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Two Letters!




Letter (1).		
Date: 26 June 96

				No Sanctions for Burma
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	The present situation in Burma is no doubt difficult to 
understand for westerners. Mr Hugh Wood (Letters, 24/6) is not an expection.

	First of all please do not blame the present SLORC Government for 
what had been done by previous military governments under General Ne Win 
from 1962 to 1988.

	The present problems in Burma are mainly economic, and Australia 
will be out of step with the rest of the world if the Government were to 
apply economic sanctions. The top five investors in Burma are, in order, 
the United Kingdom, Singapore, France, the United States and Malaysia. 
Australia is almost the last on the list.

	Instead of hiding our heads in Bondi sand, Australians should go and 
see the Burmese people rebuilding their country after it has been devastated 
by a prolonged civil war and doctrinaire Marxism.

	Australians should also know that the National League for 
Democracy, the major opposition party, welcomes foreign investment.

	Unilateral sanctions by Australia against Burma will further 
damage this country's image there, as it can only be seen by people there 
as an anti-Burma exercise by an ignorant nation.

(Micheal Nyunt, Wahroonga, NSW, Australia)

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Letter (2). 
Date: 28 June 96


			Burma Opposition rejects investment	
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	Michael Nyunt, check your facts (Letter 26/6).

	In a recent interview given to John Pilger, Aung San Suu Kyi 
rejected the notion of foreign investment outright. To quote, "Investment 
is not justifiable now."

	As the United States Congress considers economic sanctions and 
the European Union dicusses tariffs on Burmese-made goods, Australia 
would be hardly out of step by distancing itself from sanctioned trade at 
this time.

	The economic woes of Burma are perpetuated by the SLORC 
Government, for whom foreign investment provides power and privilege. It 
is SLORC, not former leader Ne Win, that continues to oppress the 
citizens of a country recognised by the United Nations as one of the 
least developed in the world.

	Taking the lead on this noble cause could only enhance 
Australia's image.

(Joel Hatton, Brighton, Qld, Australia).

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[The Australian, Letters to the editor].

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Notes:	Micheal Nyunt is a dog belong to SLORC and Ne Win's military 
        governments since 1962.

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