Washington, DC

Dear Burmese democratic community members,

(1) 52 million people of Burma have been suffering a great deal of hardships under the military dictatorship for many years. Among them, especially, family members of the National League for Democracy, political dissidents, ethnic nationalities and political prisoners are systematically denied the assess to proper education, business, health care and social service unfairly in their daily life.

(2.) Therefore, we strongly believe that exposing and expelling the familymembers of the military regime and its associates who are studying and doing business in the United States, violating the current visa restrictions imposed by the US government, are right and fair duty for all of us.

(3.) It is utmost important not to hurt the innocent people by wrongful accusations, as we are working for freedom, justice, and democracy for our motherland. Please check the following categories of the persons who are included in the visa restrictions, which is declared by the US Department of State.

1. Members of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) (Formerly the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)) and their immediate families;

2. Government ministers and other senior Burmese government
officials and their immediate families

3. All officials of the Union Solidarity Development Association (USDA) and their immediate families

4. Military above the rank of colonel and their immediate families;

5. Civil servants above the rank of Director-General and their immediate families.

6. Managers of state-owned enterprises and their immediate families.

State-owned enterprises include, but are not limited to the following:

Myanmar Cotton and Sericulture Enterprise

Myanmar Farms Enterprise

Myanmar Jute Enterprise

Myanmar Perennial Crops Enterprise

Myanmar Sugarcane Enterprise

Myanmar Agricultural Development Bank

Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications Public Works

Cooperative Export-Import Enterprise

Directorate of Defense Industries

Directorate of Procurement

Myanmar Economic Corporation

Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings, Ltd.

Myanmar Electric Power Enterprise

Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise

Myanmar Petrochemical Enterprise

Myanmar Petroleum Products Enterprise

Myanmar Economic Bank

Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank

Myanmar Insurance

Myanmar Investment and Commercial Bank

Myanmar Small Loans Enterprise

Myanmar Timber Enterprise

Myanmar Hotels and Tourism Services

Myanmar Ceramic Industries

Myanmar Foodstuff Industries

Myanmar General and Maintenance Industries

Myanmar Paper and Chemical Industries

Myanmar Pharmaceutical Industries

Myanmar Textile Industries

Myanmar Industrial Construction Services

Myanmar Automobile and Diesel Engine Industry

Myanmar Agricultural Machinery Industries

Myanmar Machine Tools and Electrical Industries

Myanmar Tyre and Rubber Industries

News and Periodicals Enterprise

Printing and Publishing Enterprise

Myanmar Motion Picture Enterprise

Livestock Breeding, Foodstuff, and Dairy Products Enterprise

No. 1 Mining Enterprise

No. 2 Mining Enterprise

No. 3 Mining Enterprise

Myanmar Gems Enterprise

Myanmar Pearl Enterprise

Myanmar Salt and Marine Chemical Enterprise

Myanmar Railways

Road Transport

Myanmar Airways

Inland Water Transport

Myanmar Port Authority

Myanmar Shipyards

Myanmar Five Star Line

(4.) We have informed the US Department of State that Chief Justice, its deputies and member Judges, Attorney General, its deputies, and member attorneys, Accountant General, its deputies, and member accountants, chairman and members of the election commission and their immediate families, should be included in category 2.

We also informed the State Department that in category 5, director-generals and managing directors are the highest positions for the civil servants and they should be included.

We also inquired the State Department that whether son-in-law and daughter-in-law are included in the list of immediate family members or not.

(5.) Please check the list below who are not covered by the visa restrictions.

1. Ambassador, military attaché and staff members and their family members from the SPDC's embassy in Washington, DC.

2. Permanent Representative, its deputy and staff members and their family members from the SPDC's United Nations office in New York.

3. Persons who are working for the United Nations and its affiliated organizations in New York.

4. Members of the previous regimes, the Revolutionary Council (1962-1974) and the Burmese Socialist Programme Party (1974-1988).

5. Military officers, rank of Colonel and below.

(6.) We would like to request the cooperation and suggestions of the Burmese democratic community members to have accurate and right information. Please check with the lists mentioned above before making any complaints to be sure not to hurt the innocent people.

Best regards,

Aung Din (aungdin88@aol.com)

H. Moe (ncgub@ncgub.net)

Aung San Myint (asm_66@yahoo.com)