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BURMA/NAME VOA Report
- Subject: BURMA/NAME VOA Report
- From: moe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 00:37:00
DATE=11/15/97 Please feel free to redistribute the following report.
Sincerely,
Julien Moe
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TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-222715
TITLE=BURMA / NAME (S ONLY)
BYLINE=DAVID BUTLER
DATELINE=BANGKOK
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: BURMA'S RULING MILITARY COUNCIL ANNOUNCED SATURDAY IT WAS
DISSOLVING ITSELF. HOWEVER, AS DAVID BUTLER REPORTS FROM OUR
SOUTHEAST ASIA BUREAU IN BANGKOK, THE GENERALS AT THE SAME TIME
ESTABLISHED A NEW RULING COMMITTEE LED BY THE SAME MEN WHO LED
THE COUNCIL.
TEXT: SATURDAY'S REPORT ON STATE RADIO SAID THE RULING STATE LAW
AND ORDER RESTORATION COUNCIL -- KNOWN BY ITS INITIALS AS SLORC
--WAS DISSOLVED AND REPLACED BY A NEW RULING BODY CALLED THE
PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT SAID THE COMMITTEE WAS FOUNDED BY SLORC CHAIRMAN
GENERAL THAN SHWE.
THE COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF THE COMMANDERS OF BURMA'S FIFTEEN
MILITARY REGIONS AND THE TOP FOUR GENERALS IN THE PREVIOUS
MILITARY COUNCIL.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT SAID THE CHANGE WAS MADE IN THE INTEREST OF WHAT
IT CALLED "DISCIPLINED DEMOCRACY."
MILITARY REGIMES HAVE RULED IN BURMA SINCE 1962. THE STATE LAW
AND ORDER RESTORATION COUNCIL WAS FORMED AFTER SECURITY FORCES
PUT AN END TO NATIONWIDE PRO-DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATIONS IN 1988.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE SUPPRESSION OF THE
DEMONSTRATIONS. THOUSANDS WERE JAILED OR FLED INTO EXILE ALONG
THE BORDER WITH THAILAND. (SIGNED)
NEB/DB/EH
15-Nov-97 8:57 AM EST (1357 UTC)