11.   Burmese authorities have charged that Khun Sa receives assistance from the Thai side of the border.

12.   Burmese authorities later told Indian government diplomats that the plane had never asked for permission to land there.

13.   Burmese authorities do not respond to accusations from the rebels.

14.   Burmese authorities do not respond to such charges.

15.   Burmese authorities have rebuffed U.S. requests for his extradition, saying that there is no valid extradition treaty between the two countries.

16.   Burmese authorities have refused to extradite Khun Sa, but vowed he would be dealt with under Burmese law.

17.   Burmese authorities on Tuesday decried as untrue a U.S. State Department report accusing Burma of failing to cooperate in the war against illegal narcotics.

18.   Burmese authorities, in a gesture of political friendship to Thai Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, sent him back last month.

19.   Burns appealed to Thailand and other countries near Burma to use their influence on Burmese authorities to promote respect for pro-democracy forces.

20.   But Burmese authorities turned Washington down.