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07BANGKOK1630	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON FORMER PM BANHARN SILAPA-ARCHA [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Banharn Silapa-Archa told the Ambassador that the Thai Rak Thai Party (TRT) had lost most of its influence, and fair elections would show a sharp decline in support for TRT. Banharn foresaw moderate growth for his own Chart Thai Party. He staunchly opposed a propose [...]	2007-03-19 09:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH

07BANGKOK1634	PRIDIYATHORN REVEALS A CABINET IN CONFUSION [...] (SBU) Summary. Recently-resigned government economic czar Pridiyathorn told the Ambassador that the current government is weakly led, faction-ridden, and under threat of being replaced. While mindful of the self-serving nature, and some contradictions, in his remarks, this is more evidence of [...]	2007-03-20 01:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENIV ETRD TH
07BANGKOK1658	THAILAND'S REPORT CARD, SIX MONTHS POST-COUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a TV broadcast on March 20, RTG agencies and the coup council gave their assessments of their progress since the September 19 coup d'etat. Representatives of the Council for National Security and several government agencies assured the public that they supported democracy, th [...]	2007-03-20 10:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK1669	THAI MINISTER OF FINANCE AND THE MIDDLE PATH [...] (U) On March 21 Ambassador Boyce made his initial call on newly appointed Finance Minister Chalungphob Sussangkarn. The Minister, very business-like but relaxed, explained that while he was familiar with most of the issues he now faces due to studying these matters in his previous position as [...]	2007-03-21 07:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV TH
07BANGKOK1675	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THE RISING USE OF PARAMILITARY [...] (C) Summary. With the potential for sectarian strife in the deep South increasing, both RTG leaders and private citizens in the South are working to boost security through the expansion of non-traditional security units ranging from irregular paramilitaries to private militias. While increa [...]	2007-03-21 08:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS PINR ASEC KDEM TH
07BANGKOK1676	THAILAND: MARITIME SECURITY RULES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY ------------ Â [...]	2007-03-21 09:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR SCNV TH
07BANGKOK1690	THAILAND: WHO NEEDS A COAST GUARD? [...] (C) The lack of a single organization that represents the Coast Guard mission hinders Thailand's ability to safeguard its coastline and collaborate with other countries. Factors impeding the development of a Thai Coast Guard with effective interagency coordination include stove-pipes, "rice bo [...]	2007-03-22 03:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR SCNV TH
07BANGKOK1695	THAI ECONOMIC FORECASTS REVISED DOWNWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Government officials (including newly appointed Finance Minister Chalungphob) and private sector analysts expressed deep concerns about the economy in meetings with visiting US Treasury officials. Growth forecasts for 2007 have recently been revised downward - from 4.5 to 5 perc [...]	2007-03-22 05:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL TH
07BANGKOK17	THAI MFA FACT SHEET ON DECEMBER 31 BANGKOK BOMBINGS [...] On January 1, the Thai MFA circulated a diplomatic note to all diplomatic missions and organizations, providing a summary of what it termed the facts surrounding the December 31 bombings, as well as the gist of Prime Minister Surayud's January 1 press briefing. We note that casualty figures in [...]	2007-01-03 10:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PINS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK1702	PROSPECTS FOR THAILAND'S 2007 ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Government officials (including newly appointed Finance Minister Chalungphob) and private sector analysts expressed deep concerns about the economy in meetings with visiting US Treasury officials. Growth forecasts for 2007 have recently been revised downward - from 4.5 to 5 perc [...]	2007-03-22 07:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL TH
07BANGKOK1715	THAI PM SURAYUD ON RESTORING CIVIL LIBERTIES [...] (C) Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont told the Ambassador the RTG would lift restrictions on political party activity in April, after the completion of the first draft of the Constitution -- but we are not convinced the RTG will follow through. In a March 22 phone call, Surayud said the RTG wo [...]	2007-03-22 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM ECON EINV KDEM TH
07BANGKOK1717	SUWIT DEFENDS BREAKING PATENTS, MINISTER MAY TAKE CASE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The RTG continues consideration of future compulsory licenses on patented drugs, though none appear to be on the immediate horizon. The Ministry of Public Health's leading proponent of compulsory licenses, Dr. Suwit Wibulpolprasert, defended their use but stated the Ministry wo [...]	2007-03-22 10:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TH
07BANGKOK172	THAI GOVERNMENT RE-AFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-10 09:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL TH
07BANGKOK1728	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: SALERNO, AUSTIN, [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Reynolds Salerno, Paula Austin, Opal Fitzpatrick, Jennifer Gaudioso and Theresa Wilson from April 14th through April 21, 2007. 2. Accommodations have been arranged by DOE for the conference at the JW Marriott Hotel, Bangkok. 3. Embassy poi [...]	2007-03-23 04:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT TH ENRG TRGY KNNP
07BANGKOK1752	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ASEAN INTER-PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Members of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) met with Ambassador Boyce to exchange views on Burma. Indonesian parliamentarian Djoko Susilo noted the Indonesian legislature was pressing its Foreign Ministry to take a stronger line on Burma, and he welcomed the U.S. Emba [...]	2007-03-23 09:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC KDEM BM TH
07BANGKOK1754	THAILAND'S NEW SECURITY STRUCTURE: BETTER LIVING [...] (C) Summary. Since taking power in September 2006, the Army-dominated interim government has publicly moved to re-engineer the old, communist-era Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) into the key internal security coordinating mechanism for the Thai government. While the exact nature [...]	2007-03-23 10:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER ASEC KDEM TH
07BANGKOK179	PRIME MINISTER SURAYUD DISCUSSES SECURITY ISSUES [...] (C) Prime Minister Surayud told the Ambassador he remained committed to lifting martial law in the near future. However, technical issues had delayed the issuance of a royal command that would rescind martial law in a majority of Thailand's provinces. The Ambassador reiterated strong USG inte [...]	2007-01-10 11:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PTER PHUM ECON EINV MOPS ASEC
07BANGKOK1792	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE: KAHN, MACHADO [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Roman Kahn, Richard Machado and Timothy Martinson from April 20 through April 29, 2007. 2. Prior hotel reservations have been made at: JW Marriott Hotel, Sukhumvit, Bangkok. Phone 662-656-7700 3. Embassy point of contact is: Name: C [...]	2007-03-27 03:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ENRG PARM KNNP TH
07BANGKOK1809	BANK OF THAILAND'S LATEST EFFORT TO STOP THE BAHT [...] (U) Rumors of a return to a fixed foreign exchange rate regime were widespread the afternoon of March 26 as word spread that all commercial banks in the country were being summoned to the Bank of Thailand: Thai banks to appear at 5:00, foreign banks at 5:45. There were several factors propelli [...]	2007-03-27 09:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TH
07BANGKOK1838	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL BLANK [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Jonah Blank for his March 31 - April 1 transit. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at: Novotel Suvarnabhumi Airport Hotel 999 Suvarnabhumi Airport Hotel Moo 1 Mongprue Bang Phil Samutprakam, Bangkok Tel: 66-2-131-1111 Fax: [...]	2007-03-28 08:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT OREP ASEC AFIN TH
07BANGKOK1845	GENERAL SONTHI ASKS FOR EMERGENCY POWERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Coup council head General Sonthi has said publicly that he has requested emergency powers to preserve security in Bangkok. The military is concerned that anti-government demonstrations, spearheaded by Thaksin loyalists, could snowball and provoke "chaos." Prime Minister Surayu [...]	2007-03-28 12:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK1859	EMBASSY REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR ZAW THAN HTIKE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 7. 2. (SBU) Embassy is referring Burmese citizen, Mr. Zaw Than Htike, for resettlement to the United States through the Department's Refugee Resettlement Program. Biographical information follows: Name: Zaw Than Htike DOB: November 11, 1975 Nati [...]	2007-03-29 08:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM TH BMGT
07BANGKOK1869	OUR LATEST CHALLENGE: INTRODUCTION OF EMERGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge urged the foreign minister and the coup council Secretary-General not to invoke emergency rule in Bangkok. GEN Winai explained that the government needed the additional measures, which fell short of reinstituting martial law, to prevent further destabilizing efforts from [...]	2007-03-29 10:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK1873	THAIS APPROVE JAPAN FTA, BUT NGO'S SHOW THEIR CLOUT [...] Summary: The RTG approved an FTA with Japan this week, but not before anti-trade NGOs demonstrated their clout with a public and media that is receptive to their anti-globalization positions. Although the NGOs greatly exaggerated the potential effects of a couple minor provisions in the agreem [...]	2007-03-29 23:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD TH
07BANGKOK1875	WILL HE OR WON'T HE?: BACKGROUND TO DEBATE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY and INTRODUCTION: According to breaking news reports, Prime Minister Surayud announced this evening that he would not agree to institute emergency measures in Bangkok in advance of a demonstration to be held tomorrow. The PM was responding to a request from GEN Sonthi, head of t [...]	2007-03-29 23:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK1891	PRM DAS RYAN'S MARCH 23-26 VISIT TO THAILAND [...] (C) Summary. During a March 23-26 visit, RTG officials told PRM DAS Kelly Ryan that the Lao Hmong issue, including the group in detention in Nong Khai, was deadlocked. The issue was complicated by a number of factors, and the RTG needed additional time to talk with the Lao government. The T [...]	2007-03-30 08:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL TH LA BM
07BANGKOK1894	PRM DAS RYAN VISIT TO THAILAND: NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) Summary. During a March 23-26 visit to Bangkok, PRM Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Kelly Ryan observed extremely overcrowded conditions for North Koreans in the Bangkok Immigration Detention Center (IDC). She interviewed restless North Korean refugees who have expressed interest in [...]	2007-03-30 08:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL TH KN KS
07BANGKOK1904	THAILAND REACTION TO UNSCR 1747 [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to First Secretaries Nuchjaree Klongsungsorn, Pimpiree Pyramarn and SIPDIS Chakkrid Krachaiwong from the Departments of International Organizations, Middle East, and North America Affairs, respectively, on March 29. Nuchjaree confirmed that the Royal [...]	2007-04-02 02:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
07BANGKOK1914	THAILAND: MARCH 30 ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary. The anti-government protests in Bangkok that inspired proposals by some RTG leaders to declare a "state of emergency" went off peacefully on the evening of March 30. Polcouns and poloff joined an estimated 2000 people gathered in front of City Hall to hear People's Television (PTV [...]	2007-04-02 09:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK1932	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR CODEL [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Representative Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) and LTC Eric Pohlmann from April 6 - April 7, 2007. 2. Reservations for 2 Single rooms (with upgrade) have been made at the: JW Marriott Hotel 4 Sukhumvit Road, Soi 2, Bangkok Phone: 66-2-656-7 [...]	2007-04-03 08:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TH
07BANGKOK1942	REQUEST FOR U.S. SPEAKER FOR DVC ON DELINEATION OF LEGAL [...] Program Description: A 120 minute-long digital video conference 2. Date and Time of Program: APRIL 23, 2007, 9:00-11:00PM EST (APRIL 24, 8:00-10:00AM Bangkok time) 3. Background: In January 2007, Thailand's National Legislative Assembly (NLA) approved for consideration a Cyber Crime Bill, [...]	2007-04-03 23:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO TH
07BANGKOK1945	Ethics Given Priority By Thai Government [...] Summary: The Thai coup in September created unique challenges -- and also opportunities -- for using cultural unit programs to inform Thai audiences about American cultural values such as democracy, constitutionalism, rule of law, transparency, and ethics in government. At the same time, PD o [...]	2007-04-04 01:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO TH
07BANGKOK1957	RTG APPROACH TO DRAFTING THE ASEAN CHARTER [...] (C) The RTG will not support a change from consensus-based decision-making in ASEAN, and the Thais have demonstrated little interest in creating ASEAN mechanisms for sanctioning member states. As the RTG participates in deliberations on the ASEAN Charter, the legislature has solicited views [...]	2007-04-04 05:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SENV ASEAN XC BMGT TH
07BANGKOK1968	NEW TAX INTERPRETATION SNARES THAKSIN; OTHERS TOO? [...] (U) On April 2 the government Asset Examination Committee (AEC, a committee set up by the current government to examine alleged cases of corruption committed during the Thaksin regime) ruled that the sale of shares in Shin Corp by former PM Thaksin's children was a taxable event (reftel A). The [...]	2007-04-04 09:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TH
07BANGKOK1973	VIEWS ON ASEAN CHARTER, US-ASEAN RELATIONS, TAC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of other discussions, a couple of post interlocutors have briefly raised issues connected to the ASEAN charter drafting and US-ASEAN relations. On the charter, civil society is trying to play a role, and Burma is not (yet) blocking some controversial provisions, b [...]	2007-04-04 10:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TH
07BANGKOK1976	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 LTC Sadet ARKAJAG, Royal Thai Army, Special Warfare Command, DPOB: Aug. 14, 1969, Nakkornratchasima, TH, who has been selected to attend course(s) liste [...]	2007-04-05 02:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK1977	BEACH WATER QUALITY AND TOURISM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA [...] Summary: The University of California and the Universiti Sains Malaysia organized a workshop March 27-29 in Penang, Malaysia, to examine beach water quality and tourism in Southeast Asia. The conference concluded that monitoring and disseminating information on local beach water quality is es [...]	2007-04-05 02:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO EIND EAID
07BANGKOK1985	REQUEST FOR U.S. SPEAKER FOR DVC ON COMPUTER FORENSICS [...] Program Description: A 120 minute-long digital video conference 2. Date and Time of Program: APRIL 25, 2007, 9:00-11:00PM EST (APRIL 26, 8:00-10:00AM Bangkok time) 3. Background: In January 2007, Thailand's National Legislative Assembly (NLA) approved for consideration a Cyber Crime bill, [...]	2007-04-05 04:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO TH
07BANGKOK1991	BURMESE EXILE COMMUNITY AGREES ON UNITY IN [...] (C) A group of 60 Burmese exile community leaders recently attended a Strategy Coordinating Committee (SCC) meeting in the border area to hash out a consolidated approach toward supporting the pro-democracy movement in Burma. Informally shooting down an idea to form a unity government, some [...]	2007-04-05 06:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM TH
07BANGKOK2006	BANGKOK BOMB SUSPECTS RELEASED, INVESTIGATION BACK [...] (C) Summary. The Royal Thai Police (RTP) have released the only two suspects charged in the New Year's Eve Bangkok bomb attacks, with a senior police official publicly stating that the investigation would have to "start over." The story behind the misidentification of these two suspects and p [...]	2007-04-05 09:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PTER ASEC KDEM TH
07BANGKOK2008	RETAILING IN THAILAND: WAITING FOR THE SHOE TO [...] SUMMARY: Thailand's latest effort to enact a Retail Law has been rejected by the Cabinet, sending the draft back for rewriting. Prominent in the debate over the retail law is the growing influence of large retailers in the Thai market and their impact on small retailers. With many calling fo [...]	2007-04-05 09:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON TH
07BANGKOK2017	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 individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-ment [...]	2007-04-05 10:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK2020	THAI TELECOM CONCESSIONS ON THE PRECIPICE [...] Summary: Thailand's Council of State is reviewing amendments made over the years to the private telecom concessions and is likely to conclude that the amendments were granted illegally. The Ministry of Information Technology and Communication (MITC) could use the Council's finding to move ah [...]	2007-04-07 05:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ECPS TH
07BANGKOK2031	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 individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-ment [...]	2007-04-09 03:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK2037	TH [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-09 05:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL TH
07BANGKOK2045	THAI HEALTH MINISTER TO VISIT WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) Summary. The proposed visit of Health Minister Mongkol Na Songkhla to Washington provides the USG the opportunity to engage with perhaps the most high profile member of the current Thai cabinet in terms of driving his agenda forward. As judged by recent polls, he is clearly the most popul [...]	2007-04-09 09:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL TH
07BANGKOK2047	Internet Censorship and YouTube [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (MICT) has blocked the popular website YouTube.com because of video clips mocking the Thai King. In the past two weeks, Thailand has also blocked a pro-Thaksin website and has asked at least one major site to take down a po [...]	2007-04-09 09:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OIIP PHUM TH
07BANGKOK2053	BAHT APPRECIATION, CAPITAL CONTROLS AND EXCHANGE RATE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-10 00:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL TH
07BANGKOK2071	CABINET SENDS INVESTMENT BILL TO LEGISLATURE [...] (U) On April 10 the Thai cabinet approved the revised version of proposed amendments to the Foreign Business Act (FBA). The first version, approved by cabinet on January 9, was revised somewhat after review by the Council of State (RTG lawyers) and efforts by the Ministry of Commerce to incorp [...]	2007-04-10 10:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV EINV TH
07BANGKOK2073	COMMITTEE SHAPING DRAFT CONSTITUTION [...] (C) The Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) met on April 10 to adopt a position on some controversial provisions proposed for a draft version of the constitution. The most controversial proposal would allow persons other than elected legislators to become Prime Minister; this idea faces wid [...]	2007-04-10 10:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK2074	THAILAND VS. YOUTUBE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the name of national security and preventing lese majeste, the interim Thai government began in the past few weeks to block several pro-Thaksin and/or anti-coup websites. But what began as a simple ban on a few sites has now turned into a confrontation between the Thai govern [...]	2007-04-10 23:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO TH
07BANGKOK210	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MAJOR KRISTIN [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Major Kristin Goodwin from February 7 - March 30, 2007. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at: Centre Point Wireless Road (Reservation No.: 147036/1) 100 Wireless Road Phone: 66-2-659-5000 Fax: 66-2-659-5100 Please confirm dep [...]	2007-01-11 07:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT TH
07BANGKOK2137	RTG MFA REACTION TO SKIRMISHES ON THE THAI-BURMA [...] (C) On April 12, MFA Director of the East Asian Division II Kallayana Vipattipumiprates said the Thai were closely monitoring recent skirmishes on the border between the Karen National Union (KNU),the collective forces of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC),the Democratic Karen Bu [...]	2007-04-12 09:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF MOPS PHUM BH TH
07BANGKOK2140	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: MICHAEL HEERSCHAP [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael Heeschap and Sara Mayfield from May 1 through June 1, 2007. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at: -- Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel, 494 Rajadamri Road Tel: 66-2-254-1234 Fax: 66-2-254-6308 Room rate is USD 146 (taxes and [...]	2007-04-12 09:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT AINR TH CB JA KS LA
07BANGKOK2170	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 Tien TEPANON, Wg.CDR., who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of [...]	2007-04-19 01:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK2171	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) (Agency/Office) has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above- [...]	2007-04-19 01:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK2196	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) The Regional Security Office has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete a human rights vetting request for the individual listed below who has been selected to attend the following course. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information o [...]	2007-04-19 07:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK2247	REACTIONS TO PRESS REPORT ON US TRAINING FOR THAI [...] (C) MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul called Ambassador on April 20 to discuss the recent press report quoting MGEN Fridovich on possible USG training assistance for Thai military operations in the South. The Permsec noted that this report was being used for political purposes by a f [...]	2007-04-20 10:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS PREL TH
07BANGKOK2251	PETCHABOON HMONG PROPOSAL PRESENTED TO THAI [...] (SBU) Summary. UN and interested country Ambassadors on April 19 presented a multi-part proposal to address the Petchaboon Hmong situation to the Thai MFA PermSec. The PermSec expressed appreciation for the proposal which he said would be discussed at an upcoming senior-level RTG interagency [...]	2007-04-23 01:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM LA TH
07BANGKOK226	LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM FORMER PRIME [...] Post received the following letter from former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on January 10, 2007. Post does not intent to forward the signed original. 2. TEXT OF LETTER: December 22, 2006 President George W. Bush The White House Washington, DC Mr. President, I am writing you [...]	2007-01-11 09:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP TH
07BANGKOK2271	BANGKOK "SPEAK EASY CLUB" AND "SPEAKERS SQUAD" HOOK EMBASSY [...] Summary: For the Public Affairs section (PA),outreach is key to maintaining and strengthening our generally positive relationship with the Thai public. But telling America's story to over 62 million Thais is a colossal task. In an effort to take public diplomacy "the last three feet" and tou [...]	2007-04-23 08:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO TH
07BANGKOK2280	AMBASSADOR AND CNS GENERAL WINAI DISCUSS POLITICAL [...] (C) A top military officer expressed concern that opposition politicians are fomenting trouble, including by manipulating opposition to the draft Constitution. In an April 20 meeting, Council for National Security (CNS) Secretary General Winai Phattiyakul told the Ambassador that SIPDIS de [...]	2007-04-23 10:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EINV KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK2282	HEALTH MINISTER POSTPONES U.S. TRIP, DEFENDS CL'S [...] Summary: Thailand's Minister of Public Health postponed his planned trip to the U.S. this week, citing medical reasons. Although he will no longer have the opportunity to explain his Ministry's actions on compulsory licenses before the USG Special 301 decision is issued, he remains enthusiast [...]	2007-04-23 23:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TBIO TH
07BANGKOK2302	GENERAL PREM ON THE KING, THAKSIN, AND THE [...] (C) Privy Council President Prem Tinsulanonda gave the Ambassador an upbeat assessment of political conditions, claiming the King remained in good health, elections would take place as anticipated, and PM Surayud enjoyed good relations with the Council for National Security. In an April 23 lu [...]	2007-04-24 10:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EINV KDEM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK2304	DEMOCRAT OFFICIAL WARNS OF SONTHI'S AMBITIONS, [...] (C) There is mounting evidence of serious rifts between PM Surayud and junta leader General Sonthi. An experienced politician told us on April 23 that Sonthi has at least considered replacing Surayud. Democrat Party (DP) Secretary General Suthep Thaugsuban recounted a discussion in early Apr [...]	2007-04-24 10:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK231	GENERAL WINAI PROMISES AMBASSADOR HELP ON MARTIAL [...] (C) In a four-eyes lunch I hosted for Council for National Security Secretary General Winai Phattiyakul, I pushed for a quick recision of martial law. Using maps to graphically illustrate our concerns, I emphasized it was important to go beyond the planned partial lifting and return Thailand t [...]	2007-01-11 10:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PTER PHUM MOPS ASEC KDEM TH
07BANGKOK2311	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 individual listed below who has been selected to attend the following course(s). Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of hu [...]	2007-04-25 02:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK232	THAI UPDATE: COUP LEADERS TAKE STRONGER LINE [...] (C) General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, the Chairman of the Council for National Security (CNS),has publicly said the military may use martial law powers for searches, seizures, and other ends. The Ambassador has requested a meeting with Sonthi and will express our strong opposition to this prospe [...]	2007-01-11 10:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK2327	PRASONG EXPANDS ON SURAYUD-SONTHI RIFT, DENIES [...] (C) Summary. Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) Chairman and longtime political insider Prasong Soonsiri offered new details on the rumored rift between Prime Minister Surayud and Army Chief Sonthi in a meeting with the Ambassador on April 24. Prasong relayed discussions between himself a [...]	2007-04-25 10:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK2328	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 listed below who has been selected to attend course(s) as indicated. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violation [...]	2007-04-26 00:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK233	ASEAN SUPPORT FOR BURMA RESOLUTION [...] (C) Ambassador conveyed reftel points to MFA permanent secretary Krit Garnjana-Gooncharn on January 11. Permsec SIPDIS Krit conferred with his ministry's delegation in Cebu; he subsequently called to tell us that the Thai delegation did not anticipate any ASEAN statement opposing the UNSC [...]	2007-01-11 10:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNSC TH BM
07BANGKOK235	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: DEATH OF TEACHER FOCUSES PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary. The death of a public school teacher working in the South on January 8 has prompted emotional press coverage and may be focusing wider national attention on the violence in the southern provinces. Along with substantial press reporting, the death of Juling Pangamoon has also draw [...]	2007-01-11 10:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR KDEM KHUM TH
07BANGKOK2364	THAI PRO-BUDDHISM PROTEST WILTS IN THE HEAT [...] (SBU) Approximately 2,000 monks and laypersons demanding the constitutional designation of Buddhism as Thailand's state religion protested peacefully on April 25 and 26 in front of parliament. The fact that the protests did not draw as large a crowd as expected indicates that, at least so far, [...]	2007-04-26 09:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF TH
07BANGKOK2387	THAILAND: IRAQ COALITION SUPPORT [...] (C) Given the September 19 coup in Thailand and our sanctions against Thailand that have curtailed many of our mil-mil programs, Post believes it is inappropriate at this time to ask the Royal Thai Government to consider another deployment to OIF. Were we to ask the Thai to provide another [...]	2007-04-27 07:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TH
07BANGKOK2392	CORRECTED COPY: BAHT APPRECIATION, CAPITAL CONTROLS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Last December, the Bank of Thailand (BOT) imposed controls on capital inflows blaming foreign speculators for appreciating the baht and reducing the competitiveness of Thai exporters. However, Thailand continues to face strong appreciation pressures on its currency but, at leas [...]	2007-04-27 07:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL TH
07BANGKOK2403	FOREIGN BUSINESS ACT CHANGES IMMINENT [...] (U) On April 25, the Thai National Legislative Assembly (NLA) approved for consideration the cabinet-proposed version of amendments to the Foreign Business Act (FBA). The purpose of the bill is to tighten restrictions (or, as the RTG prefers to term it; "close loopholes") in the current version [...]	2007-04-27 10:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PREL TH
07BANGKOK2404	THAI SHIFT POLICY ON ROK PROCESSING OF NORTH [...] Summary. The RTG informed the ROK Embassy on April 26 that ROK processing of North Korean refugees can no longer include a UNHCR role and the location of processing must be dispersed to other locations besides Bangkok. The RTG reaffirmed that there will be no deportations of North Koreans t [...]	2007-04-27 10:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KN KS
07BANGKOK2405	EVIDENCE OF MISREPRESENTATION BY PERSONS SEEKING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 7. 2. (C) Summary. Recent events have revealed evidence of misrepresentation of nationality by persons seeking U.S. resettlement as North Korean refugees. At least six persons, and possibly more, of North Korean origin who are waiting for [...]	2007-04-27 10:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL TH KN KS
07BANGKOK2407	TiTV: The BBC-ification of Thailand's "Independent" [...] (SBU) Summary: The Thai cabinet has decided to re-establish TiTV, the TV station seized from Shin Corp., as a public television station in the image of BBC or PBS. Station staffers are concerned that the move will lead to a reduction in salaries and production quality, while former station ex [...]	2007-04-29 23:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KPAO TH
07BANGKOK2423	THAI POLITICAL UPDATE: CABINET ADDITIONS, [...] (C) Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont has appointed three new Deputy Ministers to his cabinet, but this move seems unlikely to end public criticism of his administration's relative ineffectiveness. An April 27 rally by some Thai Rak Thai members had a pro-Thaksin theme and drew approximately 1 [...]	2007-04-30 10:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK2424	PAD LEADER OPPOSES DECEMBER ELECTIONS, INTERIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: One of the most prominent leaders of the anti-Thaksin "People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD)," whose massive rallies paved the way for the ouster of PM Thaksin, said he opposed holding elections in December. Media mogul Sondhi Limthongkul complained that here has been no politica [...]	2007-04-30 10:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK247	THAI MFA REQUESTS HELP WITH ABDUCTION IN SOMALIA [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) The Thai MFA has requested USG assistance in pressing Somali authorities to work with the Thai Government to secure the release of a Thai citizen held hostage in Somalia. On January 12, we spoke with Panyarak Poolthup, MFA Deputy [...]	2007-01-12 04:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM TH SO
07BANGKOK2470	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 -- POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON [...] The Ministry of Commerce lists Yothin Firearms Ltd., Partnership as follows: Registration No. 0103511016371 Registered Date: 18 OCT 1968 Name: The Yothin Firearms Ltd., Partnership Capital Registration: 300,000 baht Business Partners: Mr. Phiraphon Buppharamni Ms. Yuwadi Buppharamni [...]	2007-05-02 08:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH
07BANGKOK2498	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF BGEN JOHN TOOLAN [...] (C) Summary. John, your visit to Thailand will allow you to assess the current political situation, get a sense of Thai-Burmese relations and attend portions of the Cobra Gold exercise. It will also allow you to underscore Washington's desire that Thailand maintain timetables for drafting a ne [...]	2007-05-03 09:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV MARR TH
07BANGKOK2503	THAILAND: GEN SONTHI VOWS TO KEEP TRANSITION [...] (C) Summary. Council for National Security (CNS) head General Sonthi Boonyaratglin assured the Ambassador that, despite frustrations with PM Surayud Chulanont's indecisiveness, he would not oust the Prime Minister, that neither Sonthi nor any other member of the CNS would become Prime Minis [...]	2007-05-03 09:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV TH
07BANGKOK2515	WTO LABELING - THAILAND WILL CO-SPONSOR [...] On May 2, Econoff met with Ms. Pimchanok Vongkhorporn, the new Director of the Bureau of Multilateral Trade Negotiations and delivered talking points per reftel A. Since our previous demarche on this topic (see reftel B),the Bureau had convened meetings with the Ministry of Industry and priv [...]	2007-05-04 03:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO TH
07BANGKOK2524	THAILAND INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING DARFUR MISSION [...] On May 4, the DCM delivered reftel demarche to MOD Permanent Secretary GEN Winai Phattiyakul and emphasized our hope that Thailand will support the Heavy Support Package being designed for Darfur. Winai acknowledged the interim nature of the present Royal Thai Government (RTG) makes it diffi [...]	2007-05-04 08:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO SU TH
07BANGKOK2534	U.S. - JAPAN - AUSTRALIA CT DIALOGUE: MILITARY [...] (C) Summary. As part of our local trilateral CT dialogue (reftel),representatives from the U.S., Japanese and Australian Missions in Bangkok agreed to explore holding a joint training event at either the Bangkok airport or seaport to enhance Thai capabilities. Japan appears willing to exp [...]	2007-05-04 09:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV MASS PTER TH
07BANGKOK2536	SURAYUD DOWN IN THE DUMPS [...] (C) During a telephone conversation on May 4, PM Surayud replied to the Ambassador's question of "how are you doing" by saying "you should pity me." While the PM did not explain the reasons for his low spirits, the Ambassador noted that the PM was not well-served by his ministers. Surayud agree [...]	2007-05-04 10:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON TH
07BANGKOK2542	SPECIAL 301 RESULTS CONTROVERSIAL, CL'S BLAMED FOR [...] Summary: Thailand's placement on USTR's Special 301 Priority Watch List (PWL) for IPR violations sparked controversy and recrimination, but also an RTG commitment to work with the USG to improve IPR protection and find a way off the list. As expected, RTG officials, press and general public [...]	2007-05-07 01:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TH
07BANGKOK2543	WTO LABELING - THAILAND WILL CO-SPONSOR [...] On May 2, Econoff met with Ms. Pimchanok Vongkhorporn, the new Director of the Bureau of Multilateral Trade Negotiations and delivered talking points per reftel A. Since our previous demarche on this topic (see reftel B),the Bureau had convened meetings with the Ministry of Industry and priv [...]	2007-05-07 01:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO TH
07BANGKOK2545	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 individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-ment [...]	2007-05-08 01:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK2562	THAILAND UNSURE OF COLOMBO PLAN PICK [...] On May 8, Econoff contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' International Organization Partnership Bureau regarding Thailand's short list for the position of Colombo Plan Secretary General. Mr. Thirat of the IO Bureau said the MFA had yet to solidify its position on which candidates it would [...]	2007-05-08 08:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC TH
07BANGKOK2565	PREPARING FOR THE REFERENDUM IN NORTHEASTERN [...] (C) Summary. While the Bangkok elite are heavily focused on the draft constitution and preparations for the September referendum, voters in the poor, rural northeast are not. Indeed, while some local officials are attempting to build public support for the draft charter in the countryside, th [...]	2007-05-08 08:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK2578	MATERIAL SUPPORT LEGISLATIVE FIX STILL NEEDED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Waivers for material support have allowed major resettlement programs for Karen and Chin refugees from Burma to move forward. However, a significant number of Karen and Chin refugees continue to be ineligible for U.S. resettlement because their previous activities are not waiv [...]	2007-05-09 04:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL TH BM
07BANGKOK2580	LEGISLATURE PRESIDENT ON CONSTITUTION, FOREIGN [...] (C) Legislature President Meechai Ruchupan told the Ambassador that the public held valid concerns about provisions of the draft constitution. The legislature would soon produce its official comments on the draft. Regardless of the content, the draft's fate in the upcoming referendum would l [...]	2007-05-09 04:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV KDEM TH
07BANGKOK2592	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: WMD COMMODITY [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Richard L. Stubblefield, Terrence L. Donaldson, Loretta A. Weiss from 5/19/07 - 5/27/07. 2. Reservation information will be forwarded to Richard L.Stubblefield and Loretta Weiss via email. 3. Embassy point of contact is: Name: J [...]	2007-05-09 09:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PARM OTRA KNNP TH
07BANGKOK2594	UNHCR'S FELLER READOUT ON VISITS TO THAILAND AND LAOS [...] (SBU) Summary. UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner Erika Feller told the Bangkok diplomatic corps on May 3 that she thought a Thai-Lao solution to the issue of the 155 Nong Khai Hmong might be possible soon if the concerns of the two sides were addressed. She stated that she believed both sides [...]	2007-05-09 23:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL TH LA
07BANGKOK2601	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: SARAH M. BUCKLEY, [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Sarah Buckley from May 11 - May 16, 2007 and again from May 21 - May 25, 2007. 2. Per e-mail request Hotel reservations have been made at the following location: May 13 - May 16: Confirmation No: 330994 May 21 - May 25: Confirmati [...]	2007-05-10 02:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT TH

07BANGKOK261	DEPUTY PM EXPLAINS FOREIGN BUSINESS ACT AMENDMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Thai Cabinet has approved important changes to the Foreign Business Act (FBA). The motivation for the changes is clear: the current government has a political imperative to find legal fault with the deposed PM Thaksin's ShinCorp transaction. The problem is that the ShinCo [...]	2007-01-12 08:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL TH
07BANGKOK2632	THAILAND INDICATES IT MIGHT PROVIDE 200 SUPPORT [...] On May 9, Dr. Charn Jullamon, Director of the Peace, Security, and Disarmament Divisions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) told poloff that the Royal Thai Government (RTG) was moving forward with preparations to participate in the Heavy Support Package for Darfur (reftels). The Royal [...]	2007-05-10 09:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO SU TH
07BANGKOK264	TELECOM IN CONFUSION OVER FOREIGN OWNERSHIP REGS [...] Summary: Thai telecom companies are nervously studying newly proposed foreign ownership regulations that could force their ostensible foreign owners to divest shares at a serious discount. The Minister of Finance has provided conflicting information as to how telecommunications will be handle [...]	2007-01-12 08:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ECPS TH
07BANGKOK2642	DEMOCRACY ALIVE AND WELL IN THAILAND,S NORTHEAST [...] (C) Local elections in Thailand,s provinces continue apace even though the promulgation of a new constitution has delayed parliamentary elections on a national level. In influential Ubon Ratchatani -- Thailand,s fourth populous province and the host of a recent visit by Prime Minister Surayu [...]	2007-05-11 01:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK2643	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF USARPAC COMMANDER LTG [...] (C) Summary. John, your visit to Thailand will allow you to attend portions of the Cobra Gold exercise and assess the current political situation. It will also allow you to underscore the United States Government's desire that Thailand maintain timetables for drafting a new constitution and h [...]	2007-05-11 02:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MARR TH
07BANGKOK2644	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM J5 RADM MIKE [...] (C) Summary. Mike, your visit to Thailand will allow you to assess the current political situation, represent PACOM interests in Thailand and attend portions of the Cobra Gold exercise. It will also allow you to underscore Washington's desire that Thailand maintain timetables for drafting a ne [...]	2007-05-11 02:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MARR MASS TH
07BANGKOK2680	WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY DEMARCHE - THAI RESPONSE [...] On May 14, Econoff delivered talking points per reftel to Dr. Thawat Suntharajarn, Director General of the Department of Disease Control. Dr. Thawat explained that although Thailand had not had a case of avian influenza for approximately one year, the RTG position for future cases is to coope [...]	2007-05-14 07:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AORC PREL KFLU WHO TH
07BANGKOK2691	THAI FINANCE MINISTER STILL SEARCHING FOR THE [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Dr. Chalongphob Sussangkarn told the Ambassador that the Thai government is working towards achieving a "middle ground" in its policies after being "too extremely moderate" in its initial attempts to unwind former PM Thaksin's populist economic policies. On the other hand [...]	2007-05-14 08:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV TH
07BANGKOK270	HMONG REFUGEE DEMARCHE RESPONSES [...] (C) Post has drawn on reftel demarche to press RTG officials on the pending Hmong deportations. Post has raised these concerns regularly with MFA and security force officials involved in this issue, and continues to do so. In addition, following the receipt of reftel, Charge d'Affaires wrote [...]	2007-01-12 09:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF TH LA
07BANGKOK271	FORMAL THAI POSITION ON BURMA UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) The Ambassador on January 11 spoke with MFA Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjana-Gooncharn about the UNSC draft Burma resolution, subsequent to the discussion reported in reftel. Krit reported that, in discussions in Cebu, many ASEAN officials voiced the view that ASEAN was a more suitable [...]	2007-01-12 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNSC BM TH
07BANGKOK2724	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 individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the course(s) as indicated. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violatio [...]	2007-05-16 05:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK273	UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON BURMA: BURMESE [...] (C) Exile community members are supportive of the draft resolution on Burma, but view China as key to resolving the current political stalemate. The release of five 88 Generation student leaders only served to reinforce the idea that the draft resolution generated pressure on the junta to show [...]	2007-01-12 11:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM CH TH
07BANGKOK2736	FOREIGN RETAILERS DRAW IRE OF THAI SHOPKEEPERS [...] Summary. Econoff recently attended a National Legislative Assembly seminar on the draft Retail Business Law, held to solicit public feedback on the proposed act. Although few were aware of the actual details of the draft law, it is generally perceived as a means to limit the expansion of lar [...]	2007-05-16 06:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON TH
07BANGKOK2749	SCENESETTER FOR EAP A/S HILL'S VISIT TO THAILAND [...] (SBU) Chris, your visit will help us to reinforce with top-level RTG officials the need to return to democratic governance through elections by the year's end. Political parties, NGOs, and others in the political class are currently debating an initial draft of the constitution, to be finaliz [...]	2007-05-16 10:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EINV KDEM MOPS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK2780	CHASING SURAYUD IN NORTHEASTERN THAILAND [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Surayud's late April visit to the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchatani received mixed marks from voters who met with him. Most of our contacts characterized local interest in national politics as low, and denied the presence of "undercurrents" or mass movements [...]	2007-05-17 08:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK2790	THAIS INCREASINGLY SUSPICIOUS OF U.S. [...] (SBU) America's image in Thailand has deteriorated in recent months. Thais generally do not share the American concerns prompted by the RTG's issuance of compulsory licenses for prescription medicines. Not only do they continue to believe that Thailand's placement on the USTR Special 301 Pri [...]	2007-05-17 11:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EINV KDEM TH
