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STATE DEPARTMENT BRIEFING ON BURMA



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FILE ID:97111409.txt

DATE:11/14/97

TITLE:14-11-97  STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1997

BURMA -- The spokesman read a statement concerning reports that the

military regime running Burma, the State Law and Order Restoration

Council (SLORC) erected barbed wire barricades that blockaded Nobel

Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's automobile outside her compound for more

than ten hours to keep her from attending a meeting of the National

League for Democracy (NLD) opposition party.


The statement called this action "the latest in a long line of

repressive measures taken by SLORC in an attempt to marginalize the

NLD, a legal political party which won overwhelming support in the

1990 elections." It urged the Burmese military authorities to allow

NLD activities to be held peacefully, without intervention.


"The United States," said the statement, "renews its call for a

meaningful political dialogue between the Burmese authorities and the

democratic opposition leaders, including Aung San Suu Kyi and

representatives of the ethnic groups as the only path to a solution to

Burma's political crisis."