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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06BANGKOK492 |
WITH TEMPORARY PATCH, THAILAND RESUMES APPROVING [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 25 MFA PermSec KRIT told the Ambassador that, in exchange for the US willingness to consider new language that would provide "greater comfort" for Thailand in the event of a WTO challenge to its provision of better-than-MFN treatment of US services investors, Thail [...] |
2006-01-26 06:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV TH |
| 06BANGKOK4921 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN [...] (U) On August 11, Poloff delivered diplomatic note and Reftel demarche to Deputy Director of the Social Division of the Department for International Organizations, Ms Phantipha Iamsudha. Poloff conveyed the great importance that the USG attached to the re-election of Professor Ruth Wedgwood, [...] |
2006-08-11 08:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC TH |
| 06BANGKOK4932 |
KAREN NATIONAL UNION AND KAREN NATIONAL LIBERATION [...] (C) This message is intended to supplement Ref a, which was a response to Ref d request for information about Karen National Union (KNU) and Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) activities in refugee camps along the Thai-Burma border. The information in this message was recently provided by [...] |
2006-08-11 08:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL TH BM |
| 06BANGKOK4939 |
THAILAND: UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1701 [...] On August 12, PolOff delivered reftel demarche, talking points, resolution text and the Secretary's statement to MFA North American and South Pacific Affairs Division Director Amornsate Singha. Amornsate promised to relay the demarche points to his Director General and Permanent Secretary. H [...] |
2006-08-12 11:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE TH |
| 06BANGKOK4978 |
THE ECONOMICS OF PIRACY (AND WHY IT'S NOT GOING AWAY) [...] Summary. Low risk, low investment, and exceptionally high returns are strong and consistent motives for distributors and retailers to start, and stay, in business in the optical disc piracy industry. Setting up shop to sell pirated discs involves dealing with both organized crime and local la [...] |
2006-08-16 02:57:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR TH |
| 06BANGKOK4982 |
THAILAND: UNIFIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) On August 16, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Paisit Boonparlit, Political Counselor for the MFA's North American and South Pacific Affairs Division. Paisit said that the MFA had begun in-house discussions about Thailand's possible response to the situation in Lebanon during the week [...] |
2006-08-16 06:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL LE TH |
| 06BANGKOK4983 |
OD MICROSCOPE TAKES ON LARGE-SCALE PIRACY [...] (U) Summary: At an August 7 media event, the Royal Thai Police (RTP) unveiled a USG-provided optical disc forensics microscope. The microscope will be used to identify the source of pirated optical discs and produce evidence to be used in prosecution of copyright infringers. The microscope p [...] |
2006-08-16 06:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR TH |
| 06BANGKOK4984 |
BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON POSSIBLE F100 ENGINE [...] On August 3 and 10, POL FSN met with Thai Aviation Industries (TAI) Logistics Department Director, Air Vice Marshall Thawon Mailson to discuss this Blue Lantern case. On August 10, POL FSN also met with Mr. Phonchet Likhitthanasombat, Director of the Government Policy Promotion Section, Offic [...] |
2006-08-16 07:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC IS TH |
| 06BANGKOK4991 |
THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Col. Chatchwahn PAYOONGWONG, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violatio [...] |
2006-08-16 08:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK500 |
THAILAND F-16 UPDATE -- MID LIFE UPGRADES LOOK [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings on January 24 with the Ambassador, Thai MOD Permanent Secretary GEN Sirichai Tanyasiri and RTAF CINC, ACM Chalit Pukbhasuk indicated that the Royal Thai Government was favorably considering purchasing mid-life upgrades (MLUs) on a number of the existing F-1 [...] |
2006-01-26 09:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TH |
| 06BANGKOK501 |
AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON DISCUSSES CT COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) Summary: S/CT Coordinator Henry Crumpton and Ambassador Boyce met with Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister Chidchai Wannasathit, National Security Council General Secretary General General Winai Phattiyakul and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Counter-terrorism Coordinator Ambassador [...] |
2006-01-26 09:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER TH PSI |
| 06BANGKOK5029 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR BANGKOK POLMIL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-17 07:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA MARR PREL RP TH |
| 06BANGKOK5032 |
UNSYG UPDATE: SURAKIART'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Surakiart Sathirathai's campaign to succeed Kofi Annan is on track, according to his campaign manager Suriya Chindawongse, and his team is hoping for a conclusion to the race in September/October. Surakiart is "not worried about Asian support for his candi [...] |
2006-08-17 08:34:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH UNSC |
| 06BANGKOK5035 |
THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Pol. Capt. Pongpol IEMVIJARN, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violati [...] |
2006-08-17 09:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5036 |
THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Pol. Capt. Nuntapoom RUENGRUNG, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross viola [...] |
2006-08-17 09:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5058 |
SCENESETTER FOR THE AUGUST 26 - SEPTEMBER 2 VISIT [...] (C) Ellen, we look forward to your visit to Thailand. Bilateral relations with Thailand have been generally excellent. Thailand is a security treaty ally and has been firmly supportive of the Global War on Terror. American businesses have over $20 billion in direct investment in Thailand, an [...] |
2006-08-18 07:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL ASEC OTRA TH |
| 06BANGKOK5061 |
REPORTS OF THAI DEPORTATION OF HMONG GROUP [...] (SBU) Embassy received reports August 16 from an NGO worker and a Hmong-American contact that some of the approximately 270 Hmong detained at seven police stations in Petchaboon Province for illegal entry into Thailand had been moved to the Lao border. 2. (SBU) A Thai Immigration official i [...] |
2006-08-18 08:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM TH LA |
| 06BANGKOK507 |
THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) RSO has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals who have been selected to attend the course mentioned above. Emba [...] |
2006-01-27 01:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5072 |
THAILAND POLITICAL UPDATE: SCHISMS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The caretaker Senate formed a Background Investigation Committee on August to look into the ten EC candidates for the next twenty days, after which the Senate will vote to select five winners. If the committee takes the full twenty days, it will likely lead to a delay of the el [...] |
2006-08-18 10:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5075 |
NEW ANTI-PIRACY MOU BRINGS MALLS INTO THE FIGHT [...] Summary: On August 16, 39 representatives from Thai law enforcement, government, IP rights holders and retail establishments signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on prevention and suppression of intellectual property piracy. Owners of malls where pirated goods are widely available [...] |
2006-08-18 10:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR TH |
| 06BANGKOK508 |
THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) ILEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below to attend the Police Executive Role in Combating Terrori [...] |
2006-01-27 01:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK509 |
THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) ILEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals listed below, who has been selected to attend the Computer Facil [...] |
2006-01-27 01:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK510 |
THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Capt. Wichan WANTANEEYAKUL, Coast Guard, Royal Thai Navy, who has been se [...] |
2006-01-27 01:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5100 |
THAILAND APEC PRIORITIES [...] On August 9, Econoff met with Mr. Winachai Chaemchaeng, Deputy Director General of the Department of Trade Negotiations, and presented talking points per reftel. Winachai said the USG's priority on trade facilitation tracked most closely with RTG priorities. Thailand was working closely with [...] |
2006-08-21 23:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON APECO TH |
| 06BANGKOK511 |
THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) NAS has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Pol.Capt. Thatchapong SARAWANANGKOOL, Economic Crime Investigation Division, Royal [...] |
2006-01-27 01:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5133 |
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 BANGKOK 005133 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-23 00:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AMGT IN OTRA PINR PREL |
| 06BANGKOK5148 |
SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE USS KITTY HAWK [...] (C) Summary. Admiral McClain and the men and women of the USS Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group, your trip to Bangkok is a terrific opportunity to demonstrate America's commitment to regional security and meshes with a series of initiatives the United States has with Thailand. Thailand affords t [...] |
2006-08-23 05:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP MARR PREL PGOV TH |
| 06BANGKOK5153 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED SEEKING PROTECTION OF SUNKEN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-23 08:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR PBTS PHSA SCUL TH |
| 06BANGKOK5157 |
ARREST OF NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKERS [...] (C) Summary: On August 22, the Royal Thai Police (RTP) detained 175 North Koreans after raiding a house run by a South Korean church in Bangkok. Sixteen were subsequently released. The remaining 159 will be charged with illegal entry into Thailand and are currently being held at the Immigrat [...] |
2006-08-23 10:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL TH |
| 06BANGKOK5203 |
CAR BOMB DISCOVERED NEAR PRIME MINISTER'S RESIDENCE [...] (C) Summary: On August 24, Police defused a large car bomb in the neighborhood of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's residence and arrested an Army Lieutenant who works for a controversial retired Army Major General, Panlop Pinmanee. General Panlop has been dismissed from his position as Deput [...] |
2006-08-24 11:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS MOPS PGOV TH |
| 06BANGKOK5204 |
CAR BOMB DISCOVERED NEAR PRIME MINISTER'S RESIDENCE [...] (C) Summary: On August 24, Police defused a large car bomb in the neighborhood of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's residence and arrested an Army Lieutenant who works for a controversial retired Army Major General, Panlop Pinmanee. General Panlop has been dismissed from his position as Deput [...] |
2006-08-24 11:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS MOPS PGOV TH |
| 06BANGKOK5215 |
RTG RECONSIDERS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-25 06:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC TH |
| 06BANGKOK5228 |
NO CLARITY ON ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT [...] (C) Authorities have released no further useful information yet today about the bomb discovered August 24 by the Prime Minister's residence Government. Government and security officials have proclaimed that the bomb was an assassination attempt. The Defense Minister told the press it was a [...] |
2006-08-25 11:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PGOV TH |
| 06BANGKOK5229 |
THE GHOST OF DEALS PAST: THAKSIN DEFENDS AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Thaksin faces charges of perjury brought by a former American business partner, in connection with the establishment of the first cable TV venture in Thailand in 1989. The American has already won cases in civil court and been exonerated of embezzlement charges b [...] |
2006-08-26 03:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EINV PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5230 |
SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: UPDATED VIOLENCE STATISTICS [...] (C) Summary. Our analysis of newly available statistics suggests that the violence in the first half of 2006 continued to ebb and spike at levels consistent with 2004 and 2005, possibly with a slight downward trend. The frequency of bomb attacks may be increasing by a small amount, but shoot [...] |
2006-08-26 03:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR TH |
| 06BANGKOK524 |
F-16: AMBASSADOR RAISES WITH PM THAKSIN [...] (C) Summary. Both Prime Minister Thaksin and his Chief Policy Advisor indicated to the Ambassador on January 26 that the RTG is leaning towards purchasing mid-life upgrades (MLUs) from Lockheed Martin for its F-16 fighter fleet as well as procuring some SU-30 fighter aircraft, probably thro [...] |
2006-01-27 07:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR TH |
| 06BANGKOK5249 |
SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: TEACHERS AND EDUCATION [...] (C) Summary: Schools have been the focus of increased attention in the far south because of violence against teachers and reports of teacher transfers. Attacks on government teachers, traditionally honored in Thai society, are deeply symbolic because they are viewed as representatives of the [...] |
2006-08-28 07:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KPAO TH |
| 06BANGKOK5252 |
INFORMATION ON KARENNI NATIONAL PROGRESSIVE PARTY [...] (U) This message responds to ref b request for reporting about the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP). It provides information about the KNPP's activities in refugee camps in Thailand. 2. (C) Detailed, concrete information about the KNPP's activities in the two refugee camps in Tha [...] |
2006-08-28 08:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF BM PTER |
| 06BANGKOK5255 |
CABINET MEMBER DISCUSSES THAI POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (C) Cabinet member Suranand Vejjajiva told us on August 28 that he sought to encourage Prime Minister Thaksin to withdraw from politics as soon as possible, but others around Thaksin urged him to continue fighting his political opponents. Suranand, Minister Attached to the Prime Minister's Of [...] |
2006-08-28 10:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS ASEC TH |
| 06BANGKOK5263 |
FOLLOW-UP ON ILC ELECTION DEMARCHE - THAI REACTION [...] (SBU) On August 29, 2006, post followed up on reftel B demarche with Ms. Oracha Tanakorn, Legal Officer at the Department of Treaties and Legal Affairs, Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Oracha explained that a committee consisting of representatives from each of the involved departm [...] |
2006-08-29 03:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA TH |
| 06BANGKOK5268 |
