  Call for used computer (r)  Burmese Relief Center--Japan
DATE:June 13, 1995  Dear Friend,  Thank you for your prompt
response.  We agree that shipping to Thailand would be
prohibitively expensive.  Furthermore, it is impossible for
anyone in Thailand to receive anything like that without
exorbitant customs fees.  What we suggest, is that you ask
around for someone who is going to Thailand.  A computer can be
carried in as personal luggage with no problem.  Even if it is
carried in parts by several people, we could collect the boxes
there.  If anything could be carried to Thailand this summer, it
could be delivered to the hotel in Bangkok where we stay while
we are in the city.  At any time boxes could be mailed from
Bangkok directly to the clinic, the address of which we can
provide.  The other alternative is to have it carried to Japan.
Many teachers in Japan spend their summer vacations in Thailand,
so it is quite easy for us to have supplies carried to Thailand.
Once the boxes are in Japan, they could