visit this site, be sure to register your response and
suggestions by clicking on the Email address at the bottom of the page.

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WWW: FRENCH CONNECTION FBC
From: cd@ns.fnet.fr

check out our web site, its getting up quickly now,
http://www-uvi.eunet.fr/

