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SLORC RENEGED ITS PROMISE: A MESSAG



Subject: SLORC RENEGED ITS PROMISE: A MESSAGE ON 27/9/88.

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/* ----------" SLORC reneged its promise: A message on 27/9/88 "--------- */

Following is a telex message from SLORC to Burmese diplomatic missions,
after assuming state power in September 1988. The message - or declaration
- clearly states that SLORC has "NO DESIRE WAHTSOEVER TO CLING ON TO POWER
FOR A LONG PERIOD." It further emphasized in the statement  that
"OUR TATMADAW ON IT PART WOULD ...... AFTER HANDING OVER POWER TO THE
GOVERNMENT WHICH EMERGES AFTER THE FREE AND FAIR GENERAL ELECTIONS IN WHICH
THE CITIZENS OF THE NATION WOULD BE ABLE TO EXERCISE THEIR FULL DEMOCRATIC
RIGHTS."  What happening after the election in 1990 is as a matter of the
record of SLORC reneging its promise. -- U Ne Oo.
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BURMA AA61376
21313 MOFAN BM

TO: ALL BURMESE MISSIONS
FM: FOREIGN RANGOON
NO   20 60 6
DT   27-9-88

        FOR HEAD OF MISSION FROM DG OHN GYAW (.)
QUOTE(.)
ADDRESS TO THE NATION ON 23 SEPTEMBER 1988 BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STATE LAW
AND ORDER RESTORATION COUNCIL GENERAL SAW MAUNG

        RAHAN, LAITY AND THE PEOPLE,

        I WISH TO SUBMIT CERTAIN POINTS OF CLARAFICATION SO THAT RAHANS,
LAITY AND THE ENTIRE PEOPLE WOULD UNDERSTANT THE POSITION OF THE TATMADAY,
AND SO THAT THEY WOULE HAVE NO MISUNDERTANDING OF THE TATMADAY'S INTENTION
IN CONNECTION WITH THE PREVAILING SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY. THE
DEMOCNSTRATIONS WHICH OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY BEGAN AS A POLITICAL
MOVEMENT IN WHICH PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS WERE USED WITH THE AIM OF
ATTAINING GENUINE DEMOCRACY. LATER VICIOUS AND VIOLENCE PRONE UNSAVOURY
ELEMENTS INFILTRATED THE MOVEMENT AND CREATED VIOLENT DISTURBANCES, THREATS
AND CRUELTY AND OTHER ANARCHISTIC ACTIVITIES RESULTING IN CONDITIONS IN
WHICH THE LAW AND ORDER AND PEACE AND TRANQUILITY IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY
BECOME THREATENED. CONDITIONS BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE ANDTHE SITUATION WAS
SUCH THAT IT WAS PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO RESOLVE MATTERS THROUGH
POLITICAL MEANS. IT WAS AT THIS POINT THAT THE TATMADAY, THROUGH REALIZING
THAT IT WOULD BE CONFRONTED WITH MANY DIFFICULTIES, NEVERTHELESS HAD TO
UNAVOIDABLY ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE STATE POWER. IT WAS WITH
MISGIVINGS THAT THE TATMADAW WAS FORCED TO TAKE THIS COURSE OF ACTION AND
IT SI SUFFERING MUCH UNHAPPINESS.

        OUR PURPOSE IN FORMING THE GOVERNMENT WAS MERELY TO ESTABLISH THE
FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A SOVEREIGN NATION AND EXPEDITE RELATIONS
WITH OTHER COUNTRIES AS WELL AS FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES.
THE FACT THAT ONLY A FEW PERSONS HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED A LARGE NUMBER OF
PORTFOLIO RESPONSIBILITIES IS CLEARLY INDICATIVE THAT THERE IS NO DESIRE
WHATSOEVER TO CLING ON TO POWER FOR A LONG PERIOD. I AND ALL MY COLLEAGUES,
AND ALL TATMADAWMEN MOST RESPECTIVELY AND HONESTLY GIVE OUR WORD TO ALL
RAHANS, LAITY AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE DO NOT WISH TO CLING TO STATE POWER
FOR LONG. AS IT HAS BEEN STATED IN DECLARATION NO. 1/88 OF THE STATE LAW
AND ORDER RESTORATION COUNCIL OF WHICH I AM THE LEADER, STEPS HAVE ALREADY
COMMENCED TO IMPLEMENT THE FOLLOWING IMMEDIATE MEASURES:-

(A) MAINTENANCE OF LAW AND ORDER, PREVAILING PEACE AND TRANQUILITY IN THE
COUNTRY.

(B) PROVIDING SECURE AND SMOOTH TRANSPORTATION,

(C) THE STATE LAW AND ORDER RESTORATION COUNCIL WILL STRIVE FOR THE BETTER
CONDITIONS OF FOOD CLOTHING AND SHELTER OF THE PEOPLE AND RENDER NECESSARY
ASSISTANCE TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THE COOPERATIVES TO DO SO.

