Suu Kyi calls for "good faith" dial

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Subject: Suu Kyi calls for "good faith" dialogue.


		Suu Kyi calls for 'good faith' dialogue
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                     In a statement smuggled out of her compound, Suu Kyi 
		     said it is
                     "the desire of the people to see the convening of 
		     the parliament." 

                     She also said that "political and economic problems 
		     could not be
                     solved through harassment and repression of (NLD) 
		     members." 

             	     Suu Kyi, who won the Nobel Peace
                     Prize in 1991, was released 
		     in 1995
                     after six years under house 
		     arrest.
                    
		     But the military routinely keeps
                     guards around her home to block
                     access to journalists and to 
		     keep her
                     from giving public speeches. 

                     In her statement Tuesday, Suu Kyi
                     called for a "good faith" 
		     dialogue
                     between the government and the NLD. 

                     "The NLD believes that dialogue held in all good 
	   	     faith with the only
                     intention of benefiting the people is the only main 
	   	     thing that can
                     bring about benefits for the people and the nation," 
		     she said. 

                     U.S. Charge d'Affairs Ken Weideman said he has 
	 	     lodged a formal
                     protest with the government over the alleged 
		     detention of NLD
                     members. The United States recently announced it 
		     would impose
                     economic sanctions on Burma in response to the 
		     crackdown on
                     pro-democracy activities. 

		     [CNN News, 27 May 1997].

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