07BANGKOK280	FOREIGN BUSINESS ACT AND THAILAND'S GATS [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-16 04:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON TH
07BANGKOK2811	THAILAND CIVAIR DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] On May 16, Econoff met with Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) Director General Chaisak Angkawuan and delivered letter and talking points as requested in reftel. On May 17, Commercial Counselor met with Ministry of Transportation Permanent Secretary Chaisawasd Kittitorntaibon and delivered th [...]	2007-05-18 07:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR TH
07BANGKOK2831	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP A/S HILL AND [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EAP A/S Hill and Special Assistant Gibbons for their May 22-23 visit and their May 25-26 transit. 2. We have made arranged accommodations at the EMR guest house for the night of May 22. The phone number at the EMR guest house is (66)(2) [...]	2007-05-21 03:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT TH
07BANGKOK2854	A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH MOD PERMANENT SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary. In a May 22 meeting with Thai Ministry of Defense Permanent Secretary GEN Winai Phattiyakul, A/S Hill urged the Royal Thai Government to fulfill its commitment to hold elections by year's end and return to parliamentary democracy. Winai, who is also Secretary General of the ru [...]	2007-05-23 04:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR TH
07BANGKOK2855	A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER SURAYUD [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont on May 22, EAP Assistant Secretary (A/S) Christopher Hill welcomed advances to date in Thailand's return to democracy and underscored the importance of continued progress ahead of the September U.S-ASEAN summit in Singapore. PM [...]	2007-05-23 04:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM TH
07BANGKOK2875	A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER NITYA [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 07:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK2884	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 individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-ment [...]	2007-05-23 08:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK290	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] According to the Ministry of Commerce, Department of Business Development, Paisith Firearms Ltd, Partnership is registered as follows: Registration Number 0103514004691 Registered on 23 March 1971 as a limited Partnership Name: Paisith Firearms Ltd., Partnership Capital Registration: 60,00 [...]	2007-01-16 07:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH
07BANGKOK2916	WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE THAI ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: Thailand's GDP growth rate is decelerating rapidly and RTG officials are concerned about the short-term impact. However, this concern does not extend to changing policies that are having a clear impact on the primary reason for the economy's poor performance-loss of both consumer [...]	2007-05-25 01:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV TH
07BANGKOK2918	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DRL A/S BARRY [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to DRL Assistant Secretary Barry Lowenkron from June 2-5. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at: June 2 - 5: Confirmation #: 332280 -- Conrad Hotel, All Seasons Place 87 Wireless Road, Bangkok Tel: (66-2) 690-9999 Fax: (66-2) 69 [...]	2007-05-25 02:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT TH
07BANGKOK2927	OSD/ISA BGEN TOOLAN'S VISIT TO THAILAND [...] (C) Summary. May 13-18 Brigadier General John Toolan, Principal Director for South and Southeast Asia, met with USG officers, Thai defense officials and scholars to assess the current political situation, road to elections, relations with Burma and the southern insurgency. Thai officials [...]	2007-05-25 09:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA PGOV PREL TH
07BANGKOK2930	SCENESETTER FOR DRL A/S LOWENKRON'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Your visit will help us to reinforce with top-level RTG officials the need to promote respect for human rights and the rule of law, and our continued interest in a return to democratic governance through elections by the year's end. Political parties, NGOs, and others in the political cl [...]	2007-05-25 09:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM TH
07BANGKOK2956	THAILAND'S UPCOMING PARTY DISSOLUTION RULINGS [...] (C) The Constitution Tribunal on May 30 will announce its decision in cases involving alleged "undemocratic acts" committed in 2006 by Thailand's two largest political parties. The Tribunal has the authority to dissolve the parties and may ban their executive board members from politics. Imp [...]	2007-05-29 09:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK2993	THAI TRIBUNAL CLEARS DEMOCRAT PARTY; TRT RULING [...] (U) Thailand's Constitutional Tribunal has cleared the Democrat Party (DP) of all alleged wrongdoing in connection with the April 2006 elections (reftel). Due to the time required to read the verdict, which includes a summary of the positions of all sides in the case, the Tribunal's follow-on [...]	2007-05-30 11:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK2994	TRIBUNAL DISSOLVES THAI RAK THAI, STRIPS [...] (C) The Constitutional Tribunal on May 30 ruled that the Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party committed undemocratic acts in the April 2006 election; the Tribunal ordered the party's dissolution and stripped all members of the executive board of their political rights for five years. Leading TRT figures [...]	2007-05-31 09:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK3	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BANGKOK BOMBINGS WITH GENERAL [...] (C) The Ambassador on the afternoon of January 1 phoned General Winai Phattiyakul, Secretary General of the Council for National Security (CNS),to discuss the string of bombings in Bangkok the night before. Citing discussions at a CNS meeting earlier in the day, Winai said he and his colleag [...]	2007-01-02 10:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PINS KISL ASEC TH
07BANGKOK3058	AMNESTY FOR THAI RAK THAI? TRIAL BALLOON POPS [...] (U) In public remarks on the evening of June 1, Council for National Security (CNS) Chairman General Sonthi Boonyaratglin expressed support for the idea of an amnesty for some Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party executives who lost their political rights as a result of the May 30 Constitutional Tribunal [...]	2007-06-04 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK3080	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: ZANE L. ARPAN, [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Zane L. Arpan from June 13 - Aug. 30, 2007. 2. As alternate accommodations are being planned no hotel reservations have been made. 3. Embassy point of contact is: Name: Guy Margalith Work phone: (66-2) 205-4314 Cell phone: ( [...]	2007-06-05 07:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT TH
07BANGKOK3091	DIPLOMATIC CORPS BRIEFING ON THAI TRIBUNAL DECISION [...] (SBU) In a briefing for the diplomatic corps on June 5, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Virasak Futrakul affirmed that Thailand "is a nation of laws" and that the recent (ref B) Constitutional Tribunal case dissolving ousted PM Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party and bann [...]	2007-06-05 09:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK3092	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: PATTANI CENTRAL MOSQUE PROTEST [...] (C) Summary. In one of the largest protests since the surge in separatist violence in 2004, several thousand Malay-Muslims peacefully gathered in Pattani province's central mosque from May 31 to June 4. The protestors--including students from Bangkok's Ramkhamhaeng and Pattani's Prince of So [...]	2007-06-05 09:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM TH
07BANGKOK3093	THAIS PREFER PROJECT APPROACH ON ENVIRO GOODS [...] On June 5, Econoff spoke with Mr. Thitisesh Seshtabutra, Senior Trade Officer at the Department of Trade Negotiations and relayed talking points as requested in reftel. Thitiseth said the RTG position was not yet final, but that his office has recommended to their Director General that Thaila [...]	2007-06-05 09:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO SENV TH
07BANGKOK311	COUPMAKERS' HAUNTED DREAMS: BANGKOK INSIDER GIVES [...] (C) SUMMARY and INTRODUCTION: One of Thailand's most respected jurists, with close ties to both the Thaksin administration and the current leadership, expressed serious concerns about the ability of the interim government to hold together and complete the transition to democracy according to [...]	2007-01-16 23:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK3115	THAI GOVERNMENT RELAXES POLITICAL PARTY [...] (U) Following a cabinet meeting on June 5, a government spokesman announced the cabinet's decision to lift with immediate effect a prohibition on political parties' conduct of political activities. The cabinet also decided to draft a bill to lift or modify a ban on the registration of new pol [...]	2007-06-06 10:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK3154	SWISS OFFER LESE MAJESTE SURVIVAL GUIDE [...] (SBU) The recent arrest and subsequent pardon of a Swiss national accused of offending Thailand's revered King Bhumipol Adulyadej -- a serious crime in a country where the monarch wields great moral authority -- provided a rare window into the reaction of the palace to incidents of lese majest [...]	2007-06-07 08:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC TH
07BANGKOK3166	FORMER TRT LEADER DISCUSSES POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (C) Former Thai Rak Thai (TRT) Party Leader Chaturon Chaiseng told the Ambassador he aimed to re-register the dissolved TRT party before the next elections. At least one sizeable group of his colleagues, however, appears likely to throw its lot in with the Council for National Security (CNS). [...]	2007-06-07 10:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK3176	(C) INTERPRETERS FOR NORTH KOREAN REFUGEE PROCESSING [...] (C) Ref emails discussed planning for creation of a pool of Korean language interpreters to handle future North Korean refugee processing in the region. The Embassy spouse who has been interpreting for DHS interviews in Thailand and other regional countries will depart post at the end of June. [...]	2007-06-08 01:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF KN KS
07BANGKOK3186	THAILAND'S ROAD TO ELECTIONS: YOU ARE HERE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thailand is still proceeding toward the goal of a constitutional referendum by August/September, and elections by December. We believe that we narrowly dodged a bullet earlier this year, when it appears that elements of the Council for National Security (CNS) considered scrappin [...]	2007-06-08 08:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK3191	GENERAL WINAI: TRT THREAT DIMINISHED, ELECTIONS ON [...] (C) Council for National Security (CNS) Secretary General Winai Phattiyakul told the Ambassador the CNS had accomplished its main objectives; with Thaksin deposed and his party weakened, the CNS would readily leave power and restore democratic governance. In a June 8 meeting with the Ambassad [...]	2007-06-08 10:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ECON EINV ASEC TH
07BANGKOK3207	THAILAND DEPORTS ANOTHER GROUP OF HMONG [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 7. 2. (C) Summary. Thai police on June 9 deported 161 Hmong from four jails in Petchaboon Province to Laos. It is unclear what degree of force may have been used during this action. Embassy has requested the RTG to look into an NGO report [...]	2007-06-11 10:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM TH LA
07BANGKOK3210	THAI ROUND-UP JUNE 11: DEMOS AND DOLLARS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Assets Examination Commission announced on June 11 that it would freeze the assets of former Prime Minister Thaksin, based on accusations of corruption and misconduct. Pro-Thaksin demonstrators marched Saturday on the Army Headquarters; a prominent anti-Thaksin activist was [...]	2007-06-11 12:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK3238	THAILAND'S DRAFT CONSTITUTION NEARS COMPLETION [...] (C) Thailand took one step closer to finalizing its new constitution on June 11 when the Constitutional Drafting Committee (CDC) submitted their final revisions to the Constitutional Drafting Assembly (CDA). Although the CDA can still make several changes prior to voting in early July on whe [...]	2007-06-12 09:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KIRF TH
07BANGKOK326	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 Manthana MASMALAI, Office of National Security Council, who has been selected to attend the National Defense University at Ft. McNair, Washington, DC fro [...]	2007-01-17 08:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK3276	THAKSIN'S FROZEN ASSETS [...] (SBU) On June 11, Thailand's Asset Examination Committee (AEC),which has been investigating corruption cases from the previous government, ordered that the assets of former PM Thaksin and his wife, sister, children and brother-in-law be frozen pending a court ruling on alleged corruption. The [...]	2007-06-13 08:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL TH
07BANGKOK3278	PLANS FOR RALLY, THAKSIN RETURN, UNCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pro-Thaksin groups are threatening to bring supporters from outside Bangkok to swell the numbers at the anti-junta protests this weekend. They are likely to march again, perhaps on Army HQ or the house of Thaksin nemesis Privy Councillor Prem. This threat, combined with the an [...]	2007-06-13 10:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK329	AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 17 MEETING WITH CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary. In a January 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Constitution Drafting Assembly Chairman Noranit Setabutr expanded on ref comments on the timeline for drafting a new constitution, saying "we cannot shorten the process." Drafting the charter will likely take the full four months, fol [...]	2007-01-17 10:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KHUM TH
07BANGKOK3354	BANGKOK HEATS UP -- PRO-THAKSIN PROTESTERS [...] (C) Bangkok's Pro-Thaksin rallies are expected to reach a new high this weekend as protesters plan to march on Army HQ and perhaps Privy Councilor Prem Tinsulanonda's residence on Saturday. Thaksin abandoned plans to return home, citing safety concerns, but plans to address supporters via vide [...]	2007-06-15 11:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK3365	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL WEBB [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to CODEL Webb (Senator James Webb, spouse Mrs. Hong Webb, daughter Georgia Webb and Ms. Jennifer Park Stout, Senior Advisor, Office of Senator Webb) from July 5 through July 8, 2007. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at: Four Season [...]	2007-06-18 08:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT TH
07BANGKOK3378	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: NEW VIOLENCE STATISTICS; MORE [...] (C) Summary. While the number of violent attacks and deaths in Thailand's southernmost provinces have not dramatically risen in 2007, the casualty rate through April has increased, suggesting a qualitative shift in the violence. Indeed, the insurgents appear to be more confident in their att [...]	2007-06-18 09:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC PINR KHUM TH
07BANGKOK3380	THAIS UNENTHUSIASTIC ON ZIMBABWE TRAVEL [...] (C) On June 18 Poloff and representatives from the Australian, UK, Canadian, and New Zealand Embassies delivered reftel demarche to the Thai MFA and urged the RTG to implement travel restrictions against some Zimbabwean officials. At a meeting attended by Ministry of Foreign Affairs South Asi [...]	2007-06-18 09:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI TH
07BANGKOK3387	PRO-THAKSIN DEMONSTRATIONS FAIL TO GAIN STEAM [...] (C) Demonstrations of support for deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra have drawn large crowds to Bangkok's Royal Grounds (Sanam Luang),but have yet to acquire momentum akin to that of the 2006 rallies that helped pave the way for Thaksin's ouster. Political officers and local staff obs [...]	2007-06-18 23:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK3394	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: CRAIG M. FREE [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to CRAIG M. FREE from June 19 though June 23, 2007. 2. No embassy assistance required for hotel reservations. 3. Embassy Point of Contact: Name: Jennifer Koelm Work phone: (66-2) 205-4828 Cell phone: (66-8) 9202-8496 Unclass E-m [...]	2007-06-19 05:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA AMGT TH
07BANGKOK3398	REQUEST TO PROCESS 24 NORTH KOREANS IN BANGKOK [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (C) On Thursday, June 14, 2007, Thai Immigration Commissioner gave Embassy Bangkok the green light to process 24 North Koreans currently under U.S. refugee resettlment program consideration. Embassy will shortly initiate fingerprints o [...]	2007-06-19 08:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM KN KS
07BANGKOK3402	DOUBLE SECRET LEGISLATION: THAI SECURITY ACT [...] (C) As of close of business on June 19, RTG officials were expected to announce that a draft Internal Security Act had been presented to the cabinet for debate. Speculation over the proposed bill has ebbed and flowed for months. Local press reported on June 17 that PM Surayud had instructed t [...]	2007-06-19 10:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK3416	YET MORE CHARGES AGAINST THAKSIN [...] (U) In the latest move against former Prime Minister Thaksin and his Thai wealth, on June 19 the Department of Special Investigations (DSI) announced charges of concealing assets and violating Stock Exchange and SEC regulations in respect to Shinawatra family holdings of SC Asset Management, a [...]	2007-06-20 10:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV TH
07BANGKOK3427	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL MIXTER [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Jonathan Cobb Mixter and Don Phan from July 1 through July 4, 2007. 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 Website: www.co [...]	2007-06-21 07:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN VM TH
07BANGKOK3439	MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS IN THAILAND: GLOBAL RISKS [...] Collaborative efforts between the CDC and the Thai Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) have improved the accuracy of testing and reporting of tuberculosis (TB) cases in Thailand. As a result, health authorities here better understand the prevalence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) and extensively dru [...]	2007-06-21 08:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV PHUM PREL TH
07BANGKOK3442	THE POST-THAI RAK THAI POLITICAL MAP [...] (C) It remains unclear which party or figure will fill the void left by the dissolution of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party. The Democrat Party (DP) currently appears unlikely to draw power brokers from TRT strongholds, but the DP seems to have laid the foundation for [...]	2007-06-21 09:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK3445	EARLIER ELECTION POSSIBLE; DIMINISHED THREAT FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Momentum is building for elections to be held November 25, about a month earlier than previously announced. The promise of earlier elections could help blunt calls for the interim government and junta to step down. Members of the dissolved Thai Rak Thai party are waiting for th [...]	2007-06-21 10:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON TH
07BANGKOK3499	AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 22 DISCUSSION WITH PM SURAYUD [...] (C) Prime Minister Surayud appears confident that Thailand is on track for elections in late November. In a June 22 discussion as I accompanied him to Nakorn Si Thammarat province, Surayud told me he believes the constitution's second draft will address public criticisms directed at the first [...]	2007-06-25 10:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC ECON EINV ETRD LA TH
07BANGKOK3501	WEEKEND PROTESTS IN BANGKOK FIZZLE AGAIN [...] (C) Summary. The anti-government Democratic Alliance Against Dictatorship (DAAD) organized more protests in Bangkok June 22-24, but failed to attract their goal of 100,000 protesters for their march on Army headquarters on June 23. Approximately 15,000 protesters braved heavy rains to join t [...]	2007-06-25 10:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM TH
07BANGKOK3502	SUMMARY OF DRAFT THAI SECURITY LAW [...] (C) Summary. The draft Internal Security Act approved by the cabinet on June 19 would significantly expand the powers of the military through its proxy, the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC). Under this new law, the Army commander would serve as Director, ISOC, and have the authori [...]	2007-06-25 10:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK3503	AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 21 MEETING WITH THAI POLICE [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with the Ambassador on June 21, National Police Commissioner Sereepisuth acknowledged the difficulty of the southern situation, dismissed radical reform ideas for the police and judged anti-government protests as "finished." Sereepisuth welcomed new bilateral traini [...]	2007-06-25 10:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK3520	THAI RETAILING LAW: LEAVE IT FOR THE COMMITTEE TO [...] SUMMARY. The draft Retail and Wholesale Business law has produced no shortage of polemics, pitting small versus large retailers (Ref. B). A close reading of the bill itself does little to dispel the uncertainty generated in anticipation of the law. The draft law lays out a variety of struct [...]	2007-06-26 08:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON TH
07BANGKOK3528	THAI ACTIVISTS DENOUNCE DRAFT SECURITY LAW [...] (SBU) Thai Human rights groups, democracy activists and academics have sharply criticized the draft Internal Security Act approved by the cabinet on June 19, decrying the expanded powers the legislation would give the Army Commander-in-Chief to restrict civil liberties and the potential expande [...]	2007-06-26 10:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK3530	THAKSIN TO REMAIN ABROAD, FIGHT EXTRADITION [...] (C) Deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra intends to remain abroad, based in the United Kingdom, and fight any upcoming extradition request. According to his lawwyer, Noppadol Pattama, Thaksin, who faces corruption charges and investigation for other offenses, cannot receive a fair trial [...]	2007-06-26 11:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH UK
07BANGKOK3532	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JIATF has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals listed below who have been selected to attend the following course. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of hu [...]	2007-06-27 04:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK354	THAILAND WARILY WATCHES VIETNAM'S ECONOMIC RISE [...] Summary: A long string of bad economic news from Thailand coupled with a seemingly non-stop slew of positive news out of Vietnam has sparked great angst from Thai business and government officials that the country will soon fall behind their rapidly growing neighbor. Thai economic analysts f [...]	2007-01-18 07:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN TH VN
07BANGKOK3562	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: STAFFDEL BLANK [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Jonah Blank from June 30 - July 1, 2007. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at: Novotel Suvarnabhumi Airport Hotel 999 Suvarnabhumi Airport Hotel Moo 1 Nongprue Bang Phil Samutprakam, Bangkok Tel: 66-2-131-1111 Fax: 66-2-131 [...]	2007-06-28 02:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JA KS TH VM
07BANGKOK358	SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF OSD PRINCIPAL [...] (C) Summary. General Toolan, your visit to Bangkok will be the first by a senior Pentagon official since the September 19 coup in Thailand and will provide an excellent opportunity to press Thai officials to rescind martial law and maintain timetables for drafting a new constitution and hold [...]	2007-01-18 09:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OVIP MARR MASS TH
07BANGKOK360	CONTINUING DEADLOCK ON PETCHABOON HMONG [...] (C) Summary. The recent arrest and threatened deportation to Laos by the RTG of 152 Lao-Hmong is a reflection of the larger, and so far intractable Petchaboon Hmong situation. A sizeable majority of the approximately 7,500 Hmong at Petchaboon are likely from Laos. Most have gone to the Petc [...]	2007-01-18 09:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM TH LA
07BANGKOK361	THAILAND TOURISM STILL STRONG, BUT WARY OF FURTHER [...] Continuing discussQns with tourism industry contacts in the local AMCHAM and the Thailand chapter of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) since the reftel report indicate that the New Year's Eve bombings in Bangkok have had very little effect on tourism in Thailand to date. Contacts re [...]	2007-01-18 10:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ECON TH
07BANGKOK3623	THE END OF CEO BUDGETS: AN EXAMPLE OF POST-COUP [...] Summary: The Thaksin-era CEO budget program provided Thailand with a limited degree of budgetary decentralization. By providing provincial-level officials discretion to allocate a portion of development funds the program helped strengthen the provincial governors and contributed to moving d [...]	2007-06-29 09:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON TH
07BANGKOK3625	BACKGROUND ON GENERAL PALLOP PINMANEE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Controversial retired general Pallop Pinmanee has a very limited role as an advisor in the Internal Security Operations Command. This message provides background on the general in response to incorrect press reporting which identified him as a "top security advi [...]	2007-06-29 11:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TH
07BANGKOK3648	THAI TROOPS FOR DARFUR: AWAITING UN RESPONSE, THEN [...] (C) The Thai military hopes to provide an engineering company of 315 troops for peacekeeping under UN auspices in Darfur, according to Colonel Nattapol Saeksaan of the Royal Thai Supreme Command (RTSC) center for peacekeeping operations. Drawing on ref A, we inquired whether these troops were [...]	2007-07-03 00:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU TH
07BANGKOK3674	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 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 [...]	2007-07-05 02:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK368	ACTIVIST DISCUSSES PROGRESS ON CONSTITUTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A member of the Constitution Drafting Assembly told us that a vigorous outreach program to promote public participation and support for the new constitution would be necessary to ensure that the final product was good and would pass in the referendum to be held by August. He com [...]	2007-01-18 13:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK3733	THAILAND ISSUES INDEPENDENT POWER SOLICITATION [...] Summary: Thailand has finally issued the Request for Proposals for its second round of Independent Power Producers, after a two month delay. The current solicitation will award a portion of the country's future capacity to investors outside of the state-owned Electricity Generating Authorit [...]	2007-07-06 08:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV ECON TH
07BANGKOK3750	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) POL has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below who has been selected to attend the following course(s). Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of hu [...]	2007-07-09 07:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK3755	EMBASSY DISCUSSIONS WITH RTG ON HMONG AND NORTH [...] (C) Summary. During a July 2 discussion with MFA PermSec, Ambassador encouraged RTG establishment of a screening mechanism for all Lao Hmong asylum seekers and movement of the Nong Khai Hmong to a more suitable location. The PermSec responded that the RTG was in a standoff with the Lao gover [...]	2007-07-09 08:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL TH LA KS KN
07BANGKOK3764	CNS LEGAL ADVISOR DISCUSSES CONSTITUTION, POLITICS [...] (C) A leading jurist told the Ambassador that the constitution appeared likely to pass in the upcoming referendum, despite efforts to mobilize opposition by associates of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. During a July 6 dinner in honor of visiting Senator Webb, leading legislator Bor [...]	2007-07-09 09:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON EINV KDEM KJUS TH
07BANGKOK377	NEXT STEPS ON NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKERS IN PHNOM [...] (C) Per reftel, Refcoord contacted UNHCR on January 19 to encourage it to instruct UNHCR Phnom Penh to interview expeditiously the four North Koreans who have expressed interest in U.S. resettlement. UNHCR Deputy Regional Representative Giuseppe De Vincentis responded that UNHCR expected to [...]	2007-01-19 02:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF CB KN
07BANGKOK3784	LEADING THAI POLITICAL PARTIES SUPPORT NEW [...] (C) Thailand's largest political parties have publicly expressed support for the constitution, viewing it as imperfect but conducive to the fastest possible return to democratic governance. A group of former Thai Rak Thai figures has publicly announced its opposition to the constitution, but [...]	2007-07-10 10:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS TH
07BANGKOK3802	EMBASSY REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR MIN HTIKE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 7. 2. (SBU) Embassy is referring Burmese citizen, Min Htike, for resettlement to the United States through the Department's Refugee Resettlement Program. Biographical information follows: Name: Min Htike DOB: July 25, 1974 Nationality: Burme [...]	2007-07-11 08:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL TH BM
07BANGKOK3813	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: SECURITY FORCES MOVING FORWARD, [...] (C) Summary. A series of raids and arrests in Thailand's troubled South may signify better local cooperation, improved intelligence and a more aggressive posture by security officials. While these arrests may have been too broad, several "big fish" in the local separatist movement appear to [...]	2007-07-11 10:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KDEM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK3848	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 individuals listed below who have been selected to attend the following course(s). Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations [...]	2007-07-13 02:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK3873	JUSMAG THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below, who has been selected to attend course(s) as indicated. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violatio [...]	2007-07-16 04:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK3885	SCENESETTER FOR SOCPAC COMMANDER CAMBRIA [...] (C) Summary. GEN Cambria, your visit to Thailand will afford you a chance to see the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests. You will also have an opportunity to underscore the United States Government's desire that Thailand maintain timetables for voting on a new constitu [...]	2007-07-16 10:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC TH
07BANGKOK3898	DRAFT THAI SECURITY LAW FOUNDERING? [...] (C) Passage of the draft security law expanding the power of the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) is looking less and less certain. Criticism of the draft bill has grown in recent weeks, with human rights activists, editorialists and commentators taking aim at the legislation as an [...]	2007-07-17 08:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM TH
07BANGKOK3928	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 following course. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of hu [...]	2007-07-18 10:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK3978	THAI COUP LEADER CONSIDERING MOVE TO POLITICAL [...] (C) The leader of the September 19 coup d'etat is considering whether to run for elected office after his retirement from the Army this fall. Many Thais believe that General Sonthi Boonyaratglin hopes to become Prime Minister, although he currently appears to be a long shot candidate for this [...]	2007-07-20 08:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM TH
07BANGKOK3979	MISSION VIEWS ON TWO TOP THAI GENERALS' PROPOSED [...] The Mission recently reviewed two self-initiated trip requests for "four-star" Thai general officer trips to travel to CONUS. We encourage your support for the first, but not the second. (We have advised both parties that such trips are regarded as "high profile" and require IA review before [...]	2007-07-20 08:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS TH
07BANGKOK3985	MOD PERMSEC DISCUSSES THAI POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Junta member GEN Winai predicted that Army chief GEN Sonthi would run for political office after he retires in September. Winai himself denied having any political plans, and said he plans to remain as MOD Permsec. He predicted that the constitution would pass the August refe [...]	2007-07-20 09:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MARR TH
07BANGKOK400	PRIVY COUNCILOR PREM ON THE CURRENT SITUATION [...] (C) Summary. Privy Councilor General Prem Tinsulanonda believes that the Council for National Security (CNS) is being "too gentlemanly" by not working harder to make a corruption and malfeasance case against ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Prem shares our concern that recent miss [...]	2007-01-19 10:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4003	VIOLENCE AT ANTI-PREM DEMONSTRATION IN BANGKOK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Clashes broke out late Sunday between police and several thousand anti-coup demonstrators at the Bangkok home of Privy Council President Prem. Although the confrontation lasted several hours, there were few injuries. Neither side appeared intent on inflicting serious harm. Police [...]	2007-07-23 08:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM ASEC TH

07BANGKOK4027	OFFICIALS PREDICT PASSAGE OF REFERENDUM IN [...] (C) Summary. Government and NGO contacts in the upper provinces of the rural Northeast uniformly predict that voters will support the draft constitution in the August 19 referendum. Although concerned that voter turnout will not be high in this non-compulsory balloting, and admitting that mo [...]	2007-07-24 11:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4042	THAI RAK THAI PLANS TO RISE FROM THE ASHES [...] (C) Former Thai Rak Thai (TRT) figures will soon try to register a new political party to compete in this year's elections. The new Party Leader has not yet emerged but may be a close associate of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin, although a contact told us Thaksin will not publicly endorse the [...]	2007-07-25 09:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4090	EMBASSY SUPPORTS M16A4 SALE [...] (SBU) Post understands that there may be some uncertainty about embassy position on the FY07 requested M16A4 sale to Thailand. Embassy Country Team expressed its support for the sale in reftel. 2. (U) Embassy still supports the sale. This purchase is part of a basic equipment modernizati [...]	2007-07-27 09:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS TH
07BANGKOK4091	THAI ANTI-JUNTA GROUP LEADERS ARRESTED AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary: The leaders of the demonstration against GEN Prem (reftel) were detained by police on July 26 and denied bail. Thai officials briefed the diplomatic community, emphasizing that they would respect the right of citizens to peaceful protest, but would not allow violence, or disrupt [...]	2007-07-27 10:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK4100	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 individual listed below, who has been selected to attend course as indicated. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of h [...]	2007-07-30 04:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4108	JUSMAG/THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI AND SOCPAC have requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend th [...]	2007-07-30 08:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4127	SENATOR WEBB MEETS WITH THAI PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY Senator James Webb underscored his support for strong U.S.-Thai relations in a meeting with Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont on July 6. He expressed his confidence that the Thai people would solve the problems the country was facing and would return to democratic, elected govern [...]	2007-07-31 02:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD MARR TH
07BANGKOK4168	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: LEADING ACADEMIC EXPERT SEES [...] (C) Summary. Noted southern scholar Dr. Srisomphop Chiphiromsi believes that Army-led arrests of suspected insurgents has led to fewer attacks in the troubled southern provinces and that the overall situation is "more stable." Srisomphop is not yet sure whether this is a short term developmen [...]	2007-08-01 08:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR PHUM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK4172	THAILAND'S RESPONSE TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE [...] Summary: Thailand is vulnerable to the risks posed by global climate change and is taking initial steps to respond to those risks. The Royal Thai Government (RTG) participates in international fora on climate change and is signatory to several international agreements, including the United N [...]	2007-08-02 01:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV PREL SOCI EAID TH
07BANGKOK4201	SIGNS OF SOUTHERN HUMAN RIGHTS IMPROVEMENTS, BUT [...] (C) During the most recent Poloff travel to the South, many academics and civil society leaders indicated the southern human rights picture has improved since the September 2006 coup. Several human rights NGOs allege, however, that some military and police officials are still arbitrarily arre [...]	2007-08-02 09:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK4214	THAKSIN LOYALISTS FROM THAI RAK THAI TAKE OVER THE [...] (C) Former Thai Rak Thai (TRT) politicians who appear to remain loyal to Thaksin have joined en masse the previously obscure People's Power Party (PPP). This move appears intended to assuage concerns that the delays involved in registering a new party could lead to many of these politicians b [...]	2007-08-03 07:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4217	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: GOOD POLICY POORLY IMPLEMENTED [...] (C) Summary. A range of government and NGO contacts in Pattani and Yala expressed guarded optimism during late July poloff travel to the South that the recent arrest of suspected insurgents in that region had led to decreased violence. Several interlocutors criticized the sweeping nature of [...]	2007-08-03 09:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4229	JUSMAG THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN [...] This is an action request. Please Respond by Aug 20, 2007. Thank you. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, who has been selected to attend course(s) as indicated. Embassy Bangkok possesses n [...]	2007-08-06 02:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4231	JUSMAG THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAILAND has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above- [...]	2007-08-06 03:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4234	JUSMAG THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN [...] (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 two units listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-me [...]	2007-08-06 06:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4235	THAILAND REVIEWING NEXT STEPS ON INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-06 07:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL TH
07BANGKOK4236	JUSMAG THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN [...] (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 individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-ment [...]	2007-08-06 08:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4292	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. Post requests the revision of Bangkok Telegram 04114, DEA-NSB SURVEILLANCE TRAINING; SESSION 3;SURAT THANI PROVINCE; SEPT 9-14 2007. 2. (U) Please remove Police SGT Niwat JITTRAPIROM (aka CHITRAPIROM),DPOB: Feb 2, 1974; Prachuap Khirikhan, TH, from the candidat [...]	2007-08-08 06:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK430	JANUARY 22 UPDATE: THAKSIN ACTS - GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent media interviews by ousted Prime Minister Thaksin in Singapore received wide newspaper coverage in Thailand (despite the fact that the broadcasts were blocked locally) leading to criticism of government censorship while feeding local animosity towards Singapore. Separately [...]	2007-01-22 13:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4303	STAFFDEL KOGER - THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Staffdel Koger from 23-26 August. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at: Four Seasons Hotel, 155 Rajadamri Road Tel: 66-2-251-6127 Fax: 66-2-254-5390 Room rate is USD 146 (taxes and American breakfast included) and is within p [...]	2007-08-08 09:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT AFIN CB ID HK JP TH SN ASEC
07BANGKOK4323	THAI CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM APPROACHES [...] (SBU) On July 6, Thailand's Constitutional Drafting Assembly (CDA) voted to approve a slightly modified version of the new constitution which expanded the size of the House of Representatives, endorsed improved civil rights protections, imposed additional penalties for political fraud, and dec [...]	2007-08-09 07:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KIRF TH
07BANGKOK4393	SEND LAWYERS, GUNS AND MONEY: THAILAND REFERENDUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The campaign for the August 19 referendum is in full swing. There are reports of some clearly illegal campaign activities, such as vote-buying by opponents of the draft. The government side has also clearly exceeded the law in at least one case in which soldiers seized (although [...]	2007-08-14 11:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4400	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR CODEL [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to CODEL Chambliss from 30 August - 01 September. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at: Royal Orchid Sheraton 2 Captain Bush Lane Tel: (66-2) 266-0123 Fax: (66-2) 237-7152 Room rate is USD 146 (taxes and American breakfast inclu [...]	2007-08-15 03:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT AFIN MY TH VM
07BANGKOK4440	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/JIATF WEST has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Individual/s listed below, who have been selected to attend the [...]	2007-08-16 08:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4442	PARLIAMENT WITHDRAWS FOREIGN BUSINESS ACT AMENDMENTS, [...] (U) Summary: The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) last week withdrew proposed amendments to the Foreign Business Act that foreign investors fear would further restrict investment in the Thai economy. Before withdrawing the bill, the NLA succeeded in expanding the definition of foreigner t [...]	2007-08-16 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD TH
07BANGKOK4464	THAILAND CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM UPDATE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Things appear on track for a reasonably orderly referendum process on August 19, although anti-charter protests could lead to isolated incidents at polling stations. Allegations of vote-buying to secure a "no' vote and government officials advocating for a "yes" vote continue, [...]	2007-08-20 00:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4465	THAI STOCKS SUFFER SUBPRIME FALLOUT, BUT DIRECT [...] Summary. Thai banks do not have significant direct exposure to the collapse of the U.S. subprime mortgage market and associated debt instruments. So far, only one bank, BankThai, has reported significant holdings of collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) derived from subprime mortgages, with [...]	2007-08-20 00:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD EINV ECON TH
07BANGKOK4478	THAI VOTERS APPROVE NEW CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Thai voters endorsed a new constitution by a margin of 57%-41% in an August 19 referendum that saw a higher-than-expected turnout. Anti-charter activists, many of whom support former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, appear to have successfully mobilized a strong "no" vote in most of the [...]	2007-08-20 09:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4513	BIOTECH CROPPING UP AGAIN IN THAILAND [...] Summary. The Thai Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MOAC) is building Cabinet support for the lifting of a six-year long moratorium on biotech crop field trials. Field trials were halted in 2001 when public and political opinion called for more stringent regulations for biotech crops d [...]	2007-08-21 09:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR ETRD TH
07BANGKOK4519	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) USAID has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below who has been selected to attend the subject course. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of hum [...]	2007-08-22 02:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4536	IMPORT SAFETY IN THAILAND [...] In response to reftel, Agriculture Attache and Econoff discussed product safety with contacts at the National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards in the Ministry of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Customs Department. Import and export safety in Thailand [...]	2007-08-22 23:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR ETRD TBIO TH
