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JAPAN TO HELP SLORC  IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Released by ISBDA on October 26, 1995.

Japanese Business and Technology newspaper ÒNikkan Kogyo ShimbunÓ reported t
oday that Japanese government is planning to help Burmese military regime
through a pseudo-governmental body named ÔKokusai Johoka Kyoryoku Senta,Õ (C
enter for International Cooperation in Communication) CICC. 

According to the report, the Center guides various projects on
modernization of communication structures in the countries of  Asia, Middle
East and Latin America regions through their governments.  At present, an
expert group in CICC is working on a project named as ÒMATIC ProjectÓ to inc
rease production efficiencies of automobile and electrical home appliance
factories in five Asian countries including China and Malaysia. 

As preliminary work has been done in Tokyo, CICC will send its
representatives to Burma for hearing (interviewing) and opinion exchanges
with  the military-controlled government agencies. After these visits, CICC
will send  Japanese experts to Burma to give technical seminars and also to
set collaborative  research programs for implementation of the proposed
projects. The plan also includes categorical acceptance of technical
trainees sent by SLORC,  opening of technical seminars in Burma, and
offering hi-tech instruments required by the government agencies.

Although the report did not mention the name and total cost of project, it
is expected that  to power-up SLORCÕs intelligence branches, the CICC will o
ffer the regime a duplicate of the ÒIT2000 ProgramÓ designed for increase of
computer facilities that work  for the Government of Vietnam.  



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