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Sen. Baucus Supports Burmese Democr
- Subject: Sen. Baucus Supports Burmese Democr
- From: carol@xxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 08:48:00
Subject: Sen. Baucus Supports Burmese Democracy
Following is an encouraging response from the office of Sen. Baucus (D-Montana).
>Date: Thu, 18 Jul 96 10:21:05 EST
>To: Carol Schlenker & Aung Thu <carol@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: HR.3540
>
> Thanks for your note. I'm sure we'll visit that issue when the Senate
> considers the annual appropriations for the State Department and other
> diplomatic activities.
>
> I have expressed my support for an international arms ambargo on the
> SLORC regime, for greater American diplomatic contacts with exiled
> Burmese leaders, and for assistance to Burmese refugess in Thailand.
>
> I agree with you that the Burmese distatorship is a tragedy for the
> Burmese people. I will continue to support an American policy
> intended to restore democracy and human rights in Burma.
>
>
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>Subject: HR.3540
>Author: Carol Schlenker & Aung Thu <carol@xxxxxxx> at Internet
>Date: 7/17/96 10:46 PM
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>From: Carol Schlenker & Aung Thu <carol@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: HR.3540
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>Carol Schlenker and Aung Thu
>No. 404, Uematsu Mansion
>4-13-10, Sengoku
>Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112
>JAPAN
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>Dear Senator Baucus:
>
>I am an registered American voter and my husband is a Burmese democracy
>activist in exile in Japan. We are writing to ask you to please vote for
>HR.3540, the "Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
>Appropriations Act, 1997."
>
>HR.3540 contains language which would greatly aid our efforts to restore
>democracy and human rights to Burma. The mandatory sanctions provisions of
>the "Burma Freedom and Democracy Act" (S.1511) have been incorporated into
>HR.3540 as an amendment (Section 569). We activists believe that tough
>economic sanctions are the most effective nonviolent means of pressuring
>SLORC, the military dictatorship, to negotiate with democratic leader Daw
>Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy. Negotiation between
>these two parties, in turn, is the best hope for bringing peace and justice
>to Burma without further bloodshed. As the Nobel laureate has said, "We
>must choose between dialogue or utter devastation."
>
>On the other hand, failure to impose sanctions on SLORC, one of the world's
>most abusive regimes, will only encourage the generals to continue to ignore
>the will of the Burmese people and to exploit the country exclusively for
>their own benefit and the benefit of a few foreign interests like Unocal and
>Texaco, who have reportedly hired expensive lobbyists to defeat the Burma
>sanctions amendment.
>
>Please, Senator, heed the call of our elected leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
>and support sanctions against SLORC, the illegitimate regime which has
>brought nothing but suffering to the Burmese people.
>
>Thank you for your thoughtful consideration.
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