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Viewing cable 09LONDON1873, UK REACTS STRONGLY TO AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S CONVICTION

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09LONDON1873 2009-08-12 10:10 2011-02-04 21:09 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy London
VZCZCXRO0506
PP RUEHAG RUEHDF RUEHIK RUEHLZ RUEHROV RUEHSL RUEHSR
DE RUEHLO #1873 2241059
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 121059Z AUG 09
FM AMEMBASSY LONDON
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3150
INFO RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING PRIORITY 1197
RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW PRIORITY 2952
RUEHGO/AMEMBASSY RANGOON PRIORITY 0074
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS PRIORITY
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 1471
UNCLAS LONDON 001873 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR EAP/MLS (LAURA SCHEIBE) 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PHUM BM UK
SUBJECT: UK REACTS STRONGLY TO AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S CONVICTION 
 
REF: STATE 83598 
 
 (SBU) Prime Minister Gordon Brown issued a statement on August 11 saying he was "saddened and angry" by the verdict of Aung San Suu Kyi's "sham trial."  The "purely political" guilty verdict and sentence, Brown said, are "further proof that the military regime in Burma is determined to act with total disregard for accepted standards of the rule of law and in defiance of international opinion."  After an August 11 phone conversation with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Brown also called on the UN Security Council to "respond resolutely and impose a worldwide ban on the sale of arms to the regime."  Foreign Office Burma Coordinator Gill Lever told Poloff August 12 that the UK Government is now focused on encouraging Russia and China to respond more positively to the draft PRST the USG circulated on August 11.  Visit London's Classified Website: XXXXXXXXXXXX 
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