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| 02RANGOON1159 |
NLD "UNCLES" APPRECIATE CONTINUED U.S. SUPPORT [...] (C) National League for Democracy Central Executive Committee members ("the uncles") told Chief of Mission on September 9 that they appreciate continued U.S. support for their party and encourage increased pressure on the regime for democratic change. COM Martinez agreed with the uncles that [...] |
2002-09-10 07:32:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
| 02RANGOON1167 |
PATRIOT DAY IN RANGOON [...] (U) Some 325 invited guests, including high-ranking GOB military and civilian officials, Aung San Suu Kyi and the senior NLD leadership, Muslim representatives, ethnic leaders, and about 100 resident American citizens gathered September 11 in downtown Rangoon to observe Patriot Day. COM Marti [...] |
2002-09-12 05:43:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO BM ASSK NLD |
| 02RANGOON1254 |
STRONG ETHNIC SHOWING AT NLD'S 14TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Amidst strong support from Western diplomats and ethnic representatives the NLD celebrated its 14th anniversary on September 27 in downtown Rangoon. NLD leaders called for the SPDC to enter into dialogue without delay for the benefit of the country. An array of leaders from e [...] |
2002-09-27 10:27:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
| 02RANGOON1387 |
NLD EXPANDS RESIDUAL PARLIAMENTARY BODY [...] (SBU) On October 23 the Committee Representing the Peoples, Parliament (CRPP) announced that it was appointing four new ethnic members and inviting other political parties to join. The CRPP was created by the NLD and ethnic parties in September 1998 to represent the Parliament that was elect [...] |
2002-10-29 08:24:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
| 02RANGOON1418 |
NLD STATUS REPORT: SIX MONTHS AFTER ASSK'S RELEASE [...] (SBU) Summary: Almost six months after her release from house detention, ASSK continues with a disciplined, non-confrontational strategy to rebuild her political forces while attempting to draw the regime into dialogue on national reconciliation. She has succeeded in reviving NLD leadership [...] |
2002-11-04 09:03:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM BM ASSK NLD |
| 02RANGOON1510 |
GOB RELEASES 115 POLITICAL PRISONERS [...] (C) Summary: The GOB released another 115 political prisoners on November 21. The NLD has received the names of 50 NLD members who were released as well as one other who military intelligence mistakenly identified as an NLD member. ICRC received all 115 names. This brings the total number [...] |
2002-11-22 08:48:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV BM NLD |
| 02RANGOON1570 |
ONLY 75 OF 115 POLITICAL PRISONERS RELEASED [...] (C) On November 19, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) announced the release of 115 political prisoners, and the UN Secretary General immediately welcomed the announcement. As of December 10, however, it appears that only 75 of these 115 political prisoners have been released. N [...] |
2002-12-10 08:39:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM BM NLD |
| 02RANGOON916 |
REGIME RELEASES 32 POLITICAL PRISONERS [...] (SBU) Summary: The regime announced yesterday that it had released 32 political prisoners; 14 NLD members and 18 others, mostly students. The NLD was told of only 24 releases, its 14 members and 10 students the regime said were arrested for supporting NLD activities. Despite the discrepanc [...] |
2002-07-29 11:02:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BM NLD |
| 03RANGOON1019 |
JAPANESE OFFICIAL VISITS RANGOON, PURSUES SPDC-NLD [...] (C) Summary: The Japanese Embassy in Rangoon is quietly pursuing a proposal, apparently endorsed by a senior GOJ MOFA official who visited Burma on August 20, that would require Aung San Suu Kyi's commitment to turn a blind eye to the violent May 30 attack on her convoy in exchange for her re [...] |
2003-08-22 10:34:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | BM PGOV PREL NLD |
| 03RANGOON1057 |
PM KHIN NYUNT'S SPEECH: THE BURMESE ROAD TO [...] (C) Summary: On August 30 General Khin Nyunt delivered his first speech as Prime Minister (and perhaps the first such policy address from Burma's military regime in over ten years), promising a seven-step transition to a "disciplined democracy." However, his "Road Map of Myanmar" offers noth [...] |
2003-09-02 12:08:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BM NLD |
| 03RANGOON1429 |
ANATOMY OF A BURMESE POLITICAL BLOOD BATH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Additional information on the May 30 Depeyin attack continues to emerge from victims and eyewitnesses, providing new context and clarity to the regime's true role in the premeditated assault on ASSK and the NLD. On November 4, NLD members smuggled to us video footage of Aung San [...] |
2003-11-07 09:59:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM ASSK NLD |
| 03RANGOON1431 |
AN EVENING WITH PINHEIRO: NO PROGRESS IN BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pinheiro summarized to COM on November 6 that his present visit was a bust and he sees regression in the human rights situation since his last trip to Burma. The SPDC did not concede to him any of the outcomes he'd hoped for during this visit, including releasing the May 30 pris [...] |
2003-11-07 12:02:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM ASSK NLD |
| 03RANGOON1432 |
PINHEIRO'S DOWNBEAT DEPARTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pinheiro gave a downbeat assessment to the diplomatic corps of his visit this week to Burma. He repeated most of his themes from his November 6 meeting at the COM's residence (reftel), and he was obviously restraining himself from showing his true level of frustration with the re [...] |
2003-11-08 10:11:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BM NLD |
| 03RANGOON1444 |
GOB RELEASES EIGHT MAY 30 POLITICAL PRISONERS [...] (C) Summary: The GOB announced on November 10 the release of eight political detainees, including six known members of the NLD arrested following the May 30 premeditated attack on ASSK and her convoy. The releases are clearly calculated to soften the blow of a damning U.N. report on the human [...] |
2003-11-12 10:55:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV BM NLD |
| 03RANGOON1462 |
RAZALI AND THE NLD VIDEOTAPE [...] (C) Reftel indicated that UN Special Envoy Razali had requested a copy of the NLD videotape of the May 2003 ASSK convoy in northern Burma. His intention to provide the tape to certain international journalists as a way to bring external pressure on the SPDC would fulfill a request by ASSK, as [...] |
2003-11-14 09:45:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BM MY ASSK NLD |
| 03RANGOON1477 |
NATIONAL CONVENTION: READY OR NOT, HERE IT COMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Burmese regime is quietly selecting delegates for a National Convention, the first step in implementing a new constitution, and may convene a body stacked with pro-SPDC delegates as early as January. The NLD says it won't participate absent broader negotiations and Burma's [...] |
2003-11-17 10:11:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL BM NLD |
| 03RANGOON1478 |