SCENESETTER FOR PACOM DEPUTY J2 TOM MCNAMARA [...] (C) Summary. Mr. McNamara, your trip to Bangkok will allow you to observe the difficulties the Thai military face in sharing intelligence and information. A lack of basic analytical skills coupled with information firewalls between the services and with other agencies hampers the Thai militar [...] |
2006-08-29 04:29:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | OTRA PREL MARR PGOV TH |
| 06BANGKOK5293 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ACTING DEPUTY CHIEF [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Margaret McKean, Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, visiting August 30-31, 2006 to meet with Assistant Secretary Ellen Sauerbrey. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at the Conrad Hotel for Wednesday, August 30, 2006. Confirmation No. 283 [...] |
2006-08-29 09:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT TH CB |
| 06BANGKOK53 |
MFA DELIVERS INTERIM RESPONSE ON AER [...] On January 4, MFA DG Nongnuth Phetcharatana called in Charge to deliver a non-paper described as an "interim response" on the status of the Treaty of Amity and Economic Relations (AER), and the RTG's declining to withdraw their notice of termination of the treaty as described in reftel. The t [...] |
2006-01-04 11:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN TH |
| 06BANGKOK5312 |
THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1Lt. Mongkol THUPCHAI, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 19st Inf. Regiment, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bang [...] |
2006-08-30 05:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5335 |
ALLEGED BOMB PLOT: MILITARY ON DEFENSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Army lieutenant arrested August 24 has given a confusing statement expressing contrition but saying that he did not know there was a large bomb in the car he was driving. He refuses to name anyone else in connection with the incident. The Prime Minister has insisted that, in [...] |
2006-08-30 11:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5349 |
SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: BANKS BOMBED IN YALA [...] (C) At least 23 bombs exploded at banking facilities in the southern province of Yala shortly before noon on August 31. Preliminary reports indicate at least one person was killed and 26 wounded. According to our police contacts in the South, the bombs targeted dozens of banks and ATMs in Y [...] |
2006-08-31 11:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR TH |
| 06BANGKOK538 |
THAILAND'S DEAL OF THE CENTURY: TEMASEK BUYS OUT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 23, 2006, Singapore,s Temasek Holdings announced the largest corporate takeover in Thailand,s history: the 73.3 billion baht (USD 3 billion) purchase of the 49.6 percent stake in Thailand,s Shin Corp Plc (Shin) held by members of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra,s f [...] |
2006-01-27 10:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECPS EINV ECON SN TH |
| 06BANGKOK5406 |
THAILAND REJECTS ASEAN-KOREA FTA [...] (U) Thailand declined to join its nine ASEAN neighbors in the signing of the ASEAN-Korea FTA in Kuala Lumpur last week. Mr. Sarig Ubolbarn of the Department of Trade Negotiations explained that the RTG had yet to reach agreement with Korea on opening Korea's market to Thailand's rice exports. [...] |
2006-09-01 09:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD TH |
| 06BANGKOK5423 |
AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 1 MEETING WITH PRIVY [...] (C) Privy Council member Surayud Chulanont envisions Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra might be forced to withdraw from political life through a relatively poor performance by his Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party in elections likely to take place in coming months. In a September 1 four-eyes meeting w [...] |
2006-09-05 05:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MOPS TH |
| 06BANGKOK5424 |
FOREIGN INVESTORS LEERY AS SHIN INVESTIGATION WIDENS [...] Summary: The Ministry of Commerce is wrapping up an investigation into possible illegal foreign ownership structures arranged for the sale by Prime Minister Thaksin of telecommunications giant Shin Corporation, an investigation which at least in theory could have far-reaching effects on forei [...] |
2006-09-05 06:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN TH |
| 06BANGKOK5429 |
THAILAND: DIVIDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thai elites are deeply concerned that Thai society today is "more divided than ever" as a result of the strong feelings, pro and anti, aroused by PM Thaksin Shinnawatra. Thai politics do not appear any more turbulent to us now than in the past, given Thailand's history of milita [...] |
2006-09-05 10:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5430 |
ELECTION COMMISSION SAYS: ELECTIONS SOON [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with Deputy Secretary-General Prawing and Director Bunyakiat of the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT), they predicted that the October 15 election will not take place until the third week of November, at the earliest, due to the delay in new Election Commissioner [...] |
2006-09-05 10:54:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TH |
| 06BANGKOK5456 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSCR 1695 [...] (U) On September 6, 2006 post delivered Reftel A demarche to Phasporn Sangasubana, Director of the Administrative Affairs Division, International Organization Bureau, of the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Phasporn acknowledged receipt of the talking points, but informed Poloff that no [...] |
2006-09-06 08:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN KS |
| 06BANGKOK5460 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ATTENDEES OF NAM SUMMIT [...] (SBU) On September 5, 2006 post received and delivered Ref A demarche to Phasporn Sangasubana, Director of the Administrative Affairs Division, International Organization Bureau, at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Ms. Phasporn confirmed that Thailand "has a commitment to support [...] |
2006-09-06 08:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU |
| 06BANGKOK5463 |
EX-CABINET SECRETARY ASSESSES PM THAKSIN'S POSITION [...] (C) Thailand has become a police state, according to former Cabinet Secretary Borwornsak Uwanno, who claimed the government tapped the phones of political figures and that some key Thaksin Shinawatra loyalists remained in place out of fear. In a September 5 call on the Ambassador, Borwornsak [...] |
2006-09-06 09:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS ASEC TH |
| 06BANGKOK5466 |
THAKSIN ADVISOR HEAPS SCORN ON OPPONENTS [...] (C) Efforts to destroy Prime Minister Thaksin represent the decrepit Thai royalist oligarchy's desire to overthrow democracy, according to close Thaksin advisor Pansak Vinyaratn. In a September 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Pansak claimed Thaksin intended to withdraw from politics after the [...] |
2006-09-06 09:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS ASEC TH |
| 06BANGKOK5497 |
COMMERCE UPDATES ON INVESTIGATION INTO NOMINEES [...] On September 7, Embassy Economic and Commercial Counselors met with Mr. Yanyong Phuangrach, the Commerce Ministry's Deputy Permanent Secretary for Internal Trade, to be briefed on that Ministry's ongoing investigation into the sale of telecom operator ShinCorp to Singapore's Temasek (reftel). [...] |
2006-09-07 08:41:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN TH |
| 06BANGKOK5500 |
THAKSIN DEPUTY REVEALS LITTLE OF TRT PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Thai Rak Thai's Pongthep Thepkanchana gave a fairly standard version of the TRT view of the political situation. He insisted that the car bomb was real, that PM's conflict was with the Privy Council, and not with the King, and that Th [...] |
2006-09-07 09:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK551 |
MEGAPROJECTS CONFERENCE PRODUCES MORE SMOKE THAN [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. Led by Prime Minister Thaksin, the RTG hosted a conference to inform international companies and the Bangkok diplomatic corps about the "megaprojects" infrastructure development program. [...] |
2006-01-30 09:13:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN TH |
| 06BANGKOK5526 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: ELEANOR NAGY, [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EAP/MLS Deputy Director Eleanor Nagy for her September 16 - 19 visit. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at: Conrad Hotel, All Seasons Place, 87 Wireless Road, Bangkok Tel: (66-2) 690-9999 Fax: (66-2) 690-9000 Room rate is $146. [...] |
2006-09-08 08:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT TH |
| 06BANGKOK5536 |
FORMER PRIME MINISTER PREDICTS THAKSIN WILL TAKE A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Prime Minister Banharn Silpha-Archa told the Ambassador that Thaksin would "take a break" from politics after the election, and that things could return to normal after that. However, he also admitted that the Thai political scene was extremely hard to predict now. Banhar [...] |
2006-09-08 10:39:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK555 |
THAI AGREE TO TAKE BACK HMONG DEPORTEES [...] (C) Summary: NSC Secretary-General Winai Phattiyakul told Ambassador on January 30 that Thailand would permit the return of the 27 Hmong currently imprisoned in Laos. General Winai reviewed with the Ambassador procedures that the Thai side would find acceptable; all of these appear to us c [...] |
2006-01-30 11:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL TH LA |
| 06BANGKOK5553 |
THAILAND: DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-11 06:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER IAEA UNSC TH |
| 06BANGKOK5564 |
EASTERN BURMA: GRIM FINDINGS ON HEALTH AND HUMAN [...] The findings of a recent survey of health indicators in eastern Burma reveal a severe health crises made worse by continuing conflict and widespread human rights abuses. On September 7, the Back Pack Health Worker Team (BPHWT), chaired by Dr. Cynthia Maung, released their report entitled: "C [...] |
2006-09-11 09:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF TH BM |
| 06BANGKOK5565 |
THAKSIN LOYALIST SEES LIGHT AT THE END OF THE [...] (C) Former House of Representatives Speaker Bhokin Bhalakula claimed the upcoming legislative election would reaffirm majority support for Thai Rak Thai (TRT), although Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra likely would not seek to remain as Prime Minister. In a September 8 lunch with the Ambassa [...] |
2006-09-11 09:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM MOPS ASEC TH |
| 06BANGKOK5567 |
THAI DEPUTY PM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT UPCOMING ELECTION [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Suwat Liptapanlop predicted PM Thaksin Shinawatra's Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party would win a majority of the vote in the upcoming legislative election, and participation of opposition parties would diminish the enthusiasm for street demonstrations. In a September 11 lun [...] |
2006-09-11 09:39:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ASEC TH |
| 06BANGKOK5568 |
NEW ELECTION COMMISSION CHOSEN; ELECTION DATE WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The new election commissioners have been chosen and are expected to meet soon to set an early date for the new election, which will most likely be held in November. Overall, the five new EC members are viewed as appropriately non-partisan. Opposition complaints that the openly [...] |
2006-09-11 11:13:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5584 |
THAI ARMY CHIEF VISITS BURMA [...] (U) On September 11, Gen. Sondhi Boonyaratkalin led a delegation of 25 Army officers on a three-day visit to Burma. According to the MFA, this is a routine visit that has been in the works since November 2005 when Gen. Sondhi assumed command of the RTA. 2. (C) MFA Burma Division Director [...] |
2006-09-12 08:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TH BM |
| 06BANGKOK5610 |
SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: ANALYZING THE BOMBS [...] (C) Summary. In a September 6 meeting at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Bangkok, instructors from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) met with senior Thai police officials responsible for southern Thailand to discuss ATF analysis of bomb evi [...] |
2006-09-13 04:13:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR TH |
| 06BANGKOK5616 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: LESLIE HAYDEN AND [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Leslie M. Hayden and Kim Penland from September 16-23, 2006. 2. Post understands that Rangoon has made hotel reservations in Bangkok at: Four Seasons Hotel, 155 Rajadamri Road, Bangkok Tel: (66-2) 250-1000 Fax: (66-2) 253-9195 3 [...] |
2006-09-13 06:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT TH BM |
| 06BANGKOK5635 |
THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for GpCapt. Chatree PROMPUNTHAGORN (DPOB: 15 July 1963, Bangkok, Thailand), Royal Thai Air Force Institute of Higher Education, Air Education and Training C [...] |
2006-09-13 08:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5636 |
THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for PolLtCol. Prathueang SRILAMONTRI (DPOB: 24 Sept. 1973, Bangkok, Thailand) Thai Marine Police, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. E [...] |
2006-09-13 08:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5637 |
THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1Lt. Bunnarasi SIRIRAM (DPOB: 4 JUNE 1975, Saraburi, Thailand), Directorate of Joint Civil Affairs L(J-5), who has been selected to attend course(s) list [...] |
2006-09-13 08:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5638 |
THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lt Pamorn PUTTHANIMON, HTMS Putthaloetlanapalai, Frigate Squadron One, Sattahip, Cholburi, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embas [...] |
2006-09-13 08:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5639 |
THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lt. Kedsada ONCOMPA (DPOB: 20 Sept. 1974, Prachinburi, Thailand) HTMS Naresuan, Frigate Squadron Two, Sattahip, Cholburi, who has been selected to atten [...] |
2006-09-13 08:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5662 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN [...] (U) Post delivered reftel A demarche to the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 14, 2006. As members of the MFA responsible for NAM issues are already in Cuba, post also emailed reftel A talking points to Pattarat Hongtong (Counselor for t [...] |
2006-09-14 08:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV SU |
| 06BANGKOK5693 |
THAI GOVERNMENT PERMITS 16 NORTH KOREANS TO [...] (C) On September 15, Deputy Refcoord spoke to MFA contact and received confirmation that the RTG had approved the processing of 16 interested NKs (ref e-mail). The RTG did not have a specific list of 16 in mind and was prepared to accept our proposal, as long as the list comprised NKs who had [...] |
2006-09-15 09:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM KNEP KS TH |
| 06BANGKOK5695 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: PAULA RENEE [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Paula R. Austin from Sept. 19 - Sept. 24, 2006.. 2. Hotel reservations stated in reftel. 3. Embassy point of contact is: Name: Christine E. Lee Work phone: (66-2) 205-4605 Cell phone: (66-8) 1173-1729 Unclass E-mail Address: [...] |
