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DATE: MONDAY, March 7, 1994                   TAG: 9403070074
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: YANGON, MYANMAR                                LENGTH: Short

BURMESE OFFICIAL REJECTS TALKS WITH NOBEL WINNER

The head of Burmese military intelligence, Lt. Gen. Khin Nyunt, Sunday ruled out early talks between himself and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the imprisoned democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, describing her attitude as "negative and counterproductive."

Khin Nyunt, who is widely seen as the most powerful member of the junta that runs Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, said he had sent senior military officers in recent weeks to meet with Aung San Suu Kyi.

Face-to-face talks between him and the democracy leader might be possible eventually, he said, but "this is a matter that is delicate, a matter on which we must ponder deeply."

- The New York Times

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