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Tiananmen Square Massacre a CIA Plo



Tiananmen Square massacre a CIA plot: Myanmar claims
Sat 29 Aug 98 - 06:10 GMT
YANGON, Aug 29 (AFP) - The Tiananmen Square massacre was the result of a plot
by the
US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Myanmar claimed Saturday, in its latest
broadside
against Washington and other foreign powers criticial of the country's junta.
"The democracy of Myanmar cannot be compared with those of America or
Britain," said a
signed commentary in the official New Light of Myanmar daily, the public voice
of the junta.
"Cop(y)ing of the systems of the oldest democracy countries is not suitable
for Myanmar.
"We should not forget the disintegration of the Soviet Union. We should (be)
aware of the fact
that (the) CIA was behind the Tiananmen Square crisis," it added, without
elaborating on the
accusation.
Hundreds are believed to have died when Chinese security forces cracked down
on a
pro-democracy protest in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989.
The comments marked the latest in a series of attacks on foreign powers by the
junta, which
has faced stern international criticism and is confronted by rising political
tensions at home.
Another commentary in the same newspaper Friday lashed out at foreign
diplomats here,
accusing them of inciting unrest and lending support to opposition parties.
"The code of conduct does not state that diplomats should make contacts with
or give support
to organisations opposing, criticising and attacking the government," it
added.
"Some embassies are one sidedly favouring the National League for Democracy
(NLD)," it
said, referring to the main opposition party led by Nobel peace laureate Aung
San Suu Kyi.
A separate newsletter from the junta's embassy in Canada, distributed by
officials in Yangon,
also attacked foreign governments for attempting to destabilise the country by
supporting the
NLD leader.
It said the junta was willing to tolerate Aung San Suu Kyi's "defiance and
political antics" only
up to a "certain limit."
"But it has been made clear that anything beyond that limit will have to be
dealt with firmly," the
embassy's letter said.
The newspaper commentary Friday urged diplomats to cease meddling in the
military state's
internal affairs, saying the junta's own foreign envoys set a good example for
them to follow.
"They always stay away from places where people of (the) host nation are
starting to gather for
some political reason," the column said.
"They never mingle with such crowds or gather information or instigate them."
On Monday, police dispersed student demonstrators in the first street protests
in Yangon for
almost two years. Some protesters and bystanders were detained, but no
injuries were
reported.
The Myanmar opposition has demanded military authorities convene parliament in
accordance
with 1990 elections which they won by a landslide. The junta has refused to
allow them to form
a government.