2006-09-15 09:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT TH |
| 06BANGKOK5700 |
THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Gp.Capt. Noppadol VERAYANGKURA, (DPOB: 17 Jan 1960, Bangkok, Th), Directorate of Medical Services, Logistics Support Group, Royal Thai Air Force, who ha [...] |
2006-09-15 09:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5705 |
EYE ON AMERICA? - CHINESE MEDIA IN THAILAND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Representing television, radio and print media, six Mainland Chinese press outlets are present in Thailand. Each organization's mandate varies, but all have small staffs and budgets. Most reporters do not speak Thai and English appears to be their working language. While the [...] |
2006-09-15 09:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | OPRC PREL PGOV CH TH ASEAN |
| 06BANGKOK5706 |
WHAT IS THE "SUFFICIENCY ECONOMY"? [...] (SBU) Summary: Much has been written about a "Sufficiency Economy" this year due to the King's championing the idea in his birthday speech last December and the perceived "capitalist excesses" of the Thaksin administration. The Sufficiency Economy's Buddhist-like principles, promoting hard wo [...] |
2006-09-15 10:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV SOCI SENV TH |
| 06BANGKOK5711 |
MILITARY AND PRIME MINISTER FACE OFF OVER MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The police have arrested more military personnel from the controversial military Internal Security Operation Command (ISOC) in connection with the alleged car bomb assassination attempt against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Thai opinion is still very divided about whether t [...] |
2006-09-15 10:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM MOPS ASEC TH |
| 06BANGKOK5741 |
EU PROPOSING WTO ARGUMENT AGAINST THAI TELECOM REGS [...] This is an action request, see paragraph 8. 2. Jean-Jacques Bouflet, Minister-Counselor for Economic Affairs at the EU Mission to Bangkok, called representatives from the Australian, Singapore, Japanese, Norwegian and US embassies for a meeting on September 18 seeking joint or coordinated a [...] |
2006-09-18 08:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECPS EINV TH |
| 06BANGKOK5742 |
EU PROPOSING WTO ARGUMENT AGAINST THAI TELECOM REGS [...] This is an action request, see paragraph 8. 2. Jean-Jacques Bouflet, Minister-Counselor for Economic Affairs at the EU Mission to Bangkok, called representatives from the Australian, Singapore, Japanese, Norwegian and US embassies for a meeting on September 18 seeking joint or coordinated a [...] |
2006-09-18 09:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECPS EINV TH |
| 06BANGKOK5747 |
SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: FIRST WESTERNER KILLED IN [...] (C) Summary. Six bombs exploded in the southern city of Hat Yai on the night of September 16, wounding at least sixty people and killing four--including a Canadian-American. This is the first Western-fatality linked to the ongoing separatist violence in Thailand's southern provinces. Althoug [...] |
2006-09-18 10:34:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC PINR PTER ASEC TH |
| 06BANGKOK5748 |
THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: ILEA - [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) ILEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-mentioned c [...] |
2006-09-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5796 |
VISIT OF PRM ASSISTANT SECRETARY SAUERBREY [...] (C) Summary. During an August 26-September 2 visit, PRM Assistant Secretary Sauerbrey informed the RTG of the USG decision to extend the material support waiver to Karen refugees in other camps in Thailand. Thai officials welcomed this development. A/S Secretary Sauerbrey requested RTG ap [...] |
2006-09-20 08:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5797 |
LIMITED ECONOMIC FALLOUT FROM COUP [...] (SBU) There is near universal agreement among Thai and US businesspersons and RTG civil servants with whom we have spoken that any economic fallout from Thailand's military coup will be shallow and short-lived. Banks tell us that they have very few clients asking to exit baht-denominated portf [...] |
2006-09-20 09:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TH |
| 06BANGKOK5799 |
THAILAND COUP: IMPLEMENTING SANCTIONS [...] (C) Summary. The September 19 military coup in Thailand clearly appears to mandate implementation of sanctions under Section 508 of the Foreign Operations Appropriations Act. Subject to legal exemptions for programs such as the Peace Corps, or those aimed at providing disaster assistance, H [...] |
2006-09-20 10:35:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS EAID KDEM PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5800 |
THAILAND COUP: PROPOSED STATEMENT REGARDING [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-20 11:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5811 |
THAILAND: MY MEETING WITH GENERAL SONTHI [...] (C) I met with General Sonthi privately directly after he addressed the diplomatic corps this afternoon. He thought the session had gone well (see septel for details; I doubt most of the Western diplomats, at least, will share his assessment). 2. (C) I began by asking Sonthi about the audience wi [...] |
2006-09-20 12:29:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5812 |
THAILAND: WHO'S IN CHARGE? WHAT'S NEXT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The "Council for Democratic Reform under the Monarchy" is in control of the government after a bloodless coup on the evening of September 19. The CDRM promises to cede control to an interim civilian government soon, and civil society contacts we spoke to today believed this wou [...] |
2006-09-20 12:35:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MOPS PINS TH |
| 06BANGKOK5814 |
THAILAND MILITARY COUP LEADER BRIEFS FOREIGN [...] 1. (C) Summary: The Thai military-led "Council for Democratic Reform Under the Constitutional Monarchy" (CDRM) held a briefing for the Bangkok diplomatic corps and defense attaches at Royal Thai Army Headquarters in Bangkok on September 20. Speaking for the CDRM, Army Commander-in-Chief So [...] |
2006-09-20 13:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM MOPS ASEC TH |
| 06BANGKOK5832 |
FORMER PREMIER ANAND: COUP FORESTALLED VIOLENCE [...] (C) The September 19 coup d'etat forestalled an imminent violent confrontation between enemies and loyalists of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, according to former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun. In a September 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Anand related that Thaksin had already [...] |
2006-09-21 11:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MOPS ASEC TH |
| 06BANGKOK5834 |
THAILAND UPDATE: LIFE RETURNING TO NORMAL [...] (C) Summary: The press published a "royal order" from the King appointing General Sonthi as leader of the Council for Democratic Reform. Public opinion polls have varying estimates of the popularity of the coup, but opinion in Bangkok remains positive. Whatever discontent people upcountry [...] |
2006-09-21 11:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5836 |
THE MONARCHY'S ROLE IN THAILAND'S SEPTEMBER 19 COUP [...] (C) It remains unclear whether Thailand's King encouraged or provided approval in advance for the September 19 coup d'etat by the Council for Democratic Reform Under the Monarchy (CDRM). However, the CDRM is publicly linked to the monarchy to a greater extent than previous coup plotters, and [...] |
2006-09-21 11:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM MOPS ASEC TH |
| 06BANGKOK5837 |
The Coup and the Media: TV Censorship and Print Freedom [...] (SBU) Summary: Thai army troops continue to occupy almost all Thai TV network studios, and are monitoring their broadcasts. Thailand's major cable network has stopped blacking out broadcasts from CNN and BBC whenever Thaksin's name is mentioned or image shown. Commercial radio stations are op [...] |
2006-09-22 00:57:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5866 |
SNAPSHOTS OF YOUTH REACTION TO COUP [...] SUMMARY: Public Affairs officers and PA local staff spoke with 22 Thai high school and university students throughout the country to gage their reaction to recent events; the majority expressed support for the military coup. All were grateful that no blood was shed. While most reasoned that it [...] |
2006-09-22 09:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5874 |
THAILAND UPDATE: CONTINUED CALM; THAKSIN TAKES A [...] (C) Summary. The Council for Democratic Reform under the Monarchy (CDRM) lowered its media profile on September 22 as efforts to set up an interim civilian government intensified. Several key security portfolios at the sub-ministerial level have been shuffled. Thaksin released a statement fr [...] |
2006-09-22 11:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5894 |
NEW CONSTITUTION DRAFTER BRIEFS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Constitution drafter Borwornsak Uwanno briefed the Ambassador September 25 on the intentions of the Council for Democratic Reform Under the Monarchy (CDRM), including: - The issuance of an interim constitution, on/about October 1, that would restore protections for civil liberties and pr [...] |
2006-09-25 10:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MOPS ASEC TH |
| 06BANGKOK5895 |
THAILAND UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 25 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Council for Democratic Reform Under the Constitutional Monarchy (CDRM) banned both wiretapping and political activities against the interests of the CDRM. Television broadcasts have featured the coup leaders receiving the Royal Command that gave the King's imprimatur to their [...] |
2006-09-25 11:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS KDEM ASEC TH |
| 06BANGKOK59 |
REQUEST COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: ANTHONY M. TRANCHINA [...] (U) Country Clearance is requested for Anthony M. Tranchina, Political Officer at Embassy Bangkok. 2. (U) Itinerary as follows: Saturday, January 7 0900 Arrive in Rangoon via TG 305 Friday, January 13 1945 Depart Rangoon via TG 306 3. (U) Traveler does not request any hotel [...] |
2006-01-05 00:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TH |
| 06BANGKOK5907 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: AMB. EMIL M. [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Amb. Emil M. Skodon to transit Bangkok from Sept. 30 - Oct. 1, and again from Oct. 14 - Oct. 16, 2006. 2. No hotel reservations or assistance by Embassy staff arranged. 3. Embassy point of contact is: Name: Debra P. Tous Work [...] |
2006-09-26 04:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT TH |
| 06BANGKOK5908 |
PRIVY COUNCIL PRESIDENT PREM DISCUSSES TRANSITION [...] (C) I spoke with Privy Council President Prem Tinsulanonda September 25, explaining I wanted to check on his well-being, given reports on the night of the coup that Thaksin had tried to arrange Prem's arrest. Sounding relaxed, confident, and very pleased with the course of events, Prem assured [...] |
2006-09-26 04:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MOPS ASEC TH |
| 06BANGKOK5928 |
THAI MFA PERMSEC CONFIDENT OF MEETING TWO WEEK [...] (C) MFA Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn said the King would sign Thailand's interim constitution on September 29. In a September 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Krit said this constitution would provide for the Council for Democratic Reform (CDR) to become a new Security Council, [...] |
2006-09-26 11:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MOPS ASEC TH |
| 06BANGKOK5929 |
THAI OFFICIALS PLEA FOR UNDERSTANDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA permanent secretary and the ruling military council's Secretary General reassured the diplomatic corps that Thailand would return to democratic rule as soon as possible. The Secretary General personally assured the Ambassador during a pull-aside that a civilian prime mini [...] |
2006-09-26 11:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5939 |
LIFE BEFORE THE COUP - EC COURT VERDICT [...] (U) Days before the coup, the Criminal Court found the three former Election Commissioners (EC) guilty of electoral law violations during their oversight of the annulled April 2 elections. Specifically, the court ruled on September 15 that the Commissioners purposefully stalled action on the [...] |
2006-09-27 04:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5949 |
THAILAND UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 27 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Council on Democratic Reform (CDR) says it will announce the interim prime minister on Sunday. Privy Councillor and retired General Surayud Chulanond appears to be the lead candidate again, and many contacts anticipate he will be chosen. The CDR announced the establishment o [...] |
2006-09-27 11:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK5972 |
DEMOCRAT PARTY LEADER DISCUSSES COUP AFTERMATH [...] (C) Democrat Party (DP) leader Abhisit Vejjajiva expressed confidence that Council for Democratic Reform (CDR) leader General Sonthi would happily relinquish power, but Abhisit thought the CDR would have difficulty restoring full civil liberties until taking measures against key Thaksin admini [...] |
2006-09-28 10:57:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MOPS ASEC TH |
| 06BANGKOK5973 |
THAILAND COUP: SONTHI ASKS SURAYUD TO BE INTERIM [...] (C) I called on retired General and Privy Councilor Surayud Chulanont at the Privy Council Chambers on September 28. Surayud began by apologizing for telling me on the night of the coup that he did not know of anything going on that night. He maintains that when we spoke, he was on his way [...] |
2006-09-28 11:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TH |
| 06BANGKOK6002 |
CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR EMERGES AS TOP ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: In a September 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Bank of Thailand Governor Pridiyathorn Devakula stated his intention to be the prime economic adviser to the soon to be appointed interim Prime Minister (reportedly, General Surayud Chulanond). He confirmed the CDR's commitment to [...] |
2006-09-29 10:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINS PHUM MOPS ASEC TH |
| 06BANGKOK6003 |
CONCERNS OVER DRAFT INTERIM CONSTITUTION [...] (C) The Council for Democratic Reform (CDR) has circulated a draft interim constitution with provisions that would allow the military officials in the CDR to retain excessive influence over the civilian administration. The draft constitution has likely evolved since this early draft was circu [...] |
2006-09-29 10:13:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MOPS KDEM TH |
| 06BANGKOK6004 |
AMBASSADOR PRESSES CDR ON TRANSITION [...] (C) The Ambassador on September 29 pressed Council for Democratic Reform (CDR) Secretary General Winai Phattiyakul to address concerns that CDR members would retain substantial influence after the promulgation of the interim constitution. Winai explained that certain provisions of the interim [...] |
2006-09-29 10:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MOPS ASEC TH |
| 06BANGKOK602 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] Per reftel request, POL FSN made inquiries into the bona fides of Siphya Arms Limited Partnership and Bureau of Territorial Defense Volunteers Administration. Results follow. SIPIHYA ARMS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 2. According to the official website for the Thai Department of Business Devel [...] |
2006-02-01 09:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH BLUE LANTERN |