NLD MP-ELECT DETAILS IMPRISONMENT [...] (C) NLD MP-elect U Hla Min, 65, credits UNSR Pinheiro with winning his release from prison November 9 after the regime held him for five months without charge. Hla Min is the last of the Professional Development Program (PDP) students swept up in the post-May 30 anti-NLD crackdown to be rele [...] |
2003-11-19 01:38:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV BM NLD |
| 03RANGOON1488 |
NLD DEMONSTRATIONS FAIL TO MATERIALIZE [...] (C) Summary: Burma's 83rd National Day anniversary, commemorating a 1920 student strike that accelerated the independence movement, passed quietly on November 18 with the SPDC and the NLD and other pro-democracy groups holding separate, low-key ceremonies. Broader NLD demonstrations failed t [...] |
2003-11-19 10:06:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BM NLD |
| 03RANGOON1518 |
SPDC LIFTS HOUSE ARREST RESTRICTIONS FOR FIVE NLD [...] (C) Summary: On November 23 and 24, the SPDC lifted house arrest restrictions imposed upon five senior NLD leaders. NLD members welcome the news that five of the "Uncles" have been released; however, the party's four core leaders, including ASSK, remain under SPDC-imposed isolation. The Depa [...] |
2003-11-24 10:04:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
| 03RANGOON1534 |
RELEASED NLD OFFICIAL BACK ON THE JOB [...] (C) Summary: Senior NLD leader U Nyunt Wei, newly released from house arrest, says his pro-democracy party will refuse to participate in the regime's reconvened National Convention. He expressed surprise at his own release and pondered whether ASSK and other CEC members might also get a surpr [...] |
2003-11-26 09:37:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
| 03RANGOON1562 |
WAITING FOR GODOT: NLD LEADERS IN A HOLDING [...] (C) Summary: Recently released senior leaders of the NLD indicate they will remain politically active and press ahead with the challenge of reviving the democracy movement and protecting the survival of their political party. However, the "Uncles" admit that they find it difficult to form a p [...] |
2003-12-03 10:17:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
| 03RANGOON1572 |
BURMA: REGIME RELEASES ADDITIONAL MAY 30 DETAINEES [...] (C) Summary: The SPDC acknowledged on December 5 that it had recently released up to 16 NLD party members who had been detained in connection with the May 30 Depeyin attack. By the regime's own admission, 14 individuals associated with the attack remain in detention. The regime's decision to [...] |
2003-12-05 10:17:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
| 03RANGOON1574 |
NLD LEADERSHIP ON NATIONAL CONVENTION PROCESS [...] (U) The following refers to questions raised in reftel A. 2. (C) NLD Central Executive Committee members detailed to the Chief of Mission and Emboffs (reftel B) the minimum steps necessary for the party to resume participation in a National Convention process. (NOTE: In 1995, when the SPDC [...] |
2003-12-08 09:12:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV BM NLD |
| 03RANGOON16 |
BURMA'S INDEPENDENCE DAY; THE NLD CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Burma's January 4 Independence Day celebrations produced no new gestures of reconciliation and perhaps a slight hardening of positions on both sides. The National League for Democracy called for an end to political oppression, the release of all political prisoners, and the initi [...] |
2003-01-06 07:24:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BM NLD |
| 03RANGOON1653 |
NLD LEADERS FORMING LEGAL CASE TO RELEASE ASSK [...] (C) Summary: According to NLD sources, released CEC members are consulting with party lawyers on building a possible legal case to press for the release of ASSK and other NLD officials. Using Burma's opaque court system is unlikely to get the SPDC to budge, but legal action could generate re [...] |
2003-12-30 10:13:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM ASSK NLD |
| 03RANGOON185 |
A NEW WAVE OF POLITICAL ARRESTS [...] (C) Reuters reported on February 10 that the regime had arrested 12 opposition activists for plotting to create unrest in Burma. The report did not provide many details on the arrests but it did note that 7 low-level members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) members and the Secretary [...] |
2003-02-10 10:11:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BM NLD |
| 03RANGOON195 |
NLD CEREMONY PROVIDES PLATFORM FOR PEOPLES' [...] (SBU) Summary: The National League for Democracy and other opposition parties represented by the Committee Representing the People's Parliament (CRPP) celebrated Burma's Union Day on February 12 at NLD headquarters. In this first ever CRPP public celebration of a national holiday, the growi [...] |
2003-02-13 10:14:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
| 03RANGOON359 |
NLD COMMENTS ON PRISONER RELEASES, INTIMIDATION, [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 18, NLD Central Executive Committee members told Embassy officials that the SPDC included 3 NLD prisoners in the 45 prisoners released on March 16. However, the NLD also charged that the SPDC continues to condone, if not direct, harassment of the NLD and Aung San Suu [...] |
2003-03-19 10:07:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BM NLD ASSK |
| 03RANGOON398 |
A DAY OF CONTRASTS AND BOMBS IN RANGOON [...] (SBU) Summary: Armed Forces Day, March 27, saw the military government mount its traditional large military parade and host a state banquet in the posh Armed Forces grand hall and theater. The pro-democracy parties celebrated Anti-Fascist Resistance Day (commemorating the 1945 switch of Gene [...] |
2003-03-28 09:40:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS BM NLD |
| 03RANGOON439 |
REGIME EASES UP ON ASSK HARASSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: NLD spokesman U Lwin told Poloff on April 7 that ASSK and party were harassed by SPDC and local authorities representatives for the first few days of their visit to Chin State. However, Military Intelligence (MI) officials, who provided earlier assurances that there would be n [...] |
2003-04-08 08:52:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BM ASSK NLD |
| 03RANGOON517 |
EAP DAS DALEY MEETS WITH AUNG SAN SUU KYI [...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP DAS Matt Daley, COM, and note taker spent over an hour and a half with Aung San Suu Kyi at her residence April 27 discussing a host of political issues. UN Special Envoy Razali's influenced was undermined, in the NLD leader's view, when Malaysian PM Mahathir bowed to the re [...] |
2003-04-30 00:46:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM BM NLD ASSK |
| 03RANGOON623 |
THIRTEEN YEARS ON, NLD CALLS ON JUNTA TO HONOR [...] (U) Summary: At a ceremony honoring the 13th anniversary of multiparty elections in Burma, the National League for Democracy, which won 392 out of the 485 elected seats, called on the regime to honor the election's results. Citing the junta's pledges from the pre- and post-election period th [...] |
2003-05-28 04:28:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM BM NLD |
| 03RANGOON635 |
