NEWS - U.S. Sanctions Against Myanm

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U.S. Sanctions Against Myanmar to Remain in Place

           AP
           18-MAY-98

           GENEVA (AP) The United States will maintain economic
sanctions
           against Myanmar as long as the Asian nation is guilty of
large-scale
           political repression, President Clinton said Monday. 

           Clinton issued a notice keeping in place an order he issued a
year
           ago banning new investments by Americans in Myanmar, formerly
           known as Burma. He declared a national emergency then to
impose
           the sanctions. 

           The president said the declaration will remain in force "as
long as the
           government of Burma continues its policies of committing
large-scale
           repression of the democratic opposition in Burma." 

           Clinton issued the order during a brief speechmaking visit
here at the
           end of a six-day European trip.