07BANGKOK4555	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) NAS has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below who has been selected to attend the subject course. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of human [...]	2007-08-23 06:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4556	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) ILEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below who has been selected to attend the subject course. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of hum [...]	2007-08-23 06:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4588	TIME RUNNING OUT FOR FOREIGN BUSINESS ACT [...] (SBU) Summary: Key MP Somchai Sakulsurarat assured foreign embassies August 23 that controversial amendments to the Foreign Business Act were unlikely to be reintroduced in the Assembly before end-of-year elections. He further stated that a revised version of the amendments would only pass i [...]	2007-08-24 10:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD TH
07BANGKOK4606	THAILAND WILL SUPPORT U.S. ICAO CANDIDACY [...] (U) Embassy delivered reftel demarche via fax on August 24. Econoff personally delivered reftel demarche on August 27 to Chalor Kotcharat, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport and Thai head of delegation to the ICAO council next month. He will be accompanied to ICAO by Chaisak [...]	2007-08-27 07:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAIR PREL ICAO TH
07BANGKOK4639	THAILAND: TEN YEARS AFTER 1997 FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the ten-year anniversary of the 1997 financial crisis, Thailand faces economic challenges of a much different nature. Gone are the days of easy loans fueling massive real estate speculation and luxury imports. Rather than fighting a currency devaluation, and exhausting its [...]	2007-08-28 09:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD ECON PGOV TH
07BANGKOK4641	DAS MARCIEL URGES RAPID RESTORATION OF DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP/DAS Scot Marciel met with MFA, MOD, and Justice Ministry permanent secretaries on August 22-23 to urge Thailand's return to democratically-elected government. DAS Marciel also expressed concern about continuing violence in the troubled South, human rights issues, and the tre [...]	2007-08-28 10:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4642	SUPPORT FOR THAI PARTICIPATION IN CHOD [...] (C) Summary. Embassy Bangkok Country Team supports an invitation from PACOM to Royal Thai Supreme Commander General Boonsrang Niumpradit for this year's PACOM-sponsored Chiefs of Defense conference. Not to invite General Boonsrang would be counterproductive given his long-standing support for [...]	2007-08-28 10:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PTER TH
07BANGKOK4644	THAILAND REPORTS PROGRESS ON ASEAN CHARTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Marciel underscored the US interest in ASEAN during meetings August 22 and 23 with MFA ASEAN officials and MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrukul. ASEAN DDG Manasvi regretted the cancellation of the Secretary's trip to Manila for the ARF, and the delay in the SIPDIS 30 [...]	2007-08-29 01:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4649	THAI CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS TELL DAS MARCIEL THAT [...] (C) Summary. In meetings August 22-23, Thai civil society leaders told visiting DAS Scot Marciel that Thai voters are overwhelmingly focused on coming elections and the formation of a new government. Two contacts warned that the biggest threat to the coming vote would likely be vote-buying b [...]	2007-08-29 04:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4653	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: UNDERSTANDING THE INSURGENCY [...] (C) Summary. A better understanding of the insurgency behind the nearly three year spate of violence in southern Thailand is emerging, but this village-based, horizontal network of cells defies neat characterization. There is no single label, or hierarchy behind the violence, and divisions b [...]	2007-08-29 09:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR ASEC TH
07BANGKOK4687	THAIS SET DECEMBER 23 ELECTION DATE AMID EU [...] (SBU) On August 27 Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont officially announced a December 23 date for Thailand's general elections, pending the King's endorsement of a formal election decree. The government had repeatedly targeted December 23 as the most suitable date, although election officials h [...]	2007-08-30 09:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4725	THAILAND LIFTS BAN ON YOUTUBE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (MICT) announced on August 30 that it had lifted its ban on the popular video-sharing website YouTube, a ban that has made the site inaccessible for most Internet users in Thailand for nearly five months. The announceme [...]	2007-08-31 09:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ECPS TH
07BANGKOK4733	CHOOSING UP TEAMS: NEW POLITICAL PARTIES EMERGING [...] (C) SUMMARY and INTRODUCTION: Now that the referendum is passed, Thailand's political class is preparing itself for the December elections. This message details the current estimates of the relative strength of the emerging parties, as well as looking at the electoral chances for established [...]	2007-08-31 09:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4734	PRO-THAKSIN PARTY: A WARY FRONTRUNNER [...] (C) The People's Power Party (PPP),a pro-Thaksin grouping of former Thai Rak Thai (TRT) figures, has a good chance of winning a plurality in the next elections, according to the current conventional wisdom in Bangkok. PPP's emerging status as the frontrunner is based partly on the results of [...]	2007-08-31 09:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4753	IS FOREIGN INVESTMENT UP OR DOWN? [...] (SBU) Summary: Thailand's Board of Investment (BOI) is reporting substantial increases in foreign direct investment in 2007, flying in the face of sour economic news and controversial economic policies. Some of the increase can be attributed to a repackaging of investment through the BOI, as [...]	2007-09-04 09:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD TH
07BANGKOK4762	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 Individual/s listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-men [...]	2007-09-05 00:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4793	PRE-ELECTION ROUND-UP: THAIS TO RESHUFFLE [...] (SBU) This month, Thai authorities announce two important sets of personnel decisions. The Ministry of Interior each September announces the transfer of governors (who are appointed MOI officials, not elected) and other local administration officials. There were rumors that governors in prov [...]	2007-09-05 10:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4796	THAILAND AND MALAYSIA SEEK DEEPER TRADE AND [...] Summary. In recent months Thailand and Malaysia have sought to expand trade and investment links. Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont went to Malaysia last month on an official visit and traveled there again on August 31 with Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn for Malaysia's 50th anniversary of i [...]	2007-09-06 02:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV TH MY
07BANGKOK4822	Education and Civil Society in the Deep South: Bitterness [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 28-29, 2007 trip to the three southernmost provinces of Thailand - Narathiwat, Pattani, and Yala - PAO, AIO, ARSO and two locally-employed Thai staff (LES),visiting rural educational institutions to deliver educational resources and materials about the United St [...]	2007-09-06 10:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KPAO TH
07BANGKOK4836	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 individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the above-men [...]	2007-09-07 03:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4849	DEMARCHE PRESENTED TO ROYAL THAI GOVERNMENT RE: IRAN-IAEA [...] (SBU) DCM spoke to RTG MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul September 6 re: demarche points in ref. B. Virasakdi responded that the RTG is willing to listen to USG concerns but would like further details. On September 7, econoff presented non-paper from ref. A) to Charn Jullamon, Direct [...]	2007-09-07 09:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NOTAG TH IAEA IR
07BANGKOK4864	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 individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-menti [...]	2007-09-10 09:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4891	THAILAND SUPPORTS GAMBARI MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to reftel demarche, MFA acting Permsec told DCM that Thailand fully supports the Gambari mission. Thailand continues to argue for a "soft approach" on Burma, however, encouraging the use of incentives to influence the SPDC. MFA said they have agreed their Defense Min [...]	2007-09-11 10:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BU TH
07BANGKOK4905	PRE-ELECTION UPDATE: EX-TRT FIGURES FORM PARTY, [...] (C) Many top former Thai Rak Thai officials have agreed to work together to form a new political party; this group contains many important figures, but its strength in the coming election is hard to assess because the most important of these politicians are ineligible to run for office. The g [...]	2007-09-12 07:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4926	New Cyber Law Nets First Violator [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent apprehension and release on bail of the webmaster of a website often critical of the monarchy was the first known arrest under the controversial Computer Related Offenses Act -- also known as the Computer Crimes Act -- which was signed into law in June. Authorities h [...]	2007-09-13 03:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPAO TH
07BANGKOK4943	DEMOCRATS AND PPP OUTLINE ECONOMIC PLATFORMS [...] Summary: Leaders of Thailand's likely top two political parties in the coming elections, the Democrat Party and the People's Power Party (PPP),outlined notional economic platforms at an investment conference on September 12-13. The Democrat leader, Abhisit Vejjajiva, said he would scrap the [...]	2007-09-13 09:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV TH
07BANGKOK4980	NEW PANEL TO INVESTIGATE THAI DRUG WAR KILLINGS [...] (SBU) In the latest in a series of moves to investigate abuses by the government of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinwatra, the Ministry of Justice in August established an independent commission to probe the extra-judicial killing of an estimated 2,500 people during the Thaksin government's [...]	2007-09-17 08:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4981	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FORMER PM BANHARN [...] (C) In a September 14 meeting with the Ambassador, former Prime Minister Banharn Silapa-Archa predicted that loyalists of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin would not be able to form a government after the next elections unless they were to win an absolute majority. Banharn cited assurances he had [...]	2007-09-17 09:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK4982	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for DAS JOHN A. GASTRIGHT from September 20-21, 2007. 2. We understand that no assistance is needed from post. After-hours emergency number for the Embassy is (66-2) 205-4108. 3. Due to limited resources and easy availability of airpor [...]	2007-09-17 12:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT TH
07BANGKOK499	RECENT THAI ECONOMIC POLICY - WHY? [...] (SBU) Summary. Investor confidence in Thailand has suffered a series of shocks over the past 40 days. The introduction of more stringent capital controls effectively limiting new investment, a series of bombs in Bangkok on New Year's Eve, and proposed amendments to the Foreign Business Act (F [...]	2007-01-24 09:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV TH
07BANGKOK4996	THAI DEMOCRAT PARTY ELECTION OUTLOOK, RELATIONS [...] (C) A leading Democrat Party official projected that the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP) had a strong lead over all rivals as of mid-September. In a September 13 meeting, Democrat Party (DP) Deputy Leader Niphon Promphan told us the Democrats appeared likely to come in second; separatel [...]	2007-09-18 10:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5011	EMBASSY URGES GREATER RTG EFFORT ON LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary: DCM and Emboffs voiced strong concern at the lack of progress on labor trafficking cases in Thailand in delivering reftel demarche to MFA DG for the Americas, Nongnuth Phetcharatana. DCM advised MFA that Thailand's record on labor trafficking threatens to overshadow continued [...]	2007-09-19 09:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM CVIS TH
07BANGKOK502	VISIT TO THAILAND OF OSD ASIA PRINCIPAL DIRECTOR [...] (C) Summary. During his meetings with Thai officials, OSD Asia Director Brigadier General Toolan provided Thai military and civilian officials with Washington's perspective on the September 19 coup, underscoring our desire that Thailand rescind martial law and maintain timetables for drafti [...]	2007-01-24 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR PTER TH
07BANGKOK5036	THAI FOREIGN MINISTER ON APEC, UNGA, ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Thai FM Nitya Pibulsonggram spoke favorably of recent U.S.-Thai interactions at the APEC summit and previewed some RTG plans for the upcoming UNGA session. He said he would welcome the opportunity to meet with U/S Burns on the margins of UNGA, and indicated that he would make a side trip t [...]	2007-09-20 09:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPKO MASS UNGA TH
07BANGKOK5041	PRE-ELECTION ROUND-UP: ELECTION LAWS, MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The new Army Chief will be GEN Anupong Paochinda, as widely anticipated. Current Army Chief Sonthi told the Ambassador he was not planning to run for Parliament, but would seek a political position in the new government to protect himself from those with "tremendous assets." T [...]	2007-09-20 10:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
07BANGKOK505	THAI MFA READOUT OF ASEAN AND EAST ASIA SUMMITS IN [...] (U) ACTION REQUESTED. Please see para three. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Thai MFA officials maintain the concept of the East Asia Summit remains in flux, and they requestedQSG views on how we might participate in future EAS meetings. In a January 19 briefing for the diplomatic corps on the [...]	2007-01-24 11:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM ECON BM TH
07BANGKOK5066	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) DEA/CMRO 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-mentioned course(s). Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross viola [...]	2007-09-24 02:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK5067	THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: ILEA, CRIME [...] (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 [...]	2007-09-24 02:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK5076	FORMER THAI RAK THAI CARETAKER SEES GOOD PROSPECTS [...] (C) Former Thai Rak Thai caretaker Chaturon Chaiseng told the Ambassador that the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP) was on track to win a plurality in coming elections -- 200 or more of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives. Chaturon said the military, which in recent months has b [...]	2007-09-24 09:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5077	CABINET RESIGNATIONS MAY LEAD TO THAI COUP [...] (U) On September 20, an official of the National Counter Corruption Commission (NCCC) reported publicly that three cabinet members held significant stakes in private companies. Following the disclosure, Information and Communications Technology Minister Sitthichai Pokai-udom and Deputy Commerc [...]	2007-09-24 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5106	MFA PERMSEC UPDATES THAI VIEW ON BURMA [...] (C) The Ambassador called Thai MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul on September 26 and expressed concern about indications (reftel) of RTG reluctance to press the Burmese government for a peaceful outcome to the ongoing crisis. Virasakdi said the MFA had released a brief public stateme [...]	2007-09-26 10:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM TH BM
07BANGKOK5107	ENGAGING ASEAN AND OTHERS ON BURMA [...] (C) Embassy Bangkok stands ready to continue to urge the Thai government to press the Burmese authorities to release political prisoners and engage in genuine dialogue to pave the way for a transition to a civilian, democratic government. Septel will report the Ambassador's latest conversatio [...]	2007-09-26 10:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM TH BM RP SN IN CH
07BANGKOK5108	THAI MFA WORRIED ABOUT POSSIBLE CRACKDOWN IN BURMA [...] (C) On September 26, subsequent to the conversation in reftel, MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul called the Ambassador. He said he had heard from the Thai Ambassador in Rangoon that the commander of Rangoon-based military forces had said that he would not "fire upon the people." The [...]	2007-09-26 11:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM TH BM
07BANGKOK5126	AMBASSADOR PRESSES THAI FOREIGN MINISTRY ON BURMA [...] (C) The Ambassador called MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul on September 27 to express concern about current RTG policy toward Burma. The Ambassador cited reports that Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram, in New York for the UNGA, had sought to discourage Prime Minister Surayud from [...]	2007-09-27 10:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM TH BM
07BANGKOK5127	U.S., BRITISH AMBASSADORS PRESS GENERAL SONTHI ON [...] (C) Summary. General Sonthi Boonyaratglin told the Ambassador that he hopes that the confrontation in Burma would be resolved by peaceful means but the situation could result in further bloodshed if the Burmese military does not refuse orders from the regime. Sonthi explained that his commen [...]	2007-09-27 10:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDM TH BM
07BANGKOK5139	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) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-menti [...]	2007-09-28 05:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK5140	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ADAMS AND SHRESTHA [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to John Adams, South Asia Regional Environment Officer and Environmental Specialist, Jay Pal Shrestha on November 8-9, 2007 for consultations with Southeast Asia Regional Environmental Affairs Office in Bangkok. 2. Post understands no further as [...]	2007-09-28 06:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SENV TH
07BANGKOK5142	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE BLOYD [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Cary N. Bloyd, Energy/Environmental Policy Scientist with the Department of Energy, who will chair the APEC New and Renewable Energy Technologies Expert Group Meeting and attend other meetings related to bio-fuels from October 19-28, 2007 in Bangk [...]	2007-09-28 08:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ENRG KSCA TRGY TH
07BANGKOK5150	DOWN AND OUT IN THAKSIN'S HEARTLAND - TOURING THE [...] (SBU) Summary: A tour of the economically depressed Northeastern region revealed strong sentiment for populist policies of former PM Thaksin and his disbanded Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party amid hopes that the coming December elections will boost economic growth. Economic conditions, reflecting [...]	2007-09-28 10:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV TH
07BANGKOK5151	UPDATE ON BURMA, AS SEEN FROM THAILAND [...] (C) The RTG appears not to have made preparations for a possible influx of Burmese refugees; we are discussing the matter with our contacts. The RTG is engaged in evacuation contingency planning. A Burmese exile in Thailand said monks were protesting in large numbers in Mandalay, and he share [...]	2007-09-28 10:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO TH BM
07BANGKOK5154	THAILAND MAKES PLANS FOR NUCLEAR POWER [...] Summary. With increasing energy demand and dwindling domestic natural gas reserves, Thailand will face energy shortages unless new sources are developed. The RTG's long-term energy policy strategy calls for nuclear energy to play a significant role, with plans to have 4000 MW of generating capa [...]	2007-09-30 23:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET KNNP TH SENV TSPL TRGY
07BANGKOK5182	CABINET SHUFFLE EXPECTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Further resignations will force Prime Minister Surayud to make changes in his cabinet. The new line-up should be announced within a few days. Retiring Army commander GEN Sonthi Boonyaratglin is widely expected to be named Deputy Prime Minister in charge of security affairs, but [...]	2007-10-01 11:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
07BANGKOK5223	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) RSO/LSY has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below who has been selected to attend the following course(s). Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violati [...]	2007-10-03 09:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK5224	NCUB LEADER TAKES CREDIT FOR ORGANIZING BURMESE [...] (C) A member of a leading Burmese dissident organization told us his group was masterminding the protests that broke out recently in Burma. On October 1, we met with Soe Aung, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and Policy Board of the National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB),who s [...]	2007-10-03 09:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO TH BM
07BANGKOK5225	DEMOCRAT PARTY LEADER ON ELECTION, GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Democrat Party Leader Abhisit Vejjajiva told the Ambassador that his party had a good chance of placing first in the December election. In an October 2 lunch, Abhisit said he believed recent turmoil in the government appeared designed to delay the election, but he believed it would take p [...]	2007-10-03 10:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TH BM
07BANGKOK523	THAI GOVERNMENT ADDRESSES FOREIGN BUSINESS [...] (U) On January 24, PM Surayud addressed a lunch meeting attended by more than 700 members of the Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce in Thailand. The PM's address was intended to rebut the increasingly widely held view the military-appointed interim government is more cautious toward foreign in [...]	2007-01-25 09:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL TH
07BANGKOK5234	THAI MFA ON BURMA, CHINA VIEWS [...] (C) Ambassador made reftel points to MFA Permsec Virasakdi Futrukul on October 3. Permsec Virsakdi took note of the points but offered no direct response. 2. (C) Virsakdi told the Ambassador that he had spoken to a Chinese diplomat recently, who had said that "there was evidence the US is [...]	2007-10-04 07:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM TH
07BANGKOK524	FOREIGN MINISTER ON IRAQ, MARTIAL LAW, THAKSIN, [...] (C) The Ambassador provided Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram with background on the USG's new strategy in Iraq. In a one-hour January 25 call on Nitya at MFA, he urged the Foreign Minister to ensure the RTG lifts martial law as soon as possible; Nitya said the RTG intended to do so, but t [...]	2007-01-25 10:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM ECON ETRD EINV IZ
07BANGKOK5253	FORD TO BOOST INVESTMENT IN THAILAND'S "DETROIT OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: After a year and a half of deliberation and discussions, Ford Motor Company is set to announce on October 9 a USD 843 million investment in passenger car production in Thailand. Ford made the decision after the RTG agreed to conditions for the investment, including a five-year [...]	2007-10-05 02:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD TH
07BANGKOK5261	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] Having previously provided the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department with a copy of the U.S. draft resolution on "Condemning the Use of Rape as an Instrument of State Policy," we called on Acting Director and Counselor of the Social Division of the Internationa [...]	2007-10-05 07:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI TH
07BANGKOK5267	THAI ENERGY IN BURMA: BUSINESS AS USUAL [...] (C) Despite the turmoil of the past two weeks, Thai energy executives do not foresee any significant impact on their activities in Burma, which supplies 25 percent of Thailand's natural gas. Executives from the government's huge oil conglomerate PTT told econoff that the unrest in Burma will [...]	2007-10-05 07:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET BM TH IR
07BANGKOK527	MORE COMPULSORY LICENSES LIKELY FOR THAILAND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Minister of Public Health announced his intention to issue further compulsory licenses next week for HIV/AIDS medicines and heart medicine. Similar to its earlier compulsory license on another HIV drug last November, the Ministry did not discuss or negotiate with patent ho [...]	2007-01-25 23:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TH
07BANGKOK5271	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: SEAN O'NEILL [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Sean O'Neill from October 10 - October 14, 2007. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at Centre Point Wireless Road by Post Rangoon 3. Embassy point of contact is: Name: Work phone: (66-2) 205-4865 Cell phone: (66-8) 18 [...]	2007-10-05 07:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT TH
07BANGKOK5272	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: SEAN O'NEILL [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Sean O'Neill from October 10 - October 14, 2007. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at Centre Point Wireless Road by Post Rangoon 3. Embassy point of contact is: Name: Mary-Gardner Coppola Work phone: (66-2) 205-4865 [...]	2007-10-05 07:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT TH
07BANGKOK5284	THAILAND CABINET CRISIS: AND THEN THERE WERE NONE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Prime Minister has made minimal changes to his cabinet in response to a string of ministerial resignations. He will do double duty as interior minister, and retired GEN Sonthi has left the Council for National Security to serve as Deputy Prime Minister in charge of security [...]	2007-10-05 11:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5314	BURMESE EXILES IN THAILAND CONFIDENT THAT PROTESTS [...] (C) Despite international press headlines declaring that a sense of normalcy has returned to Rangoon, Burmese exiles based in Thailand claim that the uprising is just beginning. In meetings and communications with us, prominent activists were quick to insist that the Burmese are united in their [...]	2007-10-09 11:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO TH BM
07BANGKOK5315	BANGKOK-BASED AMBASSADORS AGREE ON NEED TO KEEP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with a group of like-minded ambassadors on October 8 to discuss Burma issues. The group agreed that: -- We should not accept the view that UNSC special envoy Gambari is the "only game in town." -- Gambari should not wait until mid-November to return to Burma. - [...]	2007-10-09 11:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5325	Media Reform in Thailand: The Good, the Not-so-Bad, and the [...] (SBU) Over the last few months, Thailand's interim government has introduced three pieces of important legislation governing media in the country. In August, a new printing bill, nullifying the antiquated 1941 Printing Act, was passed by the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) and now awaits e [...]	2007-10-10 05:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPAO ECPS EINT TH
07BANGKOK5332	THAI POLITICAL UPDATE: ELECTION CLOCK TICKING [...] (C) Publication of key laws sets a January 2008 drop-dead date for the House elections, while Election Commission officials maintain the election will be on December 23.... A debate on ethics in the legislature focuses on alleged improprieties by Prime Minister Surayud.... Most new political [...]	2007-10-10 08:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH BM

07BANGKOK535	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 individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-menti [...]	2007-01-26 02:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK5364	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] Regional EXBS Advisor for Thailand and Vietnam assumed duties in Bangkok on September 10. A CBP team conducted a 5-day International. Border (Land) Interdiction Training (IBIT II) course in Aranyaprathet, Thailand, including donation of a CT-30 kit and radiation pagers. Advisor completed emb [...]	2007-10-11 08:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN
07BANGKOK5374	PUTTING BURMA IN THE FOREFRONT OF THAI [...] (C) In an effort to boost Thailand's awareness and consideration of current events in Burma, Embassy Bangkok has coordinated public outreach efforts, held meetings with key RTG officials and third country diplomats, as well as continued contact with various Thailand-based Burmese exiles workin [...]	2007-10-11 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO TH BM
07BANGKOK5376	EXBS: INTERNATIONAL BORDER (LAND) INTERDICTION [...] An invitation cable was presented to the Kingdom of Thailand to conduct a 5-day course on International Border (Land) Interdiction Training (IBIT II) at a designated land border in September 2007. The invitation was accepted for training to occur September 17-21, 2007. The location was ident [...]	2007-10-12 00:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH
07BANGKOK5392	THAI MFA FOCUSING ON PROSPECTS OF DIALOGUE IN BURMA [...] (C) Thailand views the GOB offer to open a dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) as a promising avenue to begin reconciliation in Burma, but prefers to follow the lead of the UN according to an MFA working-level official. Moreover, he believes that ASEAN and Thailand's relationship with the G [...]	2007-10-12 09:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO TH BM
07BANGKOK5405	UPDATE ON THAI CUSTOMS AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES [...] (SBU) Summary. During recent introductory calls at the Thai Customs Department, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Commerce, Econ Counselor, econoff and CommAtt followed up with the RTG regarding Thai customs treatment of alcoholic beverages. Although Customs said it will conclude its [...]	2007-10-15 09:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV TH
07BANGKOK5406	GAMBARI SEEKS THAI HELP WITH BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Burma Envoy Gambari is seeking Thai assistance to convince the SPDC to allow him to enter Burma sooner; stay longer; and facilitate a dialog with all stakeholders. The Thai are committed to conveying these points to Burma, but they are not certain how best to do it. The Chin [...]	2007-10-15 10:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH BM
07BANGKOK5407	AMBASSADOR PRESSES MFA PERMSEC ON MARTIAL LAW [...] (C) Summary. The National Security Council October 12 proposed to lift martial law in eleven provinces and to impose martial law in three provinces. The Thai cabinet is expected to approve proposal October 16. The Ambassador called Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Virasakdi [...]	2007-10-15 11:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK5408	AMBASSADOR PRESSES MFA PERMSEC ON MARTIAL LAW [...] (C) Summary. The National Security Council October 12 proposed to lift martial law in eleven provinces and to impose martial law in three provinces. The Thai cabinet is expected to approve proposal October 16. The Ambassador called Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Virasakdi [...]	2007-10-15 23:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK5410	GAMBARI SEEKS THAI HELP WITH BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Burma Envoy Gambari is seeking Thai assistance to convince the SPDC to allow him to enter Burma sooner; stay longer; and facilitate a dialog with all stakeholders. The Thai are committed to conveying these points to Burma, but they are not certain how best to do it. The Chin [...]	2007-10-16 02:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH BM
07BANGKOK5415	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: DRL/IRF OFFICER [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Judson Birdsall from Oct 19 - 20, 2007 2. Hotel reservations have been made at: -- Novotel Suvarnabhumi Airport Hotel 999 Suvarnabhumi Airport Hotel Moo 1 Nongprue Bang Phil Samutprakam, Bangkok Tel: 66-2-131-1111 Fax: 66-2-1 [...]	2007-10-16 07:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT PHUM PREL XB TH
07BANGKOK5435	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: INSIDE THE ARMY'S RAID [...] (C) Summary. During October 1-2 poloff travel to the deep South, a range of contacts provided a mixed picture of the situation in this troubled region, with security officials offering new details on their tactics and hailing arrest operations as resulting in lower levels of violence. Several [...]	2007-10-16 09:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PTER PHUM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK5436	EMBASSY BANGKOK REQUEST FOR FY08 JIATF WEST SUPPORT [...] (SBU/NF) This is a request for U.S. DoD operational support under section 1004, National Defense Authorization Act of 1991 as amended, for FY 2008 JIATF West training and construction support to Thai counterdrug law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and Thai military units with counterdrug roles. [...]	2007-10-16 10:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR MOPS TH LA KCRM
07BANGKOK5437	THAI KING HOSPITALIZED AFTER STROKE; CONDITION [...] (C) Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej was hospitalized on October 13 after what the Palace described publicly as inadequate blood flow to his left cerebral cortex, resulting in weakness on the right side of his body. Privately, Arsa Sarasin, the King's Principal Private Secretary, told the Ambassa [...]	2007-10-16 10:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TH
07BANGKOK545	JANUARY 26 UPDATE: MARTIAL LAW, CONSTITUTION, [...] (C) The MFA Permsec reports that the King has signed the decree on the partial lifting of martial law. The Constitution Drafting Committee elected one of the figures who helped engineer the September 19 coup d'etat as its chairman, in a move that will likely dismay liberal elements of civil [...]	2007-01-26 10:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5455	THAIS OFFER UPDATE ON STATUS OF ASEAN CHARTER [...] (C) Thailand anticipates that the ASEAN charter will be ready to sign at November's summit in Singapore, stated a working level contact at the Thai MFA. He cautioned that the ASEAN members were still deliberating bracketed portions of the text. He emphasized that not all ASEAN members shared [...]	2007-10-17 09:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TH BM
07BANGKOK5459	Ramadan in Bangkok: Muslim Identity, Global Interest [...] (SBU) Embassy's Public Affairs Section (PA) sponsored five Iftar (break-fast) events over three weekends, providing food and presentations in Thai on Muslim Life in America at three universities, in a poor Bangkok community, and at the Ambassador's residence. In Buddhist-dominated Bangkok, Tha [...]	2007-10-18 02:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO TH
07BANGKOK548	TARMAC, PUBLIC CONFIDENCE CRACKING AT NEW THAI [...] (U) SUMMARY: Bangkok's new Suvarnabhumi Airport has been taking a beating in the press, with reports critical of the airport's design, construction, and management. There has been recent speculation that cracking pavement could result in the return of some or all operations to the old Don Mu [...]	2007-01-29 00:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR TH
07BANGKOK5482	THAI ELECTION DECREE ADVANCES AMID CAMPAIGN [...] (C) On October 16, the Thai cabinet approved a decree scheduling a December 23 general election for an expected royal endorsement. The Election Commission has ruled that a banned politician acted legally when he campaigned for the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP),opening the door to ca [...]	2007-10-18 11:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5486	THAILAND NOMINATION FOR 2008 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF [...] Post nominates Dr. Pechdau Tohmeena for the 2008 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. 2. Requested information follows: -Full name: Dr. Pechdau Tohmeena -Job title: Director of the 15th Mental Health Center for the three southern border provinces, Department of Mental H [...]	2007-10-19 04:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM TH
07BANGKOK5499	EMBASSY REFERRAL FOR THAN U WIN, A.K.A AUNG WAY [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 7. 2. (C) Embassy is referring dissident Burmese citizen, Than U Win, a.k.a. Aung Way, for resettlement to the United States through the Department's Refugee Resettlement Program. Biograpical information follows: Name: Than U Win, a.k.a. Aung Way [...]	2007-10-19 09:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL TH BM
07BANGKOK55	FURTHER REACTION TO BANGKOK BOMBS: SURAYUD [...] (S/NF) Prime Minister Surayud publicly backed away from his January 1 assertion that opposition political figures had orchestrated the December 31 bombings. A leading Army General continued to implicate former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, however, and promised "harsh measures" against p [...]	2007-01-04 10:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PINS ASEC KJUS KCRM TH
07BANGKOK5502	DEMOCRAT LEADER LAYS OUT PRO-BUSINESS AGENDA [...] Summary: In an October 18 address to Thai business and investment leaders, Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva outlined the challenges to Thailand in a globalized world, and the Party's outward-looking plan of action to meet those challenges. Abhisit presented a pro-business platform whi [...]	2007-10-21 23:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD TH
07BANGKOK5503	THAILAND TO DIVERSIFY FIGHTER JET INVENTORY [...] (C) Summary. The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) this week decided to purchase SAAB Gripen fighter planes to replace aging F-5 aircraft. The decision to purchase the Gripens, and not F-16s, was publicly justified by the RTAF due to an urgent need to replace the F-5s and by pointing to U.S. post- [...]	2007-10-21 23:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PGOV PREL TH
07BANGKOK5504	THAILAND TO DIVERSIFY FIGHTER JET INVENTORY [...] (C) Summary. The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) this week decided to purchase SAAB Gripen fighter planes to replace aging F-5 aircraft. The decision to purchase the Gripens, and not F-16s, was publicly justified by the RTAF due to an urgent need to replace the F-5s and by pointing to U.S. post- [...]	2007-10-21 23:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PGOV PREL TH
07BANGKOK5520	THAILAND URGES BURMA TO COOPERATE WITH UN [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel A Burma demarche to MFA Permsec October 22. For the second time this month, the Thai PM sent a strongly-worded letter to Than Shwe urging the Burmese to cooperate with UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari. The Thais are waiting for a response from GOB. MFA Permsec [...]	2007-10-22 11:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO TH BM
07BANGKOK5521	REGIONAL UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE BRIEFS WESTERN [...] (C) The regional UN Human Rights office (OHCHR) in Bangkok is focused on gathering information about what happened during September's protests and subsequent crackdown by the Burmese junta, as well as pushing the UN to incorporate human rights in its response, stated representatives from OHCHR [...]	2007-10-22 11:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO TH BM
07BANGKOK5555	NO PLANS FOR COMPREHENSIVE THAI ELECTION MONITORING [...] (C) The decision by a prominent Thai poll monitoring organization and the European Union to not deploy observers for Thailand's upcoming December 23 general elections leaves a dearth of objective election monitors for Thailand's first election following the September 2006 coup d'etat. While th [...]	2007-10-25 11:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5556	CANDIDATE FOR UN IAAC [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 11:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UN UNGA
07BANGKOK5557	BURMESE DISSIDENTS EXPRESS INCREASED FEAR OF ARREST [...] (C) Burmese dissidents, including media organizations, reported to us that they received information Thai police and military escalated scrutiny of the activists' operations in Thailand. One prominent activist warned of impending arrests by the Thai authorities. Embassy RTG contacts told us t [...]	2007-10-25 12:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO TH BM
07BANGKOK5567	THAI CABINET BLOCKS MARTIAL LAW PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary. The Thai Cabinet October 22 rejected a recommendation by the Thai National Security Council (NSC) that would have left martial law in place in many areas of the country. In response, the NSC is reportedly preparing a revised proposal that is expected to lift martial law in many [...]	2007-10-26 11:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK5568	BURMESE ALLEGE US SUPPORT FOR VIOLENT ATTACKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Burmese MFA strongly criticized the Thai position on Burma, and alleged US support for armed violence against Burma by the Karen National Union. The accusations were made in a recent meeting between the Burmese deputy foreign minister U Maung Myint and the Thai ambassador, a [...]	2007-10-26 11:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TH BM
07BANGKOK5570	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE CLIMATE [...] Summary: Discussions with public administrators and civil society leaders in the deep south revealed recurring themes of continued fear, ambivalence about the effectiveness of the security forces aggressive arrest tactics, and the need for political space to resolve the conflict. Several conta [...]	2007-10-28 23:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK5574	THAI-JAPAN TRADE AGREEMENT SET TO ENTER INTO FORCE [...] Summary. The Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement (JTEPA) will enter into force on November 1. The trade agreement liberalizes the vast majority of trade in goods between the two countries, though key Thai exports like rice and sugar are excluded. Trade in services and investment i [...]	2007-10-29 06:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON TH
07BANGKOK5578	THAI ELECTION SEASON PROMPTS CAMPAIGN, FRAUD, AND [...] (SBU) Thailand's campaign season is under way following the enactment of the royal decree establishing a December 23 general election. Political parties and journalists raised strong objections to the Election Commission of Thailand's (ECT) strict new campaign rules which dramatically restrict [...]	2007-10-29 07:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5585	PRC POLITICAL OFFICER IN BANGKOK DISCUSSES BURMA [...] (C) A Chinese diplomat posted in Bangkok viewed Singapore's strong public line on Burma as unwise and doubted that Burma would be marginalized at the upcoming ASEAN Summit. He saw little possibility that Indonesia could exert meaningful influence on the Burmese regime. The diplomat suggested [...]	2007-10-30 01:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TH CH BM
07BANGKOK5593	THAI ARMY BARS SOUTHERN DETAINEES FROM RETURNING [...] (C) Thai NGOs are concerned about a July 22 military order, based on martial law, that prohibits 384 named detainees from traveling to their homes in Thailand's insurgency-plagued southern provinces. Most of these detainees appear to be ethnic-Malay Muslims who have been compelled to particip [...]	2007-10-30 09:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER ASEC TH
07BANGKOK5595	LAO HMONG IN THAILAND: MATERIAL SUPPORT WAIVER [...] (SBU) On October 26, RefCoord delivered the demarche on the Lao Hmong material support waiver to Ittiporn Boonpracong, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ittiporn was accompanied by Phantipha Iamsudha, Acting Director, MFA Social Divis [...]	2007-10-30 09:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM TH LA
07BANGKOK56	CONSTITUTION DRAFTING ASSEMBLY FORMED [...] (U) On January 1, a royal command appointing the 100 members of the Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA) came into force. The 100 members, selected by the Council for National Security (CNS) from a field of 200 short-listed by the National People's Assembly (reftel),will have 180 days from t [...]	2007-01-04 10:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5600	PRO-THAKSIN PARTY CHAIRMAN CHARGES MILITARY [...] (C) The leader of the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP) has alleged a military plot to diminish voter support for the PPP. The PPP leader substantiated his claim by releasing purported internal documents from the Council for National Security (CNS). A pro-Thaksin contact also provided c [...]	2007-10-30 10:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM MOPS TH
07BANGKOK5620	FRENCH FM KOUCHNER PROPOSES THAIS, ASEAN PUSH [...] (C) During meetings this week with the Thai Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner encouraged Thailand to work with ASEAN to push Burma towards democratic change. Kouchner made a similar statement to the Singaporeans two days ago and according to French [...]	2007-10-31 11:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO TH BM FR
07BANGKOK5644	FDA CHIEF EXPECTS NO MORE CL'S [...] Summary: Dr. Siriwat Tiptaradol, Secretary General of the Thai Food and Drug Administration (FDA),said he expected no new compulsory licenses on drugs, crediting progress in recent discussions with European pharmaceutical companies on pricing and access for four cancer drugs. However, the c [...]	2007-11-01 09:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR TH
07BANGKOK5646	DEFENSE MINISTER PLEDGES NO INTERFERENCE IN [...] (C) Summary. Defense Minister Boonrawd Somtas told the Ambassador that the Thai military is committed to not interfering in the coming political campaign and that the Council for National Security could dissolve as it has no role to play at this point. Boonrawd stated his hope that the Burm [...]	2007-11-01 10:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM MARR MCAP TH BM
07BANGKOK5647	COURTS FREE SOUTHERN THAILAND DETAINEES, BUT HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: A mixed October 30 ruling by Thai provincial courts, observed by Embassy political officers, compels the military to release 97 detainees from southern Thailand participating in an army-run "reeducation" training program. The ruling appears to allow the program to continue, althou [...]	2007-11-01 10:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER ASEC TH
07BANGKOK5663	THAI POLICE INCREASE IP ENFORCEMENT BUT PIRATED GOODS [...] (SBU) Summary: Six months after Thailand's elevation to the Special 301 Priority Watch List for IPR violations, local representatives of intellectual property rights holders say police have stepped up enforcement of copyright and trademark laws, but fear that commitment to greater enforcement [...]	2007-11-02 09:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR TH
