HOLD OFF TRADE - SUU KYI

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         AUNG SAN SUU KYI ASKS FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS NOT TO RUSH 
          TO RESTORE FULL DIPLOMATIC AND TRADE TIES WITH BURMA
                                    
                                    
>From "The New York Times" of 12 July 95 (extract from Philip
Shenon's article on Suu Kyi's 11 July press conference):
 
"While Mrs Aung San Suu Kyi repeatedly expressed gratitude today
to the military for her release, she asked that foreign
governments not rush to restore full diplomatic and trade ties
with the junta.
 
"At a news conference in the dimly lighted, peeling living room
of the two-storied house that so long was her prison -- the house
and gardens are a wreck after almost six years in the steamy heat
of Yangon without any maintenance -- Mrs Aung San Suu Kyi was
asked how foreign governments should respond to her release.
 
"'I would like them to see it as a good sign, as a hopeful sign,
but I would like them to regard this with caution,' she said.
'Cautious optimism is what is called for.'"