On the recordJuly 25, 1996
Yes. Both Taiwan and South Korea have now established freely elected governments. If they were suddenly to be overthrown by a military coup, our position would have to be, in my view, very different. But it is just such a situation in Burma. I have a letter here from the Office of the Prime Minister of the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma, which says: Dear Senator Moynihan: I have been closely following the Burma sanctions bill on the Senate floor and I am extremely alarmed about the proposal put forth by Senator Cohen. As you are no doubt aware, the Senate vote is crucial because it will send a signal to both the prodemocracy movement and the military junta about how people in the United States view the struggle for democracy in Burma.
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