JUNTA TRIUMPHS IN GENEVA (r)

[kabaraye@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Darnott,

It is my strong belief that amongst other means of achieving a free and 
democratic Burma, continued and incessant world attention is very 
important instrument which we have to keep using all the time.

I , together with many of my countrymen , greatly appreciate your 
continued interest in the plight and welfare of the long suffering 
population. It is people like you who are able to weed out important 
information, analyse it and make it known to people in the right 
quarters as well as providing valuable information to most of us who 
live in the dark. I thank you and all others who have similarly shed 
light on the true situation in Burma and pray you continue to do so. 

Albeit, there are many other countires in the world currently suffering 
similar or a worse fate than us, but I would like the governments of all 
free nations,NGOs , and researchers and writers like you to PLEASE , not 
forget us ,but to keep the world's attention on our misery.This is one 
of the instruments that would at least keep the power hungry army in 
check ,even if it does not solve our problems overnight. 

This is the most effective "check and balance" we have at the moment.

I would like to commend your insight into the mentality of the 
SLORC/SPDC which you aptly mentioned in your footnote. Keeping the 
country in its present "fragmented state" is what the doctor ordered 
,and it is in no way detrimental to their continued stay in power.

Please keep up the good work!

KA




Date: 26 Apr 1998 08:52:16
>Reply-To: Conference "reg.burma" <burmanet-l@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>From: darnott@xxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: JUNTA TRIUMPHS IN GENEVA
>To: Recipients of burmanet-l <burmanet-l@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>DSIF TRIUMPHS IN GENEVA


>(1) On the other hand, as a short footnote, 

I should add that it is
>possible to see DSIF's achievements as rational. For instance, the
>reluctance of the junta to abandon its grip on the rickety State 
Economic
>Enterprises and the priority it gives to military control over 
virtually
>everything, including rice farming, education and the sending of faxes, 
are
>factors in destabilising the economy and discouraging international aid 
or
>investment which far outweigh any economic sanctions imposed or
>contemplated. To those sceptics who would stress the irrationality of 
such
>a policy, I would point out that keeping the country poor, isolated and
>fragmented makes perfect sense once one accepts the premise that this 
is
>the only situation in which the junta can continue to stay in power, 
and
>that staying in power is the point. DSIF, far from being an aberration, 
is
>thus pursuing the central policy goals of the Burmese leadership. Some
>people might even see this approach as a heroic resistance to 
globalisation
>and the grip of transnational corporations. Let us not forget that 
shooting
>oneself in the foot has the personally rational goal of avoiding worse 
injuries or death in battle]. 



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