HCOC: THAILAND DEMARCHE DELIVERED

UNCLAS BANGKOK 001436 SIPDIS SIPDIS ISN/MTR FOR JOHN PAUL HERRMANN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PARM PREL ETTC MTCR KSCA TH SUBJECT: HCOC: THAILAND DEMARCHE DELIVERED REF: SECSTATE 30368 ¶1. PolOff delivered reftel demarche, seeking Thai endorsement of the Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC),to Charn Jullamon, Director of the MFA's Peace, Security and Disarmament Division, and Amornsate Singha, Director of the North American Affairs Division, on March 12. Neither Charn nor Amornsate had any official response. Unofficially, two officials at the MFA expressed skepticism that Thailand would be able to endorse the HCOC until the present military-led interim government is replaced by an elected government. Post will seek an official response to our demarche and report same to Washington. BOYCE