Burma_Recent_Conflict_and_Natural_Resource_Overview.pdf

BURMA (b)(1 );Sec 1.4(d) SEtRET//NOFORN- 16 March 2015 > (U//FGOO) The six government minlstries, which oversee t he stat e-owned min1ng projects, pay the military to provide security, according to the Mines and Natural Resources Committee. The ministries have spent millions of do llars annually to deploy and ma intain t he 16 Army battalions protecting t hese resources. (b )(1);Sec...