| 06BANGKOK6030 |
THAILAND: NEW PRIME MINISTER SURAYUD TELLS [...] (C) Summary. I called on Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont on October 2 to urge that his interim government operate independently of the military-led Council for National Security (CNS) and quickly take steps to protect civil liberties. I underscored three points: 1) condemnation of the co [...] |
2006-10-02 10:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TH |
| 06BANGKOK6031 |
THAILAND UPDATE: OCTOBER 2 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The interim Prime Minister and interim Constitution were announced on Sunday; the interim Constitution appears to have the same weaknesses as the draft version reported last week (ref A). The Cabinet should be announced within about a week. Four of Thaksin's close advisors, wh [...] |
2006-10-02 11:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK6039 |
THAILAND TRADE AGREEMENT AND COMPLIANCE [...] Thailand's trade relationship with the U.S. is guided primarily by each country's commitments in the World Trade Organization. Negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement began in 2004 but have been delayed due to continuing political troubles in Thailand, and its completion before expira [...] |
2006-10-03 02:57:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAGR TH |
| 06BANGKOK6047 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: EAP-DAS, ERIC [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EAP-DAS Eric John from October 23 - October 27, 2006. 2. Hotel reservations with upgrade requested have been made as follows: 10/23 - 10/25: Confirmation #: 290384 10/26: Confirmation #: 290386 Conrad Hotel, All Seasons Place, 8 [...] |
2006-10-03 07:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT TH |
| 06BANGKOK6058 |
THAILAND: OCTOBER 3 SITUATION UPDATE [...] Summary. Thai troops are no longer visible at checkpoints and government buildings in Bangkok and armored vehicles are off the roads. Thai soldiers remain at some TV stations but are reportedly leaving soon. Thai Rak Thai Party leaders announced that former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatr [...] |
2006-10-03 10:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR TH |
| 06BANGKOK6080 |
Thailand's Expected Economic Cabinet-Bios [...] While Thai interim Prime Minister Surayud today told the press that he does not expect to finalize his cabinet until October 11, our sources and many press reports indicate the following probably will be appointed as ministers with economic portfolios. We note that many of these persons, includ [...] |
2006-10-04 09:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PINR TH |
| 06BANGKOK6084 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: POSSIBLE N KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] (C) On October 4, 2006, Charge delivered Reftel demarche to Nongnuth Phetcharatana, Director-General of the Department of American and South Pacific Affairs at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nongnuth thanked Charge for the points and promised to relay them to her superiors. She will co [...] |
2006-10-04 09:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KN PARM KNNP |
| 06BANGKOK6085 |
COUP REACTION IN THAKSIN-COUNTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a visit to gauge sentiments toward the coup in the northeastern city of Khon Kaen, Emboffs were kept under close watch by the local authorities. Local interlocutors also expressed concerns over meeting with us to discuss politics. While NGO and media-types discussed how the [...] |
2006-10-04 09:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK6087 |
THAI INTERIM PM SURAYUD CHULANONT [...] (C) Thai interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont has a record of advocating military reform including -- ironically -- keeping the military out of politics, policies he strongly supported as Army Chief from 1998 to 2002. He was relegated by then Prime Minister Thaksin to the less important Su [...] |
2006-10-04 12:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL MOPS KDEM TH |
| 06BANGKOK6095 |
THAILAND: CHINESE REACTION TO THE COUP [...] (C) Summary. Although surprised by the coup, Chinese Embassy officials in Bangkok are confident that Sino-Thai relations will continue to thrive under the new Thai government and see opportunities for expanding influence while the United States imposes sanctions. Likely Chinese responses t [...] |
2006-10-05 08:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS TH CH |
| 06BANGKOK6096 |
THAI STATEMENT ON POSSIBLE DPRK NUCLEAR TEST [...] Thailand is gravely concerned with the recent announcement by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) that is will conduct a nuclear test in the future. 2. Thailand urges DPRK to abide by the principles of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the International Atomic Ener [...] |
2006-10-05 08:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TH NK |
| 06BANGKOK6119 |
INTERIM CONSTITUTION PROTECTIONS FOR CIVIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: One of the drafters of the interim constitution explained the mechanisms contained in the document for protecting civil liberties. He said language in the interim constitution, although perhaps appearing vague to Westerners, does clearly incorporate by reference the rights guara [...] |
2006-10-05 09:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS TH |
| 06BANGKOK6121 |
THAILAND UPDATE: OCTOBER 5 [...] (C) Council for National Security (CNS) Secretary General Winai Phattiyakul told the press that the parliament would have to initiate the lifting of martial law; involving the not-yet-formed parliament could significantly delay the restoration of full civil liberties. An academic advisor to t [...] |
2006-10-05 10:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON MOPS KDEM ASEC TH |
| 06BANGKOK6124 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: GAO TEAM REVIEWING [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Cheryl Goodman, Mr. Pierre Toureille and Ms. Lyric Clark from October 23-26, 2006. 2. Post understand that GAO team has made hotel reservation at the Sheraton hotel: Sheraton Hotel, 250 Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok Tel: (66-2) 649-88 [...] |
2006-10-06 01:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT AGAO TH BM |
| 06BANGKOK6156 |
NEW THAI ECONOMIC TEAM - HIGH ON PHILOSOPHY, LOW [...] (C) Summary: Thailand's new economic team, led by the highly respected Bank of Thailand Governor Pridyathorn Devakula, faces the challenge of maintaining steady economic growth, reassuring foreign investors, and ensuring that the previous regime's rural base continues to receive special econom [...] |
2006-10-06 08:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL TH |
| 06BANGKOK6176 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: MR. STEVEN [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Costner and Mr. Diaz from Oct. 10 - Oct. 14, 2006. 2. Hotel reservations made by individuals at Siam City Hotel and no further assistance required of Embassy. Siam City Hotel 477 Si Ayuthaya Road Bangkok Tel: 66-2-247-0123 Fax [...] |
2006-10-10 03:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT TH |
| 06BANGKOK6192 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA TP AND BACKGROUND [...] (U) Ref A demarche was delivered on October 10, 2006 to Phasporn Sangasubana, Director of the International Organization's Administrative Affairs Division at the Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Phasporn acknowledged receipt of the points, and promised to relay them to the relevant [...] |
2006-10-10 08:39:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNGA |
| 06BANGKOK6195 |
THAI REACTION TO ALLEGED DPRK NUCLEAR TEST [...] (C) Charge delivered ref points on October 10 to Nongnuth Phetcharatana, Director-General of the Department of American and South Pacific Affairs at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and expressed thanks for the strong RTG public statement (below). Nongnuth asked for an update on UNSC [...] |
2006-10-10 09:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TH NK |
| 06BANGKOK6203 |
NEW INTERIM CABINET AND SELECT BIOS [...] (U) Interim PM Surayud Chulanont announced his cabinet over the weekend and received the King's royal endorsement on October 9. Dubbed the "cabinet of old men," the 26-member interim cabinet have been tasked to improve Thailand's image abroad. They are as follows: Deputy PM and Finance Mi [...] |
2006-10-10 10:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR TH |
| 06BANGKOK6206 |
INTERIM "CABINET OF OLD MEN" APPOINTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The interim cabinet was appointed on October 9. The King, addressing the group in his first televised speech since his operation three months ago, admonished them to improve Thailand's international image. The group includes mostly seasoned, non-partisan professionals. NGOs h [...] |
2006-10-10 11:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK6228 |
DISASTER DECLARATION: THAILAND [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 6. 2. SUMMARY - EXTENSIVE MONSOON RAINS OVER THE PAST MONTH AND, MORE RECENTLY, TYPHOON XANGSHANE, HAVE LED TO SEVERE FLOODING IN 19 CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PROVINCES OF THAILAND. ACCORDING TO MEDIA REPORTS, THE FLOODS HAVE RESULTED IN 39 DEATHS, [...] |
2006-10-11 07:39:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID TH |
| 06BANGKOK6241 |
AMBASSADOR PRESSES CNS TO LIFT MARTIAL LAW, [...] (C) The Ambassador met October 11 with Council for National Security (CNS) Secretary General Winai Phattiyakul to press for an acceleration of the existing timetable for elections, the lifting of martial law and the full restoration of civil liberties as soon as possible. Winai promised the R [...] |
2006-10-11 10:57:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS KDEM TH |
| 06BANGKOK6243 |
THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below who have been selected to participate in Balance Torch 07-1. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violati [...] |
2006-10-12 03:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK6265 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TRIPARTITE ON DRIP [...] (SBU) New Zealand led in the Reftel A Tripartite Demarche with post and Australia to Dusit Manapan, Director of the Social Division of the Department of International Organizations, Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs. While Dusit noted our concerns, he asserted that Thailand "should work [...] |
2006-10-12 08:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA UN |
| 06BANGKOK6269 |
AMBASSADOR MAKES JOINT CALL ON INTERIM PM SURAYUD [...] (C) The Ambassador used an October 12 joint call on interim PM Surayud Chulanont to press for the lifting of martial law, restoration of full civil liberties, early completion of Thailand's new constitution, and democratic elections as soon as possible. Surayud, accompanied by Foreign Ministe [...] |
2006-10-12 10:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KDEM TH |
| 06BANGKOK6270 |
OCTOBER 12 UPDATE: NEW LEGISLATURE NAMED [...] (C) Summary. The King approved the appointment of 242 persons to the interim National Legislative Assembly. The legislators come from a cross-section of Thai society and include 35 active duty military. The military permitted a small pro-democracy gathering in Bangkok. Soldiers remain po [...] |
2006-10-12 23:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MARR MASS TH |
| 06BANGKOK6289 |
THAKSIN'S THAI RAK THAI FACES UNCERTAIN FUTURE [...] (C) In the aftermath of the September 19 coup d'etat, many leading figures have fled Thai Rak Thai (TRT), the party of deposed caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Thaksin himself submitted a letter of resignation from the position of party leader -- a move that should dissolve the par [...] |
2006-10-13 08:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM TH |
| 06BANGKOK6290 |
THE "CHINESE" AMERICAN CORNER [...] (C) Emboffs visited the newly-renovated American Corner (AC) at Khon Kaen University as part of a broader reporting trip to Thailand's northeastern region (Reftel A, B). During a luncheon held after meeting with the school officials, university student volunteers at the AC approached Poloff w [...] |
2006-10-13 08:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OPRC TH CH |
| 06BANGKOK6308 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: BRUCE WEBB AND [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Bruce C. Webb and Ballard Earnhardt Troy, Jr. from November 5-10, 2006. 2. Hotel reservation has been made at: J. W. Marriott, 4 Sukhumvit, Soi 2 Road, Bangkok Tel: (66-2) 656-7700 Fax: (66-2) 656-7711 Room rate is $146.00 net [...] |
2006-10-16 04:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT ETTC KSTC PREL TH |
| 06BANGKOK6317 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: STAFFDEL [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Kristen GILLEY, Jamie McCORMACK and Douglas ANDERSON from Oct. 17 - Oct. 23, 2006. 2. Hotel reservations have been made as follows at: Conrad Hotel, All Seasons Place, 87 Wireless Road, Bangkok Tel: (66-2) 690-9999 Fax: (66-2) 690- [...] |
2006-10-16 08:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT TH |
| 06BANGKOK6324 |
THAILAND: AMBASSADOR URGES GEN SONTHI TO LIFT [...] (C) Summary. I met with Council for National Security (CNS) chief GEN Sonthi Boonyaratglin on October 16 to express our continued concern over the coup and the suspension of civil liberties. Reminding him that we have already suspended almost 24 million dollars in assistance, I informed Son [...] |
2006-10-16 10:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS MARR TH |
| 06BANGKOK6325 |
THAILAND UPDATE: OCTOBER 16 [...] (SBU) The Cabinet will discuss martial law on October 17 but appears unlikely to rescind it; a top military official said publicly martial law should be lifted within two months. The Crown Prince, rather than the King, is scheduled to preside over the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) openin [...] |
2006-10-16 12:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM TH |
| 06BANGKOK635 |
THAILAND: AMBASSADOR URGES ARMY TO USE RESTRAINT [...] (C) In a February 2 meeting with Royal Thai Army (RTA) CINC GEN Sonthi Boonyaratklin, the Ambassador urged Thai forces not to resort to extra judicial means while addressing violence in Southern Thailand. Sonthi assured the Ambassador that his forces would conduct themselves in accordance wi [...] |
2006-02-02 09:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PHUM PREL TH |
| 06BANGKOK6352 |
LIFTING THE BAN ON POLITICAL MEETINGS [...] (C) Prime Minister Surayud told the press today that the interim government would recommend the lifting of the chief restriction on civil liberties, the prohibition on political gatherings of five or more people. A very well-connected political insider, Prasong Sunsiri, told us the same thing [...] |
2006-10-17 11:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM TH |
| 06BANGKOK6354 |
CIVIL SOCIETY: PATIENCE WEARING THIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Civil society contacts are extremely concerned about the continued imposition of martial law and restrictions on civil liberties. There are more diverse views on other topics, including the advisability of accelerating the election timetable. Many are disappointed by the appoi [...] |
2006-10-17 23:34:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM TH |
| 06BANGKOK636 |
CORRUPTION ISSUES IN THE HEADLINES [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-02 10:41:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON TH |
| 06BANGKOK6363 |
