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Subject: SLORC uses Mayday to warn workers of    anti-development forces

SLORC uses Mayday to warn workers of    anti-development forces

           RANGOON, May 1 (AFP) - Burma's top general Thursday urged workers to
           "crush" forces seeking to block investment and thus hinder the
company's
           development.

           In a May Day message published on the front page of the official
New Light of
           Myanmar, Senior General Than Shwe, chairman of the ruling junta,
said the
           threat came both from inside and outside the country.

           He named no names, but his mention of efforts to discourage
investment clearly
           referred to the US announcement last week of a ban on new
investments in
           Burma as a protest against human rights abuses.

           Foreign efforts to hinder Burma's development were supported by
colonialist
           "lackeys" inside the country, as well as government opponents who
had fled
           abroad and who had also resorted to "destructive and terrorist
acts," he said.

           Burma faced a "danger of internal and external destructive
elements in political,
           economic and social spheres," Than Shwe added.

           These elements were trying to "prevent and hinder the flow of
technology and
           investment from outside that will provide the workers with skills and
           technological know-how, improve their living standards and
contribute towards
           national development," he alleged.

           "It is time to oppose and crush the stooges of the colonialists
who are
           obstructing improvement of the workers' living conditions and
jeopardizing
           national development," Than Shwe said.

           May Day is a holiday in Burma.