Burmese general warns of neocolo

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Attn: Burma Newsreaders
Re: Burmese general warns of neocolonialism   

    RANGOON, March 7 (Reuter) - One of Burma's most powerful generals warned
that ``neocolonialists and their minions'' were trying to create instability
in the country and urged people to be on their guard, state-run newspapers
said on Tuesday. 

    Lieutenant-General Khin Nyunt, head of Burma's military intelligence and
the second most senior member of Burma's ruling military body, said
neocolonialists were trying to belittle the nation's successes by spreading
false reports and malicious rumours. 

    He also said ``internal and external destructionists'' were trying to
incite the people, and he urged the people to be on their guard against such
efforts. 

    Some neocolonial countries were increasingly resorting to lies about
Burma in an effort to discredit and isolate it, he told a group of teachers
attending a training course. 

    Khin Nyunt identified neither the neocolonialists nor the minions but he
said fabricated reports were being heard repeatedly on foreign radio
stations. 

    Burmese leaders have often criticised the Burmese-language programmes of
both the British Broadcasting Corporation and the Voice of America. 

    In an apparent reference to the United States, he said some powerful
countries were turning a deaf ear to Burma's ``relentless endeavours'' to
suppress narcotics and were reporting fabrications suggesting Burma was
encouraging drug production. 

REUTER
Transmitted: 95-03-07 08:22:23 EST
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