THAILAND PURSUES CASE AGAINST SINGAPORE INVESTOR [...] (C) Summary. The RTG is expected to announce soon a reinterpretation of the rules governing the Foreign Business Act cap on foreign shareholding in Thai service sector companies and what it will do about Temasek's USD $1.9 billion purchase of Shin Corp in particular. Its decision will have a [...] |
2006-10-18 08:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL TH |
| 06BANGKOK6366 |
THAI RAK THAI LEADER DISCUSSES POLITICAL [...] (C) Acting Thai Rak Thai (TRT) Party Leader Chaturon Chaiseng said TRT will refuse to participate in activities of or bodies formed by the interim government, but TRT will not openly criticize the government. In an October 17 lunch with the Ambassador, Chaturon said he had not been intimidated [...] |
2006-10-18 09:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS TH |
| 06BANGKOK6369 |
THAILAND: POST SEEKS GUIDANCE ON MILITARY FMS [...] (C) Post appreciates policy guidance contained in Reftel regarding implementation of sanctions against the interim Thai government. Reftel instructions advise us that USG licensing and transfers of defense articles and services funded with national funds should be considered on a case-by-ca [...] |
2006-10-18 10:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS TH |
| 06BANGKOK6395 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRIVY COUNCILLOR PREM [...] (SBU) Privy Council President Prem Tinsulanonda hosted lunch for me today, and we had an in-depth conversation about the coup and its implications for US-Thai relations. While Prem is unapologetic about what happened September 19, he is also sensitive to the international implications and e [...] |
2006-10-19 11:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK6398 |
THAILAND UPDATE OCTOBER 19: IT'S BETTER TO BE GOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is a vigorous debate over the choice of president of the new assembly, which will begin work next week. Several members of the cabinet are advocating "anti-vice" measures, including raising the drinking age to 25 and ending the national lottery, as well as introducing a st [...] |
2006-10-19 11:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK6399 |
GETTING TO A NEW THAI CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary. The new Thai constitution will only be the fourth (of 18) that involves broader participation in its production and the first to be approved by public referendum. Estimates for how long this will take vary widely--the last two constitutions each took 10 months from start to finis [...] |
2006-10-19 12:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM TH |
| 06BANGKOK6424 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH THAI FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Nitya (Nit) Pibulsonggram on October 20. The Ambassador reviewed the reftel talking points item by item, describing the concern in Washington over the pace of the return to democracy. He highlighted our disappointment in particular that martial la [...] |
2006-10-20 10:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK6425 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: EDWARD BESTIC, [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Edward Bestic from October 23 - October 29, 2006. Monday, Oct. 23 is a holiday and Embassy will be closed. 2. Hotel reservation has been made for the night of Oct. 23, 2006 only at: Conrad Hotel, All Seasons Place, 87 Wireless Road, [...] |
2006-10-20 10:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT TH |
| 06BANGKOK6442 |
CHINA ON THE THAI COUP, ASEAN AND NORTH KOREA [...] (C) SUMMARY. As part of Embassy Bangkok's regular tea meetings with the PRC Embassy, Chinese diplomats explained that China openly welcomed Thai interim PM Surayud Chulanont because the PRC holds "different standards" than the US. They confirmed that PRC Premier Wen Jiabao will meet with Sur [...] |
2006-10-24 08:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH CH KN ASEAN |
| 06BANGKOK6470 |
ARREST OF NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKERS [...] (C) On October 24, 83 North Korean asylum seekers were picked up by Thai immigration officers in an apartment building in the northern Bangkok suburb of Pathum Thani. A South Korean NGO was taking care of them in that facility. A representative of the NGO was also taken into custody by the p [...] |
2006-10-25 08:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM TH KN KS |
| 06BANGKOK6474 |
THAI RAK THAI LEADER REPOSITIONING PARTY [...] (C) The Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party needs time to consolidate in the wake of the September 19 coup, according to TRT Acting Leader Chaturon Chaiseng. In an October 24 lunch with the Ambassador and EAP DAS John, Chaturon related that TRT would advocate democracy but would not confront the coup l [...] |
2006-10-25 09:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TH |
| 06BANGKOK6478 |
CONSERVATIVE JURIST BECOMES PRESIDENT OF THAI [...] (C) The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) on October 24 elected conservative jurist Meechai Ruchupan as its President, despite widely publicized criticism of Meechai for various reasons, including his association with deposed Prime Minister Thaksin and with the military coup leaders in 1991. [...] |
2006-10-25 10:39:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM TH |
| 06BANGKOK6522 |
EAP DAS JOHN'S MEETING WITH FM NITYA [...] (C) Summary. Thai Foreign Minister Nitya Phibulsongram told visiting EAP DAS Eric John and the Ambassador on October 24 that the interim government is resolutely moving toward the restoration of parliamentary democracy. In response to DAS John's strong expression of concern over the continued [...] |
2006-10-26 11:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR TH |
| 06BANGKOK6523 |
DAS JOHN'S MEETING WITH MOD PERMSEC WINAI [...] (C) Summary. In a wide-ranging meeting on October 24, EAP DAS Eric John told Ministry of Defense Permanent Secretary GEN Winai Phattiyakul that there is strong concern SIPDIS in Washington over the continued imposition of martial law and restrictions on civil liberties. Winai, who is also [...] |
2006-10-26 11:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR TH |
| 06BANGKOK6538 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR STAFFDEL [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to SFRC professional staff member Keith Luse for his visits to Thailand during the November 1 - 12 timeframe. 2. Hotel reservations for the nights of November 1 and 4, when Mr. Luse is transiting Bangkok, have been made at: Novotel Suvar [...] |
2006-10-27 09:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT TH |
| 06BANGKOK6540 |
DAS JOHN DISCUSSION WITH ACTIVIST KRAISAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS John met with former Senator Kraisak Choonhavan to discuss the Thai political situation. Kraisak was glad that former PM Thaksin had been removed, but disappointed in the coup makers. He was particularly critical of the lack of progress in the corruption investigations. He q [...] |
2006-10-27 10:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK6552 |
DEMARCHE RE MARITIME SERVICES FOR DPRK SHIPS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-30 08:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC MNUC PARM TH |
| 06BANGKOK6561 |
THAI MFA PERMSEC PROMISES TIMELY DEMOCRATIZATION [...] (C) Thai MFA Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn assured the Ambassador and visiting DAS John that Thailand would return to democratic governance in roughly one year. In an October 26 lunch, Krit said the interim constitution's deadlines ensured the timely promulgation of a new constit [...] |
2006-10-30 10:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH |
| 06BANGKOK6593 |
SELECTION OF CONSTITUTION DRAFTERS BEGINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The selection of the 2000-member National Peoples Assembly is underway, the first step in a multi-stage process to choose the drafters of the new constitution. The complicated process may result in a constitution drafting body more representative than the widely-criticized inter [...] |
2006-10-31 09:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK6616 |
THAILAND UPDATE NOVEMBER 1 [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Thaksin's wife called on Privy Councillor Prem Tinsulanonda on October 26. The brief meeting has engendered a storm of protest. Critics complained that the meeting undermined confidence in the interim government, raising fears that leading figures might be looking f [...] |
2006-11-01 11:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH |
| 06BANGKOK662 |
THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lt. Smitnat KUNNAVATANA, HTMS Taksin Frigate Squadron 2, Royal Thai Fleet, [...] |
2006-02-03 08:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 06BANGKOK663 |
THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lt.JG Niran KONGNAN, Diving and ECOD Unit, Naval Ordnance Department, Roya [...] |
2006-02-03 08:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 06BANGKOK664 |
THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Wg.Cdr. Alongkot TAMPRASERT, RTAF Institute of Higher Education, Air Educa [...] |
2006-02-03 08:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 06BANGKOK665 |
THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Sqn. Ldr. Patinya IDTIPONG, Directorate of Aeronautical Engineering, Logis [...] |
2006-02-03 08:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 06BANGKOK6654 |
ANTI-COUP SUICIDE FOLLOWED BY SMALL PROTEST IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 31, a taxi driver who made headlines earlier by ramming his taxi into a tank, committed suicide by hanging himself. In a note left near his body, Nuamthong Phaiwan claimed that he took his life as a form of protest against coup. On the evening of November 1, a about [...] |
2006-11-03 00:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM MARR MASS TH |
| 06BANGKOK6655 |
HUMAN RIGHTS: SOMCHAI NEELAPHAIJIT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: After 10 months with no significant developments, the investigation into the disappearance of Muslim human rights lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit is again making headlines. On October 31, junta leader Gen. Sonthi Boonyaratkalin stated publicly that a close aide of ex-PM Thaksin ma [...] |
2006-11-03 00:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TH |
| 06BANGKOK6666 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CWC - SEEKING SUPPORT FOR US [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Nichamon Agrasuta of the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Nichamon noted that Thailand "does not have any objection" to the extension request. BOYCE [...] |
2006-11-03 03:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CBW CWC OPCW TH |
| 06BANGKOK6682 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ILC ELECTION - NO POSITION YET [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Kakanang Amaranand, Officer at the Legal Affairs Division at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Kakanang acknowledged our position, but indicated that Thailand does not yet have a position on the ILC elections. She predicted that a position may be [...] |
2006-11-06 04:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ODIP ILC UNGA TH |
| 06BANGKOK6689 |
TAK BAI: GOVERNMENT DROPS CHARGES AGAINST [...] (U) On November 3, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) announced that it has dropped all charges against 81 protesters involved in the October 2004 Tak Bai demonstrations (see reftel). The OAG cited a lack of sufficient evidence as its rationale for dropping charges. Initially, charges w [...] |
2006-11-06 07:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TH |
| 06BANGKOK6696 |
THAILAND SETS PROCESS FOR APPROVAL OF FTA WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Thai Government looks to be moving ahead with the complete-but-unsigned Japan-Thailand FTA. Assuming no big problems crop up during the planned public hearings and legislative review, we believe the FTA with Japan will be signed in early 2007. The signing of the FTA with J [...] |
2006-11-06 08:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PREL ECON TH JA |
| 06BANGKOK6702 |
THAILAND'S TRADE WITH NORTH KOREA: DOING BUSINESS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: U.N. economic sanctions against North Korea have met with high-level acceptance from Thai authorities who are moving toward implementing the Security Council resolution. Thailand's unusual position as a top trading partner of North Korea gives it a potentially large role in he [...] |
2006-11-06 09:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PINR MARR MASS KN TH |
| 06BANGKOK6742 |
DEMARCHES DELIVERED: CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION AND [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarches to Charn Jullamon, Director of the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Regarding the resolution, Mr. Charn indicated that Thailand will vote as it did last year, which is "to support but not co-sponsor" the resol [...] |
2006-11-08 08:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA UN CU TH |
| 06BANGKOK6757 |
THAILAND'S BURMA POLICY: SUBTLE BUT IMPORTANT [...] (C) Summary: Following the appointment of Gen Surayud Chulanont as interim PM, many observers anticipated a clear shift in Thailand's policy toward Burma. One month into the interim administration, it appears that, with a few exceptions, revisions in policy will be manifest in subtle, yet no [...] |
2006-11-08 23:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS TH BM |
| 06BANGKOK677 |
SONDHI'S LAST STAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Crusading Thaksin critic Sondhi Limthongkul will hold his final rally on Saturday. Police are estimating that up to 100,000 people may participate. The local rumor mill is full of forebodings of pro-government 'thugs' disrupting the event, but police plan to have a large presen [...] |
2006-02-03 10:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK6773 |
RAMADAN IN BANGKOK: DEVOTION AND DIVISION WITHIN [...] (C) Summary: PAO celebrated a Ramadan evening with the Secretary General of the Thailand Central Islamic Committee SIPDIS Pichet Sathirachaval and his family at the Bangkok Central Mosque, providing a glimpse into Thai Muslim life in Bangkok during this religious festival. Pichet told PAO [...] |
2006-11-09 03:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PHUM TH KPAO |
| 06BANGKOK6812 |
DEMARCHES DELIVERED: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS [...] PolCouns delivered reftel demarches to Dusit Manapan, Director of the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Dusit noted that his Ministry must examine these resolutions in "a broader context" and consider the bilateral implications to these res [...] |
2006-11-09 10:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA UN TH |
| 06BANGKOK6813 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON THE [...] PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Dusit Manapan, Director of the Social Division at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Dusit acknowledged our concerns and stated that his Ministry has yet to make a decision on how they would vote, but is considering the issue "very carefully." BOY [...] |
2006-11-09 10:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER TH |
| 06BANGKOK6814 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS AT [...] PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Charn Jullamon, Director of the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Charn noted that Thailand had switched their position last year from supporting these resolution to abstention. Mr. Charn stated that t [...] |
