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S.H.A.N : THE EX-MTA GROUPS STRIVE



Subject: S.H.A.N : THE EX-MTA GROUPS STRIVE FOR UNITY

S.H.A.N : THE EX-MTA  GROUPS STRIVE FOR UNITY
08 March 1996

After more than eight weeks of MTA surrender to the hated SLORC regime, the Shan
patriots are again picking up the track where Khun sa has left. Many said that
now it is time to look forward rather than to put the blame on each others. This
reasoning is clearly demonstrated when two ex-MTA commanders Major Yord Serk and
Major Lern Kham started to initiate unification gestures to continue the Shan
resistance against the SLORC aggressor by issuing statements on 30 Jan 96 and 07
Feb 96 respectively.

The essence of the two statements are almost identical which include amony
others : 
- to work for the unity of all races within the Shan State
- to uplift and reactivate the spirit of Panglong agreement 
- to restore democracy and humanrights
- to work for the prosperity and equality of all races within the Shan State
- to support the international community in its fight against the narcotics and 
- to strive for peaceful co-existence within the sphere of southeast asian
nations and the   whole world in general.

Meanwhile, S.H.A.N sources learned that the west of Salween ex-MTA troops have
reached a working relation to pave way for further reconsolidation. Major Lern
Kham's group near the Laotian border is said to be also on the list of the
formation.

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