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Subject: Suu Kyi's message IS delivered... (SLORC-dogs lose!!)

Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 08:36:56 -0700
Sender: Southeast Asia Discussion List <SEASIA-L@xxxxxxx>
Subject: SUU KYI/WOMENS CONFERENCE (L-O) By DAN ROBINSON/BANGKOK (fwd)
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DATE=8/24/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-184155
TITLE=SUU KYI/WOMENS CONFERENCE (L-O)
BYLINE=DAN ROBINSON
DATELINE=BANGKOK
VOICED AT:

INTRO:  A KEY ORGANIZER OF THE NON-GOVERNMENT WOMEN'S FORUM  SAYS
A VIDEOTAPE BY BURMA'S DEMOCRACY LEADER, AUNG SAN SUU KYI, HAS
ARRIVED FOR PRESENTATION TO THE CONFERENCE LATER THIS MONTH NEAR
BEIJING.  V-O-A'S DAN ROBINSON REPORTS, THE 1991 NOBEL PEACE
PRIZE LAUREATE AGREED TO ADDRESS THE CONFERENCE IN ABSENTIA
BECAUSE SHE DOES NOT WANT TO LEAVE BURMA:

TEXT:  A MEMBER OF THAILAND'S PARLIAMENT SUPATRA MASDIT SAYS A
20-MINUTE VIDEOTAPE BY THE BURMESE DEMOCRACY LEADER IS IN THE
HANDS OF CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS.

AUNG SAN SUU KYI WAS RELEASED FROM NEARLY SIX-YEARS OF HOUSE
ARREST BY BURMA'S MILITARY GOVERNMENT IN JULY.  SINCE THEN SHE
HAS BEEN SPEAKING OUT ON DEMOCRACY ISSUES AND HOLDING TALKS WITH
MEMBERS OF HER NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY PARTY.

THE N-L-D WON AN OVERWHELMING VICTORY IN AN ELECTION PERMITTED BY
BURMA'S MILITARY ONE-YEAR AFTER SHE WAS PLACED UNDER HOUSE
ARREST.

EARLIER THIS MONTH, SUPATRA MASDIT MET AUNG SAN SUU KYI IN
RANGOON AND ASKED THE DEMOCRACY LEADER TO PREPARE A SPEECH FOR
THE WOMEN'S FORUM.  THE THAI POLITICIAN INTENDED TO RETURN TO
RANGOON TO HELP IN PREPARATION OF THE VIDEO, AND TO TAKE IT TO
CHINA, BUT SHE DID NOT RECEIVE A VISA FROM THE BURMESE EMBASSY IN
BANGKOK.

SEVERAL JOURNALISTS AND A PHOTOGRAPHER FROM A THAI NEWSPAPER (THE
NATION) SCHEDULED TO ACCOMPANY HER ALSO DID NOT RECEIVE VISAS.

THE NEWSPAPER'S JOURNALISTS AND EDITORS BELIEVE THIS WAS A
RESPONSE BY BURMA'S MILITARY GOVERNMENT TO THEIR RECENT REPORTING
ABOUT BURMA, AND A LENGTHY INTERVIEW WITH AUNG SAN SUU KYI.

MRS. SUPATRA SAID SHE CONTACTED AUNG SAN SUU KYI AGAIN TO ASK
THAT SHE FIND A WAY TO PREPARE THE VIDEOTAPE ON HER OWN.

THE THAI POLITICIAN -- WHO LEAVES FRIDAY FOR BEIJING -- DECLINES
TO SAY HOW THE VIDEOTAPE WAS PRODUCED, OR HOW IT MADE ITS WAY TO
CHINA FOR PRESENTATION TO THE WOMEN'S FORUM.   (SIGNED)

NEB/RAE

24-Aug-95 7:25 AM EDT (1125 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America