EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR

UNCLAS BANGKOK 002796 SIPDIS STATE FOR EAP/BCLTV, L/PM, PM/ISO, INR AND DRL PACOM FOR FPA HUSO, JIATF/WEST FOR COMMANDER BUSCH E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING SUBJECT: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR EXERCISE FUSION TORCH 05-2 REF: A. STATE 058683 ¶B. BANGKOK 1892 ¶C. STATE 021314 - GUIDANCE ¶D. 03 STATE 34981 - GUIDANCE ¶1. (U) As authorized per Ref A, U.S. Embassy Bangkok verifies that the Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by any of the Thai units listed in Para 2, as of this date. Embassy Bangkok's Political Officer Robert J. Clarke is the verifying officer for the Department of State. ¶2. Selected units are: ¶A. Naval Special Warfare Group, Seal Team 3, Sattahip, Thailand ¶B. Naval Special Warfare Group, Seal Team 1, Sattahip, Thailand ¶C. Narcotics Suppression Bureau Division 1, Sub-division 2, Chonburi, Thailand ¶D. Maritime Peacekeeping Operations Unit (MPKOU) (Formerly called the Mekong Riverine Operations Unit, MROU),Pathum Thani Training Cadre, Pathum Thani, Thailand ¶E. Naval Special Warfare Special Boat Unit Detachment 3, Sattahip, Thailand BOYCE