Burmese in the US? (r)

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Please contact Burmese Embassy at Intelligence Services for all your
questions.  I am impressed you put your finger on when you said knowledge
is power.  This kind of knowledge compiled by Burmese Military
Intelligence Services has made them powerful for about 4 decades. 

On 1 Mar 1996 lb252689@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Date: 01 Mar 1996 05:36:35
> From: lb252689@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: Recipients of burmanet-l <burmanet-l@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Burmese in the US?
> 
> From: Lisa Booth Brooten <lb252689@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 
> Greetings everyone.  Sorry to once again write with a question, but if 
> knowledge is indeed power, then hopefully you'll allow me the opportunity 
> to advance the cause of solidarity with more shared power...
> 
> I would like to get a picture of who the Burmese expat and immigrant 
> community in the US are.  About how many Burmese (and members of other 
> groups such as Karen, Mon, etc) are there in the US?  Where do they (you) 
> live (i.e. are there concentrations in specific areas of the US)?  How 
> many of them (you) are students?  And finally, where do they (you) stand 
> politically -- could you categorize the expat/immigrant community in 
> terms of pro-SLORC or pro-democracy stance, and if so, what kinds of 
> percentages of the total community would fall into either group?
> 
> Any ideas (web sites, organizations, etc) about where I could get more 
> information on this?
> 
> Peace, and thanks,
> 
> Lisa
> 
>