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Subject: Norwegian - led fact - finding group refused visas

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>From ASAHI EVENING NEWS
"Pacific Focus"
January 17, 1996

BURMA BARS NORWEGIAN - LED GROUP

Oslo -- Burma's military regime refused to grant entry visas
Tuesday to a Norwegian - led fact - finding team that wanted to
meet with Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. 

The pro - democracy activist said the refusal was typical of the
generals who seized power in 1988, crushed the democracy
movement and held her under house arrest for six years.

"This is the sort of thing that happens quite frequently in
Burma," Suu Kyi said by telephone from her home in Rangoon. 
"We would very much have welcomed the visit."

The four - nation delegation had planned to meet Suu Kyi,
opposition leaders and members of the military government. 
Instead, they were leaving for Thailand on Tuesday to meet
Burma's exiled government.


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