BURMA PRESS SUMMARY Vol.II, No. 9, September 1988

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Table of Contents:- POLITICAL CRISIS Request to Vacate Buildings 2 Dr. Maung Maung's Address 2 Government Plan Questioned 3 Unions & Organizations Founded 3 Joint Opposition 7 Demonstration Sites Restricted 8 Open Letter to Dr. Maung Maung 9 Extraordinary Party Congress 10 Daw Aung San Su Kyi 11 League for Democracy and Peace 11 AFPFL 13 Back-to-Work Orders 14 Two Politicians Detained 14 [Military Coup d'Etat] 15 Gen. Saw Maung's Address 15 Articles Support New Regime.....16 ELECTIONS Elections Commission Meets 17 Officials To Quit Party 17 New Elections Commission Formed 17 National League for Democracy...18 BSPP Renamed National Unity 18 Democracy Party Formed..........18 DISTURBANCES AND PUBLIC ORDER Demonstrations in Rangoon 19 Disturbances in Rangoon 26 Detainees Released 28 Demonstrations outside Rangoon 28 Disturbances Outside Rangoon 29 Strike Camps Disbanded 30 Weapons Seizures 31 Student Flight to Insurgents 31 Students Join Insurgents........32 Casualties in Coup..............32 DIPLOMATIC Japanese Statement 32 Czech Message 32 US Resolution on Burma 32 No U.S. Intervention in Burma 33 Soviet Press Statement 33 Attach?s Briefed on LORC 33 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Statements on European Aid 34 BBC Broadcast Refuted 34 Australian Aid Appreciated 34 U.S. Aid for Rice 34 FOREIGN VISITORS U.S. Congressional Visit 34 BURMESE DELEGATIONS Burmese Association (Japan) 34 GOVERNMENT Law & Order Council Officials 35 Return to Normalcy 35 Laws to Remain in Force 36 Justice Organs Reorganized 36 Local Government Reorganized....36 More Laws Promulgated...........36 MILITARY Soldiers Support Democracy 36 Captain Gives Press Conference 36 KNU Saboteurs 37 Army Discipline Ordered 37 Roundup of Military Actions 37 Heavy Fighting Reported.........38 ECONOMIC Electricity Situation 38 Water Supply Projects 38 Oil to be Distributed 38 Rice Shortage 38 Food Supplies 39 Resumption of Services 39 Resumption of Work 39 Rainfall in Rangoon 41 HEALTH Donations to Rangoon Hospital 41 Water Poisoning Rumors 42 People's Clinics To Open 42 Hospitals on Strike 42 Health Services Resume..........42 CULTURAL Konbaung Period Writers 42 ADNG Students Studying 43 Archaeology 43 MISCELLANEOUS Crime News 43 Obituaries 43 Guard Dogs 44

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"The Working People's Daily" via BPS

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1988-09-00

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2006-01-01

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