2006-11-09 10:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS TH |
| 06BANGKOK6816 |
THAI TO LIFT MARTIAL LAW IN EARLY DECEMBER [...] (C) Council for National Security (CNS) Chairman and Army Commander Sonthi Boonyaratglin confirmed in a November 9 phone conversation with the Ambassador that the RTG would lift martial law in conjunction with the King's birthday celebrations. (Note: The King's birthday is on December 5; the [...] |
2006-11-09 10:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM TH |
| 06BANGKOK6821 |
NLA VOTES TO LIFT BAN ON POLITICAL GATHERINGS [...] (U) On November 9, the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) unanimously passed a bill to repeal the post-coup decree prohibiting gatherings of more than five persons for political purposes (see ref A). The original decree was issued on September 20 by the Council for Democratic Reform (now kno [...] |
2006-11-09 11:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM TH |
| 06BANGKOK684 |
SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: TWO YEARS ON, STILL NO ATTACKS [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: Since the coordinated raid on a Thai Army weapons depot in Narathiwat on January 4, 2004, there have been almost daily attacks and several dramatic violent incidents attributed to militant Muslim separatists in far southern Thailand. Over this two year period there [...] |
2006-02-06 00:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL TH |
| 06BANGKOK6854 |
THAI PM PLANS TO LIFT MARTIAL LAW [...] (C) Interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont told the Ambassador the RTG planned to lift martial law during the celebrations of the King's December 5 birthday, and might even take this step earlier. In a November 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Surayud indicated that he hoped to address unhel [...] |
2006-11-13 10:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF KDEM TH BM KN |
| 06BANGKOK6855 |
FORMER DEPUTY PM EXAMINES HIS OPTIONS [...] (C) Former Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak told the Ambassador he intends to retire from politics, although top politicians are angling for his support. In a November 9 meeting, Somkid said public support for Thaksin and the Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party remains strong; therefore, he sur [...] |
2006-11-13 10:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM TH CH |
| 06BANGKOK6888 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: THAI WILL NOT SUPPORT MICHAEL [...] Per reftel A, post followed up on the ILC demarche (reftel B) with the Legal Affairs Division at the Department of Treaties and Legal Affairs, Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 15, 2006. The Thai informed Poloff that because they have already made "an arrangement to exchange votes [...] |
2006-11-15 04:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA CONS ILC UNGA |
| 06BANGKOK689 |
WHY IS THIS FTA TAKING SO LONG? [...] (C) Summary: Our answer to the question of why this FTA is taking so long is four lacks: lack of adequate preparation in Thailand for the FTA talks; lack of experience among Thai negotiators in negotiating a comprehensive FTA with a major trading partner; lack of strong and effective leade [...] |
2006-02-06 03:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV ELAB TH |
| 06BANGKOK6907 |
DEPORTATION OF 54 HMONG TO LAOS [...] (SBU) Summary. Thai officials did not respond positively to reftel demarche expressing opposition to the possible deportation to Laos of a group of Hmong held in Thai detention in Nong Khai. UNHCR told the RTG that is also opposes deportation and warned of a formal protest and press reports [...] |
2006-11-15 23:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL TH LA |
| 06BANGKOK6908 |
REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR MR. ZAW MIN AND FAMILY [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 9. 2. (C) Post is referring Burmese citizen, Mr. Zaw Min, for resettlement to the United States through the Department's Refugee Resettlement Program. Biographical information follows: Name: Zaw Min D/POB: September 22, 1964; Kh [...] |
2006-11-15 23:57:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM TH BM |
| 06BANGKOK6941 |
THAILAND: IRAN BRIEFING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Ambassador spoke on November 9 to MFA Permanent Secretary Krit Garnchana-Gooncharn regarding reftel briefing. SIPDIS Given the nature of the issue, Krit recommended that the briefing be given to the MOD Permanent Secretary [...] |
2006-11-16 10:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | IAEA TRGY ENRG MNUC KNNP PARM PREL IR AORC TH |
| 06BANGKOK6945 |
ROK POLITICAL COUNSELOR UPDATE ON NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) Summary. ROK Embassy Political Counselor Choi said on November 15 that differences within the RTG may account for the recent raid on the South Korean shelter for North Korean refugees. After discussions with the RTG, the ROK Embassy is now working with Thai Immigration to set up a new she [...] |
2006-11-17 02:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM KN KS TH |
| 06BANGKOK6957 |
THAILAND WILL ABSTAIN FROM COUNTRY-SPECIFIC HR [...] Poloff followed-up on reftel A demarche with Mr. Dusit Manapan, Director of the Social Division at the International Organization Department of the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Dusit explained that Thailand "fundamentally does not believe in country resolutions" and thus would suppo [...] |
2006-11-17 08:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA UN TH |
| 06BANGKOK6958 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 11/17 EMERGENCY SPECIAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-17 08:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS TH |
| 06BANGKOK6959 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BELARUSIAN ANTI-US RESOLUTIONS [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Dusit Manapan, Director of the Social Division at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Dusit explained that Thailand "fundamentally does not believe in country resolutions" and therefore would not support them. It is unclear, however, what mechan [...] |
2006-11-17 08:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL BO TH |
| 06BANGKOK6987 |
THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) DAO has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the following individual, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed above. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of human [...] |
2006-11-20 08:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK6988 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: WILLIAM MALZAHN [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to William Malzahn from Dec. 5 - Dec. 10, 2006. 2. Per reftel, no hotel reservations have been confirmed. 3. Embassy point of contact is: Name: Anny C. HO Work phone: (66-2) 205-4314 Cell phone: (66-8) 1901-3406 Unclass E-mail A [...] |
2006-11-20 08:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT TH |
| 06BANGKOK700 |
SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF PACAF COMMANDER GENERAL [...] (C) General Hester, all of us in Bangkok look forward to your return visit and your participation in Cope Tiger. Many of the issues that you addressed during your December visit remain of key importance -- especially the ongoing competition among Sukhoi, Saab and Lockheed Martin to supply rep [...] |
2006-02-06 09:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP MARR PREL TH |
| 06BANGKOK7016 |
AMBASSADOR CALLS ON LEGISLATURE PRESIDENT [...] (C) Thailand's interim legislature will work actively and cooperate with the interim administration to advance national interests, according the legislature President Meechai Ruchupan. In a November 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Meechai indicated the parliament would strive to push through [...] |
2006-11-21 10:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TH |
| 06BANGKOK7032 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to David William Koppenaal from Nov. 24 - Dec. 3, 2006. 2. Per reftel, no hotel reservations were made. 3. Embassy point of contact is: Name: Trent Wilson Work phone: (66-2) 205-4754 Cell phone: (66-8) 1909-3526 Unclass E-mail [...] |
2006-11-22 06:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PARM TH |
| 06BANGKOK706 |
SONDHI'S LAST STAND PEACEFUL, ON TO THE SEQUEL [...] (C) Summary. Thaksin-nemesis Sondhi Limthongkul's February 4th rally drew a massive but peaceful crowd to the Royal Plaza Park in Bangkok. Pro-government thugs and violence were a no-show. Sondhi delivered his petition outlining Thaksin's "crimes" and loss of legitimacy to representatives of [...] |
2006-02-06 11:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TH |
| 06BANGKOK7061 |
GHOSTS OF 2003 WAR ON DRUGS RETURN TO HAUNT THAKSIN [...] (C) Summary. A prominent group of human rights activists and justice advocates is mounting a fresh campaign to re-open investigations into killings that occurred during former Prime Minister Thaksin's 2003 "War on Drugs." The interim government appears to be responding to this campaign and is [...] |
2006-11-22 10:13:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SNAR TH |
| 06BANGKOK711 |
SOMCHAI VERDICT - WHAT NEXT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The verdict in the trial of five police officers implicated in the disappearance of Somchai Neelapaijit, while disappointing, opens the door for further investigation of the police role in the case. Trial observers agree that the weak effort of the prosecution is largely to bl [...] |
2006-02-07 02:39:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TH |
| 06BANGKOK712 |
PROPOSED FACT SHEET ON FTA AND MEDICINES PRICES [...] This is an action request -- para 4. 2. As noted in reftel, the issue of the proposed US-Thailand FTA and that agreement's potential effect on medicines pricing -- particularly for drugs used in the treatment of HIV/AIDS -- in Thailand has emerged as the single most controversial part of [...] |
2006-02-07 03:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD TH |
| 06BANGKOK7126 |
THAILAND: TWO YEARS AFTER TSUNAMI DEVASTATION, [...] Summary: Less than two years after the devastating December 26, 2004 tsunami struck southern Thailand, the annual US$2.5 billion tourist industry of Phuket has staged an almost complete recovery. Arrivals from some Asian countries remain soft, but the shortfall has been compensated by a big [...] |
2006-11-28 06:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON TH |
| 06BANGKOK7132 |
THAI CABINET APPROVES PARTIAL LIFTING OF MARTIAL [...] (C) Summary: The Thai cabinet decided on November 28 to lift martial law in Bangkok and several other provinces, although they will retain it for now in the troubled South and in areas viewed as pro-Thaksin strongholds. Lifting martial law, particularly in the capital, is welcome, but the de [...] |
2006-11-28 10:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH |
| 06BANGKOK7133 |
THAILAND PREPARING COMPULSORY LICENSE FOR HIV/AIDS DRUG [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Contacts at the Thai Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) told Embassy that the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) may announce on December 1 that they plan to pursue a compulsory license for efavirenz, an antiretroviral used to tre [...] |
2006-11-28 23:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR TH |
| 06BANGKOK7146 |
ORANGUTAN ODYSSEYS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA [...] Summary: A new wildlife anti-trafficking law enforcement network, the ASEAN-Wildlife Enforcement Network (ASEAN-WEN) established by ASEAN member countries in December 2005 shows that governments in Southeast Asia are beginning to pay more attention to the multi-billion dollar illegal wildlife [...] |
2006-11-29 07:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV AORC PREL XC |
| 06BANGKOK7150 |
EXPLAINING THE DECISION TO LIFT MARTIAL LAW [...] (C) The cabinet's November 28 decision to lift martial law in a majority of Thailand's provinces was due in no small part to a desire to respond to international concerns, although domestic opinion-makers had begun increasingly questioning the need for restrictions on civil liberties. Since Se [...] |
2006-11-29 11:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MOPS TH |
| 06BANGKOK717 |
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF THE TSUNAMI IN THAILAND, [...] Summary. Thailand's one-year commemoration of the tsunami garnered international attention, as well as SIPDIS national introspection into the country's recovery. With the immediate needs of the humanitarian crisis attended to, academics and aid organizations have been focusing on the long [...] |
2006-02-07 04:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS TH |
| 06BANGKOK7181 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: EAP/MLS CAMBODIA [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Dion Shannon Dorsey from Dec. 11 - Dec. 20, 2006. 2. Hotel reservations have been made as follows: Dec. 11-13, 2006 - Confirmation No: 525485 Four Seasons Hotel, 155 Rajadamri Road Tel: 66-2-251-6127 Fax: 66-2-254-5390 Room [...] |
2006-11-30 08:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT TH |
| 06BANGKOK7182 |
THAILAND: POST SEEKS PERMISSION TO PROCEED WITH [...] (C) Post seeks Washington approval to proceed with the planning conferences for three military exercises: Cope Tiger, Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT), and Cobra Gold. In light of several events since the September 19 coup, including establishment of a civilian government, [...] |
2006-11-30 08:29:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS TH |
| 06BANGKOK7208 |
THAILAND SAYS EAS STATEMENT NON-CONTROVERSIAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-01 07:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD TH |
| 06BANGKOK7272 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP DAS ERIC JOHN [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EAP DAS Eric John for his December 7 - 12 visit. 2. The Embassy has reserved for DAS John at: Conrad Hotel, All Seasons Place (Confirmation No: 303284 - with executive upgrade) 87 Wireless Road, Bangkok Tel: (66-2) 690-9999 Fax: [...] |
2006-12-06 08:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT TH |
| 06BANGKOK7286 |
CHASING "UNDERCURRENTS" IN NORTHEASTERN THAILAND [...] (C) Summary. Despite the interim government's decision to extend martial law in some provinces (refs A-C), our contacts in three Northeaster provinces--the heart of Thaksin country--are nearly unanimous in their denial that any political "undercurrents" are active in that region. During a vi [...] |
2006-12-06 10:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL TH |
| 06BANGKOK7325 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: VIRGINIA PALMER, [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Virginia Palmer from Dec. 17 - 19, 2006. 2. Hotel reservation has been made at: Four Seasons Hotel, 155 Rajadamri Road (Confirmation No: 528832) Tel: 66-2-251-6127 Fax: 66-2-254-5390 Room rate is USD 146 (taxes and American bre [...] |
2006-12-08 08:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT TH |
| 06BANGKOK7326 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: STAFFDEL [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Sean WOO from Dec. 14 - 15, 2006. 2. Hotel reservation have been made for night of the 14th at: Sukhothai, 13/3 South Sathorn Road (Confirmation No: 465846) Tel: 66-2-344-8888 Tax: 66-2-344-8899 website: www.sukhothai.com [...] |
2006-12-08 08:57:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT TH |
| 06BANGKOK7330 |
