CAMBODIA DEMARCHE ON HMONG AND MONTAGNARD

UNCLAS PHNOM PENH 001347 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR EAP/MLS AND PRM E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREF PREL KJUS CVIS CB LA VN SUBJECT: CAMBODIA DEMARCHE ON HMONG AND MONTAGNARD "MATERIAL SUPPORT" EXEMPTIONS REF: A. PHNOM PENH 1340 ¶B. SECSTATE 146812 ¶1. (SBU) On October 25, Deputy Chief of Mission Piper Campbell met with Ministry of Interior Cambodian National Police General Commissioner Hok Lundy to deliver the demarche on Hmong and Montagnard "material support" exemptions (ref B),following up with a letter to Hok Lundy. Post also delivered the demarche in a separate October 25 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary of State Ouch Borith. ¶2. (SBU) Both Hok Lundy and Ouch Borith were accepting of the demarche information; however, Hok Lundy expressed concern that the U.S. might be asking Cambodia to allow individuals linked to terrorism to enter Cambodia. The DCM reiterated the objectives of the exemptions, and assured Hok Lundy that the U.S. will neither ask Cambodia to provide refuge to individuals we believe meet the definition of a terrorist, nor process such individuals for resettlement in the U.S. MUSSOMELI