Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07BANGKOK5108
2007-09-26 11:10:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Bangkok
Cable title:
THAI MFA WORRIED ABOUT POSSIBLE CRACKDOWN IN BURMA
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BANGKOK 005108
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
NSC FOR PHU
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/26/2017
TAGS: PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM TH BM
SUBJECT: THAI MFA WORRIED ABOUT POSSIBLE CRACKDOWN IN BURMA
REF: BANGKOK 5106 (PERMSEC UPDATES VIEW)
Classified By: Ambassador Ralph L. Boyce, reason 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L BANGKOK 005108
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
NSC FOR PHU
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/26/2017
TAGS: PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM TH BM
SUBJECT: THAI MFA WORRIED ABOUT POSSIBLE CRACKDOWN IN BURMA
REF: BANGKOK 5106 (PERMSEC UPDATES VIEW)
Classified By: Ambassador Ralph L. Boyce, reason 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) On September 26, subsequent to the conversation in
reftel, MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul called the
Ambassador. He said he had heard from the Thai Ambassador in
Rangoon that the commander of Rangoon-based military forces
had said that he would not "fire upon the people." The Thai
see this as a bad omen, recalling that in 1988, following a
similar stance by a high-ranking official in the Burmese
security forces, troops from other locations were sent into
the capital for the infamous crackdown. (Reftel reported
Virasakdi's understanding that the 77th Division of the
Burmese Army had been moved into or closer to Rangoon.)
BOYCE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
NSC FOR PHU
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/26/2017
TAGS: PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM TH BM
SUBJECT: THAI MFA WORRIED ABOUT POSSIBLE CRACKDOWN IN BURMA
REF: BANGKOK 5106 (PERMSEC UPDATES VIEW)
Classified By: Ambassador Ralph L. Boyce, reason 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) On September 26, subsequent to the conversation in
reftel, MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul called the
Ambassador. He said he had heard from the Thai Ambassador in
Rangoon that the commander of Rangoon-based military forces
had said that he would not "fire upon the people." The Thai
see this as a bad omen, recalling that in 1988, following a
similar stance by a high-ranking official in the Burmese
security forces, troops from other locations were sent into
the capital for the infamous crackdown. (Reftel reported
Virasakdi's understanding that the 77th Division of the
Burmese Army had been moved into or closer to Rangoon.)
BOYCE