“Embassy of the United States, Rangoon”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The Embassy of the United States in Rangoon represents the official diplomatic mission of the American government in Burma (Myanmar), provides assistance to American citizens and issues visas to foreign nationals, for the purposes of visiting and immigration.

Location

The American Embassy was formerly located in Downtown Yangon, on Merchant Street between 33rd Street and 34th Street, facing the Independence Monument park and Yangon City Hall on the other side of the park. Sule Pagoda was one block north on the west side of the park. The building was formerly a Bank in a {{convert|45437|ft2|m2}} colonial-era structure.^[2] In August 2007, the embassy moved to new premises further from Downtown, because of security concerns at the old site.^[3] From 2001 to 2005, as a consequence of the September 11 attacks, roadblocks and security barriers were placed in front the building, to seal off traffic.^[4]

The new embassy site, located on University Avenue Road in Yangon's Kamayut Township, facing Inya Lake, was reportedly constructed at the cost of $60 million USD.^[5]

Controversy

According to WikiLeaks cables, the embassy funded some of the civil society groups in Burma that forced the government to suspend a controversial Chinese Myitsone Dam on the Irrawaddy river.^[6]

According to media reports citing documents published by Germany's Der Spiegel in 2010, the embassy is the site of an electronic surveillance facility used to monitor telephones and communications networks, run jointly by the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency group known as Special Collection Service.^[7]

References

1. ^http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/04/05/names_derek_mitchell_to_be_named_ambassador_to_burma
2. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.state.gov/obo/77065.htm |title=East Asia and the Pacific Properties (EAP) |publisher=US Department of State |accessdate=11 April 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107071938/http://www.state.gov/obo/77065.htm |archivedate=January 7, 2011 }}
3. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.burmanet.org/news/2007/03/30/deutsche-presse-agentur-foreign-missions-left-in-the-dark-in-old-capital-peter-janssen/|title=Foreign missions left in the dark in old capital – Peter Janssen |last=Janssen|first=Peter|date=30 March 2007|publisher=Deutsche Presse-Agentur|accessdate=11 April 2012}}
4. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.burmanet.org/news/2005/11/07/associated-press-myanmar-authorities-remove-roadblocks-from-front-of-us-embassy/|title=Myanmar authorities remove roadblocks from front of U.S. Embassy|date=7 November 2005|publisher=Associated Press|accessdate=11 April 2012}}
5. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.mmtimes.com/feature/Construction/con03.htm |title=Construction boom leads to quality concerns |last=Thet Khaing |date=3 September 2007 |publisher=Myanmar Times |accessdate=11 April 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110308164748/http://www.mmtimes.com/feature/Construction/con03.htm |archivedate=8 March 2011 |df= }}
6. ^{{cite news|title=WikiLeaks cables: Americans funded groups that stalled Burma dam project|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/sep/30/us-embassy-cables-burma-myitsone-dam|accessdate=1 November 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=30 September 2011}}
7. ^{{cite news|last=Tim McLaughlin and Nyan Lynn Aung|title=US embassy in Yangon a secret listening post: Snowden|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/8646-us-embassy-in-yangon-a-secret-listening-post-snowden.html|accessdate=31 October 2013|newspaper=The Myanmar Times|date=31 October 2013}}

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