Tiananmen Square Massacre a CIA Plo (r)

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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.