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IHT and France-Burma



Dear Euro-Burmanet readers & Burma activists,

Good news. The IHT yesterday carried on page one, center the following
story and headline " Burma's Pipeline Tug of War / Rights Butt up
Against Business in French-U.S. project "

The activist revolt and the long hard efforts against the oil companies
in Burma intensified over the past year has become front page news
around the world. TOTAL cannot avoid it, and the paid journalism
promotional tour to Burma by TOTAL's PR department last month did not go
unscathed. The problem has been put out front and TOTAL, Unocal and its
drug partners in Slorc and businesses invested in Burma are now high
profile targets.

The rather lukewarm story by Seth Mydans in the NY Times is now history,
and says more of the same what we have seen on TOTAL over the past few
weeks a la Herve Madero, TOTAL's French manager in Burma.

For those who are concerned, the French now have had enough of TOTAL's
hype, and the leading Internet magazine here, Planete Internet, this
month followed last month's story on EUROBURMANET and its TOTAL BOYCOTT,
with a rebuttal on the editorial page of THIS Months December issue "
TOTAL CONTROL " hitting Total for not responding to its editors
questions, along with a 3-page story, in French on the Free Burma
internet campaign -also citing a $1.3 million dollar funding
contribution by George Soros, and inuendoes (sic?) of CIA propaganda... 

Well, EURO-BURMANET has no links to the CIA and to date is not funded by
Soros. 

And despite French arrogance, indifference and pre-occupation with
Algeria, Africa, and Bosnie, Burma is now becoming a " chic "  ie. "
cool " subject here. It seems that you have to be " in fashion " to be
taken " seriously "
and of course, the French never like to be seen taking anything too "
seriously ".  Except bowing down to state power and ministries,
state-protected paid vacations, and champagne and wine parties....

For 1996,  with the French story in the press, and Phase II now in
operation, EUROBURMANET's TOTAL BOYCOTT campaign, launched last year,
and this year on the NET, has been worth the investment and effort.
Let's hope 1997 goes even further.

If you havent done it lately, check it out on the Net. Its there for
you, and a FREE BURMA. 

Thank you.
Metta,
Dawn Star, Paris


Metta, thank you, peace, happiness and long life. Virtually yours,

FREE DR. MA THIDA ! 
1996 Reebok International Human Rights Award Laureate

Dawn Star  (Paris)  <cd@xxxxxxx>
Euro-Burmanet  (Paris, France)

Burmanet / TOTAL Coordinator (France)
Free Burma Coalition
http://wicip.org/fbc/

NCGUB
815 Fifteenth Street NW
 Suite 910
Washington, DC 20005
<ncgub@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB)
P.O Box 6720
ST.Olavs Plass
0130 Oslo, Norway
Tel: 47-22-200021, Tel/fax:47-22-362525

Norway NCGUB you must make e-mail address to
level one (1)maung@xxxxxxxxxxx (the PM office e-mail)
level two (2)NCGUB Europe, U Nwe Aung  e-mail
<101564.2652@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

US President  Bill Clinton < president@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Ambassador Madeleine K  Albright ( United Nations US Ambassador) Fax 
(212) 415 4443

All members of the House can be reached via the Congressional
Switchboard at (202) 224-3121.

While some members have E-mail, electronic communication is not as
effective as a telephone call or fax.

President William Clinton
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington DC 20500
(202) 456-1414

Mr.Warren Christopher
Secretary of State
Department of State
Main State Building
2201 C. Street NW
Washington DC 20520-7512
(202) 647-4000

Mr. Anthony Lake
National Security Advisor 
National Security Council
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington DC 20500
(202) 456-9481

http://www-uvi.eunet.fr/
http://www-uvi.eunet.fr/asia/euro-burma/
http://www-uvi.eunet.fr/asia/euro-burma/main/

Your pass into the following sites, and much more.

http://www-uvi.eunet.fr/asia/euro-burma/nld/
http://www-uvi.eunet.fr/asia/euro-burma/daask/
http://www-uvi.eunet.fr/asia/euro-burma/total
http://www-uvi.eunet.fr/asia/euro-burma/pepsi/

Help support our effort. Write now, to :

Mrs. Emma BONINO
EC HUMANITARIAN OFFICE

The European Commission
Directorate General 1B
External Relations
(Directorate 1B, D, Division 3)
Rue de la Lois/Westraat 200
B-1049 Brussels
Belgium
Fax:32-2-299-1047

EC Humanitarian Office 
http://europa.eu.int/en/comm/echo/echo

Join the Free Burma Coalition. Tel. 608-256-6572
zni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

http://www.irn.org.
International Rivers Network (Pam Wellner)
Unocal -TOTAL Oil campaign & Burma

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Help support  the TOTAL WORLDWIDE BOYCOTT by donating funds to
EURO-BURMANET:
Email cd@xxxxxxx

Send letters and cut-up UNOCAL / TEXACO / ARCO / TOTAL charge cards to:

Roger Beach, CEO
Unocal Corporation
2141 Rosecrans Blvd., Suite 4000 / El
Segundo, CA 90245
Tel: 310-726-7600

Gary Jones, CEO
Total North America
Total Tower, 900 19th Street
Denver,
CO 80202
Tel: 303-291-2000

Send your letters now :

TOTAL  SA
Thierry Desmarest, CEO
President of Exploration and Production,
24 Cours Michelet 
92800 Puteaux France

Paris France  Tel: 33-1-41-35-40-00  Fax: 33-1-41-35-64-65
Paris France  : <hourcard@xxxxxxxxx>
New York City  <TOTALNYC@xxxxxxx> , <roberth@xxxxxxxxx>

All members of the US House of Representatives can be reached
at  the Congressional Switchboard: (202) 224-3121

And remember, while some members have E-mail, electronic communication
is not as effective
as a telephone call or fax. Sent a letter, mark Free Burma Now, on the
envelop.
Its effective.

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