NLD, GOVERNMENT SUPPORTERS CLASH IN NORTHERN BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The military junta may be preparing a new crackdown on Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy. At a news conference May 31, the government accused the NLD of provoking a riot in Sagaing Division northwest of Mandalay that left four dead and more than 50 injured. I [...] |
2003-05-31 16:07:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL BM NLD ASSK |
| 03RANGOON636 |
BURMESE GOVERNMENT CRACKS DOWN ON NLD FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary: The Chief of Mission delivered reftel B demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today and will follow up tomorrow with the Deputy Foreign Minister and the Minister of Labor. In company with Ambassadors from Germany and Italy and the British Charge, she also confirmed NLD Cen [...] |
2003-06-01 12:25:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL BM NLD |
| 03RANGOON639 |
NLD SHUT DOWN; AUNG SAN SUU KYI WHEREABOUTS STILL [...] (C) Summary: The NLD has been effectively shut down in Burma. Its offices have been closed and its senior leaders are under detention. Aung San Suu Kyi has been brought back to Rangoon, ostensibly for "her own protection," but it is not clear yet where she is being held. Universities, whic [...] |
2003-06-02 10:05:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL BM ASSK NLD |
| 03RANGOON647 |
MFA BRIEFING ON NLD/GOVERNMENT CLASHES [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Khin Maung Win's briefing for diplomats on the recent deadly clash between NLD and government supporters in Depeyin satisfied no one. While he provided a faithful rehash of government press reporting on the incident, he would not say where Aung San Suu Kyi o [...] |
2003-06-03 12:58:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL BM ASSK NLD |
| 03RANGOON681 |
RAZALI SAYS ASSK IN GOOD HEALTH, BUT WHAT ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Razali had a brief meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi this morning (June 10) and reported to diplomats later that she was not injured and was "feisty, as usual." While Razali was quite pleased, with good reason, that he gained access to ASSK, he made no progress on [...] |
2003-06-10 11:53:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM NLD ASSK |
| 03RANGOON682 |
SPDC STRIKES CONCILIATORY TONE IN SECOND BRIEFING [...] SUMMARY: In a June 10 briefing for journalists and diplomats following UN Special Envoy Razali's departure from Rangoon, the Foreign Ministry provided more details of the May 30 ambush of Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) motorcade near Depeyin and side-pedaled on several issues connected to the atta [...] |
2003-06-10 12:24:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO BM ASSK NLD |
| 03RANGOON713 |
ICRC EXPECTS TO SEE ASSK AND OTHER DETAINED NLD [...] (C) Summary: ICRC expects to visit Aung San Suu Kyi and the other detained NLD leaders within the next few days. Meanwhile, the universities have reopened and Rangoon remains quiet. End Summary. ICRC To See ASSK and Other NLD Leaders 2. (C) ICRC officers have advised us that ICRC has been [...] |
2003-06-17 05:55:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM PREL BM ASSK NLD |
| 03RANGOON778 |
EMBASSY OFFICERS VISIT RESIDENCES OF DETAINED [...] (C) Summary: Pol/Econ chief, accompanied by a senior Burmese FSN, went to the residences of eight of the ten CEC members on June 26. We found the security at the houses of the Central Committee members lax in contrast to 2000, when the GOB posted military intelligence agents (MI) and Minist [...] |
2003-06-27 09:17:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM BM NLD |
| 03RANGOON837 |
BURMESE MPS-ELECT APPEAL TO SYG ANNAN, PLAN TO [...] (C) Seventy Burmese MPs-elect (elected in the junta-annulled 1990 election) have written to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan informing him that they have asked Senior General Than Shwe to release the political prisoners and implement the UN resolutions regarding restoring democracy in Burma. [...] |
2003-07-10 07:43:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | PREL PGOV BM NLD |
| 03RANGOON860 |
MP'S-ELECT SHARE THEIR POLITICAL VIEWS [...] (S) Summary: MPs-elect told us July 18 that they expect Aung San Suu Kyi to be released fairly soon, that the party remains strong and its members dedicated and loyal, and that they hope to avoid any "sporadic" anti-regime action that could serve as a pretext for an even tougher crackdown on [...] |
2003-07-18 08:43:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM BM ASSK NLD |
| 03RANGOON919 |
UPDATE ON AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S LOCATION; VISITS TO [...] (S) NLD insiders tell us Aung San Suu Kyi has recently been held in the house of a military officer on the complex of a counter-terrorism unit in Hlegu Township, a few miles north of Rangoon's international airport. We do not know if she is there permanently or was moved temporarily (from the [...] |
2003-08-01 09:26:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM BM ASSK NLD |
| 03RANGOON966 |
LOCAL NLD PUBLICLY SUPPORTS SANCTIONS [...] (C) We received a letter dated July 29, addressed to President Bush and signed by sixteen rank and file Rangoon Division members of the National League for Democracy (NLD). A translation of the letter and a copy of the original has been pouched to EAP/BCLTV. 2. (C) The letter offered thanks [...] |
2003-08-12 03:59:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON1035 |
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY: MONSOON SEASON [...] (C) Summary: The NLD CEC has established regular communications with ASSK and U Tin Oo. An ongoing NLD petition drive to free the two leaders has proven minimally appealing to party members and supporters, and has also encountered some regime resistance in Mandalay and Sagaing divisions. Wi [...] |
2004-08-11 09:56:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM ASSK NLD |
| 04RANGOON1049 |
BURMA: NLD APPEALS TO HIGH COURT TO FREE ASSK, [...] (C) Summary: The National League for Democracy (NLD) on August 16 initiated a legal maneuver requesting that Burma's High Court order the GOB to release ASSK and U Tin Oo and to allow the party to reopen its offices. NLD leaders are under no illusion that the effort will force the regime to r [...] |
2004-08-16 09:54:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM NLD ASSK |
| 04RANGOON1080 |
FOR BURMA'S REGIME, LOYALTY TRUMPS FAMILY [...] (SBU) MORE OPPRESSION: At the recent funeral of a famous Burmese writer (and NLD MP-elect), the Charge, a.i. met the wife of political prisoner Dr. Than Nyein. Dr. Than Nyein was elected on the NLD ticket in 1990 from PM General Khin Nyunt's hometown of Kyauktan. The NLD MP-elect was senten [...] |
2004-08-24 07:52:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON1085 |
SUPPORT FOR BURMESE POLITICAL PRISONERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The NLD runs a modest but very successful program to assist its imprisoned members. Post is interested in exploring ways to bolster this NLD effort and/or find parallel means to help political prisoners and their families. See action request para 8. End Summary. 2. (SBU) [...] |
2004-08-25 05:27:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID PGOV KDEM BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON1090 |
