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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.