KEY SENATE BURMA VOTE: THURSDAY, JU

[simon_billenness@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Subject: KEY SENATE BURMA VOTE: THURSDAY, JULY 11

SENATE MAY VOTE ON BURMA SANCTIONS THURSDAY, JULY 11

BUMRA SANCTIONS UNDER THREAT! CALL YOUR SENATORS TODAY!

July 9, 1996

The news from Senator McConnell's office is that the Foreign Aid Bill,
containing an amendment section 569) by Senators McConnell and Moynihan
imposing economic sanctions on Burma, may come up for a vote on Thursday,
July 11.

Section 569 is under severe threat. One or more Senators will attempt to
remove the sanctions on Burma through a floor amendment. 

It is vital that we each call our Senators and urge them to keep the
sanctions on Burma (section 569) in the Foreign Aid Bill.

CALL YOUR SENATORS TOLL-FREE AT (800) 972-3524

1. Ask for the staff person responsible for foreign policy issues. 

2. Stress that you want your Senator to support the economic sanctions on
Burma contained in Section 569 of the Froeign Aid Bill. 

3. Ask your friends, family and co-workers to call too.

MAKE SURE YOU CALL BY 5PM, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9!!
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Simon Billenness
Franklin Research & Development
(617) 423 6655 x 225
(617) 482 6179 fax
simon_billenness@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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SECTION 569 OF THE FOREIGN AID BILL & CURRENT TEXT OF THE "BURMA FREEDOM AND
DEMOCRACY ACT" (S.1511).

1.    LIMITATION ON FUNDS FOR BURMA
2.        Sec. 569. Until such time as the President determines
3.   and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that an
4.   elected government of Burma has been allowed to take office,
5.   the following sanctions shall be imposed on Burma:
6.      (1)  No national of the United States shall make
7.        any investment in Burma;
8.      (2)  United States assistance to Burma is prohib-
9.        ited;
10.     (3)  The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct
11.        the United States executive director of each inter-
12.        national financial institution to vote against any
13.        loan or other utilization of the funds of the respective
14.        bank to or for Burma; and
15.     (4) Except as required by Treaty obligations,
16.        any Burmese national who formulates, implements,
17.        or benefits from policies which hinder the transition
18.        of Burma to a democratic country shall be ineligible
19.        to receive a visa and shall be exclude from admission
20.        to the United States.

DON'T DELAY!  CALL TODAY!