NLD MP ARRESTS: PETITION DRIVE FALLOUT? [...] (C) Summary: In mid-August the Burmese regime rounded up nine members and supporters of the National League for Democracy, including two MPs-elect, at several upcountry locations. NLD leaders believe that the arrests are in retaliation for the party's ongoing petition drive to release NLD le [...] |
2004-08-25 09:01:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON1149 |
INSIDE BURMA'S NLD PARTY: YOUNG TURKS VS OLD LIONS [...] (C) Summary: The National League for Democracy (NLD) held a series of recent meetings that pitted state and divisional party officials (younger leaders who demand a pro-active stance approach to the regime) against members of the NLD Central Executive Committee (octogenarians who are disincli [...] |
2004-09-03 10:34:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON1315 |
THE NLD ENFORCES "PARTY DISCIPLINE" [...] (C) Summary: On September 29, the NLD CEC suspended three local level party leaders following an "unauthorized" quiet march in support of several standard NLD policy positions. One senior NLD advisor told us that that the CEC, including ASSK, believes "party discipline must be enforced--otherw [...] |
2004-10-04 10:48:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON1343 |
AUNG SAN SUU KYI THANKS AMERICA FOR ITS SUPPORT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Aung San Suu Kyi sent a verbal message via a trusted Burmese confidante to us October 8 to: A) thank the U.S. for its continued strong support of democracy in Burma, B) warn that "some in the UN system are seeking to undermine America,s efforts in Burma," and C) seek USG support [...] |
2004-10-12 08:36:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID BM ASSK NLD |
| 04RANGOON1409 |
THE ROUND-UP CONTINUES: MORE NLD ACTIVISTS PUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SPDC's round-up of the NLD's elected Members of Parliament continues, with more jail sentences and general harassment. An estimated 150 of the original 392 elected members remain free, but most of them have left their home communities and are living sub-rosa around Rangoo [...] |
2004-10-27 11:10:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON1504 |
BURMA PRISONER RELEASES: BEFORE YOU GET TOO [...] (SBU) The GOB's announcement on November 18th that nearly 4,000 prisoners -- mostly common criminals as it turns out -- would be released (ref A) is not symbolic of an improving attitude toward the democratic opposition. There have been no releases since November 19th, and of those released (o [...] |
2004-11-24 10:48:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON1507 |
STATUS OF NLD DEPUTY CHAIRMAN U TIN OO [...] (S) SUMMARY: NLD deputy chairman U Tin Oo, 77, remains under house arrest, although has been allowed to visit a private clinic for medical diagnosis. He is undergoing medical treatment and may need surgery. His wife, Dr. Tin Moe Wai, met with DCM November 26 to delivered a personal note fr [...] |
2004-11-29 09:53:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | PREL PHUM KDEM PGOV BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON1549 |
MORE SORDID TALES OF PRISON LIFE FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: U Kyaw Hsan, a 72 year-old NLD MP-elect released on November 19 after spending nine of the previous twelve years at Insein Prison, is already back on the job. Our recent encounter with this elderly but energetic activist revealed additional evidence that the regime's primary tool [...] |
2004-12-07 11:12:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON1563 |
NLD ISSUES ULTIMATUM TO THAN SHWE [...] (C) Summary: Excerpts from a December 2nd letter from the NLD to Senior General Than Shwe indicate a new effort to engage the SPDC and prompt a bilateral dialogue. The letter is purportedly the "soft" approach, which, if ignored, will be followed up by more "confrontational methods." Though t [...] |
2004-12-10 05:20:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON1591 |
FURTHER RESTRICTIONS ON AUNG SAN SUU KYI [...] (C) Summary: The SPDC has increased its restrictions on Aung San Suu Kyi by reducing the visits of her doctor to one time a week, prohibiting the doctor from contacting NLD members, and tailing her housekeeper as she leaves the compound for grocery shopping. In short, ASSK is now being held [...] |
2004-12-16 09:34:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM BM ASSK NLD |
| 04RANGOON16 |
ANTIDOTE TO THE REGIME: THE DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT'S [...] (C) Summary: On January 4, the 56th anniversary of Burma's independence, pro-democracy political parties and supporters held quiet, but well-attended, commemorative events in Rangoon. In contrast to the regime's official ceremonies, heavily militarized functions that trumpeted the SPDC's self [...] |
2004-01-05 10:41:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON1612 |
PROVISIONING ASSK, MORE ARRESTS, AND PRISONER [...] (C) As of December 20, new arrangements for ensuring Aung San Su Kyi's (ASSK) access to food reportedly had been instituted. A designated individual who has served a similar role in the past is to bring food for ASSK and the two women who remain with her in the compound each morning at 0900 h [...] |
2004-12-21 09:20:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM BM ASSK NLD |
| 04RANGOON199 |
SPDC STILL ARRESTING NLD MEMBERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite talk of a "new year of transition," the SPDC has perpetuated old habits by continuing to arrest NLD members for conducting peaceful political activities. These latest arrests, over a dozen total, stand in contrast to reports of an on-going dialogue between ASSK and the [...] |
2004-02-13 11:12:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON205 |
SPDC TRANSFERS IMPRISONED NLD VICE CHAIRMAN TO [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime has transferred 77 year-old NLD Vice Chairman U Tin Oo from a remote prison cell in northwest Burma to house arrest in Rangoon. All NLD members detained for direct participation in the May 2003 NLD convoy have now been released from prison. However, along wit [...] |
2004-02-17 09:38:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON206 |
UNION DAY WRAP UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOB celebrated Burma's 57th Union Day with an official ceremony in Rangoon's People's Square, attended by high-level SPDC officials and their faithful minions. Diplomats were invited to a low-key MOFA event co-hosted by the Myanmar Asean Women's Friendship Association. The [...] |
2004-02-17 10:38:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON232 |
REGIME BLOCKS NLD LEADERS FROM VISITING ASSK [...] (C) Summary: The five free members of the NLD's Central Executive Committee (CEC) attempted on February 17 to visit Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) at her Rangoon residence, where she is under house arrest, but were rebuffed by the Burmese regime. The "uncles" have in recent weeks taken a more visib [...] |
2004-02-20 09:49:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM NLD ASSK |
| 04RANGOON233 |
NLD IN THE PROVINCES: RARIN' TO GO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Department's Burma Desk Officer joined Poloff and PolFSN on an early February three-day 500-mile road trip from Rangoon to Mon and Karen States, which lie on Burma's southeastern border with Thailand. NLD members we met in Mon and Karen States seemed fairly well organized and [...] |
