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BBC Summary of World Broadcasts 
October 14, 1999, Thursday 

Leading official urges removal of "destructive elements" 

Source: Radio Myanmar, Rangoon, in Burmese 1330 gmt 11 Oct 99 

Excerpts from report by Burmese radio on 11th October 

Senior Gen Than Shwe, patron of the Union Solidarity and Development
Association [USDA],
chairman of the State Peace and Development Council [SPDC], and commander
in chief of the Defence
Services, delivered an address at the opening ceremony of the USDA Advance
Executive Management
Course Nos 6 and 20 at 0900 [local time] today in the Union Hall of the
Central Public Relations Unit in
Hmawbi, Yangon [Rangoon] Division... 

Addressing the meeting, Senior Gen Than Shwe said the courses are the first
ones to be held since the
holding of the Sixth Annual Meeting of the USDA last September... 

He said the reports presented at the meeting showed the extensive
organizational work of the USDA
and its involvement in national peace and stability and constructive
endeavours, local security, social
functions, social, cultural, and literary affairs, sports, and
environmental protection. He said the annual
meeting spelled out the role of the youth members and their desires for
national peace, stability, and
progress. 

He said the youth members of the USDA have been organizing while undergoing
training and training
while organizing in order to develop the association into a reliable and
dependable force of the nation... 

He said the Myanmar [Burmese] citizens have the national trait of
preserving and cherishing their
heritage. He said our people are building a new nation, based on these
sound foundations. He said
national stability and security are main prerequisites for building a
modern and developed nation. At such
a time when efforts are being made for peace and development of the people
and the nation, some
internal destructive elements are working in tandem with the external
destructive elements to consistently
undermine the national stability. If the destructive elements continue
working towards the disintegration
of the union and the loss of national sovereignty, they will be punished by
the people. 

The people wished to maintain the progress and stability achieved and
opposed the destructive
axe-handles and foreign countries interfering in the internal affairs. The
people demanded strongly for a
resolute action against the destructive elements and crushing of these
elements. He said at present there
is a group of destructive elements who are deplete of reason and are bent
on destruction and utter
devastation. He said this group of destructive elements, who are willing to
do anything to obtain power
for themselves and who views everything from a pessimistic outlook, is just
a destructive clique. This
pessimistic and destructive clique has consistently criticized the
government actions no matter what the
government did and approved of any development detrimental to the
government. Their actions and
comments lack reason. 

To point out a recent example, this destructive elements group viewed the
siege of the Myanmar
embassy in Bangkok by a group of terrorists as positive. It can be seen
that their antigovernment stance
on all issues have led them to become a destructive elements group which
approves of terrorism. This
destructive elements group, which could no longer detect the danger, has
started engaging in subversive
activities. Bearing grudge, they are attempting to divide the Defence
Services through coercion,
persuasion, and threat. Senior Gen Than Shwe said since we assumed state
power we have been giving
priority to national security, peace and stability and have worked
consistently for national unity. This
destructive elements group is working in an unprecedented manner to
undermine the peace and stability
and unity among the national people. He said we must learn to discern the
machinations of the
destructive elements group aimed at undermining the prestige and honour of
the nation and the people
and dragging the nation and the people down the abyss. He said it is
necessary to oppose and remove
the destructive elements group which has gone so far as to undermine and
vilify the national
independence and sovereignty... 

Senior Gen Than Shwe concluded by calling upon the USDA youths to study the
courses offered so
that they would acquire an overview of national politics and organizational
and security aspects. He
called upon them to uphold the union spirit and patriotism and to have a
firm conviction to march
towards the set goal of establishing a peaceful, developed, and modern
nation, and to repulse any act of
subversion and aggression. He said the union spirit and patriotism, which
can safeguard and perpetuate
the nation, also constitute an effective force against subversion,
aggression, and hegemony... 


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