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Burma Update
April 27, 1996

      SLORC Has Been Extending Its Military Might With Low Profile

SLORC appeared to have only ten military commands and ten divisions. 
Nevertheless, according to the sources from Captain Kyaw Soe,Grade-3, 
General Staff Officer, who was from Loikaw Regional Military Command and 
defected the SLORC recently,  in reality, in order to hoodwink the 
international community, SLORC has been extending its military might with 
low profile.

Prior to 1988, SLORC had only nine military commands and nine divisions. 
Each division is composed of ten regiments. In 1991, it extended one 
military command and one division. Following 1991, SLORC formed four 
military divisions, called Regional Military Command, which is in the 
same status of Division Military Command, in Tennasarium Division ( 
Mergui), Kayah State ( Loikaw), Shan State ( Kyein Ton) and Sagaing 
Division ( Kalay). Moreover, at the end of 1995, SLORC extended a Coastal 
Division Military Command in the southern part, a Triangle Division 
Military Command  in the eastern part of Burma, and 12 Strategic Military 
Commands, comprising ten Regiments in each Command, which are in the same 
status of Division Military Command, in the whole country. It also 
extended two bases for the air force in Taungoo and Nam-San, one base for 
the navy in Tennasarium. Consequently, up till now, SLORC has promoted 
its number up to 400, 000 in comparison with 186, 000 soliders in 1988.

ABSDF News Agency ( Dawn Gwin)