2004-02-20 09:54:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINS BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON298 |
NLD LEADERS CHEERED BY SECRETARY'S BURMA COMMENTS [...] (SBU) The free members of the National League for Democracy's (NLD) Central Executive Committee (CEC) were very pleased that Secretary Powell had mentioned Burma's democracy struggle during his March 2nd speech to the Heritage Foundation. NLD leader, and Nobel Peace Laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi [...] |
2004-03-04 10:19:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PGOV BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON306 |
RAZALI'S TWELFTH VISIT TO RANGOON [...] (C) Summary: On March 5, COM met with Leon de Reidmatten (UN Special Envoy (SE) Tan Sri Razali's man in Rangoon) and got a comprehensive readout of Special Envoy Razali's twelfth visit to Rangoon. The fact that Razali came and twice met with Aung San Suu Kyi is good - as is the news that she [...] |
2004-03-05 11:25:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BM ASSK NLD |
| 04RANGOON404 |
SPDC CELEBRATES ARMED FORCES DAY, NLD HAILS [...] (C) Summary: On March 27, the SPDC celebrated the 59th Anniversary of Armed Forces Day with a traditional military parade, sundry speeches lauding the accomplishments of the modern Burmese Army, and an official state dinner complete with a now-standard depiction of Senior General Than Shwe as [...] |
2004-03-29 12:37:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON481 |
NLD LEADERS IN A "WAIT AND SEE" MOOD [...] (S) Summary: During our April 19 visit to re-opened NLD headquarters, recently released Chairman U Aung Shwe played down press reports that he believes ASSK's release is imminent and denied rumors of a meeting between top SPDC and NLD leaders, but acknowledged that the regime had allowed him [...] |
2004-04-19 10:59:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | PREL PGOV BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON535 |
GOB RELEASES MORE POST-DEPAYIN PRISONERS [...] (C) On April 25 the GOB released 24 more of the estimated 250 pro-democracy activists arrested across Burma in the government crackdown immediately following the May 30, 2003 attack on the National League for Democracy (NLD) convoy at Depayin. Four other NLD members, including an MP-elect, wh [...] |
2004-04-28 09:53:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON544 |
BURMA: NLD MAKES "SUGGESTIONS" (CONDITIONS) FOR [...] (C) Summary: For the first time in a year the NLD CEC met this week as a full group, including detained leaders ASSK and U Tin Oo. Over the course of two private sessions, facilitated by military intelligence, the party leadership formed a series of "suggestions" that the SPDC must take on b [...] |
2004-04-30 10:18:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON563 |
NLD LOOKING AHEAD TO CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM? [...] (C) Summary: Post has received some indications from NLD insiders that the party plans to focus its efforts on the constitutional referendum phase of the SPDC's road map. Rather than fight against terribly long odds at the stacked-deck National Convention, the party may feel its continuing m [...] |
2004-05-06 09:35:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | PGOV KDEM BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON587 |
NATIONAL CONVENTION SET TO RECONVENE, NLD [...] (C) Summary: According to top NLD leaders, as of May 12 the SPDC has not responded to NLD "suggestions" put forth two weeks ago that would improve the political environment and allow the party to attend the regime's forthcoming reconvened National Convention. Registration for the Convention w [...] |
2004-05-12 10:15:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON594 |
NLD SAYS SPDC WON'T BUDGE ON ASSK RELEASE AND [...] (S) NLD spokesman U Lwin requested a meeting with P/E chief on May 13 and reported that he had met the previous evening with ASSK. He conveyed to ASSK the Embassy's oft-repeated offer to assist her and the NLD in any way possible. ASSK, who was "delighted and very encouraged" by the USG's co [...] |
2004-05-13 10:25:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | PGOV BM ASSK NLD |
| 04RANGOON600 |
NLD DECLARES BOYCOTT OF NATIONAL CONVENTION [...] (C) Summary: The NLD, failing to secure the release of party leaders ASSK and U Tin Oo, declared publicly on May 14 that the party will not attend the SPDC's National Convention. Burma's leading pro-democracy ethnic coalition will follow suit. However, NLD leaders allow that if the regime c [...] |
2004-05-14 10:21:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON611 |
RAZALI'S "MAN IN RANGOON" ON NATIONAL CONVENTION [...] (C) Summary: Leon de Reidmatten (LDR), UN Special Envoy Razali's "man in Rangoon" told COM that up until May 12, NLD leaders believed that an agreement had been reached to allow the party to participate in the National Convention. Despite the NLD's May 14 announcement that they would not par [...] |
2004-05-17 11:40:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON612 |
NATIONAL CONVENTION RECONVENES WITHOUT NLD AND [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime's National Convention reconvened on May 17 with over 1,000 hand-picked delegates in attendance, but without the participation of the NLD and the UNA nor the presence of the U.S. and EU missions. The NLD, on the basis that its existing demands are reasonable and [...] |
2004-05-17 11:57:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON678 |
NLD COMMEMORATES 14TH ANNIVERSARY OF 1990 ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The NLD on May 27 marked 14 years since the party's stunning victory in the 1990 general elections. At a somber event at party headquarters, attended by several hundred members and supporters, the NLD demanded that the results of the 1990 elections be implemented without delay. [...] |
2004-05-27 07:15:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON695 |
ACTIVISTS ARRESTED ON ANNIVERSARY OF DEPAYIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE REGIME-ORCHESTRATED ATTACK ON THE NLD AT DEPAYIN ON MAY 30, 2003, THE REGIME ARRESTED AT LEAST NINE VERIFIED AND POSSIBLY DOZENS MORE YOUTHS INVOLVED IN DISTRIBUTING COPIES OF THE UN UNIVERSAL DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS. THE NLD HELD RELIGIOUS SERVICES [...] |
2004-06-01 10:32:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV BM ASSK NLD |
| 04RANGOON779 |
ASSK'S BIRTHDAY PASSES QUIETLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: AROUND 300 NLD PARTY FAITHFUL ATTENDED A CEREMONY AT NLD HEADQUARTERS IN RANGOON TO MARK THE NLD-CREATED BURMESE NATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY AND ASSK'S COINCIDENT 59TH BIRTHDAY, WHILE THE USUAL HEAVY SECURITY PRESENCE LOITERED NEARBY. THE DAY PASSED PEACEFULLY, AND NO ARRESTS WERE MADE [...] |
2004-06-22 08:53:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM ASSK NLD |
| 04RANGOON82 |
