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The BurmaNet News, May 24, 1997 (r)



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REUTER: PRESSURE MOUNTS ON ASEAN TO DEFER BURMA MEMBERSHIP 
May 23, 1997 
By Bill Tarrant 

KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 (Reuter) - Pressure mounted on the Association of South
East Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Friday to defer giving membership to Burma
after the military regime's latest crackdown on democracy campaigners. 

But diplomats and officials say ASEAN, which groups some of the world's 
fastest-growing economies and has taken a leading