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FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW=20

NOVEMBER 18, 1999

INTELLIGENCE
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Secret Key to Burma's Anger

When Burmese dissidents seized Rangoon's embassy in Bangkok on October =
1, the dispute was resolved without violence. But the Burmese government =
reacted angrily. Why? The answer may lie in the ambassador's safe, which =
the dissidents broke into during their occupation. Sources close to the =
group say they found in it not money, as Rangoon claims, but highly =
sensitive documents, including complete list of Burmese intelligence =
agents and double-agents in Thailand. The sources also say the safe =
contained a Iist of local business contacts for products from the =
Burmese sector of the GoldenTriangle. These are said to have been used =
by the dissidents to help negotiate their safe passage to the border. =
According to the sources, Rangoon's decision to seal its border with =
Thailand and unleash a barrage of insults against "Western  =
neocolonialists" and others reflected its anger that the documents had =
ended up in enemy hands.


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<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>When Burmese =
dissidents seized=20
Rangoon's embassy in Bangkok on October 1, the dispute was resolved =
without=20
violence. But the Burmese government reacted angrily. Why? The answer =
may lie in=20
the ambassador's safe, which the dissidents broke into during their =
occupation.=20
Sources close to the group say they found in it not money, as Rangoon =
claims,=20
but highly sensitive documents, including complete list of Burmese =
intelligence=20
agents and double-agents in Thailand. The sources also say the safe =
contained a=20
Iist of local business contacts for products from the Burmese sector of =
the=20
GoldenTriangle. These are said to have been used by the dissidents to =
help=20
negotiate their safe passage&nbsp;to the border. According to the =
sources,=20
Rangoon's decision to seal its border with Thailand and&nbsp;unleash a =
barrage=20
of insults against "Western&nbsp; neocolonialists" and others reflected =
its=20
anger that the documents had ended up in enemy=20
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