07BANGKOK5666	UN IAAC ELECTION: THAILAND TO SUPPORT SPANISH [...] (C) Per ref A instructions, we spoke on November 2 with Adisorndej Sukhasvasti, Director of the MFA International Organizations Division. Citing our earlier conversation (ref B) and subsequent discussions in New York (ref A),we urged that MFA instruct its UN mission to vote for David Walker i [...]	2007-11-02 09:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC UNAUS UNGA TH
07BANGKOK5667	THAI ELECTION CAMPAIGN RULES EASED BUT TENSIONS [...] (SBU) On October 31, the Election Commission of Thailand eased restrictive election campaign rules issued a week earlier following widespread public criticism. While most rules remain unchanged, the amendments, issued over the objections of one outspoken election commissioner, loosen restrict [...]	2007-11-02 09:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5689	SCENESETTER FOR REAR ADMIRAL TYSON [...] (C) Summary. Admiral Tyson, your visit to Thailand will afford you a chance to see the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests. You will also have an opportunity to underscore the United States Government's desire that Thailand return to democratically elected government th [...]	2007-11-06 05:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
07BANGKOK5694	NEW COMMANDER PLEGES TO KEEP ARMY OUT OF POLITICS [...] (C) Summary. In a four-eyes lunch I hosted for Royal Thai Army (RTA) Commander in Chief General Anupong Paochinda, I pressed for the Army not to interfere in the coming election. Anupong promised to keep the Army out of politics and predicted that the Democrats would form a government as a mi [...]	2007-11-06 11:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC KDEM MOPS TH
07BANGKOK5695	NEXT ASEAN SECRETARY GENERAL ON BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: ASEAN's incoming Secretary General, Surin Pitsuwan, stated that a regional approach was the best option to resolve the current crisis in Burma. During a November 5 meeting with I/O Assistant Secretary Silverberg and the Ambassador, Surin proposed that ASEAN, China, India, and Jap [...]	2007-11-06 11:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO ASEAN TH BM
07BANGKOK5696	NEW COMMANDER PLEDGES TO KEEP ARMY OUT OF POLITICS [...] (C) Summary. In a four-eyes lunch I hosted for Royal Thai Army (RTA) Commander in Chief General Anupong Paochinda, I pressed for the Army not to interfere in the coming election. Anupong promised to keep the Army out of politics and predicted that the Democrats would form a government as a mi [...]	2007-11-06 11:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC KDEM MOPS TH
07BANGKOK57	AMBASSADOR PRESSES SENIOR RTA, MFA OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) On the sidelines of the January 4 briefing for the diplomatic corps on the December 31 bomb attacks in Bangkok (septel),the Ambassador separately pressed both Royal Thai Army (RTA) Assistant CINC Anupong Paojinda and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjarna-Goonchorn [...]	2007-01-04 10:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5717	PPP SPOKESMAN ON ELECTIONS, ROYAL HEALTH, NEW ARMY [...] (C) The King's sister remains in the hospital, and a political ally of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin told us she is brain-dead, despite public announcements to the contrary. The political party loyal to Thaksin revised its draft party list in response to an alleged plan by unnamed figures to u [...]	2007-11-07 10:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5718	THAI KING LEAVES HOSPITAL; SUCCESSION MECHANICS [...] (C) Thai King Bhumibol left the hospital under his own power on November 7. His return to the Palace enables many Thais to put aside for the moment anxiety about the transformation of Thai society that will take place when he leaves the scene. The Constitution and the 1924 Palace Law on Succ [...]	2007-11-07 10:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK573	JANUARY 29 UPDATE: MARTIAL LAW FORMALLY LIFTED IN [...] (C) A royal command lifting martial law in most of Thailand's provinces has now taken effect. The police have released all suspects detained in connection with the December 31 bombings. Acts of violence continue in Thailand's southern border provinces, with a roadside bomb exploding after th [...]	2007-01-29 09:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5731	LOCAL NGOS TELL A/S SILVERBERG THEY SUPPORT USG [...] (C) Five prominent organizations working on Burma-related issues in Thailand expressed their support for USG policy on Burma and offered ideas for next steps during a November 5 meeting with I/O Assistant Secretary Silverberg and the Ambassador. Overall, the group felt that targeted sanctions [...]	2007-11-08 06:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO TH BM
07BANGKOK5732	A/S SILVERBERG DISCUSSES BURMA, DARFUR WITH THAI [...] (C) The Burmese junta has clearly demonstrated a willingness to engage only with the UN and not with ASEAN, in discussions relating to international concerns over Burmese repression, according to MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul. During a November 5 meeting with I/O Assistant Secret [...]	2007-11-08 06:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPKO TH BM SU
07BANGKOK5738	PALACE INSIDER PROVIDES UPDATE ON ROYAL HEALTH [...] (S/NF) Tej Bunnag, Deputy Principal Private Secretary of the King (strictly protect),told the Ambassador in a November 8 meeting at the Privy Council chambers that the King's health appeared reasonably good. The King wanted to remain active, although his health constraints complicated the du [...]	2007-11-08 09:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5739	THAI ELECTION MONITORING: A WORK IN PROGRESS [...] (C) A new organization with an apparently pro-Thaksin leaning, founded by a group of Thai academics, plans to field thousands of election observers and conduct pre-election polling in advance of Thailand's December 23 general election. The organization expects to join a growing pantheon of 19 [...]	2007-11-08 10:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5740	THAI ELECTION CANDIDATE REGISTRATION BEGINS WITH [...] (SBU) Registration for 80 party lists seats to be contested in the December 23 general elections began on November 7, with 18 political parties and several dozen candidates registering with the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT). Political party leaders speculated on the superstitious impl [...]	2007-11-08 23:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5741	COURTING THE VOTERS IN BATTLEGROUND PROVINCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a trip to the Northeastern stronghold of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in early November, we heard varying views of what may motivate the voters of this poor, rural region that will elect almost one-third of the members of the next House of Representatives. If [...]	2007-11-08 23:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5745	THAILAND: REACTION TO FATF GUIDANCE ON IRAN [...] (U) Econoff met on November 6-8 with RTG officials to deliver points on Financial Action Task Force (FATF) actions to underscore the threat posed by Iran to the international financial system. The officials met were: Maj. Gen. Termchai Srivixien Assistant Director, National Coordinating Ce [...]	2007-11-09 06:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC EFIN TH
07BANGKOK5746	THAILAND: TRANSLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-09 06:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM APER KPAO TH
07BANGKOK5749	THAI POLITICAL PARTIES: ELECTION PLAYBILL [...] (SBU/NF) As the December 23 election approaches, post provides the following brief profiles of the most prominent political parties in Thailand. We caution that the seat projections are extremely unscientific, and the campaign season is just beginning. They are provided to give a rough idea [...]	2007-11-09 08:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5765	AMBASSADOR RAISES KEY ISSUES IN FAREWELL CALL ON [...] (C) The Ambassador expressed concern about the draft Internal Security Act in a November 9 farewell call on Justice Minister Charnchai Likhitjittha. The Ambassador encouraged fair treatment for residents of southern Thailand detained by the Army, conveyed concern for an intimidated Australian [...]	2007-11-13 07:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK5766	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) EXBS Advisor and ISN/ECC Desk Officer met with key Thai export and border control officials, October 1-2. All Thai ministry officials were supportive of U.S. training and cooperation. EXBS Advisor visited Laem Chabang port and conducted initial deconfliction coordination with CSI team as [...]	2007-11-13 07:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN
07BANGKOK5798	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: THAI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (U) Having previously provided Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department with updated information associated with the United Nations General Assembly resolution on "Eliminating the Use of Rape and Other Forms of Sexual Violence as Instruments to Achieve Political [...]	2007-11-14 09:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KWMN SOCI UNGA TH
07BANGKOK5799	FOREIGN BUSINESS ACT AMENDMENTS MAY PASS BY END OF MONTH [...] Summary: Thailand's National Legislative Assembly is set to again consider controversial amendments to the Foreign Business Act that would further restrict foreign ownership. Last week, an ad hoc committee approved a clarification of the definition of foreigner, removing a barrier that had e [...]	2007-11-14 09:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV TH
07BANGKOK5801	THAIS PREPARED TO SIGN CHARTER, DISCUSS BURMA AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 7, Thailand's National Legislative Assembly (NLA) cleared the way for Prime Minister Surayud to sign the ASEAN Charter at the ASEAN Summit scheduled for November 18-22 in Singapore. While the Charter passed on the first reading, the NLA did not approve the blueprint f [...]	2007-11-14 11:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO ASEAN TH BM
07BANGKOK5802	NLA MOVING QUICKLY ON WIDE-RANGING INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary. The Thai government is pushing ahead with the Internal Security Act with the National Legislative Assembly which passed the first reading by a wide margin on November 8. The Internal Security Act would provide the military, through its role in the Internal Security Operations Com [...]	2007-11-14 23:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK5806	MATCHIMA PARTY LEADER AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS [...] (C) Matchima Thippathai Party Leader Prachai Leophairatana told the Ambassador he aims for Thailand to implement numerous "welfare state" policies. In a November 13 lunch, Prachai advocated free medical care, free education through college, and a debt moratorium. Still smarting from the loss [...]	2007-11-15 04:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON TH
07BANGKOK581	RESPONDING TO CHANGES IN THE THAI FOREIGN BUSINESS [...] (U) Action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) On January 23, we received a Diplomatic Note providing the official translation of the proposed amendments to the Foreign Business Act (FBA, see reftels). These were e-mailed to EB/MLS. Reftel A included a draft letter the EU mission in Bangkok [...]	2007-01-30 05:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TH
07BANGKOK5811	NEW CONSTITUTION WOULD REQUIRE PARLIAMENTARY OVERSIGHT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Article 190 of Thailand's new Constitution outlines procedures for negotiating and approving international agreements, including requirements for obtaining parliamentary approval and holding public hearings. Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials have e [...]	2007-11-15 05:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD TH
07BANGKOK5824	FINANCE MINISTER UPBEAT ON THAI ECONOMIC PROSPECTS [...] (C) Most financial liberalization legislation should be completed before the December 23 elections, the Finance Minister told the Ambassador. The interim government is seeking &fast track8 trade agreement negotiating authority under a new constitutional requirement that requires parliamenta [...]	2007-11-15 08:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ECON TH
07BANGKOK5827	SOUTHERN THAILAND: DISCUSSIONS WITH THE GENERALS [...] (C) Summary: In early November, poloff attended a dinner with senior Thai military and police officials involved in security operations in Thailand's deep south. The officials were remarkably candid about some of their shortcomings for dealing with the South, including real coordination betw [...]	2007-11-16 02:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
07BANGKOK5834	RTG REQUESTS WRITTEN STATEMENT OF RECIPROCAL SUPPORT AT IMO [...] This is an action request (see paragraph 9). 2. (SBU) On August 27, econoff presented a demarche to Mr. Chalor Kotcharat, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport, seeking Thai support for U.S. ICAO Council candidacy. Chalor expressed support for the U.S. candidacy but also asked t [...]	2007-11-16 04:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ICAO IMO EAIR EWWT PHSA PREL TH
07BANGKOK5839	CROWN PRINCE DISCUSSES MONARCHY, POLITICS IN [...] (C) I paid a farewell call on Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn on November 13. He appeared pleased with the news that his father had been able to jam two days earlier for two hours with the visiting Preservation Hall Jazz Band. He said in general terms that the institution of the monarchy had help [...]	2007-11-16 06:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5880	PINHEIRO TELLS DIPLOMATS IN BANGKOK TRIP TO BURMA [...] (C) UN Special Rapporteur Paulo Pinheiro explained to Bangkok-based Western diplomats on November 16 that his recent trip to Burma had been "worthwhile." He described his interviews with five detained political prisoners as revealing and stressed his efforts to encourage GOB officials to perm [...]	2007-11-20 09:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TH BM
07BANGKOK5881	OATHS, INSULTS, AND RESTRICTIONS AMID THAI [...] (SBU) Citing new election laws, the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) ruled on November 16 that 111 "banned" former executives of the dissolved Thai Rak Thai party could not participate in the December 23 election campaign. The ECT later said its ruling was merely advisory, but some affect [...]	2007-11-20 09:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5882	SOUTHERN THAILAND: SOUTHERN DETAINEES RETURN HOME [...] (C) Summary: On 15 November the Thai 4th Army lifted its ban on 384 suspected militants detained in the army's "vocational training camps" from returning to their homes in Thailand's deep south. This is a clear victory for human rights advocates and the rule of law, and is an example of the [...]	2007-11-20 23:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
07BANGKOK59	JANUARY 4 DIPLOMATIC CORPS BRIEFING ON THE BANGKOK [...] (C) Summary. In a January 4 briefing for the diplomatic corps, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjarna-Goonchorn reiterated Prime Minister Surayud's public comments laying blame for the December 31 bomb attacks in Bangkok on "people who lost their political benefit [...]	2007-01-04 10:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PTER PINR ASEC TH
07BANGKOK5914	THAI ELECTION ROUNDUP: DISQUALIFICATIONS AND [...] (SBU) Citing duplicate party registrations and other procedural ineligibilities, the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) on November 21 disqualified 37 party list candidates from 16 political parties from competing in the December 23 elections. The ECT threatened legal penalties against dis [...]	2007-11-23 09:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK592	BANGKOK'S DON MUANG AIRPORT TO REOPEN FOR SOME [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 29 the Thai Ministry of Transportation announced plans to reopen Bangkok's old Don Muang airport for commercial traffic. Airlines operating domestic flights will be invited to move operations back to Don Muang on a voluntary basis. The new policy will result in onl [...]	2007-01-30 09:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR TH
07BANGKOK5927	THAI GEM INDUSTRY BELIEVES ANTI-BURMA LEGISLATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-26 05:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ETRD PHUM PREL BM TH
07BANGKOK5932	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: THAI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (U) Having previously provided the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department with a diplomatic note concerning the election for the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) and a copy of Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper's curriculum vitae, we [...]	2007-11-26 08:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA
07BANGKOK5934	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: THAI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (U) We called on Counselor of the Peace, Security, and Disarmament Division of the Department of International Organizations, Pattarat Hongtong, on November 26 and made the points outlined in reftel. 2. (C) Pattarat advised that Thailand planned to wait until it had a chance to hear all of [...]	2007-11-26 09:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA IS TH
07BANGKOK5935	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ELECTION FOR THE COMMITTEE ON [...] (U) Having previously provided the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department with a diplomatic note concerning the election for the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) and a copy of Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper's curriculum vitae, we [...]	2007-11-26 09:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA TH
07BANGKOK5939	PRO-THAKSIN PARTY'S VIEW OF UPCOMING ELECTION [...] (C) Top officials of the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP) anticipate winning over 200 seats in the December 23 election but remain concerned about bias from the Election Commission and the military's Internal Security Operations Command. In separate meetings with us on November 20-21, P [...]	2007-11-26 10:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK5949	TRAVELS IN ISAAN - LOOKING TO PPP TO CARRY ON [...] (C) Summary. Contacts in three northeastern Thailand provinces told us that voters in the poor, rural area are likely to vote for the People's Power Party and the Motherland Party as these parties are the inheritors of former Prime Minister Thaksin's legacy. Networks of local officials and v [...]	2007-11-27 08:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK596	THAI MOVE TO DEPORT HMONG LAO FROM NONG KHAI BUT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 10. 2. (C) Summary. On January 30, the RTG attempted to refoule the 156 Lao Hmong at the Nong Khai detention facility. The male members of the group resisted deportation and a stand-off ensued that lasted most of the day. The Embassy, as w [...]	2007-01-30 11:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM TH LA
07BANGKOK5966	THAILAND PROPOSALS FOR EAP WOMEN'S ISSUES FUND COMPETITION [...] As requested in reftel, post supports the following proposals for the EAP/RSP Women's Issues Fund (WIF) Small Grants Competition. The information provided is as submitted by the organization. Proposals are listed in order of post's preference: PROPOSAL ONE ------------ a) Name of applica [...]	2007-11-28 11:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KWMN KPAO KCRM TH
07BANGKOK5967	AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOREIGN MINISTER ON BURMA [...] (C) During his farewell call on Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram, the Ambassador pressed the issue of Burma from several angles, but received the same watered down responses the RTG has been delivering for the past two months. Nitya believed that Thailand and ASEAN had no choice but to en [...]	2007-11-28 11:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO TH BM
07BANGKOK5975	UPSTART PARTY WINNING THAI ELECTION TV COVERAGE WAR [...] (C) Summary: A poll agency's November 9 - 20 analysis of television news coverage ahead of Thailand's December 23 election indicates that the upstart Motherland (Puea Paendin) party and its candidates received a disproportionately large share of news coverage compared to other, ostensibly more [...]	2007-11-29 04:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK598	RTG OPEN TO DISCUSSIONS WITH PHARMA "AFTER CL'S ARE [...] On January 29, Minister of Public Health Mongkol na Songhkla issued a statement officially announcing compulsory licenses (CL) on Abbott Labs' HIV medicine Kaletra, and the heart medication Plavix, distributed by Sanofi-Aventis. The official notification for Kaletra was signed on January 24, [...]	2007-01-30 23:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TH
07BANGKOK5991	SOUTHERN THAILAND: A TRIP TO THE QUEEN'S PROJECTS [...] (C) Summary: During a one-day visit to southern Thailand Poloff and Army Attache saw two villages in Pattani and Narathiwat provinces the Queen's project is building in an attempt to provide family members of victims of the southern violence and teachers in the South with safe places to live. [...]	2007-11-29 09:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC PINR PREL PTER TH
07BANGKOK6007	THAI ELECTION BODY GRAPPLES WITH FRAUD, ARMY [...] (SBU) On November 25 and 27, candidates competing under the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP) banner in the northern city of Chiang Rai accused the security forces of raiding homes in the area to intimidate PPP candidates and voters; however, provincial officials denied the raids were pol [...]	2007-11-30 09:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK6011	SCENESETTER FOR LIEUTENANT GENERAL LEAF [...] (C) Summary. General Leaf, your visit to Thailand will afford you a chance to see the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests. You will also have an opportunity to underscore the United States Government's desire that Thailand return to democratically elected government thr [...]	2007-11-30 09:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
07BANGKOK6012	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/WCI AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES ISSUES CLINT WILLIAMSON AND S/WCI DEPUTY MILBERT SHIN [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson and Deputy Milbert Shin from December 6-7, 2007. 2. (SBU) Hotel reservations (confirmation numbers: 65621 and 656022) have been made at: -- Intercontinental Hotel Tel: 66-2-656-0444 Fax: 6 [...]	2007-11-30 11:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KAWC TH JA CB NL BE KJUST
07BANGKOK6020	THAILAND CIVAIR: FAA REQUEST DELIVERED [...] Econoff delivered letter and report in reftel via fax to the office of Thai Director General of the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) Chaisak Angkasuwan on November 28 and letter, report and talking points from reftel in person to Thai MFA North America Division Director Kanchana Patarachoke o [...]	2007-12-03 06:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR TH
07BANGKOK6029	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON TRANSPORT MINISTER [...] (C) Thailand is working to resolve the issue of airline safety highlighted by the FAA in an assessment last July, Transport Minister Thira told the Ambassador during a farewell call November 29. The Transport Ministry is also committed to keeping the new Suvarnabhumi International Airport ope [...]	2007-12-04 02:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ELTN EWWT ETRD TH

07BANGKOK6037	Thailand Working to Respond to FAA Report [...] Summary: Econcouns delivered the FAA aviation safety assessment report to the Director General of the Thai Department of Civil Aviation (DCA). The DCA is fully aware of the implications of a possible downgrade to Category Two and is working to remedy the FAA-identified deficiency. The Director [...]	2007-12-05 23:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ICAO ECON TH
07BANGKOK6058	JUDGING THE THAI ELECTIONS [...] (C) The Thai elections for members of Parliament are on track for December 23. Despite efforts by hard-line opponents of former PM Thaksin to delay or derail the election process, the campaign is in full swing. Our steady message advocating for elections this year helped to influence this v [...]	2007-12-06 11:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK6069	MATCHIMA PARTY'S PROSPECTS DIM AS BUMBLING LEADER [...] (C) The Matchima Thippathai Party faces an uphill struggle for relevance after the conviction of Party Leader Prachai Leophairatana for financial improprieties. This conviction marks the most recent of several setbacks for Matchima, a collection of avaricious politicians from the Northeast who [...]	2007-12-07 06:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TH
07BANGKOK6074	FOREIGN BUSINESS ACT AMENDMENTS STILL UP IN THE AIR [...] (SBU) Summary: MP Somchai Sakulsurarat told a diplomatic and business group that his committee is still debating amendments to the Foreign Business Act but is confident it would report the bill out to the full assembly next week. Committee debate is focused on whether to grandfather foreign [...]	2007-12-07 09:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV TH
07BANGKOK6075	UNCITRAL DEMARCHE - THAILAND [...] On December 6, Embassy Bangkok delivered talking points regarding the upcoming UNCITRAL meeting in Vienna, as instructed in reftel. Mr. Kengkran Loutirojanakul of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Office of Treaties and Legal Affairs said that the MFA understood the U.S. position and had sent [...]	2007-12-07 09:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UNCITRAL UN TH
07BANGKOK6076	THAI EXPORTS UP, BUT MARGINS SQUEEZED BY STRONG BAHT [...] Summary: Thailand's exports continue to show strong growth and are on track to surpass the RTG's target of 12.5 percent growth in 2007. However, Commerce's statistics are somewhat misleading as export value in baht terms is not nearly as strong as the reported dollar values. Thailand's lar [...]	2007-12-07 09:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD TH
07BANGKOK6077	OFFICIAL BIAS AND VOTER INDECISION [...] (SBU) Coup leaders have reportedly claimed immunity from prosecution after an Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) panel concluded that the Council for National Security (CNS) was biased against the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP). The CNS plans to send a prominent coup leader to test [...]	2007-12-07 11:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK6089	FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE UPCOMING THAI ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 09:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM TH
07BANGKOK6099	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 Individual/s listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-men [...]	2007-12-12 08:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK6105	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 Individual/s listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-men [...]	2007-12-13 05:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK6106	THAILAND SUPPORTS EARLY RATIFICATION OF ASEAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to reftel demarche, an MFA ASEAN Department official argued in favor of the quick ratification of the Charter. Deputy Director General Manasvri reasoned that it was better to have Burma be a party to a binding agreement, and look for ways to use the mechanisms of th [...]	2007-12-13 05:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK6129	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) According to the Ministry of Commerce, Department of Business Development, Aekphatt Firearms Ltd Partnership is registered as follows: Registration No. 0103511003562 Registered Date: March 6, 1968 Status: Limited Partnership Name: Aekphatt Firearms, Limited Partnership Capital Registra [...]	2007-12-13 08:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH
07BANGKOK6133	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT [...] (C) Summary: The RTG has called for Iran to cooperate further with the IAEA, although Thailand appears unlikely to complain strongly and publicly about the extent of Iran's cooperation. A working level MFA contact told us Thailand would abide by any UNSC resolutions ordering sanctions against [...]	2007-12-13 09:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC IAEA IR PARM AORC TH
07BANGKOK6153	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) EXBS Advisor completed an introductory visit to Vietnam, meeting with officials in Hanoi, Haiphong port and Lang Son border crossing. An Export Control Legal-Regulatory Workshop was conducted in Bangkok, Nov. 27-29. Interest and participation were good; several possible follow-on activi [...]	2007-12-14 09:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN
07BANGKOK6155	RTG REMAINS HOPEFUL ABOUT ROLE FOR ASEAN IN BURMA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA working level contacts continued to view ASEAN as having the potential to successfully steer the Burmese junta towards political and economic reform. The organization's midnight statement on November 19th, essentially enshrining its long-standing policy of non-interference in [...]	2007-12-14 09:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO TH BM
07BANGKOK6157	ALCOHOL-FREE ADVANCED VOTING AS THAI ELECTION NEARS [...] (C) Officials indicate they are ready to manage a record number of absentee and advanced voters who will cast their ballots on December 15-16, ahead of scheduled December 23 elections. The Supreme Court convicted a Democrat candidate of buying votes during the 2001 elections, thus ending his [...]	2007-12-14 10:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK6158	PM SURAYUD DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, BURMA, BAN KI-MOON [...] (C) In the Ambassador's December 13 farewell call, Surayud shared the Ambassador's hopes for a smooth election but did not offer predictions for how this would proceed Surayud indicated he sympathized with USG concerns about the draft Internal Security Act and amendments to the Foreign Busines [...]	2007-12-14 11:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC MOPS TH BM
07BANGKOK6159	ELECTION COMMISSION FOCUSING ON PRO-THAKSIN PARTY [...] (C) The Election Commission (EC) has begun investigating two high-profile complaints about acts of the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP). The investigations will take weeks, and a top PPP lawyer assured us PPP could not be found to be at fault. He also told us PPP remains on track to win [...]	2007-12-14 12:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS TH
07BANGKOK6161	(S/NF) SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: SURAYUD TALKS TO THE [...] (S/NF) Summary: During my December 13 farewell call on Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont, Surayud described a recent meeting he had with leaders of the Barisan Revolusi Nasional Coordinate, in Bahrain. According to Surayud, the separatist leaders expressed their willingness to discuss dropping [...]	2007-12-16 23:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
07BANGKOK617	INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN THAILAND [...] (Khunying) Kasama Varavarn Secretary General, Office of the Basic Education Commission SIPDIS Office Phone: (66) 2-282-5531/6, 2-282-2815 Office Fax: (66) 2-282-9981 Email: kasamvar@emisc.moe.go.th A leader in the field of education, Khunying Kasama played a prominent role in the redesi [...]	2007-01-31 08:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN TH
07BANGKOK6170	LEADER OF ANTI-THAKSIN CAMP EQUALLY SCATHING ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. In a December 14 meeting with the Ambassador, staunch anti-Thaksin NLA member Prasong Soonsiri said that the Thai election will likely result in a dilemma for the military because the pro-Thaksin PPP party will be in position to form the next government. On the other hand, if PP [...]	2007-12-17 10:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL TH
07BANGKOK6182	RECORD-SETTING ADVANCE VOTING AHEAD OF THAI [...] (C) Officials announced that a record-breaking three million absentee and advance voters cast their ballots December 15-16, ahead of scheduled December 23 elections. Observers lodged some procedural complaints, but international election monitors said the vote was conducted in a "competent ma [...]	2007-12-18 10:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK6226	TOP FIVE THINGS THAT MAY (OR MAY NOT) HAPPEN AFTER [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Despite all the polls and predictions, no one is sure how the epic struggle between supporters of former PM Thaksin and his equally-determined opponents will turn out. Sunday's election so far appears to be a genuine horserace, with vigorous campaigning underway [...]	2007-12-20 10:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK6233	MESSAGE ON SINOPEC-YADAVARAN DELIVERED TO RTG [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-21 07:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR CH
07BANGKOK6234	Prospects for Future USG Assistance to the Thai Anti-Money [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting USDOJ Official Linda Samuel accompanied by Embassy Bangkok officers called on senior Thai Anti-Money Laundering Office officials and held a productive discussion of possible new USG-RTG cooperation and capacity building assistance. The visit responded to a recent RTG de [...]	2007-12-21 07:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KCRM SNAR TH
07BANGKOK6236	EXBS VIETNAM: MEETINGS WITH BORDER SECURITY [...] (U) EXBS Advisor and local USG officials met with Vietnamese border security officials in Ho Chi Minh City and port, at Moc Bai border crossing with Cambodia, and at Border Guards headquarters in Hanoi, December 3-6, 2007. Vietnamese officials were uniformly anxious for cooperation and assist [...]	2007-12-21 07:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL VN
07BANGKOK6239	A BURMESE ROCK BECOMES A THAI RUBY [...] (SBU) Visits to the major gem trading and polishing centers in Thailand reveal that most of the value of finished Burmese gems is added outside of Burma. The Chantaburi Gem and Jewelry Traders Association says its members get most of their raw stones from private smugglers in Thai border towns [...]	2007-12-21 09:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ETRD PHUM PREL BM TH
07BANGKOK624	HOW THE THAI FORMULATE POLICY TOWARD BURMA [...] (C) The Thai MFA has a lead role in drafting policy toward Burma and normally clears its drafts through an interagency body that includes the National Security Council (NSC) and the Army. When the RTG formulated its position on the UNSC resolution on Burma, however, the MFA had full control of [...]	2007-02-01 00:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM TH
07BANGKOK6240	NLA FAILS TO PASS FOREIGN BUSINESS ACT AMENDMENTS; [...] (SBU) Summary: A parliamentary committee failed to report out proposed amendments to the Foreign Business Act in time for consideration by the full National Legislative Assembly (NLA),leaving any future changes to the next government. Although foreign business groups overwhelmingly opposed [...]	2007-12-21 10:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV TH
07BANGKOK6241	THAILAND READIES POST-ELECTION THAKSIN-LIKE SPENDING BINGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Thailand's major political parties have all made campaign promises of large spending increases both on traditional programs for infrastructure development and on "populist" programs. Economic advisers in all parties believe that a substantial fiscal boost is necessary for econ [...]	2007-12-21 10:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV TH
07BANGKOK6243	OBSERVERS, OFFICIALS READY FOR UNPREDICTABLE THAI [...] (C) International observers, from this Embassy, ConGen Chiang Mai, other diplomatic missions, and international organizations are preparing to deploy over 100 foreign observers to monitor the December 23 Thai general elections. One international observer group remains concerned that procedural [...]	2007-12-21 11:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK6244	NLA PASSES CONTROVERSIAL INTERNAL SECURITY ACT ON [...] (C) Summary. The Thai National Legislative Assembly (NLA) December 21 approved the controversial Internal Security Act (ISA),which cements for the military, via the Internal Security Operations Command, a prominent role in the maintenance of internal security. The law is an improvement over [...]	2007-12-21 11:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK6247	NLA PASSES CONTROVERSIAL INTERNAL SECURITY ACT ON [...] (C) Summary. The Thai National Legislative Assembly (NLA) December 21 approved the controversial Internal Security Act (ISA),which cements for the military, via the Internal Security Operations Command, a prominent role in the maintenance of internal security. The law is an improvement over [...]	2007-12-24 09:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC TH
07BANGKOK6248	THAI ELECTIONS: PRO-THAKSIN PARTY CLOSE, BUT NO [...] (C) Unofficial results following Thailand's December 23 election indicate that the Pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP) has won 227 seats in the 480-seat parliament, but not enough for an absolute majority. (We note that this is not yet a final result.) It remains unclear if the PPP will en [...]	2007-12-24 10:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK6254	Prospects for Future USG Assistance to the Thai Anti-Money [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting USDOJ Official Linda Samuel accompanied by Embassy Bangkok officers called on senior Thai Anti-Money Laundering Office officials and held a productive discussion of possible new USG-RTG cooperation and capacity building assistance. The visit responded to a recent RTG de [...]	2007-12-26 07:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KCRM SNAR TH
07BANGKOK6257	THAI ELECTION: UNOFFICIAL RESULTS GOOD NEWS FOR [...] (SBU) Final, unofficial results from Thailand's December 23 elections indicate that a record 74.5% of the electorate voted to give the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP) a plurality of 233 seats in the 480-seat House of Representatives, including a plurality of proportional party list seat [...]	2007-12-26 08:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK6280	PRO-THAKSIN PARTY TRYING TO ASSEMBLE COALITION [...] (C) The pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP) is working to draw sufficient support from other parties to form a government. There are enough small and medium size political parties that none of them can assert it holds the definitive swing vote. We have not yet seen any strong indication th [...]	2007-12-27 09:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BANGKOK6281	SOUTHERN DIALOGUE FACILITATOR GIVES OPTIMISTIC [...] (S/NF) Summary: On December 26 a representative from the Henri Dunant Center (HDC) -- the organization facilitating talks between the Thai government and southern Thai separatist groups, briefed the Ambassador on the status of the on-going dialogue. According to the representative, the mid-De [...]	2007-12-27 23:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
07BANGKOK6294	SOUTHERN THAILAND AND THE SYSTEM OF JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary: The Thai government's effort to quell the insurgency in the south through the administration of justice is abysmal. Since 2004, it has successfully prosecuted only a handful of cases while the security forces maintain they are aware of thousands of suspects. Corrupt police and a [...]	2007-12-29 08:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
07BANGKOK6296	MEDIA FREEDOM IN COMMUNITY RADIO: A VIEW OF NORTHERN [...] (SBU) On December 12-13, AIO and LES Specialist visited community radio stations in the northern region of Thailand. Community radio members with whom we met expressed concern over the current operating environment, but indicated that not much had changed between the Thaksin and post-Thaksin e [...]	2007-12-31 10:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO TH
07BANGKOK653	THAI UPDATE: KING'S HEALTH, SINGAPORE SPAT [...] (C) The King appeared mentally alert if only moderately energetic and able to engage in a sustained discussion when the Ambassador observed him in a discussion with visiting Mahidol Prize Award winners. A Singaporean diplomat told us her Embassy was consumed with efforts to minimize recent da [...]	2007-02-01 09:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINR PGOV TH
07BANGKOK680	CHINA ON THAILAND, SINGAPORE, JAPAN AND EAS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Chinese diplomats confirmed that Thai interim PM Surayud Chulanont will visit China in April, and shared that the Thai Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn has delayed his planned trip in a snit. The Chinese stated that CNS Chairman General Sonthi Boonyaratglin's recent trip to Bei [...]	2007-02-02 08:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS CH TH ASEAN SN JA
07BANGKOK712	CAN'T ANYBODY HERE PLAY THIS GAME? [...] (C) Summary: The current leadership has so far been unable to deliver what it promised with the September 19 coup: accountability from Thaksin for his alleged corruption and hijacking of democracy, and sound leadership to reunify the country during the transition back to democratically-ele [...]	2007-02-05 09:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK725	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: AMBASSADOR GROVER [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance and Chiang Mai District clearance to Amb. Rees from Feb. 9 - Feb. 14, 2007. 2. Hotel reservations in Bangkok have been made as requested at: Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel (Confirmation No: 66355342) 494 Rajdamri Road, Bangkok Tel: 66-2-2 [...]	2007-02-06 05:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT TH
07BANGKOK727	RTG INVITES FEEDBACK ON POWER SOLICITATION [...] SUMMARY. Thailand is moving closer to issuing its second solicitation for Independent Power Producers (IPPs) in 2007. The new solicitation is designed to minimize the cost and risk for the RTG throughout the bid process and up to the point the new capacity comes on line. Bidders will face n [...]	2007-02-06 07:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV TH
07BANGKOK729	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 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 [...]	2007-02-06 08:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK740	THAILAND: MOVING FORWARD WITH THE COBRA GOLD [...] (C) Summary. Cobra Gold is America's largest multilateral exercise in Asia. Much more than a bilateral exercise with Thailand, it is a projection of American power and engagement in Asia. Cobra Gold is vital to advancing our strategic interests in Asia, including advancing regional securi [...]	2007-02-07 01:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS TH
07BANGKOK744	THAILAND TRANSITION - ASSESSMENT OF PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: As Washington agencies consider whether to proceed with Cobra Gold, we offer our assessment of progress to date on the transition back to democratically-elected government. CNS chief GEN Sonthi and PM Surayud have both publicly committed to elections before the end of the year, p [...]	2007-02-07 04:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK756	THAILAND: GEN SONTHI DISCUSSES CURRENT EVENTS [...] (C) Summary. Council for National Security (CNS) head General Sonthi Boonyaratglin admitted to the Ambassador on Feb 6 his frustration with Cabinet members, especially Finance Minister Pridyathorn Devakula, who have their own agendas. Sonthi is confident that a new Constitution will be dra [...]	2007-02-07 10:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV TH
07BANGKOK80	THAKSIN CALLS AMBASSADOR, DISCUSSES BOMBINGS [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Thaksin phoned on January 5, wishing me a happy New Year. I remarked that I had returned to Thailand from the U.S. only two days before the December 31 bombings. Thaksin asked inquisitively whether we knew who had carried out the attacks. I said we did not. He said [...]	2007-01-05 09:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV ASEC CVIS TH
07BANGKOK81	THAIS REWORK TELECOM POST-TAIWAN EARTHQUAKE [...] Thai telecom networks are recovering from the December 26 earthquake off Taiwan which damaged undersea cables that carry much of Thailand's telecommunications to the U.S. and the rest of Asia. The earthquake damaged the two main cables via Taiwan that link Thailand to Korea, Japan, Europe and [...]	2007-01-05 09:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ECPS TH
07BANGKOK816	UPDATE ON HMONG REFUGEES AT NONG KHAI [...] (C) There has been no RTG movement on the 153 Lao Hmong refugees currently in detention in Nong Khai after the refugees' own resistance and international opposition stopped their deportation to Laos on January 30. The RTG has not indicated whether it will allow those Hmong already approved fo [...]	2007-02-09 07:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM TH LA
07BANGKOK82	LEGISLATOR OFFERS TO HELP SPREAD USG VIEWS [...] (SBU) On January 5, Dr. Vachara Phanchet, a member of the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) and Secretary of its Committee on Foreign Affairs, called on the Ambassador seeking cooperation between his committee and the Embassy on issues including trade and restoring Thailand's reputation in t [...]	2007-01-05 09:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON TH
07BANGKOK83	COUP RUMORS HAVE BANGKOK ON EDGE [...] (C) Summary: Troop movements on the evening of January 4 prompted a flurry of rumors that another coup d'etat, or some sort of military crackdown, was underway. Council for National Security Chairman Sonthi Boonyaratglin publicly denied cause for concern, but the rumors both indicate and like [...]	2007-01-05 09:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINS PGOV PREL MOPS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK854	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL FITE [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to House Foreign Affairs Committee Senior Counsel Jamie McCormick for his February 22-24 visit. (We understand Mr. McCormick will be the sole member of Staffdel Fite to depart from the Staffdel's itinerary for travel to Thailand.) 2. Hotel [...]	2007-02-12 10:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT TH
07BANGKOK857	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 Plt.Off. Tanaphon CHANHOM, Flying Training School, Air Combat Command, Royal Thai Air Force, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Emb [...]	2007-02-13 01:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK866	THAILAND'S WOMAN OF COURAGE NOMINATION [...] Per reftel request, post nominates Professor Virada Somswasdi as Thailand's nominee for the Secretary's "International Women of Courage" award: Name: Virada Somswasdi Title: Director Institution: Women's Studies Center, Chiang Mai University Date of Birth: July 23, 1947 Tel: 66-53-943-57 [...]	2007-02-13 06:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO
