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 ** Thailand Proposes New Line Over Infamous World War II Railway **
    -------------------------------------------------------------
	By JIRAPORN WONGPAITHOON=
 	Associated Press Writer=
	Photograph attached!

	BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) _ Thailand hopes to revive the notorious
	World War II railway featured in ``The Bridge on The River Kwai''
	to improve trade and tourism, interior ministry officials said
	Monday.
   
	The plan is still in the study stages, but officials expressed
	hope that both Japan and its wartime opponents would contribute to
	the reconstruction of the line between Bangkok and Rangoon, Burma.
   	``This railway has been known by people all over the world,''
	said Prawit Jenweeranon, a ministry adviser. ``We want to maintain
	it to help promote peace.''
   	But reopening the so-called Death Railway could rekindle painful
	memories for the elderly survivors. Construction of the 415
	kilometers (280 miles) of track between Bangkok and Rangoon was one
	of the darkest chapters of World War II.
   
	Some 16,000 Allied prisoners of war and more than 100,000 Asian
	slave laborers who built the line died of disease, malnutrition,
	torture and execution by the Japanese troops overseeing them.
   	Of the original route, only 120 kilometers remain operative. A
	study has revealed that the line, if it followed the original
	route, would need up to 100 bridges to cross streams, rivers and
	gorges.
   
	The Bangkok Post newspaper Monday quoted Maj. Gen. Sornchai
	Motriwat, deputy minister of the interior, as telling political
	supporters that the revived line would benefit Thailand and Burma.
   	``The new railway would be one of the great railway journeys of
	the world as the route is extremely picturesque,'' the paper quoted
	Sornchai as saying.
   	``With its fascinating World War II history and international
	fame created by the film `The Bridge on The River Kwai' the railway
	route would attract many more foreigners to visit Thailand,''
	Sornchai was quoted as saying.
   
	The 1957 film, based on a novel by Pierre Boulle, depicted the
	brutality Japanese troops inflicted on British prisoners in
	building a bridge to serve the railway.
   	Rail traffic between Thailand and Burma ground to a halt decades
	ago as ethnic insurgencies raged along the border against the
	Burmese government. Most land trade between the two countries fell
	into the hands of smugglers.
   
261045 Aug GMT

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