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->Message 84:
->From notes@xxxxxxxxxxx Mon Jul 10 17:00:39 1995
->Date: 10 Jul 1995 06:29:19
->Reply-To: Conference "reg.burma" <burmanet-l@xxxxxxxxxxx>
->From: dhuang@xxxxxxxxx
->Subject: Suu Kyi Free!
->To: Recipients of burmanet-l <burmanet-l@xxxxxxxxxxx>
->
->From: David  Huang <dhuang@xxxxxxxxx>
->
->I heard on NPR this morning that SLORC release Suu Kyi, without 
->conditions.  ANY news containing details about this news, please post on 
->burmanet.  Much appreciated!
->
->--David Huang

Here is what I found from: gopher://gopher.VOA.GOV:70/00/newswire/mon
BURMA_-_SUU_KYI file.  Enjoy!


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DATE=7/10/95
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-181596
TITLE=BURMA / SUU KYI (L)
BYLINE=DAN ROBINSON
DATELINE=BANGKOK
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 

INTRO:  BURMA'S MILITARY GOVERNMENT HAS FREED AUNG SAN SUU KYI, 
AFTER NEARLY SIX YEARS OF HOUSE ARREST.  SHE IS A SYMBOL OF 
DEMOCRACY FIGURE AND NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE.  V-O-A'S DAN 
ROBINSON REPORTS FROM OUR SOUTHEAST ASIA BUREAU THE RELEASE CAME 
AS A SURPRISE AFTER RECENT STATEMENTS FROM RANGOON INDICATING 
THAT RESTRICTIONS AGAINST AUNG SAN SUU KYI -- BEGUN IN 1989 -- 
WOULD BE EXTENDED:

TEXT:  A SENIOR OFFICIAL OF BURMA'S INTELLIGENCE SERVICES IS SAID
TO HAVE GONE TO AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S RESIDENCE ON UNIVERSITY AVENUE
IN RANGOON AT ABOUT 4 P-M MONDAY TO GIVE HER THE NEWS.

REACHED BY TELEPHONE, A MILITARY GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL TOLD V-O-A, 
IN HIS WORDS -- THE NEWS IS CORRECT -- BUT DECLINED TO GIVE 
FURTHER DETAILS.

A JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTRY STATEMENT QUOTED BURMESE OFFICIALS AS
SAYING THE RELEASE WAS UNCONDITIONAL.  HOWEVER, MILITARY 
OFFICIALS ARE QUOTED AS SAYING AUNG SAN SUU KYI ASKED THAT GUARDS
REMAIN POSTED AT HER HOUSE FOR THE TIME BEING.

RANGOON-BASED DIPLOMATS ARE, FOR THE MOST PART, SURPRISED AT THE 
ANNOUNCEMENT.  ONLY A FEW DAYS AGO, A SENIOR JUNTA OFFICIAL 
(LIEUTENANT GENERAL KHIN  NYUNT) MADE STATEMENTS SEEN AS AN 
INDICATION THAT THE RESTRICTION ORDER AGAINST THE DEMOCRACY 
LEADER WOULD BE EXTENDED AGAIN.

HOWEVER, ONE RANGOON SOURCE TOLD V-O-A LATE MONDAY THERE WERE 
INDICATIONS IN RECENT DAYS THAT SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN ON JULY 
11TH.

// OPT // AUNG SAN SUU KYI WAS PLACED UNDER HOUSE ARREST ON JULY 
20, 1989.  HOWEVER, UNDER BURMESE LAW JULY 11TH WAS CONSIDERED 
THE DAY ON WHICH THE EXTENSION ORDER WOULD HAVE TO HAVE BEEN 
RENEWED. // END OPT //

THE REASONS BEHIND THE DECISION TO FREE THE DEMOCRACY FIGURE 
REMAIN UNCLEAR.  MOST OBSERVERS THOUGHT THE JUNTA WAS DETERMINED,
AT MINIMUM, TO COMPLETE A TIGHTLY CONTROLLED CONSTITUTIONAL 
CONVENTION BEFORE MAKING ANY MOVE. 

SENIOR OFFICIALS ALSO MADE CLEAR ANY DECISION DEPENDED ON HIGH 
CONFIDENCE THAT A RELEASE WOULD  NOT  LEAD TO RENEWED PUBLIC 
UNREST.

BEFORE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE RELEASE, ANALYSTS WERE DEBATING 
HOW MUCH THE RANGOON JUNTA REALLY CARED ABOUT EXTERNAL CRITICISM 
AND PRESSURE. 

HOWEVER, BURMA IS DUE TO ATTEND IMPORTANT SOUTHEAST ASIAN 
REGIONAL MEETINGS IN JULY AND DECEMBER.  OBSERVERS SAY THE 
DECISION TO FREE AUNG SAN SUU KYI IS LIKELY TO YIELD HUGE 
DIVIDENDS FOR THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT'S EFFORT TO END ITS 
ISOLATION.

ALSO, SOME MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED U-S CONGRESS -- 
ANGERED BY WHAT THEY CALL RANGOON'S POLITICAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS 
REPRESSION -- ARE PUSHING PROPOSED LEGISLATION CALLING FOR TRADE 
AND ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST RANGOON.  HOW MUCH FREEDOM AUNG 
SAN SUU KYI WILL ACTUALLY HAVE REMAINS TO BE SEEN.  DISSIDENTS 
RELEASED FROM PRISON ARE ROUTINELY WARNED  NOT  TO ENGAGE IN 
POLITICS AND  NOT  TO VIOLATE MILITARY LAWS. 

MONDAY NIGHT AUNG SAN SUU KYI -- NOW 50 YEARS OLD -- REMAINED 
INSIDE HER HOME IN RANGOON -- OFFICIALLY FREE BUT PROBABLY 
CONSIDERING CAREFULLY WHAT STEPS TO TAKE NEXT.  (SIGNED)

NEB/DR/CF

10-Jul-95 10:40 AM EDT (1440 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America