07BANGKOK883	FOREIGN MISSIONS RESPOND TO THE FOREIGN BUSINESS [...] (SBU) As instructed in reftel A, on February 12 we delivered a diplomatic note expressing USG concerns about the RTG's proposed amendments to the Foreign Business Act (FBA) to Ms. Vilawan Mangkklatanakul, Counselor to the MFA Department of International Economic Affairs. Our action followed th [...]	2007-02-13 09:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TH
07BANGKOK939	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN [...] (C) Summary: The Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) Chairman expressed concern to the Ambassador about voter education in the run-up to the referendum on Thailand's next constitution. In a courtesy call on the Ambassador after attending an Embassy-organized digital video conference with an [...]	2007-02-15 11:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OIIP KPAO TH
07BANGKOK940	FORMER PM ANAND DOWNBEAT ON ADMINISTRATION BUT [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun told the Ambassador he was concerned by the Surayud administration's lack of competence. In a February 14 lunch hosted by the Ambassador, Anand suggested the cabinet should be reshuffled. He did not object to the current political role played by th [...]	2007-02-15 11:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
07BANGKOK964	SURAYUD APPOINTS A FORMER THAI RAK THAI DEPUTY [...] (C) Prime Minister Surayud on February 16 appointed Thaksin-era Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak to head an economic commission. This dramatic and unexpected move appears to put Somkid -- who also was a Deputy Leader of Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party -- solidly in the government [...]	2007-02-16 10:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM TH
07BEIJING1268	PRC-BURMA: MFA ON NEXT STEPS FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) An MFA International Organizations Department official told us that State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan discussed Beijing's ideas about Burma's political situation during his visit to Burma that ended February 27. Responding to reftel demarche on next steps for the international community regard [...]	2007-02-27 11:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ELAB BM CH
07BEIJING1269	CHINESE STATE COUNCILOR TANG'S VISIT TO BURMA [...] (C) China encouraged Burma to accelerate its democratic and national reconciliation processes, develop its economy and improve the lives of the Burmese people, State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan told Burmese generals on his February 25-27 visit to Burma. According to a readout provided to the DCM b [...]	2007-02-27 13:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ASEAN BM CH
07BEIJING1448	DAS JOHN DISCUSSES BURMA, SOUTHEAST ASIA WITH AFM [...] (S) If the United States wants to make a difference on Burma, it should engage directly with General Than Shwe, Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai told EAP DAS Eric John on March 5. In a separate meeting, MFA Director General for Asian Affairs Hu Zhengyue stressed that State Councilor Tang [...]	2007-03-05 12:08:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL UNSC CH XC BM ID TH RP TT
07BEIJING1936	HUMAN RIGHTS: PETITIONERS AND ACTIVISTS FACE [...] (C) Following the close of China's annual legislative confab, the National People's Congress (NPC),on March 16, many activists who had been detained or under police scrutiny have been released. Several contacts indicated that security during the "two meetings" was heightened this year, in par [...]	2007-03-21 12:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
07BEIJING2096	MARCH 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING [...] Key points made at the March 29 MFA press conference were: -- China has always viewed the Six-Party Talks "rationally" with neither pessimism nor optimism. -- The "so-called" stealing of United States military secrets was groundless and had ulterior motives. -- It is unfair for the Unite [...]	2007-03-29 10:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MNUC XV CH KN KS JA RS CE PP SU NUIN
07BEIJING2103	CHINA MISSION 2007 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION: [...] (SBU) This is part two of the Mission's reporting on "Special 301" related developments. The Mission's recommendations that China should once again be placed on the Priority Watch List, with Section 306 monitoring, and considered for an appropriate WTO case on IPR, were set forth in the first [...]	2007-03-30 00:22:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON WTRO CH
07BEIJING2670	CHINA-VIETNAM: BEIJING PRESSURING HANOI ON ENERGY [...] (C) Chinese protests last week over Vietnamese energy exploration and survey activity in the South China Sea were especially "heavy-handed" and timed to gain leverage during the visit of Vietnam's National Assembly Chair to Beijing, according to a Vietnamese diplomat. MFA officials confirmed [...]	2007-04-20 09:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PHUM CH VN PF
07BEIJING3466	MAY 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SED, INDIAN GENERAL'S [...] Key points at the May 22 MFA Press Conference were: -- Jiang outlined Vice Premier Wu Yi's planned schedule of meetings, including with the President, during the upcoming SED session in Washington. -- The visit by India's Army Chief of Staff aims to improve bilateral military ties. -- T [...]	2007-05-22 10:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD SU UK CV DR IN PE GM
07BEIJING3706	THAI PM MEETS CHINESE LEADERS AND SIGNS FIVE-YEAR [...] (C) Summary: Thailand Prime Minister Surayud Chulanot visited Beijing and Kunming May 28-29, meeting with President Hu, Premier Wen and State Councilor Tang. The PM was accompanied by Thailand's Defense Minister, who met separately with PRC Defense Minister Cao and state-run arms procurement [...]	2007-06-01 08:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD CH TH
07BEIJING413	JANUARY 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: A/S HILL'S DPRK [...] Key points made at the January 18 MFA press conference were: -- China welcomes the meeting between Assistant Secretary Hill and DPRK nuclear envoy Kim Kye-Gwan in Berlin and supports direct contact between the sides. -- The MFA confirmed A/S Hill's planned visit to Beijing "in the coming [...]	2007-01-18 23:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KIRF CH XA KN JA
07BEIJING592	THAI CNS CHAIR SONTHI DISCUSSES ARMS PURCHASES, [...] (C) Summary: Thailand's Council of National Security Chair General Sonthi Boonyaratkalin discussed military ties and arms purchases during his January 21-24 visit to China. Sonthi met with Vice President Zeng Qinghong, Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan and other military officials and visited Chi [...]	2007-01-26 07:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CH TH
07BEIJING598	LATEST ROUND OF CHINA-VIETNAM BORDER TALKS BREAK [...] (C) Chinese negotiators walked out of Sino-Vietnamese border talks without agreement January 20, leaving the Vietnamese delegation feeling disappointed and overlooked, according to our contacts. "Golf diplomacy" by Chinese VFM Wu Dawei and Vietnamese VFM Vu Dung could not overcome a negative [...]	2007-01-26 08:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG CH VN PF
07BEIJING609	CHINA'S FIRST FTA SERVICES AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: China signed its first Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in Services with the ten countries of ASEAN in January, 2007 during the 12th Annual ASEAN Summit in Cebu, the Philippines. While initially opening a limited set of services, the agreement brings China and ASEAN closer to realiz [...]	2007-01-26 08:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON EINV CH XC AS NZ
07BEIJING6256	THE HALAL NETWORK - NINGXIA REACHES OUT TO THE MUSLIM [...] Emerging economic ties between Ningxia Province and Islamic countries suggest a broader potential for expanded commercial interaction between China's Muslims -- which likely exceed 20 million and may number as many as 100 million according to unofficial estimates -- and their brethren in the M [...]	2007-09-24 03:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING6851	GAMBARI TO PUSH DIALOGUE IN BURMA; CHINA STILL [...] (C) Summary: Drawing from Ref A talking points, the Ambassador encouraged UN Special Envoy Gambari October 25 to push for more concrete progress in Burma. Gambari confirmed that he will return to Burma "in the first week of November." In addition to praising Chinese efforts on his behalf, G [...]	2007-10-25 23:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
07BEIJING7389	NOT-SO-SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT: LOOKING FOR FAST GROWTH IN [...] (SBU) Third-tier cities in Central China are aiming for more investment and faster growth even as the Central Government promotes "Scientific Development" following the 17th Party Congress. Hu Jintao's Scientific Outlook on Development calls for more balanced and sustainable development, but a [...]	2007-12-07 00:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG PGOV SOCI CH
07BEIJING7545	TIP: COORDINATED MEKONG MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) At the Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative against Trafficking (COMMIT) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) and Inter Ministerial Meeting (IMM) in Beijing December 12-14, delegates from Burma, Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam discussed regional cooperation and coordination o [...]	2007-12-19 06:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN ELAB PGOV CH
07BEIJING7610	China Requests Date Change for UN ESCAP Meeting to May, [...] (SBU) Mr. Geng Shuang, MFA Director of the Department of International Organizations and Conferences, called Embassy to request the United States support the Chinese sponsored change of date for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asi and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) meeting to May [...]	2007-12-27 05:22:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON CH
07BEIJING86	JANUARY 4 MFA BRIEFING: IRANIAN ENVOY TO BEIJING, [...] Key Points at the January 4 MFA Press Conference were: -- Ali Larijani, special envoy to Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, will visit China January 4-5 to discuss the Iranian nuclear issue, bilateral relations and other issues of common interest. -- Although the MFA denies that the recen [...]	2007-01-04 12:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CH
07BEIJING888	DAS CHRISTENSEN DISCUSSES BURMA WITH MFA ASIAN [...] (C) EAP DAS Thomas Christensen underscored the need for continued international attention to Burma in a meeting with MFA Asian Affairs Director General Hu Zhengyue on February 6. The United States was disappointed by China's veto of the Security Council resolution on Burma. China should fin [...]	2007-02-06 11:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH BM AF
07BEIJING972	DID HU JINTAO ASSESS VIETNAM'S POLITICAL REFORMS [...] (C) An officer at the Vietnamese Embassy said he finds credible reports circulating among ASEAN diplomats in Beijing that President Hu Jintao wrote the phrase "this is not Socialism" on a document Hu was given describing political reforms at Vietnam's April 2006 10th Party Congress. The ques [...]	2007-02-09 12:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH VN
07BERLIN459	GERMANY - 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The following is Mission Germany's submission for the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The entire report should be treated as sensitive but unclassified. Mission points of contact are Craig Conway SIPDIS (email: conwaycm@state.gov; tel: 49-30-8305-2127) and Caroli [...]	2007-03-07 09:17:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV ASEC
07BERLIN601	GERMANY/TIP - POLICE INVESTIGATIONS HIGHLIGHT [...] Summary: A number of TIP-related police investigations concluded in recent weeks highlight German efforts to prosecute German nationals allegedly engaged in child sex tourism and other forms of trafficking in South East Asian countries. Over the past two years, German law enforcement agenci [...]	2007-03-23 16:07:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PGOV GM
07BERN200	TIP - SWITZERLAND: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 15:40:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SZ
07BOGOTA1457	COLOMBIA'S SEVENTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is human rights officer Scott Fagan, phone number (57-1) 383-2122, fax number (57-1) 315-2163. Officer spent 52 hours preparing report. 2. (U) Responses below are to questions in paragraphs 27-30 of reftel. ------- SUMMARY ------- [...]	2007-03-02 22:46:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO
07BRASILIA1025	BRAZIL'S ACRE STATE: GROUND ZERO FOR SOUTH AMERICAN [...] (SBU) Summary. One of President Lula's key objectives is the construction of an all-weather highway linking Brazil to the Pacific Ocean, and within a few years this dream will become reality. The GOB has paved route BR 364/317 to the Peruvian border and paving of this highway on the Peruvia [...]	2007-06-06 13:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN PGOV SENV EAID PHUM ETRD SNAR BR PE
07BRASILIA1130	AMEMBASSY BRASILIA NOMINATES RURALFONE FOR THE SECRETARY'S [...] (U) Based upon its outstanding program aimed at using technology and resources to assist communities located in Brazil's remote, underprivileged areas, the Ambassador nominates the U.S. company Ruralfone, Inc. for the Secretary of State's 2007 Award For Corporate Excellence For the Small to Med [...]	2007-06-18 17:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP ELAB ETRD BR
07BRASILIA2184	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 102 [...] The following is the one hundred second in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views [...]	2007-11-27 11:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA2263	UNCTAD SEEKS MORE ACTIVE ROLE WITH BIOFUELS: CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND IS NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. UNCTAD, together with the Government of Brazil (GoB),held a conference on biofuels in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 4-5 as a pre-event to the twelfth session of the United Nations [...]	2007-12-12 14:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY UN UNCTAD KGHG ECON SENV ENRG KSCA BR
07BRASILIA787	BRAZIL: MERCK REPORTS IMMINENT COMPULSORY LICENSING [...] (SBU) Merck representatives have told EmbOffs that the GOB informed their company on May 3 that it would initiate a compulsory licensing order for Merck's HIV drug Stocrin (Efavirenz) as early as May 3 or the morning of May 4. According to Merck officials, the GOB communicated that any additio [...]	2007-05-03 21:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON BR
07BRATISLAVA165	Slovak Currency Continues Unprecedented Rise After Rate [...] SUMMARY: At the request of the Slovak government the European Union lifted the Slovak koruna's central parity rate 8.5 percent to 35.44 against the Euro from March 19. The koruna is allowed to trade 15 percent above or below the rate under conditions Slovakia must meet before it can join the 1 [...]	2007-03-20 15:21:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD LO
07BRUSSELS1315	Belgian Regions Mastering Export Control [...] (SBU) Summary. In 2003, the Belgian federal government handed over the responsibility and final authority of licensing arms exports to the regional governments of Wallonia, Flanders, and Brussels Capital. Wallonia and Flanders, which together account for 95 percent of Belgium's exports, have [...]	2007-04-19 10:06:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PARM PGOV BE
07BRUSSELS1316	Belgian Regions Mastering Export Control [...] (SBU) Summary. In 2003, the Belgian federal government handed over the responsibility and final authority of licensing arms exports to the regional governments of Wallonia, Flanders, and Brussels Capital. Wallonia and Flanders, which together account for 95 percent of Belgium's exports, have [...]	2007-04-19 10:06:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM PGOV BE
07BRUSSELS1459	SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE JOHN LANGE AND EU OFFICIALS [...] (U) Summary. In his first official visit to Brussels since taking on his position in 2006, Ambassador John Lange, Special Representative on Avian and Pandemic Influenza, met with the European Commission on April 26th as part of the run-up to the next meeting of the International Partnership [...]	2007-05-02 11:09:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID TBIO SOCI
07BRUSSELS233	BELGIAN PLANS ON AFGHANISTAN AT JANUARY 26 [...] (C) Per refs A and B instructions, we outlined U.S. thinking on Afghanistan with the three key players on this issue in Belgium -- the Prime Minister's Office, the Foreign Ministry, and the Defense Ministry. Our contacts were pleased to learn of USG plans to provide additional support for Af [...]	2007-01-24 05:54:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF BE EAID MARR MOPS PINS PREL
07BRUSSELS3052	EU RESPONSE TO KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE BURMESE [...] (C) Summary: EU Council and Commission contacts expressed their agreement with reftel points and explained that intense EU discussions are continuing on internal and external measures designed to keep pressure on the Burmese regime in response to the recent violent crackdown on protesters. Mem [...]	2007-10-02 14:21:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM EUN
07BRUSSELS3184	BELGIUM: DEMARCHE ON ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel points October 16 with Christiaan Tanghe, MFA Director for Asia. Tanghe said Belgium had very few assistance programs in Asia and no direct aid programs to Burma at the moment. He indicated there were a few "partial programs" that supported small scale NGO proj [...]	2007-10-18 09:59:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM BM BE
07BRUSSELS3194	EUROPEAN COMMISSION DISCUSSES SOUTHEAST ASIA ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to our contacts in the European Commission (EC),the EC's top priorities on Burma are to keep attention and pressure focused on the regime and to continue to press ASEAN for meaningful engagement. In the Philippines, the EU is considering options for providing technical [...]	2007-10-19 15:07:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN XB
07BRUSSELS694	Belgium 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report [...] (U) The 2007 Trafficking in Persons follows in paragraph two. Embassy Point of Contact is Political Counselor Theodore H. Andrews, telephone (32) (2)508-2111/fax 513- 5333. Staff hours spent in preparation of this report: Political Counselor (FO-1): 3 hours Political Assistant (LES-10): 4 [...]	2007-03-02 14:19:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BE

07BUENOSAIRES1043	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, MAY 14 - [...] Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period May 14 - 18, 2007. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and SIPDIS charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to b [...]	2007-05-24 19:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD AR
07BUENOSAIRES1169	MEDIA REACTION; POSSIBLE RETURN OF THE VISA WAIVER PROGRAM [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the possible return of the Visa Waiver Program to Argentina; and Argentina passing anti-terrorism legislation, allegedly under pressure by the U.S. and others. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Argentines could again trave [...]	2007-06-14 14:40:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES1648	ARGENTINA: NON-TARIFF TRADE BARRIERS NOT YET OFFICIAL, BUT [...] (SBU) President Kirchner's announcement late last week of non-tariff measures aimed at curbing Asian imports is affecting U.S. companies. Argentine customs has held up many Asian import shipments, including those from U.S. high technology companies Dell and Honeywell, pending clarification of [...]	2007-08-23 09:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON AR CH HK IN ID KN KS MY PK RP SN
07BUENOSAIRES1708	ARGENTINA: CHINESE REACTION TO NON-TARIFF BARRIERS [...] (SBU) Ten days after President Kirchner announced the imposition of non-tariff barriers on burgeoning Asian imports, local media has reported that China struck back with retaliatory phytosanitary inspections of Argentine soy shipments, though two grain trading company reps say the inspections o [...]	2007-08-29 19:18:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV EAGR ECON AR CH HK IN ID KN KS MY PK
07CAIRO1776	EGYPTIAN RESPONSE TO 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (C) MFA's working-level official responsible for Trafficking in Persons, First Secretary Amira Fahmy, told poloff in a June 11 meeting that the GOE was displeased that the 2007 TIP report (reftel) said that some Egyptian cities may be "sex tourism" destinations. Poloff explained that this s [...]	2007-06-11 14:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN EG
07CAIRO3480	A/S FRAZER PRESSES EGYPT ON SUDAN, SOMALIA [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer met ith her MFA counterpart, Assistant Foreign Minister for African Affairs Shamel Nasser, on November 25, to discuss Sudan and Somalia. Nasser argued that the security situation in Somalia had been better under the Islamic Courts Unio [...]	2007-12-13 15:54:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EG SU SO
07CHENGDU100	LOCAL RELIGIOUS FIGURES ON ISLAMIC RESURGENCE IN CHINA'S [...] (C) Summary: During a series of informal discussions in southern Yunnan Province along China's borders with Vietnam and Laos, local Muslim leaders described with pride the resurgence of Islam in their communities. A recently-completed mosque and religious training school in Najiaying has attr [...]	2007-04-12 06:00:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PHUM KIRF CH
07CHENGDU124	CHINA'S YUNNAN PROVINCE BUILDS OUT TO SOUTHEAST ASIA [...] (C) Summary: Yunnan officials in southwest China see construction of new road, river, and rail links with neighboring ASEAN countries as the key to ending their mountainous and landlocked province's long history of isolation and stimulating economic growth. While provincial authorities disag [...]	2007-05-15 04:02:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV SOCI CH
07CHENGDU126	YUNNAN HOUSE CHURCH CHRISTIANS LEFT ALONE BY GOVERNMENT WHEN [...] (C) Summary: According to two foreign missionaries and a Chinese Christian, the atmosphere for Yunnan house church Christians has improved in recent years and believers are able to worship with little government interference compared to other areas of China, if they are careful to maintain a d [...]	2007-05-18 06:15:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI SCUL KIRF CH
07CHENGDU203	PRESENTING CHENGDU'S COLORFUL FIRST PAKISTANI CONSUL [...] (C) Summary: Recently arrived to assume his duties in Chengdu, Pakistan's first consul general to southwest China may have been picked for his current assignment due to his experience in Burma and military background. The JF-17 fighter aircraft jointly developed and produced by China and Paki [...]	2007-08-03 01:01:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MASS PK CH
07CHENGDU243	EVEREST AND BEYOND -- A RARE GLIMPSE INTO WESTERN TIBET [...] (C) Summary: The remote western areas of China's Tibetan Autonomous Region are a mixture of active military facilities, sensitive religious sites, and vulnerable archeological ruins. The Everest Base Camp, at which a People's Armed Police station was recently added, has become a rather squalid [...]	2007-10-09 04:29:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ECON CH
07CHENGDU290	ALONG THE CHINA-BURMA BORDER: WWII, DRUGS, HIV, AND JADE [...] (C) Summary: Common ethnic linkages, villages that hug or even straddle the border, a visa-free regime for local residents, spotty security controls, and corruption appear to facilitate a wide-open atmosphere in areas along China's border with Burma. One stretch of road outside the Chinese po [...]	2007-12-12 09:08:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV SOCI SNAR CH
07CHIANGMAI101	ANOTHER SHAN REFUGEE SETTLEMENT CAUGHT IN NO-MAN'S LAND [...] (U) Human rights organizations have protested that a Royal Thai Army unit last month forced villagers fleeing unrest in Shan State to move from a settlement within sight of the Thai border to a location further inside Burma. Several Shan NGOs based in northern Thailand wrote to Thai Prime Minis [...]	2007-06-06 09:18:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PINS PGOV TH BM
07CHIANGMAI104	BURMA EXILES AND CHINESE OFFICIALS KEEP COMMUNICATION LINES [...] (SBU) Chinese officials maintain communication with Burma exiles based in northern Thailand representing the National League for Democracy - Liberated Area (NLD-LA) and the National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB),soliciting their views on the situation inside Burma and offering advice. [...]	2007-06-08 08:44:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TH BM CH
07CHIANGMAI106	STATELESS APPLICANTS AND VISA PROCESSING [...] SUMMARY. By virtue of Thailand's large stateless population and Consulate General Chiang Mai's location near the Lao and Burma borders, visa officers here handle dozens of applications annually from those without a passport or evidence of citizenship. This cable discusses the Consulate's experi [...]	2007-06-12 10:25:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PGOV PHUM PREF TH
07CHIANGMAI107	"TARNISHED EAGLE" AFTERMATH SEEN AS EASING PETCHABUN REFUGEE [...] (U) Summary. Thai security officials see the June 4 arrests of former Laotian Gen. Vang Pao and his associates in the US as likely to have positive effects on the protracted problems of Hmong refugees and anti-Vientiane Hmong along the Thai-Lao border. End summary 2. (C) National Inte [...]	2007-06-13 01:43:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PREF TH LA
07CHIANGMAI114	PROXY POLITICS AT PLAY IN CHIANG MAI MAYORAL RACE [...] (C) Summary: Although seven candidates are on the ballot for Chiang Mai's mayoral election on Sunday, the ostensibly non-partisan race is boiling down to how well Thai Rak Thai (TRT) proxies will do against opposition from the military and other anti-Thaksin elements. The outcome and contro [...]	2007-06-21 07:57:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
07CHIANGMAI116	CHIANG MAI SERVES AS BASE FOR CHINA-FOCUSED CHRISTIAN GROUP [...] (C) Summary. Chiang Mai's large foreign Christian community provides a safe base for religious groups engaged in quiet work elsewhere in the region. While most do not identify their activities to the Consulate, our presence and American citizen services contribute to Chiang Mai's appeal for t [...]	2007-06-26 06:58:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CASC PREL KIRF SOCI OEXC TH CH
07CHIANGMAI123	INDUSTRIAL ZONE TRANSFORMS LITTLE LAMPHUN [...] Summary: While agriculture and tourism dominate the economy of northern Thailand, an industrial zone in Lamphun has brought in foreign investment and new employment opportunities to the region. Growth in turn has brought sprawl, hazardous waste, labor concerns and social disruption to the sle [...]	2007-07-06 09:49:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB EINV TH
07CHIANGMAI124	ARREST OF ANTI-COUP ACTIVISTS RAISES PROFILE OF POLITICAL [...] (U) The July 6 arrest in Chiang Rai of an anti-coup activist provided pro-democracy campaigners new fuel to attack the Council for National Security (CNS) and the continued use of martial law in 35 provinces. 2. (U) Sombat Boonngarm-anong, a member of the Democratic Alliance Against Dict [...]	2007-07-10 09:21:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM OEXC TH
07CHIANGMAI125	CURFEWS, CELL PHONE RESTRICTIONS EXPOSE MIGRANT WORKERS TO [...] SUMMARY. Recent efforts by the Thai government to restrict cell phone use and movement by migrant workers, particularly in areas with significant Burmese populations, could exacerbate abuses and exploitation of vulnerable groups. RTG officials say the measures are needed to contain illegal immi [...]	2007-07-11 17:37:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ELAB SMIG TH
07CHIANGMAI126	THAI RAK THAI TESTS STRENGTH IN THE NORTH [...] Summary. A July 11 rally in Lamphun province against the draft constitution appeared aimed at testing the popularity of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party in provincial areas. With over 50 TRT former Members of Parliament in attendance, the party als [...]	2007-07-12 10:52:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM TH
07CHIANGMAI127	BURMESE EXILES FRET OVER SUPPOSED WEAKENING SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Exile Burmese leaders in northern Thailand have approached ConGen staff in the past few weeks to voice concern that the U.S. might retreat from its current sanctions policy on Burma. Several prominent leaders have told PolOff they interpret recent comments by influential figures in the U.S. [...]	2007-07-16 09:16:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV TH BM
07CHIANGMAI128	CENTRALIZED POWER REMAINS THE RULE AS BANGKOK HOLDS THE [...] Summary: While modest efforts during the past two decades to loosen central government control over local jurisdictions succeeded in devolving a few administrative functions such as road building to the local level, power has remained concentrated in Bangkok. Former Prime Minister Thaksin S [...]	2007-07-17 06:02:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON TH
07CHIANGMAI129	AN OVERVIEW OF BURMA-RELATED CIVIL SOCIETY TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] SUMMARY. Exile political and social activists from Burma are using Chiang Mai as a base for the training and development of a new generation of leaders. Like their counterparts in the media (reftel),political exiles have found Chiang Mai to be a convenient and relatively safe harbor from which [...]	2007-07-18 01:55:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ECPS OEXC TH BM
07CHIANGMAI131	FROM POPPIES TO PEACHES: HMONG PROGRESS REMAINS MIXED [...] Summary. Despite generally low economic status, land tenure issues, and a renewed refugee inflow from Laos, the Hmong hill people today are considered among the more successful hill tribe groups in Thailand. Best known for fighting beside US forces in Laos from the 1960s to1975 while a signi [...]	2007-07-25 18:55:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PREF SNAR TH
07CHIANGMAI143	GOVERNOR'S PROMOTION SENDS INTERESTING SIGNALS ABOUT [...] (SBU) Chiang Mai Governor Vichai Srikwan's recent promotion to head an important election administration body has caught many observers by surprise. Some of Vichai's Interior Ministry colleagues are reportedly grumbling that he is a bit junior for the job. They, and the press, attribute his [...]	2007-08-31 03:05:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM TH
07CHIANGMAI151	NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES: NEW ARRIVALS OUTSTRIP RESETTLEMENT [...] (C) Over 1,400 North Korean refugees are expected to cross into Thailand during 2007, according to projections by officials in Northern Thailand. This flow is outstripping the pace of resettlement of the refugees in South Korea and elsewhere, and worsening crowding conditions in Thailand's im [...]	2007-09-14 07:49:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KN KS CH TH
07CHIANGMAI155	U.S. AGROBUSINESS FIRM HINGES NORTHERN THAILAND INVESTMENT [...] The U.S. agrobusiness firm Monsanto finds northern Thailand an advantageous location for low-cost production of hybrid corn seeds for domestic and export markets. Monsanto is poised to make significant new investment here if the Thai Government lifts its moratorium on biotech crop field trial [...]	2007-09-24 06:39:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO TH XC SF XM
07CHIANGMAI156	NORTHERN THAI ACTIVISTS PREDICT CRACKDOWN IN BURMA [...] (C) A violent government crackdown against ongoing protests in Burma is the likeliest scenario seen by northern Thai-based activists and NGOs who met with CG and visiting Thailand Desk Officer September 25. As a first step, they anticipate the GOB will attempt to cut off protestors' communica [...]	2007-09-26 11:40:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM MARR MOPS TH BM CH IN
07CHIANGMAI157	BURMESE ARMY MUTINIES REPORTED [...] (C) Three Burmese Army divisions have reportedly refused to carry out orders from army central command to fire on demonstrators, according to several northern Thailand-based sources. These units are: -- the 33rd Division, based in Meiktila (near Mandalay); -- the Mandalay Division comman [...]	2007-09-28 10:03:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM MARR MOPS TH BM LA
07CHIANGMAI165	THAI CIVIL SOCIETY RAISES PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT BURMA [...] (SBU) For the first time ever, Chiang Mai University (CMU) held a public meeting on Burma designed to increase awareness of the problems caused by the Burmese regime's repressive policies and encourage students to pay closer attention to the plight of the Burmese people. The gathering was well [...]	2007-10-12 04:40:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TH BM
07CHIANGMAI166	GATEWAY OR SPEED-BUMP? NORTHERN THAILAND AND THE [...] The Greater Mekong Subregion's North-South Corridor links southern China to Bangkok and foreign markets further afield. The route passes through northern Thailand, which aspires to be inner China's "golden gateway" and thereby develop its transportation and logistics sectors and expand its trad [...]	2007-10-15 09:15:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PREL CH TH
07CHIANGMAI169	BURMA ACTIVISTS CITE NEED TO "CREATE SPACE" FOR [...] (C) The outside world needs to create space for pro-democracy forces inside Burma to recover and rise up again, visiting DCM was told by Chiang Mai-based Burma activists. Specifically, high-level personal diplomacy must maintain pressure on regime leaders to ease the brutal crackdown, and con [...]	2007-10-19 11:59:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MARR ECON BM TH
07CHIANGMAI17	CONTINUED REFUGEE FLOWS WORRY THAI OFFICIALS [...] (U) Continued new refugee arrivals along the Burma border are of increasing concern to Thai officials, who are struggling to deal with the problems caused by the permanence of the camps as well as the steady inflows. 2. (SBU) According to Wachira Chotirosseranee, Camp Commander of Site 1 P [...]	2007-01-26 09:20:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF TH
07CHIANGMAI173	THAI ARMY PROVIDES GLIMPSE ACROSS BURMESE BORDER [...] (C) A recent visit with a Thai military unit on the Burmese border showed business as usual. An uneasy truce holds among Burmese troops and two armed ethnic groups in the area. Thai drug interdiction efforts there have reportedly had success locally, but have only diverted the Burma-based tr [...]	2007-10-26 09:58:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM PREF BM TH SNAR
07CHIANGMAI177	SMALLER PARTIES CASH-STRAPPED, TALK OF MERGER [...] (C) High-level representatives of the Matchima, Ruamchai Thai Chart Pattana, Pracharat, Phua Phaen Din (Motherland),and Rak Chat Thai parties are currently in discussions about their political future, according to prospective Rak Chat Thai candidate Palangkool Wongluekiat and a Phua Phaen Din [...]	2007-11-08 05:16:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
07CHIANGMAI179	MAE SOT: REFUGEES BEMOAN BURMESE EXILES; HUMANITARIAN NEEDS [...] (C) Political infighting among the exiles in Thailand came as a surprise to recent arrivals fleeing the violent crackdown in Burma. The number of Burmese crossing into Thailand since the regime cracked down on demonstrations in September remains steady, but several contacts pointed to signs t [...]	2007-11-14 10:41:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM BM TH
07CHIANGMAI182	THAKSIN LOYALISTS POISED TO RECAPTURE NORTH [...] (SBU) The pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP) is expected to win 55 to 65 of the 77 constituency seats up for grabs in northern Thailand, observers report. This would be less than the 71 constituent seats swept by the former Prime Minister's Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party in the 2005 election [...]	2007-11-15 07:42:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07CHIANGMAI185	NORTHERN VILLAGERS EXPECT RTG TO TRY TO LIMIT PPP SUCCESS [...] (C) While candidates prepare their campaigns in the run-up to the December 23 election, government officials are gearing up to closely monitor political activity in northern Thailand, a stronghold for the former Thai Rak Thai party. Politicians, academics, and village leaders across the north [...]	2007-11-16 09:05:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM MOPS TH
07CHIANGMAI187	NORTHERNERS REMAIN LOYAL TO "THAKSINOMICS" [...] (SBU) In the run-up to the December 23 election, villagers from northern Thailand praise former Prime Minister Thaksin's populist economic policies, especially the Village Fund credit program and the 30 Baht health care plan. Villagers' admiration for these policies present a challenge for the [...]	2007-11-23 03:41:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KDEM TH
07CHIANGMAI188	FREE BURMA RANGERS: PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; NOT [...] (C) The Free Burma Rangers (FBR) provide humanitarian assistance and do not funnel weapons to armed groups that oppose the Burmese regime, FBR contacts told us in separate meetings on November 6 and 7. FBR's main mission is to provide assistance to civilians in conflict areas, they emphasized [...]	2007-11-26 09:22:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM MOPS BM TH
07CHIANGMAI192	OPPONENTS TAKE AIM AT PRO-THAKSIN FRONT-RUNNER [...] (SBU) Competing political parties are trying to make inroads in northern Thailand, a stronghold of former Prime Minister Thaksin and the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP). The opposing parties believe PPP, lacking the advantages of incumbency and under close scrutiny by election authorit [...]	2007-12-04 10:33:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07CHIANGMAI193	PLIGHT OF "LONG-NECK" KARENNI WOMEN HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) The detention, fining, and relocation by Thai police of six ethnic Karenni women, also known as "Long-Neck" Karen, for working as entertainers at a resort in Chiang Mai highlight several shortcomings in Thai policy toward Hill Tribe and refugee populations. Had one of the women's village l [...]	2007-12-07 01:37:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TH BM
07CHIANGMAI20	ANTI-CNS LEAFLETS STIR IN MUSLIM ISSUES [...] Summary. Leaflets that appear to have originated in Chiang Rai and distributed in the northern region attack the Council for National Security (CNS) for serving Muslim interests. Despite this provocative message, the leaflets have caused little concern among Consulate contacts, including the [...]	2007-01-30 08:28:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TH
07CHIANGMAI200	LOCAL MOI OFFICIAL ADMITS RAIDS IN CHIANG RAI TARGET PPP AND [...] (C) Raids in Chiang Rai Province in October and November by military and police officials targeted "old power" and vote buying, Association of Kamnan (local government leaders) and Village Heads of Northern Thailand President Inwan Bangnguen told Consulate staff on a Dec. 5 trip to Chiang Rai. [...]	2007-12-18 04:05:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PINS TH LA CH
07CHIANGMAI202	ELECTION COMMISSIONS: A TALE OF TWO PROVINCES [...] (C) At provincial Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) offices in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai Provinces, we heard two very different assessments of the road ahead leading up to the election on December 23 and its aftermath. While the Chiang Rai ECT's most pressing concern is natural disasters t [...]	2007-12-21 08:09:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
07CHIANGMAI21	NORTHERN HEARTS STILL BELONG TO THAKSIN [...] (U) Summary. In the four-plus months since the Sept. 19 coup, the Council for National Security (CNS) and interim government have not won many hearts and minds in northern Thailand. Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party loyalists made their feelings known at the well-attended, media-rich funeral in Ch [...]	2007-02-02 10:03:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TH
07CHIANGMAI22	KNU RIFT WIDENS [...] (U) Summary: A growing split among leaders of the Karen resistance to the Burmese military government has broken into the open in the wake of the Dec. 26 funeral of long-time Karen National Union (KNU) leader Bo Mya. Thai observers are concerned that the dispute will further weaken the KNU [...]	2007-02-05 10:28:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TH BM
07CHIANGMAI30	REPORT DOCUMENTS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN KAREN STATE [...] A new report by the Thailand-based Karen Women's Organization provides further evidence that Burma's military government uses sexual violence against women. The KWO's report, "State Of Terror," amplifies previous reports that have documented cases of rape, murder, torture, and forced labor [...]	2007-02-13 11:01:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM BM TH
07CHIANGMAI33	AN OVERVIEW OF NORTHERN THAILAND-BASED BURMESE MEDIA [...] SUMMARY. Increasing numbers of Burma-centric media organizations operate out of Chiang Mai, creating a dynamic community of exile journalists that produces a diverse and relatively reliable stream of information for Burma watchers both inside Burma and living abroad. Shut out from Burma by [...]	2007-02-14 11:26:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ECPS KPAO OIIP TH BM
07CHIANGMAI34	HORTICULTURAL HIT TRANSCENDS POLITICS, FOR A TIME [...] Summary. The three-month-long Royal Flora Ratchaphruek International Horticultural Exposition in Chiang Mai that closed Jan. 31 scored a big hit with the Thai public, drawing attendance beyond anyone's expectations. While the event managed to rise above politics thanks to its association wit [...]	2007-02-15 03:21:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR TH PGOV
07CHIANGMAI35	REQUIEM FOR A GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The Dec. 26 funeral of former Karen National Union (KNU) leader Gen. Bo Mya provided a stage for some of the alliances and shifting relationships that characterize the longest-running resistance to the Burmese regime. Attendees included most elements of the Karen resistance [...]	2007-02-16 10:11:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS TH BM PGOV
07CHIANGMAI4	PLANS FOR SALWEEN DAMS MOVE AHEAD DESPITE OPPOSITION [...] (U) Summary: NGOs, academics and former senators opposed to the building of dams along the Salween River predict the project will bring dire human rights, environmental and cultural disruption to the region. However, the post-coup Thai regime is sticking to the course set by the government of [...]	2007-01-10 10:07:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV PGOV PHUM BM CH TH
07CHIANGMAI41	CHOKING IN CHIANG MAI [...] Summary: Chiang Mai's annual bad air season is in full swing, reducing visibility to one kilometer and blocking the view of Chiang Mai's iconic Doi Suthep. A Thai government website posted a first-time-ever air pollution warning for Chiang Mai. Local scientists and medical experts have rele [...]	2007-03-06 05:59:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV AMED EAGR TH
07CHIANGMAI46	SHAN MILITIA LEADER REACHES OUT TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Leaders of the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and Shan State Army-South (SSA-S) have invited Consulate General staff and other members of the international community in northern Thailand to visit Shan villages on the Thai-Burma border, seeking to draw attention to huma [...]	2007-03-13 01:25:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	SECRET	PREL PHUM SNAR TH BM
07CHIANGMAI50	TEST DRIVING THE THAILAND-YUNNAN HIGHWAYS [...] Chinese government officials and Mekong region diplomats tested two alternate north-south routes between China and Thailand March 6-10 by driving from Jinghong in Yunnan Province to Chiang Rai via Burma and back through Laos. Although the road under construction through Laos is generally con [...]	2007-03-15 07:22:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON TH BM CH LA
07CHIANGMAI51	WHERE THERE'S SMOKE THERE'S POLITICS [...] (SBU) Northern Thailand's continuing environmental crisis has some locals complaining about the lack of governmental action and recalling the action-oriented style of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. With the heavy haze over the north topic number one in Chiang Mai, one rumor has it [...]	2007-03-16 09:42:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV TH
07CHIANGMAI58	WOMAN OF COURAGE" AND GRASS ROOTS LEADERSHIP [...] To present Thailand's "Woman of Courage" award, Consulate General Chiang Mai took advantage of a program organized by the awardee herself, a training seminar on women and the constitution for paralegals and community leaders from 17 northern provinces. The event marked the first occasion the [...]	2007-03-23 01:18:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN KDEM KPAO TH
07CHIANGMAI63	TENSIONS ON THAI-BURMA FRONTIER LEAD TO BORDER CLOSINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Tensions have increased along the Thai-Burma border over the past few weeks, leading to the closure of most border crossings. Likely causes for the tensions include a renewed Burma Army offensive in the Karen State and a handful of altercations involving military and police forces [...]	2007-04-03 11:45:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TH BM
07CHIANGMAI66	BORDER FIGHTING HEATS UP AFTER KNU SPLIT [...] (C/NF) Summary. Shaken by a recent split in its ranks, the Karen National Union (KNU) took more battering this week, as soldiers allied with former KNU 7th Brigade Commander Htain Maung joined State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) and Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) forces in an atta [...]	2007-04-10 09:57:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	SECRET	PREL PINS TH BM
07CHIANGMAI67	CNS LEADERS LOOK TO THE STARS FOR HOPE AND GOOD LUCK [...] Leaders of the Council for National Security (CNS) visited famed Chiang Mai astrologer Varin Buaviratlert April 1, suggesting that it takes more than military might and political righteousness to govern Thailand's increasingly chaotic affairs of state. Attraction to mediums and mystics cuts a [...]	2007-04-10 10:25:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TH
07CHIANGMAI68	MILITARY SOURCES EXPRESS CONFIDENCE IN POLITICAL CONTROL [...] (SBU) Summary. While keeping a close watch for any Thai Rak Thai (TRT) resurgence, military officers in the northern region are confident that the new constitution will pass in a public referendum and the TRT party will be disbanded. Former northern army head Gen Saprang Kalayanamitra, now [...]	2007-04-12 08:26:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS TH
07CHIANGMAI70	KAREN GROUPS SAY FIGHTING WON'T REACH REFUGEE CAMPS IN [...] (C/NF) Fighting along the Thai-Burma border is unlikely to spill into the Mae La refugee camp in Thailand's Tak province, according to the ethnic factions involved in recent clashes. Karen groups on both sides of the conflict share an interest in protecting the camp and other Karen settlements [...]	2007-04-18 10:31:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PREF TH BM
07CHIANGMAI76	LONG-NECK MINORITY GROUP CAUGHT IN REFUGEE AND CITIZENSHIP [...] Summary. Northern Thailand's large population of stateless people struggles with complex and ambiguous RTG residency policies, as evidenced by the dilemma of a small group of ethnic Padaung caught between the cracks. In recent months, NGOs have criticized RTG officials for denying a group of 50 [...]	2007-04-24 10:15:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF TH BM
