AFP-Tiananmen Square massacre a CIA

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Tiananmen Square massacre a CIA plot: Myanmar claims
Sat 29 Aug 98 - 06:10 GMT 

YANGON, Aug 29 (AFP) - The Tiananmen Square massacre was the result of a
plot by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Myanmar claimed Saturday,
in its latest broadside against Washington and other foreign powers
criticial of the country's junta.

"The democracy of Myanmar cannot be compared with those of America or
Britain," said a signed commentary in the official New Light of Myanmar
daily, the public voice of the junta.

"Cop(y)ing of the systems of the oldest democracy countries is not suitable
for Myanmar.

"We should not forget the disintegration of the Soviet Union. We should
(be) aware of the fact that (the) CIA was behind the Tiananmen Square
crisis," it added, without elaborating on the accusation.

Hundreds are believed to have died when Chinese security forces cracked
down on a pro-democracy protest in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989.

The comments marked the latest in a series of attacks on foreign powers by
the junta, which has faced stern international criticism and is confronted
by rising political tensions at home.

Another commentary in the same newspaper Friday lashed out at foreign
diplomats here, accusing them of inciting unrest and lending support to
opposition parties.

"The code of conduct does not state that diplomats should make contacts
with or give support to organisations opposing, criticising and attacking
the government," it added.

"Some embassies are one sidedly favouring the National League for Democracy
(NLD)," it said, referring to the main opposition party led by Nobel peace
laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

A separate newsletter from the junta's embassy in Canada, distributed by
officials in Yangon, also attacked foreign governments for attempting to
destabilise the country by supporting the NLD leader.

It said the junta was willing to tolerate Aung San Suu Kyi's "defiance and
political antics" only up to a "certain limit."

"But it has been made clear that anything beyond that limit will have to be
dealt with firmly," the embassy's letter said.

The newspaper commentary Friday urged diplomats to cease meddling in the
military state's internal affairs, saying the junta's own foreign envoys
set a good example for them to follow.

"They always stay away from places where people of (the) host nation are
starting to gather for some political reason," the column said.

"They never mingle with such crowds or gather information or instigate
them."

On Monday, police dispersed student demonstrators in the first street
protests in Yangon for almost two years. Some protesters and bystanders
were detained, but no injuries were reported.

The Myanmar opposition has demanded military authorities convene parliament
in accordance with 1990 elections which they won by a landslide. The junta
has refused to allow them to form a government.