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Subject: "AUNG SAN SUU KYI: FEARLESS VOICE OF BURMA" BY WHITNEY 

DATE=3/12/97
TYPE=BOOK WORLD
NUMBER=3-26921
TITLE="AUNG SAN SUU KYI: FEARLESS VOICE OF BURMA" BY WHITNEY 
STUART 
BYLINE=TUN AUNG 619-1424
DATELINE=WASHINGTON

EDITOR= ROBINSON/ SWANEY
CONTENT=
 

(INSERTS IN AUDIO SERVICES; NO VOICED VERSION)

INTRO:  BURMA'S DEMOCRACY LEADER AND NOBEL PEACE PRIZE  WINNER --
AUNG SAN SUU KYI -- IS THE SUBJECT OF A NEW BOOK BY AN AMERICAN 
WRITER WHO SPECIALIZES IN PROFILES OF ASIAN HEROES.  TUN AUNG OF 
V-O-A'S BURMESE SERVICE REPORTS ON THE BOOK BY WHITNEY STUART:

TEXT:  WHITNEY STUART HAS PREVIOUSLY WRITTEN ABOUT THE DALAI LAMA
OF TIBET, AND NEW ZEALANDER SIR EDMUND HILLARY, ONE OF THE FIRST 
TWO PEOPLE TO CONQUER MOUNT EVEREST.

    IN GATHERING MATERIAL FOR THE BOOK, "AUNG SAN SUU KYI: 
FEARLESS VOICE OF BURMA," AUTHOR STUART INTERVIEWED THE BURMESE 
OPPOSITION LEADER AND MANY OF HER TOP AIDES. (BEGIN OPT) FOR 
REASONS OF SECURITY, MS. STUART SAYS SHE COULD NOT NAME ALL OF 
THE DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS SHE MET.  (END OPT)   SHE DESCRIBES HER 
MEETING WITH THE NOBEL LAUREATE:

TAPE: CUT ONE -- STUART 

    "SHE WAS VERY WARM, SHE WAS QUITE ARTICULATE, SHARP AND 
FRIENDLY AND SHE LAUGHED A GREAT DEAL AND SHE GAVE ME ANSWERS TO 
EVERY QUESTION THAT I ASKED."

TEXT:  MS. STUART SAYS A SENIOR AIDE OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI SQUEEZED
HER INTO THE DEMOCRACY LEADER'S TIGHT SCHEDULE.  THAT AIDE, U AYE
WIN, IS NOW IN PRISON FOR SPEAKING TO JOURNALISTS ABOUT AUNG SAN 
SUU KYI.  IN AN INTERVIEW WITH V-O-A, MS. STUART WAS ASKED WHY 
SHE DECIDED TO WRITE ABOUT AUNG SAN SUU KYI:

TAPE: CUT TWO -- STUART

    "I HEARD ABOUT AUNG SAN SUU KYI FROM HIS HOLINESS, THE DALAI 
LAMA OF TIBET, AND HE TALKED ABOUT HER QUITE A LOT, AND THAT MADE
ME INTERESTED IN HER. AND OF COURSE SHE WON THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
IN 1991.  THEN I MET A WOMAN IN GERMANY, MARLEE CLYMER, WHO HAD 
BEEN FRIENDS WITH AUNG SAN SUU KYI IN SIMLA, INDIA, AND MARLEE 
TOLD ME A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THE PERSONAL SIDE OF AUNG SAN SUU 
KYI."

TEXT:  "AUNG SAN SUU KYI: FEARLESS VOICE OF BURMA" IS A SIMPLY 
WORDED NARRATIVE MEANT TO APPEAL TO YOUNG READERS.  IT HIGHLIGHTS
KEY EVENTS IN AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S LIFE, INCLUDING HER RETURN TO 
BURMA IN 1988 TO CARE FOR HER AILING MOTHER --  WHICH COINCIDED 
WITH THE PRO-DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATIONS AND CRACKDOWN BY BURMA'S 
MILITARY.

    THE BOOK DISCUSSES AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S DECISION TO LEAD HER 
PEOPLE'S STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY, HER SUBSEQUENT HOUSE ARREST, THE
STUNNING VICTORY OF HER NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY (N-L-D) 
PARTY IN A 1990 ELECTION,  AND HER ATTEMPTS TO FREE HER FOLLOWERS
FROM PRISON.

    THE BIOGRAPHY CONTAINS MANY RARE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE YOUNG 
AUNG SAN SUU KYI, HER FAMOUS PARENTS, HER SCHOLAR HUSBAND MICHAEL
ARIS, AND HER CHILDREN.  THE BOOK ALSO PROVIDES MANY INTIMATE 
GLIMPSES INTO THE CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY OF THE WOMAN DESTINED
TO BECOME THE POLITICAL CONSCIENCE OF BURMA'S MILLIONS. (SIGNED)

    EAP/TA/DAR/VO'HS