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> Media Advisory
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> Contacts: 	Maureen Aung-Thwin 
> 	Director, Burma Project
> 		(212) 548-0632
> 		Michael Vachon 	
> 	Director, Communications
> 		(212) 548-0333
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> Statement of the Open Society Institute Regarding the SPDC Press
> Conference
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> October 8, 1998 - The Open Society Institute-New York would like to
> respond to the press conference of October 7, 1998 in Yangon (Rangoon),
> Myanmar (Burma) concerning the alleged conspiracy with Myanmar expatriate
> groups and some international organizations to "destabilize the situation
> and incite anarchy and uprising within Myanmar."  Contrary to the
> statement, the Open Society Institute does not have a representative
> called David Eubank or Eubanks.  Maureen Aung-Thwin is the Director of the
> Burma Project that oversees activities on promoting an open society and
> restoration of democracy and human rights in Burma primarily by supporting
> educational, social, and legal reform. 
> 
> The allegations that OSI supported the travel expenses for Thar Nyunt Oo
> and Min Zin to meet with donor organizations in Europe and to instigate
> recent political unrest in Burma are not true. 
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