RUMP CEC PUTTING HOUSE IN ORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The five NLD CEC members not under house arrest continue to meet daily and are pushing the security envelope further. The CEC is "putting the house back in order" and has held meetings with NLD Chairs from all of Burma's States and Divisions. Township-level meetings have begun [...] |
2004-01-16 10:11:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON857 |
THE MANDALAY NLD: ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The regime has recently increased its efforts to suppress the actions of the NLD in Mandalay through intrusive and intimidating surveillance of senior NLD members. Despite the regime's efforts, the NLD maintains a positive spirit while it continues to hold out hope for UN interven [...] |
2004-07-07 07:31:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON862 |
NLD AND ASSK: THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Razali's "Man in Rangoon" painted a gloomy picture of the current state of the NLD. While the party and its executive board remain in stasis, awaiting the release of General Secretary Aung San Suu Kyi, the GOB steams ahead along its bogus democracy "Road Map." Tho [...] |
2004-07-07 09:17:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV BM NLD ASSK |
| 04RANGOON882 |
SENIOR GOB OFFICIAL DISCUSSES TIP AND DRUG ISSUES, [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Home Affairs Colonel Tin Hlaing says that while the SPDC gives "regular" consideration to releasing ASSK, the GOB will not repeat a 1995 "mistake" of freeing the NLD leader that led to the collapse of the National Convention. The Minister, while cordial, criticized o [...] |
2004-07-13 09:53:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON892 |
GOB PRISONER RELEASES: LESS THAN MEETS THE EYE [...] (C) Summary: GOB claims of significant releases of political prisoners in 2004 are a bit misleading. While many have been freed this year, most are those who have been picked up and then quickly released without charge, or those who were arrested following last May's attack on ASSK's convoy b [...] |
2004-07-14 10:18:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON91 |
GOB RELEASES 26 NLD MEMBERS [...] (C) Summary: On January 16, the GOB released 26 NLD members detained in connection with the ill-fated May 30 NLD convoy, including seven Members-elect of Parliament. With the exception of ASSK and three senior party officials, all previously detained participants in the convoy have now been [...] |
2004-01-21 00:20:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON923 |
NLD AND GOB GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS ON MARTYRS' DAY [...] (C) Summary: The GOB and the NLD marked Martyrs' Day on July 19 with separate, low-key events. The GOB, per its tradition, took all necessary measures to ensure a quiet and subdued holiday. At NLD headquarters, opposition parties held a brief event for several hundred supporters, members, a [...] |
2004-07-21 11:51:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM NLD |
| 04RANGOON924 |
NLD LEADERS UNDERTAKE PETITION DRIVE [...] (C) Summary: According to NLD CEC members, the party quietly launched a petition drive on July 19 to secure signatures on a letter to the SPDC demanding that the regime release ASSK and U Tin Oo from house arrest, allow all party offices to reopen, and free all political prisoners. To date, [...] |
2004-07-21 12:01:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | PREL PGOV BM NLD |
| 05RANGOON10 |
NEW BURMA PRISONER RELEASES: LOVING-KINDNESS AND [...] (U) The GOB announced on January 2nd that it had released 5,588 additional prisoners from jails around the country. The release announcement was scheduled to precede the January 4th Independence Day holiday. Unlike the three prior mass releases (ref B) in this case the government did not claim [...] |
2005-01-03 11:06:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM BM NLD |
| 05RANGOON1046 |
NLD UNDER RENEWED HARASSMENT, URGES U.S. PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: NLD leaders told the Charge during a September 12 introductory call that GOB authorities had recently increased pressure on senior party officials, leading the NLD to actively avoid giving the SPDC any pretext to crack down on upcoming party events. At the same time, the GOB has [...] |
2005-09-12 11:46:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM NLD |
| 05RANGOON1095 |
NLD CRITICIZES REGIME'S SELF-IMPOSED ISOLATION [...] (C) Summary: Observing that Burma "cannot stand or live in isolation in today's world," Burma's leading opposition political party, the National League for Democracy, commemorated its 17th anniversary by roundly criticizing the military regime for refusing to cooperate with the United Nations [...] |
2005-09-27 09:33:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BM NLD |
| 05RANGOON1186 |
MANDALAY ACTIVISTS MANAGE TO PERSEVERE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge met in Mandalay on October 7 with NLD senior organizer Win Mya Mya, the leadership of YMCA, and toured the Phaung Daw Oo Monastery high school. These activists report that the government has made it increasingly difficult to operate within Mandalay and the surrounding [...] |
2005-10-19 07:32:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BM NLD |
| 05RANGOON1333 |
BURMA: DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION SHOWS UNITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Burma's democratic opposition groups gathered in Rangoon to mark the country's National Day on November 25. Veteran politicians spoke with candor about the lack of basic freedoms, the deteriorating economic situation, and the continued detention of leading political prisoners. Th [...] |
2005-11-28 11:09:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON BM NLD |
| 05RANGOON1360 |
BURMA: NLD EXPRESSES GRATITUDE FOR U.S. ROLE AT [...] The Embassy received a letter from National League for Democracy (NLD) Chairman U Aung Shwe on December 7, 2005 expressing gratitude to the USG and to Ambassador Bolton for successfully securing a consensus at the UN Security Council on Burma. A copy of the original has been pouched to EAP/M [...] |
2005-12-07 09:53:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV BM UNSC NLD PREL |
| 05RANGOON1449 |
REGIME'S DESTRUCTIVE ATTEMPTS TO CORRUPT YOUTH AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Dec. 22, Charge Villarosa hosted a small gathering of high-level NLD women (including four MPs) representing Rangoon, Mandalay and Mogok cities, Bago Division, Karen State, Shan State, and Mon State. The Charge arranged the meeting to gather information on the situation outs [...] |
2005-12-29 03:27:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SNAR EAID ECON BM NLD |
| 05RANGOON185 |
BURMESE AUTHORITIES ARREST PRO-DEMOCRACY ETHNIC [...] (S) Summary: In what could be a significant setback for the democracy movement, Burmese security authorities have arrested several ethnic Shan political leaders and democracy activists, including Hkun Htun Oo, an influential political party chief and longtime ASSK supporter. Authorities have [...] |
2005-02-11 05:52:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM PINS BM NLD |
| 05RANGOON196 |
BURMA: NLD DISTANCES ITSELF FROM TALK OF PARALLEL [...] (C) Summary: The NLD hosted a commemoration of Union Day on February 12, but deferred to ethnic political parties to chair the event and deliver speeches. Representatives of the SNLD, whose leaders were arrested just two days prior to Union Day, were absent, although several hundred pro-demo [...] |