        THE FOURTH POINT OF THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF OUR ORGANIZATION'S
DECLARATION NO.  1/88 CONCERNS THE HOLDING OF MULTI-PARTY DEMOCRACY GENERAL
ELECTIONS. ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING MADE TO IMPLEMENT THIS MEASURES AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE. WE WISH TO INFORM ALL CITIZENS OF THE NATION AND ALL POLITICAL
PARTIES AND ORGANIZATIONS WHICH WOULD BE RUNNING FOR ELECTIONS THAT WORK
HAS COMMENCED ON CARRYING OUT THE NECESSARY MEASURES. IN THIS CONNECTION
THE POLITICAL PARTIES AND ORGANIZATIONS WHICH WOULD BE RUNNING FOR
ELECTIONS OUGHT TO BE MAKING PREPARATIONS TO GET THEMSELVES REGISTERED
ACCORDING TO LAW. IT HAS BEEN JUST A FEW DAYS SINCE WE ASSUMED
RESPONSIBILITIES. THIS BEING THE CASE, WE WISH TO SUGGEST THAT THE
ORGANIZATIONS CONCERNED MAINTAIN STABLE CONTROL OF THEIR OWN ORGANIZATIONS
INSTEAD OF MAKING OVER-ZEALOUS DEMANDS AT A TIME WHEN CONDITIONS HAVE NOT
YET STABILIZED.

        WE ARE TATMADWMEN. OUR ORGANIZATIONS WHICH IS MADE UP LARGELY OF
TATMADAWMEN, IS ABSOLUTELY LOYAL TO THE NATION. WE WISH YOU TO BE FULLY
CONVINCED THAT WE WOULD NOT IN ANY WAY AND UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES ABROGATE
THE OATH OF LOYALTY WHICH HAS BEEN SWORN TOWARDS THE NATION AND THE PEOPLE.

        WE WISH TO SUBMIT OUR SUPPLICATION TO THE SAYADAWS OF THE STATE
SANGHA MAHA NAYAKA COMMITTEE THAT WE WOULD MOST RESPECTFULLY MAKE NOTE OF
THE REQUEST MADE BY THE STATE SANGHE MAHA NAYAKA COMMITTEE ON 20 SEPTEMBER.

        AT THIS POINT I WISH TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT SERVICE PERSONNEL. A
SERVICE PERSONNEL WHO IS CARRYING OUT THE DUTIES ENTRUSTED BY THE STATE
SHOULD NOT BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ANY POLITICAL PARTY OR ORGANIZATION.
ALL SUCH PERSONNEL ARE OBLIGATED TO CARRY OUT ALL RESPONSIBILITIES AND
DUTIES WHICH HAVE BEEN LAWFULLY ENTRUSTED BY ANY GOVERNMENT WHICH COMES TO
POWER AND WHICH WILL WORK FOR THE WELFARE OF THE NATION. THE PREVAILING
SITUATION TODAY IS THAT OUR NATION HAS OVERCOME A PERIOD OF DISRUPTION AND
HAS ACHIEVED A REASONABLE MEASURE OF STABILITY. RECONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES
ARE TO BEGIN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE EVEN AS INCREASING STABILITY IS
ACHIEVED. WE URGE TO JOIN HANDS WITH US AND WORK TOGETHER SO THAT THE
MULTI-PARTY DEMOCRACY SYSTEM FOR WHICH THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASPIRING MAY BE
SUCCESSFULLY ESTABLISHED.

        WE WISH TO WARN THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT BAD CONDITIONS DO NOT
OCCUR AGAIN AT A TIME WHEN REASONABLE AMOUNT OF STABILITY IS BEING
ACHIEVED, WE WARN THAT MASS LOOTING AND DESTURCTION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY,
MILLS AND FACTORIES BY UNSAVOURY ELEMENTS SHOULD NOT OCCUR. WE WISH TO
REPEAT THE WARNING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE EFFECTIVE ACTION SINCE WE
CANNOT TOLERATE SUCH MOB-CRIMINALITY.

        AS THE PERIOD FOR WHICH WE ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY IS A SHORT ONE, WE
CAN PROVIDE ONLY LIMITED ATTENTION TO SUCH MATTERS AS HEALTH, EDUCATION AND
OTHER SOCIAL ACTIVITIES. LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH, EDUCATION AND
OTHER SOCIAL ACTIVITIES ARE TO BE CARRIED OUT BY THE GOVERNMENT WHICH COMES
TO POWER AFTER THE MULTI-PARTY DEMOCRACY GENERAL ELECTIONS.

        OUR TATMADAY ON IT PART WOULD CONTINUE TO CARRY OUT THE ORIGINAL
DUTY OF NATIONAL DEFENCE AND SECURITY AND THE MAINTENENCE OF LAW AND ORDER
AFTER HANDING OVER POWER TO THE GOVERNMENT WHICH EMERGES AFTER THE FREE AND
FAIR GENERAL ELECTIONS IN WHICH THE CITIZENS OF THE NATION WOULD BE ABLE TO
EXERCISE THEIR FULL DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS.

        SUCH BEING THE CASE WE REQUEST ALL RAHANS, LAITY AND THE PEOPLE WHO
WISH TO HAVE A MULTI-PARTY DEMOCRACY AND ALL POLITICAL PARTIES AND
ORGANIZATIONS WHICH WOULD RUN FOR ELECTIONS TO JOIN IN, AND WORK FOR THE
QUICKEST POSSIBLE HOLDING OF A FREE AND FAIR MULTI-PARTY DEMOCRACY GENERAL
ELECTIONS.

UNQUOTE(.)

KINDLY ALSO PROVIDE COPY TO MILITARY ATTACHE IN YOUR EMBASSY (.)
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BURMA AA61376
21312 MOFARN BM

Message: 405 -** Received on 29/09/88 12 h 36 Elasped : 18 mn 20 Disconnect
code: 13
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