07CHIANGMAI78	GROWING SUMMER WORK AND TRAVEL EXCHANGE PROGRAM RESHAPES [...] Summary. The explosive growth in the Student Work and Travel (SWT) program in Thailand has reshaped the way Consulate General Chiang Mai manages its visa workload and consular outreach strategies. SWT visa applications have quadrupled over the past three years to the point where they now accoun [...]	2007-04-25 09:19:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT OEXC SCUL TH
07CHIANGMAI85	KAREN GROUP SAYS SPDC REJECTED THAI ARMY OFFER TO NEGOTIATE [...] (C) Northern Thailand-based Burma exiles told the Consulate that Burma's ruling State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) recently rejected a Royal Thai Army (RTA) offer to negotiate a ceasefire with the Karen National Union (KNU). Sources said that representatives of a Thai special force [...]	2007-05-10 08:56:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS TH BM
07CHIANGMAI9	CHIANG RAI RATED "SUSPECT PROVINCE" [...] (U) Summary: Chiang Rai's Thai Rak Thai connections make it the "second most suspect province" in the country, according to the provincial police chief, who claimed that vigilance has prevented the school fires and bombs that have plagued other parts of the country. Meanwhile, leaflets that [...]	2007-01-17 03:35:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR TH
07CHIANGMAI92	NORTH KOREAN REFUGEE FLOW INTO THAILAND SURGES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The ever-increasing North Korean refugee flow into Thailand is disrupting the RTG's ability to handle the wave of those seeking to use Thailand as a conduit to resettlement in a third country. Many sources believe the new RTG plan to process resettlement cases with Republic of Kore [...]	2007-05-18 08:32:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	SECRET	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM TH KN CH
07CHIANGMAI93	ANTI-CNS RUMORS BOIL OVER IN NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Rumors of political undercurrents aligned against the Council for National Security (CNS) are percolating in northern Thailand, with northernmost Chiang Rai a hotspot for gossip on the machinations of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, his politically connected relatives, an [...]	2007-05-21 10:39:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
07COLOMBO1031	SRI LANKA: WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT SECRETARY ENGAGES [...] (C) Summary. On July 10, Charge and Poloff called on Secretary of the Ministry of Child Development and Women's SIPDIS Empowerment Indrani Sugathadasa to brief her on Sri Lanka's Tier 2 Watch List status and discuss Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) efforts to address trafficking of women and [...]	2007-07-25 06:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KWMN KPAO ELAB KCRM SOCI
07COLOMBO112	SRI LANKA: 1206 BOAT TRAINING TO SUPPORT [...] (U) Post supports PACOM's approval of $1.4 million to conduct boat training with the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) through 1206 FY07 funding. This initiative provides training and equipment necessary for the SLN to effectively conduct Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) operations off the coast of [...]	2007-01-19 09:03:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO1371	256TH SESSION OF THE COLOMBO PLAN COUNCIL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 27, 2007, The Colombo Plan Council convened for the 256th Session and discussed FY 2005/6 audited accounts, the 2006/7 draft annual report, a special paper on "Strategic Plan of The Colombo Plan 2025," and the needs assessment questionnaire. Ambassador Blake present [...]	2007-10-04 12:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR SOCI ECON EAID CE
07COLOMBO367	SRI LANKA: THE SEVENTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Mission's submission for the seventh annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Sri Lanka follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Reftel. Mission point of contact is poloff Anamika Chakravorty, telephone +94-11-249-8822, fax +94-11-249-8820. Paragraph 27: Sri Lanka Overvi [...]	2007-03-05 12:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD CE
07COLOMBO416	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY OUTLINES SIX-MONTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa told visiting SCA PDAS Steven Mann that the government was certain that the LTTE was not interested in a political solution to Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict. Nevertheless, he said, the government would try to reach out to the Tamil populations, [...]	2007-03-14 05:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO755	SRI LANKAN AMBASSADOR TO U.S. ALLEGES LTTE SOLD NORWEGIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the United States, Bernard Goonetilleke, stated in a May 17 radio interview that 130,000 Norwegian passports were in the hands of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),who were selling them to Middle Eastern terrorist groups. On May 21, the Norw [...]	2007-05-25 05:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS CE
07COLOMBO756	SRI LANKAN AMBASSADOR TO U.S. ALLEGES LTTE SOLD NORWEGIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the United States, Bernard Goonetilleke, stated in a May 17 radio interview that 130,000 Norwegian passports were in the hands of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),who were selling them to Middle Eastern terrorist groups. On May 21, the Norw [...]	2007-05-25 05:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS CE
07COLOMBO82	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2007 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-16 12:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
07COLOMBO836	INTERVIEW PANEL SELECTS MALAYSIAN CANDIDATE FOR NEXT [...] On Monday, June 11, the Colombo Plan Council Selection Panel, comprised of representatives from Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand, and the United States, met to interview candidates for the position of Colombo Plan Secretary General. The four candidates [...]	2007-06-13 02:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SNAR KJUS ASEC CE
07COLOMBO898	SRI LANKA REQUESTS U.S. HELP ON THAI EXTRADITION [...] (C) Further to a June 13 conversation the Ambassador had with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Bogollogama in which the Minister briefed on the GSL's efforts to work with partners in Southeast Asia to stop LTTE weapons procurement and transfer (reftel),Acting Foreign Secretary Maduwegedera contac [...]	2007-06-22 09:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PTER CE
07COLOMBO983	COLOMBO PLAN MONEY RETURNED [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-16 11:13:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL CE
07CONAKRY988	NEW AIRPORT IN THE WINGS FOR GUINEA? [...] (SBU) On August 29, Econoff met with Chief of the Air Transportation Division at the Guinean Ministry of Transportation, Sekou Oumar Thiam. M. Thaim confided that the Government has identified a site for a new international airport in Guinea. The location is south of Conakry, near Forecariah [...]	2007-08-31 06:33:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECIN EFIN ECON GV
07DHAKA1455	LEAHY VETTING FOR COUNTER-TERRORISM CONFERENCE IN [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Counter-Terrorism Conference to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, from September 18-20, 2007. Post vetting was completed on August 27, 2007. Post requests that vetting be complete [...]	2007-09-06 10:39:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
07DHAKA1882	FOOD SITUATION - CDA, A.I. MEETING WITH FOOD AND [...] (C) Summary: CDA a.i. and ADCM met with the top civilian officials of Bangladesh,s Ministry of Food and Disaster Management. They reviewed current food shortage statistics and causes. The GoB officials explained that without sufficient Government food stocks, open market prices for grain are [...]	2007-12-03 08:10:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON POL BG
07DHAKA195	2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - BANGLADESH [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-05 09:03:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV OPIC KTDB USTR BG
07DHAKA480	BANGLADESH'S FIRST CONFIRMED CASE OF AVIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 22, Bangladesh announced its first confirmed case of Avian Influenza (H5N1). The GOB has taken preliminary steps to address the avian influenza infection discovered at a commercial poultry farm north of Dhaka. With NO/NO human infection in Bangladesh and NO/NO additi [...]	2007-03-23 10:58:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO KFLU BG
07DHAKA654	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON CHIEF ADVISOR [...] (U) Ambassador Butenis and Econoff (note taker) met April 16 with Chief Advisor Fakhruddin Ahmed to discuss elections and political reform, governance, and anti-corruption. Fahim Munaim, Press Spokesman for the Chief Advisor, and Shahidul Islam, Director General Americas & Pacific Wing, Mi [...]	2007-04-18 09:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM BG
07DHAKA66	SENIOR MILITARY OFFICIAL DISCUSSES STATE OF [...] (S) Summary: A senior military official told the Ambassador the military approached President/Chief Advisor Iajuddin Ahmed to press him to declare a state of emergency and resign as Chief Advisor. The military moves were motivated both by UN statements that military participation in a one [...]	2007-01-12 10:07:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM BG
07DHAKA848	USARPAC COMMANDER BROWN'S MEETING WITH BANGLADESH [...] (C) Summary. In his meetings with COAS General Moeen and other senior Bangladeshi military officers, USARPAC Commander LTG Brown stressed the importance of returning Bangladesh to democratic, elected governance as soon as possible and noted the difficulties the Thai generals have encountered by [...]	2007-05-24 07:38:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PHUM PGOV BG
07DILI204	MANAGING PORTUGESE AND LUSOPHONE INTERESTS IN EAST TIMOR [...] (C/NF) Summary: As the international community grapples with how best to assist East Timor in re-establishing security, strengthening the public sector, and stimulating economic growth, one of the most delicate issues confronting the major players is how to manage Portuguese, Brazilian and ot [...]	2007-05-25 07:58:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID TT PO
07DILI61	RICE SHORTAGE: POLITICAL AND SECURITY IMPLICATIONS IN TIMOR [...] (U) Summary: A severe rice shortage in East Timor has caused both a dramatic increase in the price of rice and in many cases a total lack of availability at any cost. Although the UN has emphasized that the rice shortage does not translate into an overall food shortage, the immediate political [...]	2007-02-22 09:57:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR EAID ASEC CASC KPKO TT
07DOHA212	QATAR ESTABLISHING A TOURISM NICHE [...] (U) Summary. The acting Director General of the Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) told Emboffs that in developing a tourism sector, Qatar is not looking to become a mass-market destination like Dubai but is aiming to be a niche market for East to West travel. The government has dedicated USD 18 bi [...]	2007-02-26 09:32:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON QA
07DUSHANBE860	AFGHANS IN TAJIKISTAN -- READY FOR BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: While a common perception amongst Tajik officials and academics is that the Afghans are all poor, coming from a war-torn country with little education and healthcare, Afghan businessmen are surprisingly successful and growing wealthy in Tajikistan, and they have an equally dim vi [...]	2007-06-10 07:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV EAID TI AF
07GENEVA1057	JOINT U.S.-JAPAN MEETING WITH WHO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-30 05:31:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AORC
07GENEVA1060	WHO: Meeting on Options for Increasing the Access of [...] Summary. The World Health Organization (WHO) convened subject meeting April 25 to discuss strategies to expand access to influenza vaccines, including stockpiling options and increased vaccine production. Participants included representatives from donor countries, countries affected by the H5 [...]	2007-04-30 08:13:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AORC
07GENEVA1418	Amine Mohammad Al-Bakry, detainee - #40 in Geneva 2006 [...] Mission has received a communication from Leila Zerrougui, Chairperson-Rapporteur for the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention regarding the case of Amine Mohammad Al-Bakry, a Yemeni citizen, detained at the US Air Force Base of Baghram, Afghanistan. Letter dated 11 December 2006 referenced in [...]	2007-06-04 14:31:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC
07GUANGZHOU1049	South China Drug Makers Differ on Impact of Product Safety [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several pharmaceutical companies in South China appear to have taken steps to improve their quality assurance (QA) procedures and put them more in line with international standards. Product safety and integrity problems interestingly are reinforcing for Chinese companies the need [...]	2007-09-17 23:41:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU147	Nanning Activist Flees to Burma, Appears Safe for [...] (U) Classified by Consular Chief William Martin. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) On January 29, Nanning-based activist Li Xiaolong called Congenoff. Li, formerly of the Beijing group Empowerment and Rights Institute (reftel),said he had illegally crossed into Northeastern Burma, though the exact [...]	2007-02-02 08:16:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU485	Fuzhou - Fraud Capital of China - (1 of 2) A Detailed Look [...] (SBU) Summary: An analysis of the past year's immigrant visa statistics, discussions with other units and consulates, and a deluge of unsolicited tips still point to the Fuzhou area of Fujian province (Fuzhou, Changle, Mawei, Lianjiang, Fuqing, and Putian) as the capital of visa fraud and illeg [...]	2007-04-23 10:03:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT ASEC CVIS KFRD CH KCRM INL HSTC
07GUANGZHOU61	Going Mobile in Heyuan [...] (U) Summary: The northeastern Guangdong city of Heyuan was recently named by provincial authorities as a "Mobile Phone Manufacturing Base" - the first in the province. Discussion at December 2006 conference held at the Heyuan Hi-Tech Development Zone centered on the city's plans to become a c [...]	2007-01-12 05:47:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV CH

07GUANGZHOU681	Airline Expansion in South China [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rich and populous South China has become an air traffic hotspot. To win market share, airlines in the region are sharpening their competitive edge by opening new routes, buying more aircraft, and expanding cooperation with other airlines. As the Chinese Government deregulates [...]	2007-06-13 08:47:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON CH HK
07GUANGZHOU86	Hainan Province Q3 Economic Report [...] (U) SUMMARY: Hainan continued its strong growth in the first three quarters of 2006 with GDP growth of 12.1% - particularly in the manufacturing sector - exceeding the national growth rate of 10.7%. The completion of the Yangpu refinery boosted the island province's oil refining capability by [...]	2007-01-19 08:42:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ELAB CH
07GUANGZHOU862	Have You Heard? China Slashes VAT Refunds [...] (SBU) Summary: What's the impact on local companies in the region of the July 1 cut/elimination of export tax rebates on almost 3,000 products? Local companies are unanimous: the price of most goods imported from China just went up. Even so, foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) here are not c [...]	2007-07-30 08:15:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECIN EINV PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU946	Guangzhou -- A Hub for the Illegal Drug Trade [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an unusually candid late July meeting, senior provincial and municipal anti-drug officers briefed Poloff on the rising tide of drug trafficking in Guangdong Province. Centered on Guangzhou, growing numbers of foreign drug dealers and traffickers -- many from Africa and the Mid [...]	2007-08-23 08:04:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV CH
07HANOI1050	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - MORE HUMAN CASES UNDER [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) reports a second confirmed human case of highly pathologic H5N1 avian influenza (AI) since May 1 (reftel A and B). The media reports that two additional patients with severe respiratory illness are under investigation for AI at Hanoi's Bach Mai Hosp [...]	2007-06-04 10:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI1057	VIETNAM'S TRADE IN 2006: RAPID GROWTH IN LEAD UP TO WTO [...] (SBU) Summary: According to recently-released figures from the Government of Vietnam's General Statistics Office (GSO),Vietnam's 2006 trade increased 21.6 percent from 2005, reaching USD 84.02 billion. This growth reflects Vietnam's increasingly international economic policy orientation and e [...]	2007-06-05 09:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON KTEX VM
07HANOI1062	CPV GENERAL SECRETARY STOKES FRATERNAL TIES HALF A WORLD [...] (SBU) Vietnam's State-run press has characterized Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) General Secretary Nong Duc Manh's official visits to Venezuela and Cuba from May 30 to June 1 and June 1 to June 3, respectively, as "successes" that have enhanced Vietnam's "solidarity, friendship and traditiona [...]	2007-06-06 10:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI ETRD EPET ETTC VM CU VE
07HANOI1101	2007 TIP REPORT HANDED OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff delivered the Vietnam TIP report country narrative and Ref A talking points to the MFA on June 13. Our interlocutor was pleased that the USG acknowledged the GVN's progress on combating TIP during the reporting period, but disappointed that more details on the GVN's stron [...]	2007-06-13 10:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG KPAO VM
07HANOI1109	HANOI ARCHBISHOP PAINTS MIXED PICTURE ON GVN-CATHOLIC [...] (SBU) On June 13, Poloff met Hanoi Archbishop Ngo Quang Kiet to discuss GVN-Church relations. Unprompted, the Archbishop began by noting the GVN's arrests and trials of scores of political activists. He told Poloff it is hard to describe how his followers feel about this matter. On a positiv [...]	2007-06-14 08:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF VM
07HANOI1143	USG INTEREST TO ADMIT PHAN VAN BAN UNDER SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC [...] (SBU) I, Jonathan M. Aloisi, Charge d'Affaires, attest to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Visa Services that Mr. Phan Van Ban, designated a "prisoner of concern" by the U.S. Department of State, should be admitted to the United States under Significant Public Benefit Parole as quick [...]	2007-06-21 10:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI1147	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - MORE HUMAN CASES AND FIRST DEATHS [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) now reports a total of five confirmed human cases of highly pathologic H5N1 avian influenza A (AI) since May 1, including two deaths, the first since November 2005. There have been no associated cases among contacts and no common sources of infectio [...]	2007-06-22 09:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR KFLU VM
07HANOI1189	POOR TEST SCORES PROMPT CALLS FOR REFORM OF VIETNAM'S [...] (SBU) On June 17, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) released data showing that 320,000 students failed this year's high school graduation examinations. This year's pass rate was 25 percent lower than last year's. Some GVN officials have claimed that the lower pass rate this year i [...]	2007-06-29 08:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL SOCI PGOV EAID VM
07HANOI1197	NATIONAL ASSEMBLYMAN CORRUPTION CASE: BAD TIMING AND FEW [...] (SBU) On June 26, the Supreme People's Court of Appeals (SPCA) upheld the guilty verdict of Mac Kim Ton, a former National Assembly (NA) member and Director of the Thai Binh Provincial Education Department (TBED),for "abusing power in the conduct of his official duties." Ton had been found gu [...]	2007-07-02 09:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID ETRD ECPS PREL PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI1212	IPR IN VIETNAM - STRONG GVN WILL BUT WEAK ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 19-20 visit, USTR Director for Intellectual Property and Innovation Rachel Bae met with Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials to discuss IPR issues relating to Vietnam's commitments under the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) and Vietnam's accession to t [...]	2007-07-05 07:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON BEXP PGOV VM
07HANOI1261	NO SECURITY - NO BUSINESS: READOUT FROM JUNE 2007 APEC [...] (U) Summary: On June 14-15 in Hanoi, Vietnam, the United States and the Government of Vietnam hosted the follow-on Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) bioterrorism workshop to protect the food supply from deliberate contamination, in support of the APEC Food Defense initiative "Mitigating [...]	2007-07-17 09:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PTER APECO EAGR ETRD CA JA RS AS TH VM ID MY
07HANOI129	NORTHWEST DAM PROJECT "ON TRACK," WITH SOME FINE TUNING OF [...] (SBU) According to local media reports and Post contacts, the Son La Province hydropower dam project is on schedule, together with the resettlement of the 100,000 ethnic minorities whose villages are located behind the dam. The GVN denies that some resettled villagers have returned home, asser [...]	2007-01-23 07:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF ENRG ECON VM
07HANOI1300	DISSIDENTS, FAMILY MEMBERS REMAIN UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) Since May 2007, the GVN has released four high-profile political prisoners on our lists; nevertheless, many more remain sentenced to prison, detained without charges, missing, in exile in Cambodia, or under house arrest. Family members of some released or detained activists often live wit [...]	2007-07-24 17:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL VM
07HANOI1379	CHEVRON VIETNAM EXECUTIVES DISCUSS ENERGY PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary: Chevron Vietnam Ltd has been negotiating for several years with Vietnam's Ministry of Industry (MOI) and the state-owned energy firm, PetroVietnam, over the Malay-Tho Chu Basin Natural Gas Concession Project. Chevron seeks to extract and sell a portion of the gas into regional m [...]	2007-08-03 17:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON ENRG TRGY EINV ETRD VM
07HANOI1385	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL DINNER WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER LE [...] (SBU) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang and the Ambassador discussed a wide range of issues during a cordial August 3 dinner. The Ambassador used the occasion to underscore U.S. concerns concerned over governance and human rights, and raised the cases of imprisoned individuals eligibl [...]	2007-08-06 11:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV CONS KIRF ECON VM
07HANOI1390	TOP SECURITY OFFICIAL DISCUSSES DISSIDENTS, CHINA [...] (C) In a long, wide-ranging discussion August 2, Vice Minister of Public Security (MPS) Nguyen Van Huong, Vietnam's head of "general security" and intelligence gave his frank views on a broad range of key bilateral issues including political dissidents, prisoners and detainees, religious freed [...]	2007-08-06 15:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BM CM KIRF PGOV PHUM PINR PREL VM
07HANOI1461	HANOI ARCHBISHOP DISCUSSES CHURCH ISSUES WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) In an August 13 farewell call by the Ambassador, Hanoi Archbishop Ngo Quang Kiet praised the Ambassador's contribution to international religious freedom, noting in particular recent progress in northern Ha Giang Province. The Archbishop agreed with the Ambassador's assessment that much [...]	2007-08-14 16:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VM
07HANOI1463	UNHCR ON CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, STATELESS KHMERS [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-14 17:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CB VM
07HANOI150	PROTESTANTISM INCREASINGLY AN ETHNIC MINORITY RELIGION IN [...] (SBU) Historically, although most of northern Vietnam's small population of Protestants were made up of ethnic Vietnamese (Kinh) people, Protestant growth amongst remote ethnic minority populations over the past 20 years has changed the demographics of the northern church. Today, the vast majo [...]	2007-01-25 09:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF VM
07HANOI1681	NEWLY-APPOINTED DPM HAI NIXES GANNON PROJECT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a September 18 meeting with Ambassador Michalak, new Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Hoang Trung Hai said that U.S. power-producer Gannon would not receive a license to build a clean coal-fired plant in central Vietnam. Hai also asked the Ambassador to urge ConocoPhillips to [...]	2007-09-20 13:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM KIPR EAID VM
07HANOI1810	CRAWLING FROM THE WRECKAGE: VIETNAM'S DEADLY ROADWAYS [...] (U) Summary: Traffic accidents are Vietnam's unrecognized killers, leading to many more deaths than HIV/AIDS and avian influenza combined. As Vietnam has become increasingly prosperous, the number of motor vehicles, primarily motorbikes, on Vietnamese roads has skyrocketed. Large numbers of p [...]	2007-10-18 22:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ELTN VM
07HANOI1817	VIETNAM'S REGIONAL OVERVIEW: THE CENTER PLAYS CATCH-UP [...] (U) Summary: Central Vietnam understands that it needs to improve its competitiveness or risk falling further behind the booming urban clusters of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. A visit to three central provinces showed the difficulties in assembling the necessary components of a successful inve [...]	2007-10-19 10:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EIND EINV ETRD OTRA PGOV VM
07HANOI1849	USCIRF MEETING WITH VIETNAMESE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 08:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF VM
07HANOI1892	2007-2008 INCSR PART I -- VIETNAM [...] The following is Embassy Hanoi's submission for the narcotics section of the 2007-2008 INCSR. 2. Begin INCSR text: Vietnam I. Summary The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continued to make progress in its counternarcotics efforts during 2007. Specific actions included: sustained effor [...]	2007-11-06 00:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR VM
07HANOI1924	UPDATE OF SERIOUS ACUTE DIARRHEA OUTBREAK IN NORTHERN [...] (SBU) Summary. Vietnam's acute diarrhea outbreak expanded from 11 to 14 provinces and municipalities throughout northern Vietnam over the past week, with many victims testing positive for cholera. However, informal information from one of Hanoi's major referral centers indicates the epidemic m [...]	2007-11-13 04:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR VM
07HANOI1932	GVN LEADERS URGE BURMA'S PM TO PURSUE RECONCILIATION; [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 9, Burma's Prime Minister Thein Sein arrived in Hanoi for introductory meetings with GVN leaders. According to Vietnamese officials, PM Sein's message focused on the Burma regime's cooperation with the UN, its progress on restoring order and its plans to transition t [...]	2007-11-14 07:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL BM VM
07HANOI1966	SCENESETTER FOR ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR [...] (SBU) Acting Assistant Secretary Mull: Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Hanoi. Your visit will be an important contribution to the growing U.S.-Vietnam relationship, especially in advance of Vietnam taking its seat on the UNSC next year. Your visit comes on the heels of Novem [...]	2007-11-20 07:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM
07HANOI1969	AMBASSADOR EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN OVER ARREST OF AMCIT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-20 11:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CASC VM
07HANOI2012	VIETNAM STRUGGLES TO ENSURE FOOD SAFETY IN ITS DOMESTIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent media reports of contaminated foods in the marketplace have drawn public attention to Vietnam's struggle to improve its domestic food safety controls. Vegetables, fruits, and animal products contaminated with toxins are common in Vietnam and the number of food poisoning [...]	2007-11-29 06:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD SENV TBIO EFIN VM
07HANOI2045	OOG'S CHAIRMAN LAYS OUT HIS AGENDA IN THE U.S. IN MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 5 meeting with the Ambassador, the head of the Vietnamese delegation to the TIFA talks in Washington, Office of the Government Chairman Nguyen Xuan Phuc, said that the GVN's top priority would be to overturn the apparel exports monitoring mechanism run by the Comme [...]	2007-12-05 10:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV KTEX PHUM VM
07HANOI2051	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY COMMANDER, UNITED STATES [...] (SBU) Admiral, your visit to Vietnam is well timed to complement the successes of recent trips by other senior civilian and military leaders and will be an important contribution to the growing U.S.-Vietnam relationship, especially in advance of Vietnam taking its seat on the UNSC next year. [...]	2007-12-07 04:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MOPS PHSA VM
07HANOI233	AUSTR BARBARA WEISEL DISCUSSES MOVING TRADE RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 1 meeting with Vice Minister of Trade Luong Van Tu, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (AUSTR) Barbara Weisel expressed the United States' strong interest in building upon the current momentum in our bilateral trade relations. VM Tu reacted positively to AUSTR Wei [...]	2007-02-05 10:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KTEX USTR VM
07HANOI260	VIETNAM CONSIDERING CAPITAL CONTROLS [...] (SBU) Summary. Rumors have surfaced that the Prime Minister is considering the imposition of capital controls as a measure to cooling off the overheated stock market. A contact in the State Securities Commission explained why that agency is opposed to the idea. The Citibank Country Officer fo [...]	2007-02-09 11:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV VM
07HANOI286	PRM A/S SAUERBREY DISCUSSES REFUGEES, RESETTLEMENT WITH MFA [...] (SBU) On February 5, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration Ellen Sauerbrey met with MFA Assistant Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and MFA Consular Department Deputy Director General Nguyen Minh Vu in separate meetings. During the meeting with AFM Minh, A/S Sauerbr [...]	2007-02-14 09:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF VM
07HANOI288	PRM A/S SAUERBREY MEETS WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN [...] (SBU) On February 5, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration Ellen Sauerbrey met separately with representatives of UNHCR and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Hanoi. In her UNHCR meeting, UNHCR officials discussed in familiar terms the organizat [...]	2007-02-14 10:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF KWMN SOCI VM CB
07HANOI290	TREASURY LETTER DELIVERED ON CAPITAL CONTROLS [...] (SBU) Summary. While no senior Vietnamese officials were willing to talk on the phone with Treasury about capital controls, a cooperative Office of Government official was amenable to receiving written comments. Embassy delivered a letter from Treasury DAS Dohner to Mr. Hung that discussed t [...]	2007-02-14 10:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV VM
07HANOI301	UNHCR ADDRESSES STATELESSNESS IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) In a February 12 meeting with the Charge, UNHCR Regional Representative for Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Hasim Utkan and UNHCR colleagues described their ongoing efforts to work with the GVN to resolve the situation facing several thousand stateless ethnic Cambodians, resident in [...]	2007-02-15 10:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR PREF CB VM
07HANOI310	USG OFFICIALS DISCUSS TIFA, IPR AND TRADE IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials from USTR and the Department of Commerce discussed a range of current trade issues with Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials during a Febrary 6-9 visit to Hanoi, including: a potential Tade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA); itellectual property rights (IPR) e [...]	2007-02-22 06:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ECPS KIPR EAGR USTR VM
07HANOI370	VIETNAM TOURISM BOOMS, BUT "HIDDEN CHARM" UNDER THREAT [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's tourism industry is set to boom in the coming years, with Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials expecting the number of foreign tourists to rise roughly 15 percent annually from 3.6 million in 2006 to 6 million by 2010. Despite the positive trend, tourist industry exec [...]	2007-02-28 04:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ECON EINV ETRD VM
07HANOI404	VIETNAM SUPPORTS MAINTAINING ITA DUTY-FREE COVERAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 1 meeting, the Ministry of Trade's (MOT) Multilateral Trade Policy Department Deputy Director General, Luong Hoang Thai, expressed support for the U.S. position on maintaining duty-free coverage of information technology (IT) products covered under the World Trade Orga [...]	2007-03-02 07:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO VM
07HANOI599	GVN READY TO MOVE ON PHAM VAN BAN [...] (SBU) This is an action cable. See paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) On March 29, MFA Consular Department Director General Bui Dinh Dzinh called in the CDA to confirm that Vietnam will facilitate the USG request that Phan Van Ban be released and is ready to move forward. In order to facilitate the "co [...]	2007-03-28 11:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINS VM CVIS
07HANOI684	LIKELY MFA RESHUFFLE WOULD SEND NEW AMBASSADOR TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy contacts are suggesting that the MFA's leadership will soon undergo a reshuffle, probably in May. If these reports bear out, three current vice foreign ministers will become ambassadors in Washington, Beijing and Tokyo, and high-level responsibility for the U.S. portfol [...]	2007-04-11 10:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI687	UPDATE ON OUTBREAK COMMUNICATION STRATEGY IN VIETNAM AVIAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam (GVN) has a comprehensive prevention and control approach for avian and pandemic influenza (AI) based on a national surveillance system in the developing world context. The approach integrates both animal and human health sectors. The GVN leader [...]	2007-04-12 00:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU KPAO SENV OCII AJ CB CA CH EG IN ID LA MX
07HANOI725	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - SPORADIC ANIMAL OUTBREAKS [...] (U) Summary: Since mid-February, sporadic outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) have occurred in isolated poultry flocks. The outbreaks have been readily controlled by the Government of Vietnam (GVN). No human cases were found. Local media reports that the 2007 poultry vaccination program i [...]	2007-04-18 11:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI816	HOW ECONOMIC DECISIONS GET MADE IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: In place since June of 2006, Vietnam's Prime Minister and his deputy have taken greater control of economic policy and its implementation, increasingly dominating the traditional consensus decision-making process of the Politburo. While Hanoi-based economists state that the Commu [...]	2007-05-04 10:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTRO PREL PGOV VM
07HANOI888	GVN WANTS TO NEGOTIATE ON PEACE CORPS; STICKING POINTS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: EconCouns met with officials of the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on May 14, 2006, to obtain an update on the Government of Vietnam's (GVN's) intentions on the esta [...]	2007-05-15 08:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EAID VM
07HANOI90	GVN REPORTEDLY DOES NOT WANT U.S. RESETTLEMENT FOR [...] (C) Summary: According to UNHCR, the GVN does not object to the third-country resettlement of the 42 Vietnamese Hmong in Thailand. However, the GVN has caveated its position by requesting that UNHCR not resettle the Hmong in the United States for fear of creating a draw for more Hmong to leav [...]	2007-01-16 08:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF TH LA VM
07HANOI921	VIETNAMESE GO TO THE POLLS ON MAY 20 [...] (SBU) After an extensive vetting process, the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) approved 880 candidates to contest 500 seats in the May 20 National Assembly (NA) elections. In spite of the Party touting early on that "many more" independent (non-Communist Party) candidates would run this time a [...]	2007-05-18 10:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PREL CH VM
07HANOI923	APEC Workshop, Implementation Action Plan on Influenza [...] (U) Summary: Representatives from APEC member economies, the U.N. Systems Influenza Coordinator, the World Health Organization, the UNDP-supported Partnership for Avian and Human Influenza (Vietnam),and the Asian Development Bank met May 7 and 8 in Hanoi to discuss progress and future directio [...]	2007-05-18 10:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ECIN KFLU APECO PINR SOCI VM
07HANOI945	MICROSOFT SIGNS LANDMARK SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 21, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung witnessed the signing of a multi-faceted agreement committing all GVN agencies to use licensed software. For its part, Microsoft will increase its investment to develop Vietnam's information a [...]	2007-05-22 10:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD ECPS VM
07HARARE879	SANCTIONS II: SDN IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION [...] (C) This cable provides a comprehensive listing of all the material post has developed on our sanctions targets, including the updating of material in reftel. Efforts to obtain biographical information on the below-listed individuals have included: --Consular Section reviewed visa files at P [...]	2007-09-28 09:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HARARE883	SANCTIONS II: SDN IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION [...] (C) This cable provides a comprehensive listing of all the material post has developed on our sanctions targets, including the updating of material in reftel. Efforts to obtain biographical information on the below-listed individuals have included: --Consular Section reviewed visa files at P [...]	2007-10-01 10:08:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	PREL PGOV ZI
07HELSINKI122	FINLAND: 2007 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The following responses are keyed to the checklist in ref A. Post's point-of-contact on TIP is Political Officer David Allen Schlaefer; SchlaeferDA2@state.gov; 358-9-6162-5482 or 358-050-322-7923. Overview of Trafficking in Finland ---------------------------------- 2. (SBU) [...]	2007-02-23 06:14:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FI
07HELSINKI746	FINNISH RESPONSE: KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE BURMESE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-03 08:08:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BM FI
07HOCHIMINHCITY10	AVIAN INFLUENZA: POULTRY OUTBREAKS CONTINUE, SUSPECTED HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past 3 weeks, highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza (AI) has been detected in poultry in 12 districts in four of the southern most provinces of Vietnam?s Mekong Delta. Over 9,000 birds have died from AI and over 24,000 have been culled since the disease first reappear [...]	2007-01-04 09:17:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1015	VIETNAM IN-COUNTRY PRIORITY ONE REFERRAL [...] (C/NF) Summary: Mission's P-1 Referral Committee has completed consideration of five possible Priority One (P-1) applicants and is referring two to PRM for consideration. Truong Van Duc is a long-time Hoa Hao leader and has spent much of his life in detention. His outspoken, but non- violent, [...]	2007-10-02 08:44:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PHUM SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY1079	AUGUST VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM (HO CHI MINH CITY SENIOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Eight senior editors from Ho Chi Minh City newspapers, along with a senior official from the Ho Chi Minh City Journalists Association, recently returned from a highly successful, albeit rare, opportunity to participate in a USG exchange program. As Vietnam's largest media center [...]	2007-10-22 06:42:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OEXC PREL ASEC SCUL VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY143	(C) VIETNAM CONSIDERS CAPITAL CONTROLS TO SLOW SOARING STOCK [...] (C) Summary: The skyrocketing Saigon Stock Exchange has gone ballistic since President Bush visited the trading floor in November. The investment frenzy has boosted the Vietnam Stock Exchange Index by about 80 percent since the President's visit, with 44 percent appreciation since January 1. [...]	2007-02-09 10:10:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY164	SENIOR OFFICIAL DISCUSSES TERRORISM CONCERNS [...] (S/NF) GVN and Communist Party advisor Vo Viet Thanh told Poloff that the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) is concerned about what it sees as new external efforts to radicalize Vietnam's Muslim community. (Numbering between 50 and 80 thousand, Vietnam's Muslims are centered in the coastal pr [...]	2007-02-15 09:14:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PINR CH CB LA VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY224	DO NAM HAI: LAST OF THE 8406 BLOC DISSIDENTS? [...] Summary: Do Nam Hai, co-founder of the dissident 8406 Bloc (which calls for peaceful political change in Vietnam),told us that he has been under de facto house arrest since about the time police intensified their actions against 8406 co-leader Father Nguyen Van Ly in Hue. Hai has no intentio [...]	2007-03-09 12:26:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY471	VIETNAM ECONOMIC FORUM 2007: VIETNAM?S NEIGHBORS TAKE THE [...] (U) A recent investment forum hosted by the GVN in Ho Chi Minh City highlighted the importance Vietnam places on regional investors. The Vietnam Economic Forum, hosted by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI),in conjunction with the Vietnam News Agency and Asia News Network, was held [...]	2007-04-27 02:20:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD BTIO EINV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY489	ARREST AND DEFROCKING OF ETHNIC KHMER BUDDHIST MONKS IN THE [...] (C) Post has confirmed recent incidents of detention and/or defrocking of ethnic Khmer Buddhist monks in two Mekong Delta provinces, despite official denials (Ref B). Venerable Tang No, head monk of Kleang pagoda in Soc Trang (strictly protect),confirmed to us in early May that three monks -- [...]	2007-05-08 07:56:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI PINR VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY622	ETHNIC CHINESE IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM: A PRIMER [...] (SBU) Summary: The ethnic Chinese community is Vietnam's most influential and affluent minority group. Accounting for no more than two percent of Vietnam's population, the ethnic Chinese -- concentrated in HCMC and the Mekong Delta -- are responsible for generating roughly 10 percent of the n [...]	2007-06-13 06:51:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON CH VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY75	DANANG: WANNABE NUMBER ONE IN CENTRAL VIETNAM [...] (C) Summary: Danang, a deep-water seaport and largest city in central Vietnam, has nonetheless failed to become the acknowledged leader in that region. In discussing Danang's status with the DCM during his recent visit, People's Committee Chairman Tran Van Minh apparently criticized the appr [...]	2007-01-22 10:06:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PREL KIRF ECON KIPR ETRD VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY817	AMBASSADOR AND USS PELELIU BID FAREWELL TO CENTRAL VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Marine traveled to Danang on July 24-25 to attend closing activities related to the USS Peleliu's ten-day Pacific Partnership humanitarian mission to Vietnam. On the same visit, the Ambassador paid farewell calls on Tran Van Minh, Chairman of the Danang City People's C [...]	2007-08-03 06:58:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY921	EWEC CONFERENCE PROVIDES VENUE FOR PRESS TO QUESTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. One of the most interesting developments at a recent Vietnamese-hosted conference to promote the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) linking Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Burma was not so much the keynote address from Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem to the 500 inter [...]	2007-09-05 08:07:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ELNT VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY936	PROFILES OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROGRAMS IN SOUTHERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Women's Union officials in Ho Chi Minh City, An Giang, and Can Tho provinces report that GVN anti-TIP efforts under the GVN National Program of Action are generally uniformly implemented, but the resources made available to the different provinces are not. Meanwhile, NGOs AFESIP [...]	2007-09-11 08:52:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KTIP ELAB KWMN VM
07HONGKONG1177	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-01 03:13:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG1729	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-28 02:52:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP ETRD ETTC HK
07HONGKONG1982	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: CONCORD CARNIVAL HOLDINGS [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-30 07:03:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07HONGKONG583	2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: MACAU [...] (SBU) Per ref A, the following are post's contributions to the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons report for the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) of the People's Republic of China. (Note: Per instructions, subheadings, questions, and paragraph letters correspond to those in par [...]	2007-03-01 10:00:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC ELAB PHUM PINR PGOV PREF