THAILAND: DEMARCHE DELIVERED SEEKING SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-08 09:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA TH |
| 06BANGKOK7331 |
THE AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON NEW INTERIOR [...] (C) Interior Minister Ari Wong-Araya outlined to the Ambassador on December 7 the Surayud government's approach to the conflict in the South, which focuses on building understanding through peaceful means, including the restoration of the old Southern Border Provinces Administration Center. A [...] |
2006-12-08 09:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR TH |
| 06BANGKOK7335 |
NEXT STEPS FOR THAILAND'S COMPULSORY LICENSE BID [...] (C) Summary: On November 29, the RTG Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) issued a statement announcing a compulsory license (CL) on efavirenz, a Merck-patented medicine used to treat HIV/AIDS patients. The Ministry's statement cited the high price of the drug as a barrier to access to effective HIV dr [...] |
2006-12-10 05:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KIPR TH |
| 06BANGKOK7359 |
THAKSIN ON LINE ONE [...] (C) Deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra called the Ambassador on December 8 from Beijing. After initial pleasantries, he asked about the upcoming visit of former President Bush to Bangkok. The Ambassador replied that the former president was coming to honor the King's 60th anniversar [...] |
2006-12-12 13:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH |
| 06BANGKOK7386 |
THAILAND: MOVING FORWARD WITH THE COPE TIGER [...] (C) I was surprised to learn today that Vice-Chairman Giambastiani has canceled the planned U.S. participation in Exercise COPE TIGER's Final Coordination Conference and Command Post Exercise and ordered the U.S. team now in Singapore to return to its home station. Since this conference is [...] |
2006-12-13 10:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS TH |
| 06BANGKOK7387 |
AMBASSADOR RAISES ISSUES WITH JUSTICE MINISTER [...] (C) Thai Justice Minister Charnchai Likhitjjitta told the Ambassador he was unaware of a case in the works against the Lehman Brothers corporation; he was similarly unaware of the expropriation of a Phuket golf club in which U.S. pension funds have a large investment. The Ambassador raised bot [...] |
2006-12-13 10:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EINV EFIN KJUS KCRM TH |
| 06BANGKOK7388 |
LUNCH WITH PM SURAYUD [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Surayud assessed his government's progress on key issues during a discussion with me over lunch on December 8. He said that the government was improving the security force organization in the South, although violence there was continuing. He said that police refo [...] |
2006-12-13 10:29:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH |
| 06BANGKOK7397 |
EAP DAS JOHN'S MEETING WITH DEMOCRAT PARTY LEADER [...] (C) Democrat Party (DP) Leader Abhisit Vejjajiva suggested to EAP DAS John that the USG should continue pressing the RTG for a return to democratic governance, without appearing to alienate Thailand. In a December 8 meeting with DAS John, Abhisit noted the RTG appeared to have made little use [...] |
2006-12-14 05:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD KJUS KDEM TH |
| 06BANGKOK7398 |
EAP DAS JOHN'S MEETING WITH LEGISLATURE VICE [...] (C) A top legislator assured visiting EAP DAS John that the parliament would work effectively with the Constitution Drafting Committee to establish the legal framework for Thailand's next elections. In a December 8 meeting, National Legislative Assembly (NLA) Vice President Charan Kullavanija [...] |
2006-12-14 05:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TH |
| 06BANGKOK7413 |
THAILAND POLITICAL UPDATE - DECEMBER 14, 2006 [...] (U) SUMMARY. The National People's Assembly will convene on December 18, beginning what some complain to be a long and complicated process to select the final 35 drafters of the new Constitution. Some Thai academics and activists have also expressed concern about the influence the Council fo [...] |
2006-12-14 09:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM TH |
| 06BANGKOK7418 |
PRM ADMISSIONS OFFICE DIRECTOR MEETINGS IN BANGKOK [...] (C) Summary. End summary. 2. (C) During a December 4-8 visit to Bangkok, PRM Office of Admissions Director Terry Rusch met with DHS, UNHCR, CDC, IOM, and ROK Embassy officials to discuss refugee issues. She discussed current refugee processing issues with Overseas Processing Entity (OPE) s [...] |
2006-12-14 09:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL TH KN |
| 06BANGKOK7422 |
REFORM BUT NO BIG CHANGES: THAILAND'S NEW [...] SUMMARY. On December 4, the Ambassador, accompanied by the Commercial Counselor and a group of industry representatives met with Thailand's new Minister of Energy, Dr. Piyasvasti Amranand. In his remarks and responses to industry concerns the Minister outlined a generally welcome program of [...] |
2006-12-15 02:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET TH |
| 06BANGKOK7429 |
UNHCR REGIONAL RESETTLEMENT STRATEGIC PLANNING [...] Terry Rusch, PRM Refugee Admissions Director, Mike Honnold, Bangkok Regional Refugee Coordinator and Jessica Adler, Deputy Regional Refugee Coordinator participated in the December 7 - 8 Regional Resettlement Strategic Planning Meeting organized by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refu [...] |
2006-12-15 03:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF |
| 06BANGKOK7435 |
"GRAVE CONCERN" ABOUT PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN [...] (U) Amid pressure to take action in the face of a rapidly appreciating currency and tepid economic growth, on December 13 Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee met and decided to keep the Bank of Thailand (BoT) policy rate unchanged at 5 percent. Committee chair and BoT Assistant Governor Sucha [...] |
2006-12-15 06:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TH |
| 06BANGKOK7437 |
PRM ADMISSIONS OFFICE DIRECTOR MEETINGS IN BANGKOK [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with the Thai Ministry of Interior, visiting PRM Office of Admissions Director Terry Rusch stated U.S. interest in resettling North Korean refugees from Thailand, outlined USG plans for large-scale Burmese resettlement during the current fiscal year and pressed for a [...] |
2006-12-15 07:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL TH KN |
| 06BANGKOK7446 |
UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA - THAI VIEWS [...] (C) Prior to receiving ref B demarche instructions, the Ambassador on December 8 underscored to Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont the importance the USG placed on passage of the UNSC Resolution on Burma. Surayud indicated the RTG might not oppose the resolution, although the RTG's position wou [...] |
2006-12-15 10:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC XC TH BM |
| 06BANGKOK7447 |
DAS JOHN MEETING WITH HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH [...] (C) Summary: Human Rights Watch activist Sunai Phasuk criticized the post-coup government during a meeting on December 8 with EAP DAS Eric John. He raised familiar concerns about the lack of progress in explaining the transgressions of former PM Thaksin to the people, and about the coup coun [...] |
2006-12-15 10:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH |
| 06BANGKOK7458 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: CODEL [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Representative Betty McCollum from December 20-21; and December 29-30. 2. Hotel reservations for the first night have been made at: Four Seasons Hotel, 155 Rajadamri Road, Bangkok Tel: 66-2-251-6127 Fax: 66-2-254-5390 Hotel rese [...] |
2006-12-18 07:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT TH |
| 06BANGKOK747 |
THAI GOVERNMENT PROMISES REINSTATEMENT OF AER [...] On February 8 Commerce Vice Minister Uttama Savanayana informed us that his ministry has accepted MFA's proposal for an interim solution to the Amity and Economic Relations (AER) issue. (As detailed in reftel, o/a January 1 the RTG stopped approving AER-covered services investment application [...] |
2006-02-08 06:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD TH |
| 06BANGKOK7484 |
THAI CAPITAL MARKETS FALL HEAVILY IN WAKE OF BOT [...] (U) On the afternoon of December 18, the Bank of Thailand announced new capital control regulations in an effort to arrest the appreciation of the baht against the US$. Tear to date, the baht has appreciated about 15 percent. 2. (U) The new measures announce by the BoT require all foreign c [...] |
2006-12-19 08:29:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TH |
| 06BANGKOK7490 |
ASSEMBLY NARROWS FIELD OF POSSIBLE CONSTITUTION [...] (C) The National People's Assembly (NPA) on December 18 elected 200 of its 1,982 members as short-listed candidates for the Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA). Following its ceremonial opening on December 17, the NPA -- whose sole purpose is to provide candidates for the CDA -- began its fi [...] |
2006-12-19 10:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM TH |
| 06BANGKOK7496 |
THAILAND DISTRICT AND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants district and country clearance to Aaron Cope from Jan. 3 - January 11, 2007. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at: Conrad Hotel, All Seasons Place Confirmation Nos: 304820 (Jan. 3) and 305822 (Jan. 7) 87 Wireless Road, Bangkok Tel: (66-2) 690-9999 [...] |
2006-12-20 03:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT TH |
| 06BANGKOK7499 |
BURMESE TRAFFICKING CASE PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON MIGRANT LABOR [...] (U) Summary: RTG officials are dealing with the aftermath of a labor trafficking raid that has raised questions about the RTG's capacity to effectively monitor labor conditions among Burmese migrant workers, especially in the seafood processing industry in Samut Sakhon. Poverty in Burma and a [...] |
2006-12-20 07:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD KCRM KWMN SMIG PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK7501 |
THE NEW PUSH FOR THAI POLICE REFORM [...] (C) Summary. Plans to reform Thailand's notoriously venal and abusive police may be gaining steam, in part due to strong interest from the Prime Minister's office. While many people agree on the need for change--and the legislature is already drawing up plans--the exact prescription for refor [...] |
2006-12-20 08:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR KHUM KDEM ASEC TH |
| 06BANGKOK7504 |
THAI EQUITIES BOUNCE BUT PROBLEMS REMAIN [...] (SBU) On the evening of December 19, Deputy PM Pridiyathorn announced that his government would immediately lift the obligation for a non-interest bearing reserve requirement on foreign investors seeking to invest in Thai equities. The requirement would be maintained, however, on foreigners wi [...] |
2006-12-20 08:13:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TH |
| 06BANGKOK7508 |
POLITICAL REACTION TO THAI FINANCIAL DEBACLE [...] (C) Politicians from the Thai Rak Thai (TRT) and Democrat parties vehemently complained about the RTG's decision to impose capital controls on December 19 (ref A). Denouncing the decision to restrict foreign repatriation of funds, our contacts nevertheless believed that the debacle would not [...] |
2006-12-20 09:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN TH |
| 06BANGKOK7511 |
THE ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF THAILAND'S SOUTHERN [...] (C) Summary: While economic factors are not the root cause of Thailand's southern Islamist insurgency, there are important economic dimensions to the Southern crisis that, if effectively addressed, could make a contribution to the solution. Existing official statistics for the South presen [...] |
2006-12-20 10:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PTER PINS TH |
| 06BANGKOK7512 |
THAILAND EXPECTS TO RATIFY UNESCO CONVENTION, BUT NOT [...] On December 20, Econoff met with Ms. Angsana Sihapitak, Director of the Development Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the office with responsibility for UNESCO issues, and provided talking points on the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Expressions as per reftel. 2. Ms. Ang [...] |
2006-12-20 10:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD SCUL UNESCO TH |
| 06BANGKOK7533 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] According to the website maintained by the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Department of Business Development (www.dbd.go.th), Porn Me Larp Ltd. is listed as follows: Registration No. 0103518000593 Registration Date: 13 JAN 1975 Name: Porn Me Larp Ltd., Partnership Capital Registration: 150,000 [...] |
2006-12-21 05:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
| 06BANGKOK7544 |
THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) Legatt has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below who has been selected to attend the above course(s). Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of hum [...] |
2006-12-21 07:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK7545 |
THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) LEGATT has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below who has been selected to attend the above course(s). Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of hum [...] |
2006-12-21 07:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK7546 |
CHARGE PRESSES MFA PERMSEC ON MARTIAL LAW, [...] (C) In a December 21 call on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjana-Gooncharn, the Charge delivered reftel points expressing U.S. concern over: the delayed release of proclamations lifting martial law in most of the country, continued restrictions on civil liberties, the [...] |
2006-12-21 08:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TH |
| 06BANGKOK7548 |
THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual(s) who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of human [...] |
2006-12-21 08:34:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK7549 |
POLITICAL MANEUVERING IN NORTHEAST THAILAND [...] (C) Summary. In a recent trip to the rural northeast, our contacts downplayed and in most cases outright denied the existence of political "undercurrents" (ref A), but pointed to energetic efforts by former Thai Rak Thai (TRT) members of parliament to reorganize and choose new party affiliatio [...] |
2006-12-21 08:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PINR TH |
| 06BANGKOK7550 |
THAI MARKETS UPDATE: CHINA CURRENCY POLICY AT [...] (SBU) While the Bank of Thailand has lifted the 30 percent reserve requirement on foreigners investing in Thai equities, the restriction remains in place for debt instruments. The President of the Thai Electronic Bond Exchange (a subsidiary of the Stock Exchange of Thailand) told the press that [...] |
2006-12-21 10:13:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON CH TH |
| 06BANGKOK7559 |
REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE: UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-22 04:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC PREL UNGA TH |
| 06BANGKOK7577 |
THAILAND CAPITAL CONTROLS: EQUITIES, CURRENCY [...] (SBU) The Stock Exchange of Thailand composite index rose close to 0.5 percent during the December 22 trading session. For the week, the SET is down about 6 percent. The Thai baht closed very slightly weaker against the dollar. Many traders think the worst of the market volatility (prompte [...] |
2006-12-22 07:34:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON CH TH |
| 06BANGKOK7584 |
