Step up pressure on Thailand, U.S.

[carol@xxxxxxx]

	"I feel very bad for these Karen.  The Burmese soldiers are very cruel,
raping and killing anyone.  If the Karen go back, they are as good as dead."
-- Samor Suphap, Thai corn farmer and militiaman from Pu Nam Rawn, where
2,300 Karen have taken refuge.  His local militia chased away 50 Burmese
soldiers who attacked the camp, which was left unguarded by the Thai Army.
(From the Associated Press -- see full article, posted at the same time as
this message)

STEP UP THE PRESSURE ON THAILAND AND THE U.S.!

	Burmese Relief Center--Japan is once again appealing to you to raise your
voice against the genocide being committed by the Burmese army with the
complicity of those in the Thai government and army who stand to profit from
the demise of the Karen.  Please (1) pressure the following Thai authorities
to stop the repatriation of Karen refugees, (2) urge the following U.S.
authorities and the UNHCR to apply the same pressure to Thailand and (3)
urge the U.S. authorities to impose long-overdue sanctions on Burma:

Office of the Secretary to
HH the King of Thailand
Fax:	+66 2- 224-3259
Fax:	+66 2-280-0557

Prime Minister Chavalit
Fax:	+66 2-281-1169


President Bill Clinton
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington DC 20500
Tel:	+1 202-456-1414
Fax:	+1 202-456-2461
E-mail:  President@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Vice-President Al Gore
E-mail  Vice.President@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

First Lady Hillary Clinton Rodham
E-mail:  First.Lady@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

US Secretary of State Ms. Madeleine K. Albright
Department of State
Main State Building
2201 C. Street NW
Washington DC 20520-7512
Tel: +1 202-647-4000
E-mail:  secretary@xxxxxxxxx

Ambassador Bill Richardson 
(United Nations US Ambassador) 
Fax:  +1 212-415-4443

All members of the House can be reached via the Congressional
Switchboard at +1 202-224-3121.

Royal Thai Embassy in US
1024 Wisconsin Ave. N.W. Suite 401,
Washington, DC 20007
U.S.A.
Fax:	+1-202-944-3611

Dr. Sadako Ogata
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
94 Rue de Montbrillant
1202 Geneva
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 739 8111
Fax: +41 22 731 9546