07IRANRPODUBAI27	IRAN: HANDING DRUG CONTROL TO THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-23 16:05:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	IR PGOV PINR SNAR PREL
07IRANRPODUBAI28	IRAN CONVICTS ECONOMIST FOR ACCEPTING FOREIGN FUNDING [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 12:45:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL SCUL IR
07ISLAMABAD2530	SUBMISSION OF G/TIP PROPOSALS -- PAKISTAN [...] SUMMARY: Following are summaries of three anti-trafficking in persons proposals received by Embassy Islamabad for consideration for funding from G/TIP-managed FY07 funds to strengthen Pakistan's efforts in combating trafficking in persons. As requested, post forwarded the original proposals t [...]	2007-06-07 05:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PK
07JAKARTA1075	INDONESIA'S SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES: HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: The Army Special Operations Forces (KOPASSUS) of Indonesia's Armed Forces (TNI) remains outside the ambit of U.S.-Indonesian military-to-military cooperation. This message reviews its progress on the critical issue of human rights and provides an update on current Mission Jakart [...]	2007-04-16 10:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PHUM MOPS ID
07JAKARTA1107	INDONESIA-MIXED PICTURE ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia,s Financial Transactions Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) is receiving more suspicious transaction reports (STRs) than ever before, but the number of prosecutions remains low, at under 10% of cases referred to law enforcement. The Foreign Ministry (DEPLU) admitted [...]	2007-04-20 03:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1191	INDONESIA- APRIL 27 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. During the week of April 24, a World Health Organization (WHO) team assessed qualifications of the National Institute for Health Research Development (NIHRD) and the Eijkman Institute as potential WHO collaborating centers. During the NIHRD assessment, Dr. Triono Soendoro, NIHRD [...]	2007-04-29 22:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1566	INDONESIA AND SINGAPORE SIGN BILATERAL AGREEMENTS [...] (U) Summary: The bilateral Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) and Extradition Treaty (ET) signed by Indonesia and Singapore on April 27 achieve long-sought objectives and potentially will sustain that cooperation over the next 25 years. Strategically paired from the beginning to balance res [...]	2007-06-06 10:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KJUS ID
07JAKARTA1580	A/S HILL DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA AND KOSOVO WITH [...] (C) Summary: On May 29, A/S Hill and Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Dino Djalal discussed North Korea, Kosovo, Lebanon, Iran, Thailand, the Indonesian mud flow problem, the Newmont case, military cooperation, the Yudhoyono administration, and economic growth. Djalal said if the U.S. is [...]	2007-06-07 10:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	BM ID KN LE PGOV PREL
07JAKARTA1625	A/S HILL MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT KALLA [...] (C) Summary: Visiting EAP Assistant Secretary Hill focused on economic issues in his May meeting with Vice President Jusuf Kalla. Hill praised Indonesia for its new investment law, but urged Indonesia to do more to attract foreign investment, as Vietnam is doing. Hill also raised the Newmon [...]	2007-06-12 05:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV KTFN PREL PTER EINV ID
07JAKARTA1646	WAHID INSTITUTE, WIESENTHAL CENTER CO-HOST [...] (U) On June 12, the Wahid Institute, an Indonesian non-governmental organization (NGO) founded by former president Abdurrahman Wahid (aka Gus Dur),co-sponsored a one-day conference in Bali on "Tolerance between Religions: A Blessing for All Creation" with the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Museum [...]	2007-06-13 10:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KISL ID
07JAKARTA1672	WEST KALIMANTAN - DWINDLING FORESTS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: West Kalimantan's abundant forest and fresh water resources are under threat from logging and plantation companies, though the government has recently cracked down on some illegal loggers. The majority of tribal peoples in the province rely on forest resources for a livelihood [...]	2007-06-15 10:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID ECON TBIO ENRG ID
07JAKARTA1859	NEW HIGH SECURITY PRISON HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. A brand new "super-maximum security" prison on Nusa Kambangan Island in Central Java highlights the deficiencies of Indonesia's prison system. The new prison exhibits security and prisoner management systems that are sorely lacking in most Indonesian prisons where overcrowding [...]	2007-07-09 09:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA2095	Indonesia's Coal Output Increases In 2006 [...] Summary. During 2006 Indonesian coal production and exports increased 3.6% and 8.2%, respectively. According to unofficial statistics, Indonesia passed Australia in early 2007 to become the world's leading exporter of thermal coal, which is used mainly for power generation. Indonesian coal exp [...]	2007-08-03 06:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ENRG EINV PREL ID
07JAKARTA2182	INDONESIA - AUGUST 10 AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. An Avian Influenza Action Group (AIAG) funded Avian Influenza (AI) documentary aired on Indonesian television on July 14. The CDC acquired draft quarterly reports from NIHRD covering the past three fiscal quarters. A new CDC senior medical epidemiologist arrived at post on Augus [...]	2007-08-10 09:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2185	THE PEACE CORPS IN INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Dear Director Tschetter, I want to thank you personally for sending the superb Peace Corps Assessment Team here to Indonesia last February. The Team was able to travel through six provinces over two weeks and meet a wide variety of local leaders, international volunteers, and government [...]	2007-08-10 09:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ID
07JAKARTA2234	CAPITAL FLOW VOLATILITY EXPECTED TO INCREASE, FEW PREDICT [...] (SBU) Summary: At a two-day seminar in Singapore sponsored by Standard and Poor's and the Malaysian Rating Agency, regional financial analysts and economists predicted that capital flows in to the region would continue to be large, but may become more volatile as investors' risk appetites shift [...]	2007-08-16 06:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID SN
07JAKARTA2264	INDONESIA AGREES TO ASSIST THAILAND REGARDING [...] (C) Summary: Contacts have confirmed that the Thai government has sought GOI assistance regarding the conflict in southern Thailand. Thai military chief Gen. Sonthi Boonyaratglin raised the matter during his August 8 visit to Jakarta. Leveraging its experience in ending ethnic conflict, gai [...]	2007-08-20 10:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ID TH
07JAKARTA2317	INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: MAY - JULY 2007 [...] Summary: The Ministry of Forestry (MOF) signed a letter of intent with the Zoological Parks Authority of the Government of Western Australia on May 21 to cooperate on wildlife conservation. On May 21-24, Indonesia hosted the second meeting of the ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network (WEN) program [...]	2007-08-24 05:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
07JAKARTA2348	ISLAMIC LEADER DESIRES CLOSE TIES WITH U.S.; [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Hume on August 24 paid a courtesy call on Din Syamsuddin, chairman of Muhammadiyah, Indonesia's second-largest mass-Muslim organization. Syamsuddin emphasized his desire for continued dialogue with the USG and outlined his preferred "inclusive8 approach for dealing wi [...]	2007-08-27 09:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL ID TH RP
07JAKARTA2737	INDONESIA REACTS, SPURRED ON BY REGIME'S BLOODY [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Wirajuda broke the government's silence on Burmese events, calling September 26 for the regime to exercise restraint and noting that the matter will be discussed in the ASEAN context. Mission continues to press the GOI to use all levers available to try to pressure the regime [...]	2007-09-27 10:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ID BM KPAO
07JAKARTA278	INTERIM BILATERAL DEFENSE DIALOGUE EXPANDS [...] (U) Summary: An interim session of the annual U.S.-Indonesian Bilateral Defense Dialogue (BDD) in Jakarta on January 30-31 reached agreement on several important additions to the FY2007 agenda. Those included a multi-tiered set of exercises on humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (HA/DR) [...]	2007-02-01 09:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL ID
07JAKARTA2855	INDONESIA/BURMA -- ACTIVISTS CALL FOR REGION-WIDE [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see Para 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY -- Indonesian civil society activists concerned about Burma met with Emboffs at the DCM's Residence, October 5. A/DCM and Pol/C reviewed USG Burma policy, underscoring our strong support for civil society efforts in favor [...]	2007-10-10 09:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID BM EAID PHUM
07JAKARTA2917	BURMA -- URGING INDONESIA TO SUPPORT GAMBARI'S [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed Ref A points with GOI officials. They expressed full support for UN Special Envoy Gambari's efforts and said Indonesia is examining steps meant to facilitate his mission. As part of his SE Asia trip, [...]	2007-10-16 10:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA2960	ASEAN SECRETARIAT UPDATE ON BURMA AND CHARTER [...] (SBU) Embassy met with Dhannan Sunoto, Principal Director of the ASEAN Secretariat's Bureau for External Relations, on October 22 to discuss the situation in Burma and the latest status of the ASEAN Charter. UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari had met with ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong on [...]	2007-10-23 05:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PHUM PREL PGV KDEM ID BM
07JAKARTA2990	DEFENSE COOPERATION -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S.-Indonesian military-to-military relationship has reached an important phase. Both sides need to discuss how they see this relationship developing. The October 29-November 3 CHODS conference in Hawaii provides Admiral Keating with an ideal opportunity to engage Panglima [...]	2007-10-25 10:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ID

07JAKARTA3006	COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES -- INDONESIA MIGHT ATTEND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI is thinking about sending a senior-level representative to participate in the upcoming Community of Democracies meeting in Bamako. Indonesia--at this point--seems disinclined to join the USG's Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership initiative. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) DepPo [...]	2007-10-26 10:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ID ML
07JAKARTA3035	USABC SEEKS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN JAKARTA [...] (SBU) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and seven cabinet ministers told a U.S.-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) delegation that Indonesia desires closer business and investment ties with U.S. companies. The five-day trade mission to Jakarta ran from October 22 - 26. Vice Presi [...]	2007-10-31 06:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ENRG ETRD EFIN PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3044	WAYS FORWARD ON THE BURMA ISSUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Michael Vatikiotis of the Henry Dumont Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue offered ideas on moving the Burma situation forward, after discussions with leaders in the region, including Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda. Vatikiotis said it was important that ASEAN unanimously ratif [...]	2007-10-31 11:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV XC BM ID
07JAKARTA3089	NORTH MALUKU -- GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION MIRED IN [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On November 3, North Maluku province in Eastern Indonesia conducted its first-ever direct gubernatorial election. According to poloff who was on the scene, voting took place in a peaceful and orderly fashion despi [...]	2007-11-06 10:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA309	INDONESIA RIDES THE COMMODITIES BOOM [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia's exports soared for the first time to over $100 billion in 2006, underpinning respectable gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 5.5% for the year. A 19% rise in non-oil and gas exports, particularly commodities, over the first 11 months of 2006 drove the country's st [...]	2007-02-06 07:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA31	INDONESIA - POVERTY RISES DESPITE SOUND MACROECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. In an embarrassment for the Yudhoyono Administration, the incidence of poverty in Indonesia has risen over the past year from 16 to almost 18 percent despite the return of macroeconomic stability and GDP growth rates above five percent. Most analysts attribute the increase in po [...]	2007-01-05 07:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON ETRD ID
07JAKARTA3121	NORTH MALUKU -- ELECTION SPARKS CONCERN ABOUT [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: North Maluku Province in eastern Indonesia continues to await final results from its first-ever direct gubernatorial election. The local electoral commission has announced that it will not release final results unt [...]	2007-11-09 08:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA3140	INDONESIA - INCSR II, MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL [...] This report responds to reftel request for an anti-money laundering and financial crimes update for INCSR II. Background and Overview ----------------------- 2. Although neither a regional financial center nor an offshore financial haven, Indonesia is vulnerable to money laundering and t [...]	2007-11-13 08:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR ID
07JAKARTA3146	TIP -- COOPERATION WITH THE FRENCH AGAINST [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Justice International Criminal Investigation Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) Indonesia collaborated recently with the French Embassy on a regional seminar entitled "Fi [...]	2007-11-13 10:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN ID FR XC
07JAKARTA3163	SEMARANG - SPECIAL DETACHMENT 88 [...] (C) RSO and DS/ATA Country Manager visited the Special Detachment (SD) 88 in Semarang, the Indonesian National Police (INP) anti-terrorism training center in Plantina and the Jakarta Center for Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC) from 10/30 - 10/31. The main purpose of the visit was to inspe [...]	2007-11-15 06:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS ID KPAO
07JAKARTA3181	COUNTERNARCOTICS STRATEGY REPORT (INSCR) PART II: [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia--the fourth largest country in population in the world--has historically has not been considered a major drug producing, consuming or transit country. However, in recent years Indones [...]	2007-11-16 07:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SNAR AFIN PREL ID
07JAKARTA3185	INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: AUGUST - OCTOBER 2007 [...] Summary: The Indonesian Supreme Court hosted a judiciary workshop on wildlife crime and prosecution under the ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network (WEN) program in August. The Vice Governor of Jakarta announced on September 27 that Jakarta could potentially receive $2 million in funding from dev [...]	2007-11-16 09:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
07JAKARTA3201	ASEAN SUMMIT/BURMA -- INDONESIA MUDDLING THROUGH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian officials support allowing the Burmese regime to sign the ASEAN Charter during the upcoming Summit in Singapore. The GOI continues to support UN Envoy Gambari's mission and believes he could play a role in the East Asia Summit on November 21. The ASEAN Secretariat--w [...]	2007-11-19 10:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID BM
07JAKARTA3224	NORTH MALUKU -- JAKARTA INTERVENES TO RESOLVE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The National Electoral Commission (KPU) has overturned the result of the gubernatorial election in North Maluku province in eastern Indonesia and suspended three members of the local electoral body (KPUD). The loca [...]	2007-11-21 09:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA3236	NORTH MALUKU -- WINNER NAMED IN ELECTION; ETHNIC [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Three days after overturning the result of the gubernatorial election in North Maluku province in Eastern Indonesia, the National Electoral Commission (KPU) handed victory to opposition candidate Abdul Gafu [...]	2007-11-23 08:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC ID
07JAKARTA3264	ASEAN SECRETARIAT'S POST-SUMMIT READOUT [...] (SBU) Summary. In an ASEAN Summit debrief, Secretariat officials stated that the member countries were frustrated that the press focused too much on ASEAN's handling of Burma, taking attention away from the historic importance of the Charter signing. Dhannan Sunoto, Director of the Secretaria [...]	2007-11-28 06:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ID BM
07JAKARTA3323	Coal Update-Blue Skies for Black Coal in Indonesia [...] Summary. Indonesian coal producers are enjoying boom times thanks to high global prices driven mainly China's new net importer status. Production is tipped to rise a modest three percent, however. With bench mark prices up 64 percent this year and global supplies tight, international coal buy [...]	2007-12-05 10:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ENRG EINV PREL ID
07JAKARTA390	USITC ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATION ON POLYESTER STAPLE FIBER [...] Summary: This cable responds to reftel request for Indonesia industry-wide information related to certain polyester staple fiber. End Summary. 2. Post obtained information and data contained in para 4 through the Indonesian Synthetic Fiber Production Association (ISFPA) and through pub [...]	2007-02-14 01:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON ID
07JAKARTA429	WIRAJUDA RAISES BURMA, MIDEAST IN AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) Summary. During the Ambassador's farewell call on February 13, Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda said he was pressing ASEAN to form a three-country "troika" (Indonesia, the Philippines, and Singapore) to re-engage Burma. The Ambassador questioned the efficacy of ASEAN's dialogue with [...]	2007-02-16 06:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEAN XF BM ID
07JAKARTA507	BURMA-INDONESIA JOINT COMMISSION MEETS IN JAKARTA [...] (C) Summary. After three postponements, the Burma-Indonesia Joint Commission met in Jakarta on February 14 - 15. The Commission agreed to develop bilateral cooperation in sectors including commerce and trade, forestry, tourism, law enforcement, culture, and education, but more detailed agr [...]	2007-02-23 09:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEAN BM ID
07JAKARTA63	INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS DECEMBER [...] Summary. The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced on January 2, 2007 that December inflation rose to 1.21% month-on-month (MoM),mainly due to higher rice prices. On January 4, Bank Indonesia (BI) cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points (bps) to 9.5%, a signal that the bank [...]	2007-01-09 08:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA660	DEFENDERS OF THE FAITHFUL: DEWAN DAKWAH ISLAMIYAH [...] (C) Summary. On February 22, we met with the Executive Board of Dewan Dakwah Islamiyah Indonesia (DDII),a historically important hard-line Islamist group whose charitable wing, KOMPAK, has been linked to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI). DDII, which has a reputation for being anti-West, anti-Semitic a [...]	2007-03-08 00:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KISL PREL SOCI ID
07JAKARTA688	Yogyakarta Earthquake: Economic Recovery Rapid, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The May 2006 earthquake that shook Yogyakarta and surrounding areas caused $2-3 billion of damage and destroyed over 33,000 businesses, mostly small and medium enterprises (SMEs). ConGen Surabaya visited the affected areas on February 12-13, 2007 and met regional economic and bu [...]	2007-03-09 08:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAID PGOV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA699	INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-12 02:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA701	INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-12 02:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA726	DAS JOHN'S MEETING WITH DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Director General for Defense Strategy BG Dadi Susanto told EAP DAS Eric John March 7 that defense spending was still below the Indonesian military's (TNI) needs but was the government's second-highest priority after education; that the TNI was satisfied with the pace of military-t [...]	2007-03-14 00:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV PHUM ID
07JAKARTA727	DAS JOHN ENGAGES PARLIAMENTARIANS AND GOI ON BURMA [...] (C) During a March 6-10 visit to Jakarta, EAP DAS Eric John discussed Burma with members of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) Caucus on Burma and, in a separate meeting, with GOI Secretary General for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Imron Cotan. DAS John emphasized that Indonesia' [...]	2007-03-14 00:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KISL UNSC BM ID
07JAKARTA739	DAS JOHN'S MEETINGS WITH THE ASEAN SECGEN, FOREIGN [...] (C) During a March 6-10 visit to Jakarta, EAP DAS Eric John called on Imron Cotan, Secretary General of Indonesia's Department of Foreign Affairs, ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong, and Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Dino Djalal. On March 7, Cotan welcomed DAS John's proposal to inte [...]	2007-03-14 23:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEAN PREL PGOV KPAL KISL AORC ID
07JAKARTA854	ENGAGING INDONESIA ON BIOFUELS POLICY [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 17. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) is continuing its ambitious 5 year, multi-billion dollar investment plan to boost biofuel production to 200,000 barrels per day by 2010. At a high-profile media event on January 9 the GOI signed [...]	2007-03-23 10:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV SENV PGOV ID
07JAKARTA933	MARCH 28 HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON AVIAN INFLUENZA SAMPLE [...] (SBU) Indonesian Health Minister Dr. Fadilah Supari repeatedly pledged to resume sharing avian influenza (AI) samples with the international community during the March 29 "High Level Meeting on Responsible Practices for Sharing Avian Influenza Viruses and Resulting Benefit" in Jakarta. Supari [...]	2007-04-01 22:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR KFLU PGOV ID
07JAKARTA978	INDONESIA'S INSURANCE SECTOR STILL STRUGGLING [...] (SBU) Summary. A decade after the financial crisis, Indonesia's small insurance sector continues to suffer from weak regulation and poor enforcement, inadequate training, low professional standards, and insufficient capital. A few players dominate the sector, and some small, non-transparent f [...]	2007-04-05 01:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV KCOR ID
07JERUSALEM71	ISRAELI ARABS PROVIDE SILVER LINING TO ANOTHER [...] (C) THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON IN BETHLEHEM WAS THE WORST IN FIVE YEARS FOR INTERNATIONAL VISITORS AND RETAIL SALES, ACCORDING TO BETHLEHEM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (BCCI) OFFICIALS. HAVING SOUGHT REFUGE IN THE AREA DURING ISRAELS CONFLICT WITH HIZBALLAH LAST SUMMER, RECORD NUMBERS OF ISR [...]	2007-01-16 08:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ETRD KWBG IS
07KATHMANDU168	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OLI WORRIED ABOUT NEPAL'S [...] (C) In a hospital bedside conversation with the Ambassador January 23, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister K.P. Oli expressed his grave concern about Nepal's political situation. Oli stressed that the Maoists had not given up their goal of capturing state power. He stated that it was [...]	2007-01-25 09:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PREF PINR BT NP
07KATHMANDU338	CORE GROUP ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES EAGER TO MOVE [...] (C) In a February 9 meeting with Ambassadors representing the Core Group on Bhutanese refugees, Ambassador Moriarty informed his colleagues that Prime Minister had approved large-scale resettlement (ref A). The Ambassador's briefing was well-received and helped the Core Group to define its ne [...]	2007-02-09 12:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU753	UNMIN CHIEF PREDICTS ELECTIONS WILL BE POSTPONED [...] (C) Ian Martin, the head of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN),told the Ambassador April 10 that he expected Chief Election Commissioner Bhoj Raj Pokharel to state publicly soon that the Constituent Assembly election would have to be postponed until the fall. Martin said Communist P [...]	2007-04-12 10:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR UN NP
07KHARTOUM1588	GENERAL AGWAI: MONTHLY SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCES A [...] (C) On October 9, CDA met with African Union (AU) force commander Lt. General Martin Agwai Also present were DATT and poloff (notetaker). Agwai said that problems with the MSA could spark future unrest amongst rebel forces, that he believed that the Haskanita attack may have been the result [...]	2007-10-09 14:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1599	SUDAN'S UNSCR 1769 COORDINATOR SIDDIQ: AMIS ASKED [...] (C) Summary. In an October 9 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Mutriff Siddiq said that AMIS asked the GoS to intervene militarily in the wake of the attack on the Haskanita MGS. On other topics, Siddiq said he would consult with the GoS on the U.S. offer to speed [...]	2007-10-11 06:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1608	HEAVY SUPPORT PACKAGE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 4 report, the Chief of Plans for UNAMID Transition, Colonel Johnstone, in El Fasher, North Darfur, described current UNAMID deployment status. He termed GOS cooperation to date as "reasonable," noted the complexity of the transition, provided a rundown of troop con [...]	2007-10-15 05:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1609	HEAVY SUPPORT PACKAGE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 4 report, the Chief of Plans for UNAMID Transition, Colonel Johnstone, in El Fasher, North Darfur, described current UNAMID deployment status. He termed GOS cooperation to date as "reasonable," noted the complexity of the transition, provided a rundown of troop con [...]	2007-10-15 05:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1708	S/E NATSIOS MEETING WITH NISS CHIEF SALAH GHOSH [...] (C) Summary: S/E Natsios met with GNU Intelligence Chief Salah Ghosh November 2 during the Special Envoy's visit to Sudan. On UNAMID troops contributions, Ghosh said President Bashir's preference is for African or Muslim troops. He said the Norwegian engineering unit is a problem, but the Tha [...]	2007-11-04 11:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1720	S/E NATSIOS MEETING WITH MFA U/S MUTRIF SIDDIQ [...] (C) Summary: S/E Natsios met November 3 with MFA Undersecretary and NCP insider Mutrif Siddiq. Siddiq said that Qaddafi's statement at the beginning of the Sirte talks on Darfur had "spoiled the show" and recommended that the talks be moved to South Africa. Siddiq outlined ways he had facili [...]	2007-11-05 06:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSCAPU AU SU
07KHARTOUM1764	ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING TO PRESS SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 11, visiting UN Assistant Secretary-General (A/SYG) for Peacekeeping Operations Edmond Mulet SIPDIS briefed Ambassadors in Khartoum on UNAMID deployment issues. While in Sudan, Mulet will seek Sudanese commitment on outstanding issues including approved compositio [...]	2007-11-13 05:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV DPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1842	BASHIR DENIES SUDAN IS DELAYING UNAMID DEPLOYMENT; BLAMES [...] (SBU) Summary: President Bashir denied that Sudan was delaying UNAMID troop deployment and blamed any delays on the UN. He stated that Nordic troops are not acceptable and questioned the necessity of deploying Thai and Nepalese troops. End summary. 2. (SBU) According to local media reports [...]	2007-11-25 15:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1917	CDA MEETS WITH FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER FADLALLA BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary. Former Defense Minister and Umma party adherent Fadlalla Burma Nasir told CDA Fernandez on December 4 that the NCP-Umma party dialogue initiated on November 27 might be beneficial to both sides "if the dialogue is genuine." He said the NCP recognized that Sudan's international r [...]	2007-12-04 15:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ECON PGOV PREL AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1924	"GUEHENNO IS LYING" ON UNAMID DEPLOYMENT, SUDAN CLAIMS [...] (SBU) See para 8 for action request. 2. (SBU) In a December 4 meeting with CDA Fernandez, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Al-Samani Al-Wasila decried recent UN allegations that the Government of Sudan (GoS) is obstructing the conditions necessary for the deployment of the AU-UN hybrid for [...]	2007-12-05 10:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1979	REAL PROGRESS SEEN BUT SUDAN PREPARES ADADA FOR PROTRACTED [...] (SBU) During a December 11 meeting with Joint Special Representative Rudolphe Adada, mid-ranking Sudanese officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense agreed to negotiate the UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID)'s Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) based on the UN/AU dr [...]	2007-12-12 13:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU LY
07KHARTOUM2009	AL-SAMANI ON UNAMID DEPLOYMENT, KALMA CAMP [...] (SBU) State Minister for Foreign Affairs Al-Samani al-Wasila told CDA Fernandez December 12 that Sudan has resolved all issues related to UNAMID deployment and will prepare a letter this week regarding troop contributions. Al-Samani said Sudan would like to see the Egyptian and Ethiopian troop [...]	2007-12-16 07:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2059	SUDANESE LABOR UNIONS: THEATRICS OR REAL PROGRESS? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Meetings with the Sudan Workers Trade Union Federation (SWTUF) and an independent Sudanese labor and human rights lawyer paint two different pictures of the Sudanese labor environment. On the one hand, the SWTUF claims that unions operate freely at the state and national levels [...]	2007-12-27 16:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI AU UNSC ECON ELAB SU
07KOLKATA382	NAGA INSURGENTS SEEK UNITY PRIOR TO NAGALAND STATE ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Summary. December 3-7, ConGen and Embassy New Delhi PolCouns visited Nagaland and discussed with officials and contacts the Naga insurgencies and preparations for the February 2008 state assembly elections. While many decried the internecine violence among the insurgent factions, most [...]	2007-12-19 11:21:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PHUM ASEC BM IN
07KOLKATA67	LEFT PARTIES TO PUSH THIER AGENDA AND CHALLENGE UPA DURING [...] (SBU) Summary: India's Parliament's "budget session" opened on February 23 and is expected to last approximately eight weeks. During the session, India's Left parties, headed by the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM),plan to challenge the economic policies of the Congress-dominated Un [...]	2007-02-23 08:17:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI IN
07KOLKATA68	LEFT PARTIES TO PUSH THEIR AGENDA AND CHALLENGE UPA DURING [...] (SBU) Summary: India's Parliament's "budget session" opened on February 23 and is expected to last approximately eight weeks. During the session, India's Left parties, headed by the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM),plan to challenge the economic policies of the Congress-dominated Un [...]	2007-02-23 13:34:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG EAGR PGOV PREL IN
07KOLKATA86	ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS RETAIN THE SCARS OF THE 2004 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. March 2-7, ConGen visited the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to assess recovery from the December 2004 tsunami and related issues such as the environment, economic conditions and strategic concerns. Two years after the tsunami devastated parts of the island [...]	2007-03-13 12:37:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID SENV PHUM ECON MARR IN BM TH ID
07KUALALUMPUR1001	GENERAL PACE'S JUNE 4 MEETINGS WITH PM ABDULLAH [...] (C) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and Deputy Prime Minister/Defense Minister Najib Tun Razak endorsed current military-to-military cooperation with the U.S. in their separate meetings on June 4 with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace and the Ambassador. DPM Na [...]	2007-06-08 05:37:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER KISL OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1059	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF 13TH AIR FORCE [...] (C) Welcome to Malaysia. Malaysia is important to us because it is a successful, moderate, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one [...]	2007-06-20 10:36:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1064	TRANS-PENINSULA PIPELINE: JUST A PIPEDREAM? [...] (U) Summary: According to recent press reports, the Malaysian Government has approved plans for a US$ 7 billion oil pipeline across northern peninsular Malaysia near the Thai border, with a large storage facility in the middle and a refinery at each end. The pipeline is portrayed as a shorte [...]	2007-06-21 07:21:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENGR EPET SENV ECON IR MY SA PGOV
07KUALALUMPUR1224	Iran outdoes U.S. in FDI; Foreign Bank to Open in KL. [...] (U) Summary: Malaysia's top investor for the first five months of 2007 is Iran, due to a joint venture by the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and SKS Ventures Sdn. Bhd. to build a refinery in the northern region of peninsular Malaysia. The Central Bank approved another joint venture for Ba [...]	2007-07-31 08:38:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EPET MY
07KUALALUMPUR1225	MALAYSIA SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL CASEY'S [...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...]	2007-07-31 09:24:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1234	MILF PEACE TALKS: OTHMAN SEEKS RESTRAINT AFTER [...] (S) Malaysian facilitator for the Philippines/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace talks Othman Abdul Razak used his recent travel to the Philippines to urge both the GRP and MILF to avoid resuming hostilities in the wake of the July 10 killings and mutilation of Filipino marines in Bas [...]	2007-08-02 08:22:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PINR PTER MOPS EAID KISL RP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1304	MALAYSIA: WELCOME CODEL CHAMBLISS [...] Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes Codel Chambliss to Malaysia, as scheduled from August 26 to 28. 2. Embassy control officer is Embassy Officer Michael Zikes, Telephone: (603) 2168-4895; Fax: (603) 2168-5165; Cellular: (60) 12-339-3138; E-mail: zikesmk@state.gov. 3. Hotel reservation [...]	2007-08-20 03:57:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT AFIN ASEC OTRA MY TH VM
07KUALALUMPUR1328	SCENESETTER FOR LTG MAPLES' VISIT TO MALAYSIA FOR [...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...]	2007-08-23 09:03:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1334	WELCOME TO MALAYSIA'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION [...] (U) Welcome to Malaysia and its golden independence anniversary. Our fifty-year relationship with Malaysia is strong and growing. As President Bush has said: "The United States and Malaysia share strong trade and investment ties and a commitment to generating prosperity through openness, dem [...]	2007-08-27 09:24:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1404	PM Launches Northern Corridor Economic Region; Malaysia [...] Summary: - Prime Minister Abdullah launched a new economic development corridor, the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER),which aims to bolster the economic competitiveness of Perlis, Kedah, Penang, and Perak states and reduce the imbalance in regional economic growth rates. - Mala [...]	2007-09-17 09:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1452	Malaysia's 2008 Budget: Pork Sold Separately [...] Summary: On September 7, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi unveiled his 2008 budget proposal. Billed as a "fiscally responsible" budget, it projects a deficit of 3.1%, down from 3.2% in 2007. Although spending is up, the GOM projects higher GDP growth will generate more than adequate add [...]	2007-09-25 02:08:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1491	Inflation and Auto Sales Rise; GOM Fuel Subsidies [...] Summary: - Inflation in Malaysia increased in August, although the GOM continued to hold down prices on certain basic necessities through subsidies and price controls. - Soaring global oil prices may soon force the GOM to reduce subsidies for gasoline and natural gas, which have cost the [...]	2007-10-04 09:16:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1497	MALAYSIA'S INTERNAL SECURITY ACT (ISA) DETAINEES, [...] (SBU) Malaysia held eighty-seven persons under Internal Security Act (ISA) detention in the Kamunting prison as of September, according to a normally reliable source. Fifty-four of those held are terrorist suspects. The Malaysian government commonly releases a number of ISA detainees each ye [...]	2007-10-05 08:52:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PINR KISL KJUS ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR1534	BURMA: GAMBARI'S VISIT TO MALAYSIA [...] (SBU) UN Special Envoy to Burma Ibrahim Gambari held talks in Kuala Lumpur with Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar and Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi on October 16 - 17. FM Hamid announced Malaysia and ASEAN would never suspend Burma or agree to sanctions against the military regime. Hamid co [...]	2007-10-17 13:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1541	MALAYSIA'S CENTRAL BANK: LET'S MAKE A DEAL! [...] (C) Summary: A number of U.S. financial services firms operating in Malaysia have described various informal practices undertaken by staff at Bank Negara Malaysia, the Central Bank, designed to encourage US firms to shift investment and jobs to Malaysia in return for regulatory approvals. I [...]	2007-10-18 09:02:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1546	MALAYSIA'S NORTHERN CORRIDOR ECONOMIC PLAN -- LONG ON [...] (U) Summary: Malaysia has launched another high-profile economic incentive program, the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER),as part of the government's efforts to enhance economic growth and development in outlying parts of Malaysia. Prime Minister Abdullah's July launch of the NCER foll [...]	2007-10-19 08:59:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EAGR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1563	MALAYSIA SUPPORTS BURMA'S FULL PARTICIPATION AT [...] (C) Summary: Malaysia appears satisfied that Gambari is making some progress, and consequently Malaysia is not prepared to support a high-pressured ASEAN approach to Burma at the upcoming summit, per our October 24 meeting with a senior Foreign Ministry official to deliver the demarche on th [...]	2007-10-24 10:18:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1652	SCENESETTER FOR VADM CROWDER AND MGEN REMINGTON'S [...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...]	2007-11-27 09:22:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1679	MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT DECIDES PROTON WILL NOT SEEK A FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: After nearly two years of back-and-forth negotiations with Volkswagen, the Malaysian government has decided that government-controlled auto maker Proton would no longer pursue a strategic partnership with the German auto manufacturer or any other foreign partner (including Gene [...]	2007-12-06 01:50:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1729	MALAYSIA -- TERRORISM REPORT 2007 DRAFT [...] (SBU) The draft text of Malaysia's 2007 Terrorism Report is provided in paragraph 2. This text has been posted to Intellipedia: http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/ East Asia and Pacific Terrorism Reports#Malaysia 2. (SBU) Begin text: Malaysia New provisions to Malaysia's Penal Code a [...]	2007-12-19 07:25:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER MY
07KUALALUMPUR184	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER [...] (C) Admiral Fallon, we welcome your visit to Malaysia. Malaysian-American relations rest on a range of common interests and have improved in the three years since Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi took the helm. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. [...]	2007-01-31 10:18:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR263	HONORARY CONSUL NOTES MALAYSIA AS SAFE HAVEN FOR [...] (S) The Honorary Thai Consul in Langkawi, Malaysian businessman Shazryl Eskay Abdullah (protect throughout),described Thai Malay separatist use of Malaysian territory as a safe haven and insurgents' views of the conflict during a February 5 meeting with polchief. Eskay, who was a leading Ma [...]	2007-02-13 08:13:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS ASEC TH MY
07KUALALUMPUR268	MALAYSIA'S HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER CRITICIZES UNHCR, [...] (C) Home Affairs Minister Radzi Sheikh Ahmad recently launched a salvo of criticism at the local UNHCR office, threatening a crackdown on refugees and highlighting the UNHCR's difficult status in a country that has yet to sign the UN Convention on Refugees. The UNHCR appears to be weathering [...]	2007-02-14 10:42:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF SMIG PREL PGOV UNHCR MY
07KUALALUMPUR318	MALAYSIANS ON BORDER CONCERNED, BUT NOT ALARMED [...] (S) Malaysian politicians and police officials in northern border states, in meetings with polchief February 5-9, expressed concern but not alarm over continued violence in Thailand's ethnic Malay south. Interlocutors viewed the violence in Thailand as having little or no spill-over effect i [...]	2007-02-21 07:17:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS ASEC TH MY
07KUALALUMPUR396	BURMA: MALAYSIA NOT FOCUSED ON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Malaysia has "no new initiative" in mind for Burma and appears unfocused on next steps, according to our meetings with several Malaysian Foreign Ministry officials and a prominent government-linked think tank. One official in charge of UN matters questioned whether Malaysia would activel [...]	2007-03-02 09:20:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR398	MALAYSIA'S SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Malaysia is a destination, and to a far lesser extent, a transit and source country for adults and minors trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation. The overwhelming majority of victims come to Malaysia seeking greater economic oppor [...]	2007-03-05 01:35:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MY
07KUALALUMPUR447	FIGHTING, NOT TALKING - SOUTH THAI MILITANTS NO LONGER INTERESTED IN DIALOGUE, SAY FORMER MEDIATORS [...] (S) Southern Thai militants recently asserted they will pursue more violence and reject talks, according to two Malaysian mediators from the defunct Mahathir peace process. The Honorary Thai Consul in Langkawi, Shazryl Eskay Abdullah (protect throughout),joined by retired head of the Malaysian [...]	2007-03-08 09:01:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS ASEC TH MY
07KUALALUMPUR6	High-Tech toilets for tourism; rising Ringgit. Economic Update Dec 2006 [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Malaysia is ready to launch its drive to attract more tourists this year in honor of its 50th anniversary. Initiatives include a multi-million dollar Ferris wheel, sorely needed lessons in customer service, and 23 self-sanitizing toilets at a cost of USD 113,000 [...]	2007-01-03 09:09:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR651	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER [...] (C) Admiral Keating: Welcome to Malaysia. Malaysia is important to us because it is a successful, moderate, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, [...]	2007-04-11 09:22:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR924	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL PACE, [...] (C) General Pace: Welcome to Malaysia. During your meetings here with the Deputy Prime Minister and other senior officials, we recommend in your discussions you: -- Applaud Malaysia's success in the reduction of piracy attacks in the Straits of Malacca and inquire what are the next steps Ma [...]	2007-05-24 09:36:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUWAIT107	2007 KUWAIT INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT SUBMISSION [...] Per reftel instructions, the following is Post's submission for the 2007 Kuwait Investment Climate Report: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ The Council of Ministers approved the implementing regulations for its current Direct Foreign Capital Investment Law -- [...]	2007-01-24 14:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OPIC EINV KTDB USTR KU
07KUWAIT475	TIP UPDATE ON PROSECUTIONS, SHELTER, LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOK recently provided a response to formal questions regarding this year's TIP report, including an update of prosecution figures. The response states that Kuwait has agreed to establish a shelter for domestic workers, though further clarification is needed. The respons [...]	2007-04-04 06:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ELAB KU TIP
07KUWAIT808	TERRORIST FINANCE: TREASURY A/S O'BRIEN ENGAGES [...] (S/NF) Summary: On April 23-24, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Sipdis Patrick O'Brien met with senior GOK officials on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance (AML/CTF) issues. He conveyed USG concerns about the activities of the Kuwait-based [...]	2007-05-22 09:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
