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New York Times World briefing :BURM

Subject: New York Times World briefing :BURMA

22 Jan 1999
NYTimes
JAPAN, MYANMAR: A DEMOCRACY PLEA -- Japan, one of the few world powers that
still gives substantial aid to Myanmar, the former Burma, urged its military
rulers to start talks
with pro-democracy groups led by the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Daw Aung San
Suu Kyi. A
Japanese Foreign Ministry official said State Foreign Secretary Nobutaka
Machimura made the
reguest during a ''frank'' exchange of views in Tokyo with Brig. Gen. Kyaw
Win, the top aide to
Lieut. Gen. Khin Nyunt of Myanmar's ruling State Peace and Development
Council. (Reuters)