2005-02-14 11:03:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS BM NLD |
| 05RANGOON20 |
OPPOSITION CALLS FOR "CLEAN SLATE," SPDC THREATENS [...] (C) Summary: Democratic opposition groups held their annual January 4th Independence Day celebrations despite a negative SPDC response to a December demand for dialogue before the holiday. The observances were well attended and seem to indicate a unity of purpose among the different groups. [...] |
2005-01-05 06:39:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM BM NLD |
| 05RANGOON21 |
BURMA: UPDATE ON RELEASED POLITICAL PRISONERS [...] (U) Summary: According to NLD sources, the GOB released about 20 political prisoners as part of an amnesty of 5,588 prisoners on January 2nd. Among those released were Zaw Thet Htwe (a journalist sentenced to death in 2003), two NLD MP-elects (including Ohn Kyaing, a famous journalist), two N [...] |
2005-01-05 08:16:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM BM NLD |
| 05RANGOON224 |
BURMA: A TOUGH WEEK AND A MISERABLE YEAR FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: It's been a long week for the democratic opposition: Burma's most influential pro-democracy ethnic leader is behind bars; the regime put NLD leader U Tin Oo on notice that he, like Aung San Suu Kyi, will likely spend a third consecutive year in detention; the NLD, possibly to fo [...] |
2005-02-18 06:48:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM ASSK NLD |
| 05RANGOON248 |
BURMA'S NLD CONTINUES TO SHED ITS MEMBERS [...] (C) Summary: This week the National League for Democracy expelled three more members from its ranks. They are youthful party activists who appear to be tired of the "wait and see" mentality of the octogenarian leadership of the NLD's Central Executive Committee. The NLD leadership seems dete [...] |
2005-02-24 11:05:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
| 05RANGOON316 |
MANDALAY NLD COFFERS EMPTY, USDA STRIVING TO [...] (C) Emboffs met March 8 in Mandalay with members of the National League for Democracy's Mandalay Division executive committee. In a wide-ranging discussion, the NLD leaders updated us on harassment party members receive from police and the Union Solidarity Development Association (USDA), the [...] |
2005-03-15 07:16:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM BM NLD |
| 05RANGOON332 |
BURMA: TRIAL UNDERWAY FOR HKUN HTUN OO AND OTHER [...] (SBU) Summary: A trial of leading pro-democracy ethnic leader Hkun Htun Oo, and three other members of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), is underway. The GOB has rejected family-appointed lawyers and instead assigned government attorneys to defend them. Family members have [...] |
2005-03-16 10:43:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
| 05RANGOON345 |
BURMA: THE POLITICAL PRISONER REVOLVING DOOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB has released prominent political prisoner Ko Ko Gyi. However, authorities simultaneously arrested three democratic opposition MPs-elect. The GOB relentlessly continues to arrest pro-democracy leaders who it fears might unite the Burmese opposition. End Summary. 2. [...] |
2005-03-21 11:02:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
| 05RANGOON353 |
NLD VIEWS SPDC AS "UNFIT" TO CHAIR ASEAN [...] (S) Summary: Two of the National League for Democracy's (NLD) top leaders tell us that: "the SPDC is unfit and unsuitable" to take over the ASEAN chair in 2006; the National Convention will recess o/a April 5; the NLD will host a low-key commemoration of Resistance Day (aka Armed Forces Day) [...] |
2005-03-23 09:57:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
| 05RANGOON366 |
RELEASED STUDENT LEADERS ADD SPICE TO NLD [...] (U) Summary: The NLD hosted on March 27 its annual commemoration of Resistance Day, attended by several hundred party members, supporters, and diplomats. An otherwise routine event was given a significant boost by the dramatic arrival and attendance of a group of recently released student ac [...] |
2005-03-28 10:31:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
| 05RANGOON406 |
BURMA: POLICE ARREST A FIFTH MP-ELECT [...] (SBU) According to the NLD Central Executive Committee (CEC), the police arrested U Saw Hlaing, a MP-elect from Indaw, Sagaing Division, on March 30. He had just returned to his home district after MC'ing the NLD's "Resistance Day" observance on March 27 (ref A). According to the CEC, author [...] |
2005-04-05 10:45:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS PGOV BM NLD |
| 05RANGOON460 |
SHAN EXILES GET A RISE OUT OF BURMESE [...] (C) Summary: Reacting to a recent exile-based declaration of independence for the "Federated Shan States," the SPDC on April 19 declared a host of unnamed groups as "unlawful associations," which could expose those who support democracy and human rights in Shan State to jail terms of up to 13 [...] |
2005-04-20 11:19:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS BM NLD |
| 05RANGOON469 |
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: SPDC AND NLD COMMUNE ON SHAN [...] (C) Summary: In a highly unusual gesture, the GOB reached out to the NLD leadership on April 21 to request permission to publish the party's recent statement on its policy toward ethnic nationalities and secessionist movements. The party not only agreed, but was buoyed by a first-ever encount [...] |
2005-04-22 06:34:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
| 05RANGOON525 |
USING ESF TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY IN BURMA [...] (S) The paramount U.S. policy interest in Burma is promoting democracy, a objective predicated on the legitimacy of the 1990 elections in many U.S.-sponsored UN resolutions and policy statements. Congress has earmarked millions of dollars in Economic Support Funds to specifically foster this [...] |
2005-05-04 07:25:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | EAID PREL PHUM KDEM BM NLD |
| 05RANGOON579 |
NLD CHAIRMAN ON USG DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: NLD Chairman Aung Shwe is taking an increasingly assertive position within the party as Aung San Suu Kyi remains isolated under strict house arrest. Aung Shwe endorsed opening a branch American Center in Mandalay to support democracy training beyond Rangoon and said he would soo [...] |
2005-05-16 02:06:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAO KDEM BM NLD |
| 05RANGOON60 |
NLD: "WE HAVE LOST CONTACT WITH ASSK" [...] (C) Summary: As a result of the regime's increasing restrictions on Aung San Suu Kyi, NLD party leaders report they now have "absolutely no contact" with the detained democracy leader. Nothing would indicate ASSK is facing imminent danger. However, the NLD's information is troubling in that [...] |
2005-01-13 09:28:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM NLD ASSK |
| 05RANGOON646 |
BURMA: NLD PLANS NEW PETITION DRIVE [...] (C) On May 26 NLD Chairman U Aung Shwe and Secretary U Lwin requested a meeting with P/E chief and poloff to inform the Embassy that the party plans to launch a petition drive on May 27, coinciding with an NLD 15th anniversary commemoration of the 1990 legislative election. The new petition d [...] |