THAILAND: MOVING FORWARD WITH THE COPE TIGER [...] (C) The annual COPE TIGER flight training exercise among the United States, Thailand and Singapore is scheduled to run from January 29 until February 9 in Thailand. More than 800 U.S. service members together with U.S. transport, tanker, fighter and ground support aircraft are planning to p [...] |
2006-12-26 02:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS TH |
| 06BANGKOK7586 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] According to the website maintained by the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Department of Business Development (www.dbd.go.th), Erawan Firearms Ltd, Partnership is listed as follows: Registration No. 0103510012525 Registered Date: 13 Sept 1967 Name: The Erawan Firearms Ltd., Part. Capital Reg [...] |
2006-12-26 04:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
| 06BANGKOK7593 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR:JOEL SCHAFFER [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Commissioner Joel Schaffer, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FCMS) mediator, to conduct training on conflict resolution from January 26, 2007 to February 3, 2007. 2. Post understands no Embassy assistance is required. 3. [...] |
2006-12-26 07:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PGOV PHUM SOCI TH |
| 06BANGKOK7594 |
GOVERNMENT SCRAMBLING TO BUILD A CASE AGAINST [...] (C) Since the September 19 coup d'etat, Thai public figures have haphazardly indicated various possible grounds for the prosecution of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. It remains unclear which of Thaksin's alleged offenses can provide the basis for his future exclusion from politica [...] |
2006-12-26 07:39:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS KCRM TH |
| 06BANGKOK7603 |
THAILAND: CHARGE CALLS FOR A QUICK RETURN TO [...] (C) Summary. The Charge emphasized to Royal Thai Supreme Commander and Council for National Security member General Boonsrang Niampradith on December 26 the need for Thailand to make progress on lifting martial law throughout the country and to fulfill promises by senior officials to have a [...] |
2006-12-27 08:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TH |
| 06BANGKOK7627 |
THAI CONDOLENCE MESSAGES ON THE DEATH OF FORMER [...] On December 28, we received from the Thai MFA unsigned, faxed copies of condolence messages from Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont and Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram. The texts of the messages follow. BEGIN TEXT OF PRIME MINISTER'S LETTER: Dear Mr. President, I am deeply saddened t [...] |
2006-12-28 09:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL US |
| 06BANGKOK7650 |
NEW INVESTMENT REGULATIONS PROPOSED [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 28 a committee assigned by the Minister of Commerce to advise him about changes to the Foreign Business Act (FBA - the law which governs the ability of foreign firms to conduct business in Thailand's services and other sensitive sectors) submitted its report. Although [...] |
2006-12-29 09:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV TH |
| 06BANGKOK788 |
THE GREAT THAKSIN ASSET SALE: TAX-FREE BUT WITH [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. The sale of the Prime Minister's publicly-listed family holding company, Shin Corp, to Singapore's Temasek, has provoked widespread criticism for the byzantine nature of the transaction, the fact that [...] |
2006-02-09 10:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL TH |
| 06BANGKOK793 |
THAILAND: ACTION PLAN PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary. Thailand seeks to conclude an Action Plan with the United States to enhance bilateral links. The Action Plan is strongly endorsed by Prime Minister Thaksin. MFA confirms that the Action Plan document would not be released to the public. The draft Action Plan basically outline [...] |
2006-02-10 01:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR TH |
| 06BANGKOK795 |
THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the US Federal Air Marshal Train-the-Trainer Program from February 27 - Ma [...] |
2006-02-10 02:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 06BANGKOK80 |
SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: KEY CONTACT'S NEW TIDBITS ON [...] (C) Summary. In a 28 December meeting with Polcouns and poloffs, Dr. Panitan Wattanayagorn, a well-regarded academic with close ties to the military and the palace, outlined his continued frustration with Prime Minister Thaksin's micromanagement of RTG policy towards the South and offered new [...] |
2006-01-06 00:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK821 |
SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SEVENTH FLEET COMMANDER [...] (C) Jonathan, all of us in Bangkok look forward to your return visit and the big top reception aboard the USS Blue Ridge. Our military-to-military relationship is strong. Nonetheless, our relationship with the Royal Thai Navy could be improved. We hope during your stay that you will be able [...] |
2006-02-10 10:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV MARR TH |
| 06BANGKOK823 |
THAILAND APEC 2006 PRIORITIES [...] On February 9, Econoff spoke with Ms. Morakot Srisawsdi, of the Department of International Economic Affairs in the Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ms. Wichada Phabanjerdkit, APEC Section Chief in the Department of Trade Negotiations regarding Thai priorities for APEC 200 [...] |
2006-02-10 10:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | TH APECO |
| 06BANGKOK825 |
POLICE LINKS TO NONG KHAI MURDERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Since January 2005, four American citizens have been murdered in Nong Khai, on the Thai-Laos border. There is evidence that these murders may be linked and that the killer(s) may have ties to the Royal Thai Police and/or the Government of Laos (GOL). The police established a task [...] |
2006-02-10 10:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KCRM TH |
| 06BANGKOK826 |
SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: TWO YEARS ON, AN EMERGING [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: The heightened level of violence seen in southern Thailand since January 4, 2004 has not spilled over to other parts of Thailand, but it is beginning to create a new reality on the ground. Reftel A explained how historic factors may have contained the violence to [...] |
2006-02-10 10:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL TH |
| 06BANGKOK827 |
IJM MENDS FENCES, FACILITATES TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S.-based anti-trafficking NGO, IJM, is improving its image in Thailand and received qualified praise from NGO stakeholders during a final evaluation of its three-year TIP project funded by the Department of Labor. Separately, RTG police officials have credited IJM's instru [...] |
2006-02-10 10:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KWMN PREF PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK828 |
SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY FBI DIRECTOR JOHN [...] (C) Deputy Director Pistole, we look forward to your visit to Bangkok. Bilateral relations with Thailand have been generally excellent. Thailand is a security treaty ally and has been firmly supportive of the Global War on Terror. American businesses have over $20 billion in direct investment [...] |
2006-02-10 10:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL TH |
| 06BANGKOK829 |
THAKSIN VERSUS SONDHI: MOBILIZING THE CROWDS [...] (C) Summary. Anti-Thaksin agitator Sondhi Limthongkul is trying to build on the success of his February 4 rally by expanding the movement to oust the Prime Minister. This new "Alliance for Democracy" will rally again this Saturday, February 11. Prime Minister Thaksin opened the week with a f [...] |
2006-02-10 10:41:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK885 |
THAILAND'S BALANCED REACTION TO IRAN-IAEA VOTE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref points and statements to MFA Director for Middle East Affairs Udomsak Sritangos on February 10. In a follow-up meeting on February 14, Udomsak explained that Thailand supports world opinion on this issue but must balance this position with its growing economic ties [...] |
2006-02-14 09:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PINS PREL TH |
| 06BANGKOK89 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: WILLIAM COMLEY [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to William Comely from January 24-25, 2006. 2. (U) Post understands that Comley is on Annual Leave and has made his own arrangements for accomadations at the Landmark Hotel (Tel: 02-254-0404). 3. (U) Embassy point of contact is: [...] |
2006-01-06 05:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TH |
| 06BANGKOK920 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: CODEL [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Codel Feingold from Feb. 19 - Feb. 22, 2006. 2. (U) Hotel reservations have been made at: Four Seasons Hotel, 155 Rajadamri Road, Bangkok Tel: 66-2-251-6127 Fax: 66-2-254-5390 Room rate is $125.00 net (taxes and American bre [...] |
2006-02-15 08:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT TH |
| 06BANGKOK922 |
SONDHI'S LAST STAND II - THE ALLIANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 11, 2006 the second major anti-Thaksin rally in as many weeks drew a crowd conservatively estimated by the media at over 50,000. Sondhi Limthongkul broadened his movement to oust the Prime Minister by bringing together students, academics, opposition Senators, and gr [...] |
2006-02-15 11:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK926 |
U.S.-THAI MILITARY COOPERATION IN THE CONTEXT OF [...] (S) Eric and Peter: My country team continues to explore ways to improve our military cooperation with Thailand in order to address the violence in the South here. I know these are issues that are important to you. I'd like to share my views with you and suggest ways we can help the Thai. [...] |
2006-02-16 02:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PREL TH POL MIL |
| 06BANGKOK944 |
THAILAND - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2006 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-16 05:13:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV TH |
| 06BANGKOK956 |
THAI POLICE BUST HUMAN TRAFFICKING RING; 57 WOMEN AND GIRLS [...] (U) Summary. Thai Immigration Police have detained a ring of 13 traffickers and released 57 brothel workers in multiple raids that took place from January 19-31 in southern and central Thailand. Of the 57 workers, at least 25 have described themselves as victims forced into prostitution. Eigh [...] |
2006-02-16 09:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KCRM ELAB PHUM KJUS TH |
| 06BANGKOK959 |
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT REJECTS SENATORS' BID TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 16, The Constitutional Court rejected a petition that had been submitted the day before by 28 senators seeking to have Prime Minister Thaksin disqualified from office for allegedly violating the Constitution through his involvement in the sale of Shincorp to a Sin [...] |
2006-02-16 10:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TH |
| 06BANGKOK962 |
THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: TRAINING ON [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) NAS has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals from the Dept. of Special Investigations (Thai FBI), Ministry of Just [...] |
2006-02-16 10:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
| 06BANGKOK963 |
THAI MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES UN REFORM ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Poloff discussed UN reform issues with MFA International Organizations Department (IO) Counselor Tanee Sangrat on February 15. Tanee said that Thailand's final positions on UN reform issues are being reviewed by the Thai Permanent Mission in New York, but offered his impressio [...] |
2006-02-16 11:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TH UN |
| 06BANGKOK965 |
DEMOCRAT PARTY LEADERS DISCUSS POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (C) SUMMARY:Ambassador Boyce called on former Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai, a senior figure in the Democrat Party, on February 15. Chuan believed that opposition to PM Thaksin was growing as a result of the scandal around the sale of Shin Corp (ref A,B). Chuan said that Thaksin's efforts to [...] |
2006-02-17 00:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TH |
| 06BANGKOK969 |
THAILAND - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2006 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-17 01:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV TH |
| 07BANGKOK1026 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: EAP/MLS DIRECTOR [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Robert Rapson from Feb. 25 - Feb. 27 and transits on March 1 and 4. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at: -- Conrad Hotel, All Seasons Place (Confirmation No.: 31716) 87 Wireless Road, Bangkok Tel: (66-2) 690-9999 Fax: ( [...] |
2007-02-21 08:13:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT TH |
| 07BANGKOK1031 |
APPLICATION FOR RESOURCE ECONOMICS COURSE: DANIEL [...] As per reftel, this cable is a formal request for admission to the Resource Economics Seminar, PE 142, to be offered July 9-13 in Washington and Denver. 2. Applicant information: Daniel N. Daley is currently assigned as an Economic Officer in Bangkok, Thailand, with a TED of July, 2007. [...] |
2007-02-21 09:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | AFSI APER EMIN ECON |
| 07BANGKOK1034 |
THAI RAK THAI LEADER DEFIES RESTRICTIONS ON PARTY [...] (C) Thai Rak Thai (TRT) Party Leader Chaturon Chaiseng defied the government's ban on political party activities by holding public gatherings in Thailand's Northeast February 18-19. It is unclear whether he will face sanctions as a result. His activities come as Council for National Security [...] |
2007-02-21 10:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM TH |
| 07BANGKOK1035 |
THAILAND 2007 SPECIAL 301 SUBMISSION [...] Summary and Recommendation: Rights holders are in general agreement that protection of IP in Thailand has made little progress in the past year and in some areas has declined. Many of the problems they cite are long-standing, but some have worsened over the past year. The number of raids an [...] |
2007-02-21 23:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR TH |
| 07BANGKOK1036 |
THAT WAS FAST: SOMKID RESIGNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: After less than a week, former Thaksin economic czar Somkid has resigned from his post in the current government. Somkid had volunteered to assist the Surayud administration and help stem the loss of international confidence by explaining the "sufficiency economy" policies adop [...] |
2007-02-21 23:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH |
| 07BANGKOK1047 |
THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Maj. Pitch JINDAWONG, Counter Terrorist Operations Center, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible [...] |
2007-02-22 03:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
| 07BANGKOK1048 |
THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Maj.Gen. Songsak SAHASOMCHOKE, Counter Terrorist Operations Center, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no [...] |
2007-02-22 03:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
| 07BANGKOK1049 |
THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Wing Commander Virush PEAMHOG, Chief of Civil Case Section (Judge Advocate) Royal Thai Air Force who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. [...] |
2007-02-22 03:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSI | |