  No Subject Given  Letters to the Editor The Flint Journal
December 30, 1996  "Your Views"  Burma visits affront to many
As a Burmese on a Christmas vacation in Flint, I thank The Flint
Journal = for publishing the article on Burma ["Hard choices:
Decision to visit = Myanmar carries political baggae," Dec. 15,
Travel, Page H1]  To visit = or not to visit Burma is a topic
currently receiving a great deal of = media interest in this
part of the world.  There seems to be a debate = between two
kinds of people, namely, those who see Burma simply as a = newly
opened up place to go or a business opportunity and those who
are = concerned about Burma's democracy movement.  As a refugee
and a former political prisoner, one who has fled from the =
persectuion by Burma's terrible military regime, I would like to
make a = simple plea to the American public:  Please don't go.
In need of hard currency, the current military government in
Burma is = looking at the easy money to be gained from rich
tourists.  Still, more =