ANTI-DRUG DEAL :ONLY ON THE BOOK OR (r)

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Subject: Re: ANTI-DRUG DEAL :ONLY ON THE BOOK OR FOR REAL?   31/3 afp

At 05:54 PM 3/31/97, you wrote:
>From: moe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Julien Moe)
>Subject: ANTI-DRUG DEAL :ONLY ON THE BOOK OR FOR REAL?   31/3 afp
>
>ANTI-DRUG DEAL: Myanmar and Laos, the two largest opium-producing
>              countries in the so-called Golden Triangle, have signed an
>agreement to
>              crack down on illegal drug trafficking, according to official
>news reports
>              yesterday. 
>
>              The pact was signed on Saturday as the highlight of an
>official visit by
>              Lao Prime Minister Siphandone Tongvanh to Myanmar at the
>invitation of
>              State Law and Order Restoration Council chairman General Than
>Shwe,
>              said the New Light of Myanmar newspaper. 
>
>              Myanmar and Laos, whose remote hinterlands make up sections
of the
>              tri-border Golden Triangle area, produce about 2,500 tonnes
>and 200
>              tonnes of opium respectively per year. 
>


In order to crack down on illegal drug traffickinin Burma and Lao, the
states  have to attest the two prime minister first.