Identifier
Created
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06SAOPAULO1019
2006-09-21 10:45:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Consulate Sao Paulo
Cable title:  

EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC: COUP IN THAILAND; SAO PAULO

Tags:  KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR 
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DE RUEHSO #1019 2641045
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 211045Z SEP 06
FM AMCONSUL SAO PAULO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5797
INFO RHEHNSC/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 6852
RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO PRIORITY 7445
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC 2575
UNCLAS SAO PAULO 001019

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD

DEPT PASS USTR

USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC: COUP IN THAILAND; SAO PAULO


"Coup in Thailand"
Leading national circulation daily liberal Folha de S. Paulo (9/21)
editorialized: "The coup d'tat in Thailand is not a surprise. For
months there were rumors in Bangkok that the military might
overthrow Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.... His 'mistake,' which
seems to have irritated the military command and caused the crisis,
was to try to increase his influence in the Armed Forces by
promoting some young officials who were his friends.... The only
good news about the coup is that there have not been casualties so
far. It is deplorable that after 15 years, a period in which
democracy seemed to be finally established in Thailand, the country
is once again facing the problems of a coup d'tat. If Thaksin was
really unworthy to occupy the post, he should be removed by
elections or by the institutions, not by a general's ambition."
McMullen