2005-05-26 09:36:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM BM NLD |
| 05RANGOON692 |
BURMA'S RELENTLESS CRACKDOWN CONTINUES AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Events in past weeks demonstrate that the GOB's appetite for pursuing pro-democracy opponents has not abated. Detentions, interrogations, harsh jail sentences, intimidation, and even a custodial death litter the landscape. End Summary. 2. (C) Aung Hlaing Win, a youth member o [...] |
2005-06-08 09:41:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BM NLD |
| 05RANGOON729 |
BURMA: FIVE POLITICAL ACTIVISTS RECEIVE LIFE [...] (C) Summary: Five political activists were sentenced to life imprisonment on June 13. They were among a group of six activists arrested in December and included four former members of the National League for Democracy (NLD). The NLD leadership had previously suspended the four and expressed [...] |
2005-06-16 10:47:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BM NLD |
| 05RANGOON739 |
BURMA: NLD FAITHFUL TURN OUT FOR ASSK'S 60TH [...] Summary: An estimated 700 persons attended the function sponsored by the National League for Democracy (NLD) to honor the 60th birthday of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK). Although there was a heavy security presence on the street outside NLD headquarters, the event passed peacefully. A few embassies [...] |
2005-06-20 08:51:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL BM NLD ASSK |
| 05RANGOON799 |
BURMA: NLD VERIFIES POLITICAL PRISONER RELEASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 6 the GOB implemented another prisoner release. National League for Democracy (NLD) sources say up to 410 prisoners were released from 11 prisons around the country. The NLD has reported 260 political prisoners among the released, though we can verify only 114 names. [...] |
2005-07-07 10:04:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL BM NLD |
| 05RANGOON820 |
NLD DECLARATION CALLS FOR ASSK RELEASE, DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) On July 5 the Embassy received a request from the National League for Democracy to deliver to U.S. Congressional leaders a declaration signed by 114 Members-elect of Parliament calling for the unconditional release of all democracy activists (including Aung San Suu Kyi and U Tin Oo); a m [...] |
2005-07-12 11:50:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BM ASSK NLD |
| 05RANGOON835 |
BURMA: NLD BASHING - THE BEAT GOES ON [...] SUMMARY: Since the release of over 300 political prisoners on July 6, the GOB has detained at least 12 new political prisoners. Details of a few detentions in the first two weeks of July follow. Several were detained under a law restricting the movements of criminals. Discouraging political [...] |
2005-07-15 05:51:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL BM NLD |
| 05RANGOON873 |
NLD PURSUES PARLIAMENTARY LETTER CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Burma's leading pro-democracy party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), as part of a petition campaign launched on May 27 (ref C), provided Emboffs on July 27 with a list of foreign embassies to which it has delivered copies of its declaration, signed by 114 Members-elect of Parliame [...] |
2005-07-28 10:49:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM BM NLD |
| 06RANGOON246 |
NLD'S FLEXIBLE OFFER TO THE BURMESE REGIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: NLD leaders have low expectations that the Burmese regime will respond favorably to their February 12 proposal to convene the Parliament elected in 1990 in return for the opposition's recognition of the ruling regime as a transitional government. The NLD is nonetheless encouraged [...] |
2006-02-22 07:09:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL BM NLD |
| 06RANGOON253 |
AMERICAN CENTER HELPING NLD EDUCATE ACTIVISTS AND [...] (C) Summary: our American Center (AC) in Rangoon has attracted extra attention from both pro-democracy activists and the ruling regime as our programs reach more people. Representatives from Burma's National League for Democracy (NLD) contact the AC daily and regularly use our Information Re [...] |
2006-02-23 23:40:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO BM NLD |
| 06RANGOON384 |
FORMER POLITICAL PRISONER DIES IN BRUTAL ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: A former political prisoner and student activist during the 1988 pro-democracy uprising, Thet Naing Oo, died on March 17 following a public beating by police and fire brigade officers. His family placed a death announcement in local newspapers and on March 20 held a funeral atten [...] |
2006-03-21 09:37:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM NLD |
| 06RANGOON447 |
GOB STIFFS NLD COMPROMISE OFFER [...] (C) Summary: After six weeks of silence, the GOB finally reacted to a National League for Democracy proposal for political compromise with an official editorial that accused the party of attempting to "grab power." NLD leaders called the editorial "unhelpful" and told us they were disappointe [...] |
2006-03-31 11:20:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | PGOV BM ASSK NLD PHUM PREL |
| 06RANGOON451 |
NLD AND ETHNICS: DIFFERING VIEWS ON FEDERALISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the recent PD-sponsored visit of a U.S. federalism expert, senior National League for Democracy (NLD) party leaders asserted that they do not consider ethnic minority states capable of properly forming and running their own subnational administrations in a post-transition [...] |
2006-04-03 09:31:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SNAR EAID BM NLD |
| 06RANGOON461 |
NLD TRAINS MEMBERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS / AIDS AWARENESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 31, the National League for Democracy (NLD) completed the first module of its distance-learning "Human Resource and Development Program," an initiative of Aung San Suu Kyi. This course trained 96 NLD activists from throughout Burma. Embassy Rangoon helped the NLD plan t [...] |
2006-04-05 04:27:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM NLD ASSK |
| 06RANGOON946 |
NLD IN CENTRAL BURMA: TREADING WATER [...] (C) Summary: Facing repressive measures by regional authorities, the NLD struggles to maintain minimal activities in the key central divisions of Mandalay and Magwe. Elder party leaders shrugged off the effects of the SPDC's public campaign to coerce NLD resignations, but hope for "outside he [...] |
2006-07-06 04:55:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM NLD |
| 06RANGOON964 |
RELEASED POLITICAL PRISONER UNDER TIGHT WATCH [...] SUMMARY: The regime has increased its surveillance and harassment of prominent NLD Youth member Su Su New, released from prison a month ago. Security personnel will likely tightly monitor her to thwart her activities, but they will probably stop short of re-arresting her or restricting her m [...] |
2006-07-10 11:28:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM NLD |
| 06RANGOON970 |
NLD RESIGNED ABOUT COERCED RESIGNATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-11 11:51:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM NLD |