07KUWAIT816	TERRORIST FINANCE: GOK RELEASES RIHS FINDINGS [...] (C/NF) On May 19, Embassy Kuwait received a long-promised report from the MFA (drafted by the Department of Follow-up and Coordination headed by Khalid Al-Maqamis) containing the findings of its investigation into the international activities of the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) [...]	2007-05-23 07:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
07KUWAIT902	MFA U/S ON PM'S TRIP TO ASIA, RELATIONS WITH IRAN, [...] (C/NF) Summary: MFA Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador June 10 that the Prime Minister's trip to Asia to promote economic relations had been "very fruitful" and a number of agreements had been signed. In a meeting earlier in the day with the Iranian Foreign Ministry's Dire [...]	2007-06-11 11:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON IR KU LE PGOV PREL
07LIMA222	PERU 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (PART 2/2) [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 18:40:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD KTDB ELAB PGOV OPIC USTR PE
07LIMA3518	PERU LOWERS TARIFFS AGAIN, UNILATERALLY [...] Summary: The Government of Peru (GOP) unilaterally lowered its tariffs again, to a 5.8 percent average tariff, from the previous 8.0 percent and over 60 percent in the mid-1990s. The GOP will likely continue this trend, reinforced by the prospect of ratification of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promoti [...]	2007-10-26 20:31:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN PGOV ENRG EAGR USTR PE CI
07LIMA417	PERU GEARING UP TO HOST APEC 2008 [...] (SBU) Organizing the 21-member APEC events presents an enormous challenge for Peru. The GOP recognizes the benefits APEC can bring and is engaged in preparations, but Peru will need substantial help from other APEC members. The GOP already has an active High-Level Organizational Committee le [...]	2007-02-12 20:57:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON APECO ETRD ASEC PE
07LIMA826	PERU'S FERVOUR FOR GLOBAL TRADE MARCHES FORWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Peru waits for the US Congress to consider the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),the GOP continues to discuss and engage in trade negotiations with numerous other countries. Peru recently completed an expanded trade agreement with Chile in October 2006; will fi [...]	2007-03-19 23:18:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECIN EINV APECO PE BL CA CI CH CO EC
07LJUBLJANA667	SLOVENIA SUPPORTS COMMON EU POSITION ON SANCTIONS [...] (C) On October 24, EmbOffs urged Ambassador Janez Premoze, head of the MFA Division for Asia, Africa, and the Pacific, to consider implementing or toughening financial sanctions against the Burmese government, particularly bans on the export of financial services and on new investment, as requ [...]	2007-10-24 14:59:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD BM SI
07LONDON317	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) met at Central Hall Westminster in London, UK from 06-09 November 2006, to hold the ninety-seventh session of the Council (C97) chaired by Mr. Johann Franson (Sweden). Topics of significant interest included: Condolences for the recent pa [...]	2007-01-25 16:18:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA EWWT ECPS MOPS AORC IMO KTIA
07LUANDA1271	BECHTEL SIGNS MEGA LNG CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT [...] (SBU) Summary. On 10 December 2007, the Angolan LNG Consortium and Bechtel Corporation signed multi-billion dollar contract to build the Angola Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) plant in Soyo. Bechtel is concerned about possible problems in getting Angola visas for the approximately 4,000 expatr [...]	2007-12-20 19:24:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EIND ECON AO
07MADRID1325	SPANISH SECURITY ASSURANCES FOR P-3 SPARE PARTS [...] Spain welcomes the opportunity to join the P-3 spare parts exchange program. It has delivered to Post a letter signed by the MOD Director General for Armament and Material (DGAM) providing end-use, security, and retransfer assurances related to the program. 2. For the Kingdom of Spain, Roy [...]	2007-07-05 13:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS SP
07MANAMA1084	ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW PROGRESSING IN PARLIAMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 11:21:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KWMN ELAB SMIG BA
07MANAMA206	BAHRAIN: SEVENTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Post's response to reftel follows. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. -------- Overview -------- 2. (SBU) 27A. Bahrain is a country of destination for men primarily as laborers and, to a much lesser extent, domestic workers, and women primarily as domestic workers, and to [...]	2007-03-05 13:34:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC BA
07MANAMA257	SCENESETTER FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND, [...] (C) Admiral Fallon, we warmly welcome your March 22-23 and 27-28 visits to Bahrain. The fifty-year U.S. Navy presence in Bahrain is the centerpiece of the U.S.-Bahrain bilateral relationship. Bahrain considers the Navy to be its defense against external threats, starting with Iran, and has [...]	2007-03-19 14:59:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS MASS BA OFFICIALS BILAT
07MANAMA291	BAHRAIN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-29 14:14:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
07MANAMA446	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, we warmly welcome your May 28 visit to Bahrain. Your visit will offer an excellent opportunity to follow up on the March visit to Washington of Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa, demonstrate our interest in and commitment to strengthening our cooper [...]	2007-05-17 09:58:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS PTER ASEC BA OFFICIALS BILAT

07MANAMA745	BAHRAIN: PROGRESS ON TIP SHORT-TERM ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) The following describes actions by the GOB since the end of the reporting period for the 2007 TIP Report, including the 60-day period of the Short-Term Action Plan following Bahrain's placement on Tier 3. In addition to activities initiated entirely by the GOB, International Organizati [...]	2007-08-02 11:11:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG HUMRIT BA
07MANILA128	ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS ON BURMA [...] (U) Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo told the press on January 11 that the "advancement of democracy in Myanmar remains a key issue for ASEAN member countries." He noted that, at a working dinner, the ASEAN Foreign Ministers had "expressed concern on the pace of the national reco [...]	2007-01-12 01:48:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM RP
07MANILA1644	Trade Council Reviews U.S.-Philippine Trade and Investment [...] (SBU) On May 9, the U.S. Philippine Trade and Investment Council met to review outstanding bilateral trade and investment issues. In a very productive session, participants noted that a number of bilateral trade and investment irritants have been resolved. Other potential irritants were ident [...]	2007-05-18 08:47:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTRO KIPR
07MANILA2602	DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE MEETING WITH THAI FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Negroponte encouraged Thailand to return to democracy by holding national elections by the end of 2007 as intended, during an August 1 meeting with Thai Foreign Affairs Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram on in Manila, site of this year's ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF). Nity [...]	2007-08-02 06:00:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD MY PREL RP TH ASEAN EXBS
07MANILA2603	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S BILATERAL MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Malaysian Foreign Minister Dato' Seri Syed Hanmid Albar said that Malaysia will most likely send peacekeeping troops to Darfur, during an August 1 meeting on the margins of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) with Deputy Secretary Negroponte. GOM also is committed to change in SI [...]	2007-08-02 06:22:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEAN MY
07MANILA2707	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SINGAPORE FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs George Yeo des the United States' role in the region as a quiet balancing force, inter only as necessary and offering symbolic support for ASEAN, during a bil meeting with Deputy Secretary Negroponte at the ASEAN Regional Forum (A August 1 m [...]	2007-08-10 06:59:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEAN ETRD PREL EXBS SN
07MANILA3160	U.S. BUSINESS PLAYING MAJOR ROLE IN DYNAMIC CLARK REGION [...] (U) Summary. During an August 16 visit to Clark Freeport Zone, the Charge d'Affaires focused public and corporate attention on the positive role of U.S. business in the Philippines. Joining Philippine President Arroyo, the Charge attended the groundbreaking ceremony for Texas Instruments new [...]	2007-09-18 09:24:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CASC BTIO BEXP EAIR ECON RP
07MANILA3387	Subic Freeport Fuel and Vehicle Smuggling [...] (SBU) Lack of political will and weak law enforcement has allowed wide-spread smuggling of refined petroleum products and second-hand vehicles through the Subic Freeport, seriously hurting legitimate businesses. The Government is also losing badly-needed revenues (equivalent to between 4%-5% [...]	2007-10-11 08:08:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV RP
07MANILA3707	PHILIPPINE RSM 1267 NOMINATION [...] (S) Summary: Philippine National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) Director General Cesar Garcia told emboffs at a November 16 meeting that the Philippines had submitted three months ago its nomination package to the United Nations 1267 Committee to designate the Rajah Solaiman Movemen [...]	2007-11-19 08:29:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	EFIN ETTC PTER UNSC RP
07MANILA3964	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES PHILIPPINE FOREIGN SECRETARY ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 17 private breakfast, the Ambassador and Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo discussed Burma, assessed the peace process in Mindanao, and explored opportunities to strengthen U.S.-Philippine ties. Romulo, who was frank and relaxed, inquired about the prospec [...]	2007-12-18 09:02:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RP BM
07MANILA593	PHILIPPINES CONTEMPLATING NEXT STEPS ON BURMA [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador on February 22, Foreign Secretary Romulo welcomed the latest U.S. thinking on Burma SIPDIS (ref a) and pledged to continue to use Philippine chairmanship of ASEAN through August to encourage the Burmese regime to take meaningful steps on its roadmap, as Pre [...]	2007-02-22 06:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM RP
07MANILA688	PHILIPPINES -- SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Mission's seventh annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report follows below. The report covers the period from April 2006 to March 2007. Point of contact (POC) is Political Officer Barry Fullerton, FullertonTB@State.Gov, (632) 528-6300 x2350, fax (632) 523-1195. Rank of TIP action offic [...]	2007-03-01 11:20:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB RP
07MEXICO1201	SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT- MEXICO (PA [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-08 22:20:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM ELAB KFRD KWMN MX PHUM PREF SMIG
07MONTERREY801	NUEVO LEON AT THE HEART OF MEXICO'S MEDICAL TOURISM [...] SUMMARY. Nuevo Leon is actively working to become the medical tourism destination-of-choice in Mexico for Mexican and American citizens seeking quality, affordable health care. The Nuevo Leon State Government has formed a Specialized Medical Services Cluster of ten public and private hospita [...]	2007-08-23 21:33:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EINV ECON SOCI TBIO MX
07MOSCOW4774	GOR PLAYS DOWN BURMA DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The GOR again rejected U.S. calls for a strong UNSC response to the Burma crisis, but has urged restraint on both the Burmese government and pro-democracy demonstrators. Warning against "counterproductive" involvement by external forces, GOR officials emphasized publicly and pri [...]	2007-09-29 03:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM RS
07MOSCOW5182	GOR INTERPRETS BURMA DIFFERENTLY [...] (C) On October 25, MFA Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand Division Second Secretary Aleksey Semenikhin provided a more nuanced GOR position on recent events in Burma (refs B and C). Displaying refreshing honesty, he acknowledged that earlier claims the GOR had limited information on the Bur [...]	2007-10-29 08:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD BM RS
07MOSCOW960	"VICTORY" FOR "A JUST RUSSIA" [...] (SBU) Five youth groups have announced their intention to establish a coalition called "Victory" which would support the newly framed left of center pro-Kremlin party, "For a Just Russia" (SR). "Victory" is positioning itself as a competitor to the youth wing of United Russia (YR),the domi [...]	2007-03-07 07:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PINR SOCI RS
07MUSCAT1037	MINISTER STAYS THE COURSE ON PRICE INCREASES [...] (C) On November 11, the Ambassador discussed the impact of recent price increases with Minister of Commerce and Industry Maqbool bin Ali Sultan. The Minister stated that the government was concerned with the hikes, especially with respect to rents. (Note: For example, one survey reported ren [...]	2007-11-13 08:18:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SOCI MU
07MUSCAT504	CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL WILLIAM J. FALLON [...] (C) Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin-Said met May 12 with Admiral William Fallon, commander of U.S. CENTCOM. On Iraq, the Sultan spoke positively about Prime Minister Maliki, but noted that Maliki and his ministers needed to do more to govern for "all Iraqis." He also indirectly criticized the atti [...]	2007-05-20 12:45:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL IR IZ MU
07NAIROBI1135	SOMALIA EMBASSY MEDIA OUTREACH [...] (U) On March 7 the Embassy of the Somali Republic in Nairobi held a media conference and issued the following statement. Begin Text: Embassy of the Somali Republic Nairobi -Kenya GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MEMBERS OF THE PRESS: First I would like to take this opportunity t [...]	2007-03-09 10:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI1221	KENYA'S FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES, DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya has ambitious plans to open a number of diplomatic missions around the world. The overriding goal of Kenyan diplomacy is to promote economic development through greater market access and increased investment and remittances. Africa has replaced Europe as the chief preocc [...]	2007-03-15 11:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KE PREL SENV
07NAIROBI1775	Kenya: TIP Project Proposal Solicitation For G/Tip-Managed [...] Kenya is a tier two watch list country because it is a source, destination and transit country for trafficking in persons (TIP). The GOK is making efforts to address most aspects of TIP, but suffers from resource constraints, both financial and human. It therefore relies heavily on internation [...]	2007-04-20 09:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KE
07NAIROBI2242	CITES COP 14: KENYA SEEKS USG SUPPORT ON IVORY TRADE BAN, [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya remains hopeful that the U.S. will side with it and Mali and oppose efforts by Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and South Africa to get CITES approval for additional one-off sales of government-held stockpile [...]	2007-05-25 13:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON KSCA ETRD PGOV PINR KE
07NDJAMENA291	SUDANESE REBELS STILL A LONG WAY FROM UNIFYING [...] (C) Summary. NRF officials, including two ex-pat political representatives from the UK, indicated frustration at the slow progress of unifying the Sudanese rebels in a meeting with them April 4. They said they see the United States as an important friend and ally and urged diplomatic pressu [...]	2007-04-04 17:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF CD SU CRS
07NEWDELHI1098	CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS RE-EMERGES IN INDIA - MAN VS. [...] (U) Summary: After a 32 year hiatus, the chikungunya virus is making a comeback in India. While the Government of India (GOI) estimates over 180,000 cases of chikungunya infection since December 2005, the actual number of cases is difficult to assess. The GOI,s lack of transparency in reporti [...]	2007-03-06 13:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV AMED EAGR IN KFLU ECON PREL SENV TBIO PTER
07NEWDELHI1642	BOUCHER DISCUSSES EDUCATION REFORM WITH NATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 4, Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher met with National Knowledge Commission member Deepak Nayar to discuss the state of affairs in education reform in India and possible areas of cooperation between the United States and India. During an hour long lively conversation, [...]	2007-04-05 13:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL IN
07NEWDELHI2360	DELHI DIARY, MAY 10-17 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 10-17, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Handicapping the Presidential Race -- The Mysterious Process of Indian Presidential Elections -- Next Phase of India-Pakistan Composite Di [...]	2007-05-17 14:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MASS PINR SOCI PK IN
07NEWDELHI2449	NEW INDIAN DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary. In an initial courtesy call on incoming Deputy National Security Advisor L.K. Ponappa, Charge highlighted U.S. priorities for the bilateral security relationship and invited Ponappa to visit Washington at the earliest convenience to begin building contacts with USG counterparts. [...]	2007-05-23 10:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IN
07NEWDELHI4512	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 1-5, 2007. STRENGTHENING RUPEE HITS SOUTH INDIAN EXPORTERS -------------- 2. (U) South India's exporters are starting to feel the pain of the strengthening rupee. Local press reported on S [...]	2007-10-05 11:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
07NEWDELHI4898	MEA SILENT REGARDING PUBLIC DECLARATION OF BAN ON [...] (C)SUMMARY: MEA Joint Secretary T.S. Tirumurti acknowledged that the Government of India (GOI) denied a Burmese request for military equipment but did not comment on PolCouns' suggestion that the GOI announce the decision publicly. Tirumurti reported that three Burmese recently arrested in Manipur [...]	2007-11-07 13:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM IN
07NEWDELHI5364	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 17-20, 2007. FDI RESTRICTIONS IN RETAIL TO CHANGE? ------------- 2. (SBU) Food Processing Industries Minister Subodh Kant said Monday that the GOI may ease its restrictions on foreign dire [...]	2007-12-20 05:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
07NICOSIA45	CYPRUS: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-12 15:19:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
07OSLO704	DARFUR HYBRID OPERATION [...] (C) On June 29 we delivered reftel points to Anne Kjersti Froeholm, Senior Adviser in the Global Security Issues and Crisis Management Section. The GON continues to investigate whether a joint Norwegian-Swedish engineering unit is possible, with a precondition that any unit would clearly be [...]	2007-06-29 14:20:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC MASS KPKO SU NO
07OTTAWA915	CANADA'S APPROACH TO MAY 25 ARF MEETING IN MANILA [...] (SBU) Summary. Canada and the U.S. agree on most of the important issues to be addressed at the upcoming ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Manila. Canada is enthusiastic about the U.S. draft UNSCR 1540 implementation statement, agrees that the inter-sessional meet [...]	2007-05-16 21:15:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER PARM KNNP ARF XB CA
07PARIS1116	OECD: MARCH 20 COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF ENLARGEMENT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 20 Council discussion of enlargement and enhanced engagement broke no new ground, with OECD Members holding to longstanding positions. Secretary General (SG) Gurria focused on the latest version of his informal paper, which continues to advocate opening discussions w [...]	2007-03-22 13:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD OECD
07PARIS1334	OECD: State of Play on Enlargement and Enhanced Engagement [...] (SBU) Summary: As we approach the April ECSS and May Ministerial Council Meeting, elements of an OECD enlargement and enhanced engagement (EE) package are emerging. Members appear ready to bless opening accesion negotiations with Chile and Israel, although some continue to express concerns a [...]	2007-04-04 16:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON ETRD OECD
07PARIS312	OECD: MISSION VIEWS ON ENLARGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: USOECD reiterates the importance of having the OECD's impending enlargement include a major emerging economy to ensure the Organization's viability and its effectiveness as a tool to promote a U.S.-friendly global economic system. As a virtual invitee since 1997, Russia presen [...]	2007-01-26 14:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD OECD AORC
07PARIS4176	French Textile and Apparel Industry [...] (U) Per reftel request, the Federation of the French Textile and Apparel Industry (UIT - Union des Industries Textiles) provided us with an update on developments in 2006 and initial estimates for sector performance in 2007. In 2006, the French textile sector experienced growth in household c [...]	2007-10-05 09:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON FR
07PARIS4398	FRENCH CONTINUE TO PRESS ASEAN ON BURMA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on October 26 to MFA desk officers for Burma, Jeremie Petit and Marie-Pierre Giron. This demarche was timely as Petit was preparing Foreign Minister Kouchner's visit to Thailand, Singapore and China on October 28. Marie-Pierre Giron responded that the [...]	2007-10-31 11:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BM FR
07PARIS4693	AF A/S FRAZER'S NOVEMBER 27 MEETINGS IN PARIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF A/S Jendayi Frazer met with Darfur rebel leader Abdul Wahid al Nur and, separately, with Presidential Deputy Diplomatic Advisor Bruno Joubert and MFA AF A/S Jean de Gliniasty on November 27. Abdul Wahid requested a range of U.S. assistance, professed his support for the U.S [...]	2007-12-12 16:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR EUN SU IV CD CT SG FR
07PARIS4732	FRANCE/AFRICA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR DISCUSSES KEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential AF Advisor Romain Serman on December 17 reported on key France-Africa issues, some resulting from meetings at the December 8-9 Lisbon EU-Africa Summit: -- Rwanda: Presidents Sarkozy and Kagame agreed to work to normalize relations and to maintain personal super [...]	2007-12-17 17:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR SU CD IV RW CT UV FR
07PARIS525	OECD: MISSION VIEWS ON ENLARGEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: OECD members are divided on a number of key issues regarding enlargement and enhanced engagement. A February 5 Council discussion highlighted differing views on how to deal with the BRICS, whether Russia should be invited to begin discussions on accession negotiations, whether [...]	2007-02-09 14:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD OECD
07PARIS798	SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 16:01:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07PHNOMPENH1034	CAMBODIA'S TOP TEN TYCOONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Hun Sen is making efforts to bridge the gap between the political and private sector by cultivating mutually beneficial relationships with the country's most prominent business tycoons. These business leaders contribute money to the ruling Cambodian Peoples Par [...]	2007-08-09 10:34:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM PINR CB
07PHNOMPENH1098	ICRC'S ROLE IN BURMA, SOUTHERN THAILAND, CAMBODIA [...] (U) On August 23, incoming and outgoing heads of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Delegation Bangkok paid a courtesy call on the Charge. The Delegation's new Head, Christian Brunner, said that he has already met with Embassy Bangkok officers, and that the ICRC Hea [...]	2007-08-24 09:35:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREF CB
07PHNOMPENH1156	STEADY AS SHE GOES: CAMBODIA'S CONTINUED ECONOMIC [...] Summary. Business leaders and government officials gathered to tout economic reforms already made and highlight areas needing further attention during the 12th Government-Private Sector Forum, held September 5. Cambodia's economic growth and stability remain impressive, as the country expect [...]	2007-09-11 09:30:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB KTEX EAIR ELTN EAGR EFIN CB
07PHNOMPENH1189	DAMMING THE MEKONG: HYDROPOWER'S HIGH PRICE [...] (SBU) Summary. Existing and planned hydropower projects along the world's eighth largest river reflect the development dilemma of cheaper, low-polluting power vs. healthy fisheries and the interests of downstream communities. Villagers along eastern Mekong tributaries in Cambodia complained [...]	2007-09-17 10:12:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ENRG EIND SENV VM LA CH CB
07PHNOMPENH1374	DEFENSE DAS RAY'S VISIT TO CAMBODIA REINFORCES [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for POW and Missing Personnel Affairs Charles A. Ray visited Cambodia from November 3-6, to review ongoing POW/MIA recovery efforts. Discussions included the current state of the U.S.-Cambodia relationship as well as TIP, upcoming electio [...]	2007-11-06 10:51:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL PHUM KWMN CB
07PHNOMPENH1376	CAMBODIA INCSR REPORT PART I [...] The following is post's submission for the 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report Part 1. 2. Begin text: Cambodia I. Summary With the recent discovery of a major methamphetamine laboratory, Cambodia now has a confirmed role in drug production, consumption, and traff [...]	2007-11-07 01:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CB
07PHNOMPENH1454	CONGRESSMAN FALEOMAVAEGA PROMOTES STRONGER TIES, [...] Summary. Building stronger relations through educational, economic, and agricultural cooperation were key themes of Congressman Eni Faleomavaega's visit to Cambodia from November 22 to 24. During an informal dinner, Congressman Faleomavaega, Delegate from American Samoa and Chairman of the [...]	2007-11-30 06:22:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI ECON EAGR ELAB CB
07PHNOMPENH1575	INVESTOR INTEREST IN CAMBODIA SURGES DESPITE CHALLENGES [...] (U) Summary: A dramatic surge in investor interest in Cambodia was evident during a recent investment conference held in Phnom Penh. Presenters emphasized a realistic view of Cambodia--a country with tremendous business opportunities, but where operating challenges such as corruption, poor in [...]	2007-12-31 10:42:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD KCOR EAGR EAID CB CH
07PHNOMPENH16	SCENESETTER FOR PDAS KATHLEEN STEPHENS JANUARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. U.S. strategic interests are at play in Cambodia, although they relate as much to Cambodia's neighbors as to Cambodia. As has long been the case, Cambodia remains something of a "sideshow" in which world and regional powers (China, Vietnam, Thailand and the U [...]	2007-01-05 06:39:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM CB
07PHNOMPENH160	SAVING CAMBODIA'S FRESHWATER DOLPHINS: NGOS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A 120-mile stretch of the Mekong River in northern Cambodia is home to the world's largest group of Irrawaddy dolphins, a critically endangered freshwater species. The dolphins, which are a significant tourist draw in a little-visited corner of the country, have been dying in [...]	2007-01-30 10:55:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV CB
07PHNOMPENH191	CAMBODIAN VIEWS OF THE ASEAN AND EAS SUMMITS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Cambodia came away from the Cebu meetings pleased with the ASEAN declaration on migrant workers, the Convention on Counterterrorism, and the shortened timeframe from 2020 to 2015 for the establishment of an ASEAN economic community. Cambodia remains keen to see comprehensive [...]	2007-02-02 10:04:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PTER SMIG CB
07PHNOMPENH193	CAMBODIA: 4TH QUARTER 2006 REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Summary: During the last quarter of 2006, the Cambodian police arrested 16 human traffickers and six pimps. At least 31 victims of trafficking were identified during the reporting period, and police removed 28 sex workers from brothels. Police also arrested three foreigners, including t [...]	2007-02-02 10:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH350	2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA [...] (U) The following is Embassy Phnom Penh's contribution towards the preparation of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report for Cambodia, covering the period March 2006 - March 2007. Responses follow the questions outlined in reftel. The entire report is classified sensitive but unclassified (S [...]	2007-03-05 01:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH351	2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 01:15:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH352	2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA PART III [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 01:16:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH354	2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA PART III [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 02:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH366	LEGAL LABOR MIGRATION -- REDUCTING POVERTY OR TRAFFICKING [...] (U) Summary. On February 22, 37 Cambodian workers, who migrated legally to Thailand in January 2007 to work in a rubber factory, returned to Cambodia through their recruiting company. Workers complained that their working conditions were not as promised. The Cambodian government promotes la [...]	2007-03-06 04:22:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG ELAB CB
07PHNOMPENH377	CAMBODIA'S ECONOMY BOOMS, BUT LEAVES MANY BEHIND [...] Summary. With 13.4% GDP growth in 2005 and 10.4% growth in 2006, Cambodia has managed to become one of the world's fastest growing economies while maintaining low levels of inflation. However, inequality has risen dramatically over the last decade, and Cambodia's narrow economic base -- foc [...]	2007-03-07 10:25:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KTEX EPET CB
07PHNOMPENH399	SCENESETTER FOR MARFORPAC PANDEMIC/AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While fully normal relations between the United States and Cambodia have eluded both countries since diplomatic relations began more than a half century ago, the bilateral relationship has improved markedly over the last few years. Cooperation is particularly close on security [...]	2007-03-13 01:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TBIO SENV ECON CASC CB
07PHNOMPENH42	AMBASSADOR AND DPM SOK AN REVIEW BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. In a two-hour meeting on December 28, 2006, the Ambassador called on Deputy Prime Minister Sok An to review the advances in bilateral relations in 2006 and outline the new USG Operational Plan Framework for foreign assistance. The Ambassador stated that the current projections [...]	2007-01-11 09:46:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KTEX ETRD EAID CB
07PHNOMPENH484	CAMBODIAN RESPONSE TO CASH COURIERS DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Poleconoff presented reftel demarche to Pen Simanh, Director General of Customs and Excise Department, on March 27. Pen Simanh noted that in the past three years, there have been 16 cases of illegal cash smuggling, all discovered at the Phnom Penh International Airport and all destined [...]	2007-03-29 02:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN SNAR CB
07PHNOMPENH515	METHAMPHETAMINE SUPERLAB DISCOVERED; EIGHTEEN [...] (SBU) Summary. An April 1 police raid of two locations in Cambodia uncovered a large methamphetamine drug lab and resulted in the arrests of 18 individuals and the seizure of four tons of chemicals. A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) official who assisted in the aftermath of the raid [...]	2007-04-05 11:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV ASEC SENV CB
07PHNOMPENH534	CAMBODIAN PM DISCUSSES UPCOMING BURMA TRIP WITH [...] (C) Summary. During an April 4-7 visit to Cambodia, EAP DAS John met with PM Hun Sen and FM Hor Namhong on US-ASEAN relations, the PM's planned visit to Burma in May, North Korea, elections, and Cambodia's bilateral debt to the U.S. The PM claimed that the ROK and Japan are using Cambodia to [...]	2007-04-10 04:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EFIN ASEAN CB
07PHNOMPENH535	TRILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM DIALOGUE IN CAMBODIA [...] (C) Summary. At the Australian High Commission's invitation, representatives of the U.S., Japanese and Australian missions met on April 5 for a Cambodia-specific trilateral counterterrorism (CT) dialogue. Australia framed the dialogue as part of the follow-up to the October 2006 high-level [...]	2007-04-10 09:35:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EAID CB AS JA
07PHNOMPENH536	DEA SAYS CAMBODIAN SUPERLAB WAS INITIAL PROCESSING [...] (SBU) A Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) team has determined that Cambodia's newly discovered methamphetamine superlab was capable of completing only the first stage in the thionyl chloride method of methamphetamine production, meaning that an intermediate product, chloroephedrine, must have been [...]	2007-04-11 06:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV PGOV ASEC CB
07PHNOMPENH577	CAMBODIA DRUG TRENDS: INCREASED SEIZURES REFLECT [...] (SBU) Summary. Even before the April 1, 2007 raid on a methamphetamine superlab (reftels),significant increases in drug seizures in Cambodia in 2006 pointed to a strong increase in drug trafficking and modest improvements in police effectiveness. Increased trafficking by ethnic Chinese and [...]	2007-04-24 04:13:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV ASEC SENV CB
07PHNOMPENH582	CAMBODIA: 2007 1ST QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Summary. During the first quarter of 2007, the Cambodian police arrested seven human traffickers and eighteen pimps. At least 60 victims of sexual trafficking and 39 victims of labor trafficking were identified during the reporting period, and 52 sex workers removed from brothels. Three [...]	2007-04-25 02:44:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN CB
07PHNOMPENH586	GUILTY VERDICT UPHELD IN CONTROVERSIAL LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 12, the Appeals Court upheld guilty verdicts against Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun, two men accused of assassinating national labor leader Chea Vichea on January 22, 2004. The two men have protested their innocence, and a vocal local and international community of la [...]	2007-04-25 08:58:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KJUS PHUM PGOV CB
07PHNOMPENH596	CAMBODIA NONCOMMITTAL ON WMO DEMARCHE [...] On April 25, Poleconoff presented points in reftel to two officials from the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology, Long Saravuth, Director of Meteorology Department, and Oum Ryna, Deputy Director of Meteorology Department. The officials indicated that they had already been alerted to [...]	2007-04-27 09:04:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY AORC CB
07PHNOMPENH602	REQUEST FOR FUNDING FOR METHAMPHETAMINE SUPERLAB [...] (U) This is an action request for INL and OES. Please see paragraph 10. Methamphetamine Superlab Discovered in Cambodia --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (SBU) On April 1, the Cambodian Anti-Drug Police (CADP) raided a a chemical storehouse in Phnom Penh and ametham [...]	2007-04-30 11:06:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV PREL SOCI KCRM CB
07PHNOMPENH668	CAMBODIA: SUCCESSFUL VISIT BY U.S.-ASEAN BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary. In the latest of a series of trade and investment related visits to Cambodia, a delegation from the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council met May 9 with senior Cambodian government (RGC) officials, including the Ministers of Commerce, Finance and Health. ConocoPhillips representatives u [...]	2007-05-15 04:05:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV CB
07PHNOMPENH679	OUR ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY AND THE MCC: CAN WE [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) Summary. Corruption in Cambodia is systemic and pervasive, and one of the country's key challenges to surmount if its economic profile is to continue to grow in a positive manner. Transparency International ranke [...]	2007-05-16 07:09:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHUM EAID CB
07PHNOMPENH682	BUCKING A DISTURBING TREND IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: [...] (SBU) Summary. According to a 2006 study by Freedom House, Cambodia stands alone among mainland Southeast Asian countries as having improved its commitment to freedom of the press. At Embassy urging, Cambodia removed all prison terms for criminal defamation -- a weapon of choice in this part [...]	2007-05-17 03:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KPAO CB
07PHNOMPENH767	THE FRONT LINE IN THE CAMBODIAN DRUG STRUGGLE [...] (SBU) Summary: A remote location, geography conducive to evasion, and a long and poorly patrolled border with Laos make Stung Treng province Cambodia's drug smuggling hot spot, with the value of drugs smuggled estimated in the "dozens of millions" of dollars. During a May 17-19 visit to thi [...]	2007-06-07 09:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM CB
07PHNOMPENH90	BILATERAL COOPERATION PRAISED IN DEFENSE DAS RAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Reviewing excellent bilateral cooperation in POW/MIAaffairs and taking stock of the current US-Cambodia relationship were the focus of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for POW/MIA Affairs Charles Ray's visit SIPDIS to Cambodia January 15-18. DASD Ray, who served as US [...]	2007-01-19 01:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS CB
07PHNOMPENH936	CAMBODIA: 2007 2ND QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Summary: During the period April to June 2007, the Cambodian police arrested four human traffickers, one German pedophile, and two pimps. At least five victims of trafficking were rescued during the reporting period and ten sex workers were removed from brothels. Cambodian courts senten [...]	2007-07-16 01:16:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN CB
07PRAGUE1124	CZECHS SUPPORT KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON THE BURMESE [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Czech Director of Human Rights and Transition Policy, Gabriela Dlouha, informed us that the Czech government is supportive of the EU approach to keep the pressure on the Burmese government. She commented that the MFA has be [...]	2007-10-03 15:28:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ETRD WTRO BM EU EZ
07PRAGUE1158	CZECHS - STRONG SUPPORTERS OF US POSITION ON BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: In addition to the consistent, strong Czech engagement within the EU on Burma, the GOCR is very active on the bilateral front in support of democracy and human rights there. On October 9 the GOCR announced assistance (2M Crowns or 100,000 USD) for the "victims and the relatives [...]	2007-10-18 14:43:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BM EU EZ
07PRAGUE667	ERA PASSIVE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS - NEW [...] (C) Summary: ERA Corporation plans to develop a more portable version of the VERA passive surveillance detection system, as well as cooperate with Lockheed Martin on passive coherent location technology. This may present new regulatory challenges in coming years. Post looks forward to working [...]	2007-06-08 13:16:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRETORIA1	SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL LED BY CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE [...] (SBU) I warmly welcome the visit of your congressional delegation to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only two weeks after Jacob Zuma defeated incumbent Thabo Mbeki [...]	2007-12-31 16:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV PREL PGOV SF
07PRETORIA3166	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 7, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 36 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Business Confidence Down - Vehicle Sales Down - Economic Freedom Ranking Down - Telkom To Drop Call Center Prices - Angloplat Unveils BE [...]	2007-09-07 14:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA3778	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR KERRY'S VISIT TO SOUTH [...] (SBU) Senator, I warmly welcome your upcoming visit to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leadersh [...]	2007-10-26 13:16:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SF
07PRETORIA3901	SCENESETTER FOR CHAIRMAN BERNANKE'S VISIT TO SOUTH [...] (SBU) Chairman, I warmly welcome your upcoming visit to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leaders [...]	2007-11-07 16:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV SF
07PRETORIA3902	SCENESETTER FOR USG VISITORS TO THE CORPORATE [...] (SBU) You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leadership. Because the ANC has overwhelming support in the country (70 percent in the last election),the person who wins the ANC election in December [...]	2007-11-07 16:12:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV SF
07PRETORIA3903	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PAULSON'S VISIT TO SOUTH [...] (SBU) Secretary, I warmly welcome your upcoming visit to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leader [...]	2007-11-08 05:36:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV SF
07PRETORIA4026	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF INTERIOR'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) I warmly welcome your upcoming visit to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leadership. Becau [...]	2007-11-21 12:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENIV PREL PGOV SF
07PRETORIA4027	SCENESETTER FOR USG VISITORS TO THE 2007 GLOBAL [...] (SBU) You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leadership. Because the ANC has overwhelming support in the country (70 percent in the last election),the person who wins the ANC election in December [...]	2007-11-21 12:26:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENIV PREL PGOV SF
07RANGOON100	BURMA: ICRC CHIEF OUTLINES FUTURE STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Frustrated by lack of progress with the regime, ICRC might issue public denunciations of repeated GOB violations of international humanitarian law and approaching third countries to enlist extra assistance. In response to the GOB's continued refusal to allow the ICRC access to [...]	2007-01-30 04:51:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON1014	BURMA: REGIME ATTEMPTS TO SHIFT FOCUS BACK TO [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Rangoon received a faxed letter from Acting PM Thein Sein addressed to Vice President Cheney, objecting to the UN PRST on Burma and declaring the regime intends to proceed with its seven step "roadmap to democracy." The regime's mass-member organization (USDA) continues [...]	2007-10-11 09:54:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1027	THE SECOND DEADLIEST DISEASE IN BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary. Tuberculosis is one of the deadliest diseases in Burma, second only to malaria. According to the World Health Organization (WHO),approximately 40 percent of Burma's population is infected with TB, although some NGOs argue that up to 60 percent of the population could be infec [...]	2007-10-17 03:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TBIO EAID SOCI PGOV AMED BM
07RANGOON1042	ILO SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN LABOR MECHANISM [...] (C) Summary. While the GOB has made some progress this year in addressing forced labor claims, it still drags its feet when investigating cases involving the military, ILO Liaison Officer Steve Marshall emphasized. Since signing the GOB-ILO Forced Labor Mechanism Agreement in February, the GO [...]	2007-10-22 10:56:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1069	FRENCH COMPANY TO CONTINUE OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Although the European Union plans to impose new financial sanctions on the Burmese regime in light of the recent political turmoil, French-owned Total, which controls more than 31 percent of the Yadana gas fields, has no plans to pull out of Burma. Total's General Manager predic [...]	2007-10-30 10:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV EPET BM
07RANGOON1070	BURMA: REPORTS OF RENEWED FIGHTING IN KAREN STATE [...] (C) Summary. A politically-active ethnic Karen relayed reports of renewed fighting in Karen State between KNU forces and the Burma Army-backed DKBA. The fighting reportedly began on October 28 when KNU forces attacked a Burma Army outpost in Kawkareik in southern Karen State. Our contact ci [...]	2007-10-30 10:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1079	BURMESE GOVERNMENT ONCE AGAIN CUTS OFF INTERNET [...] (C) Summary. Following the renewed march by 200 monks in Pakokku on October 31, Burma once again finds itself with no internet access. On November 1, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MTC) and Myanmar Teleport, Burma's two internet service providers (ISPs),officially announced th [...]	2007-11-01 09:05:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS PGOV BM
07RANGOON1083	BURMA PREPARES FOR THE NOVEMBER ILO GOVERNING BODY [...] (C) Summary: The ILO representative in Burma provided an update of labor issues in Burma. This included the progress he has been able to make working with the Minister for Relations (and now Minister of Labor),Aung Kyi. He warned Aung Kyi that the long prison sentences to labor activists [...]	2007-11-02 05:39:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1102	BURMA'S DOMESTIC AVIATION INDUSTRY NOSEDIVES [...] (C) Summary. Burma, the aviation hub of Southeast Asia fifty years ago, now struggles to service its domestic market. With tourist levels down more than 60 percent, Burma's aviation industry is in a state of disarray. Four domestic airlines currently operate in Burma -- Air Bagan, Myanmar [...]	2007-11-13 03:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EAIR BM
07RANGOON1103	BURMA: THE KNU,S RELUCTANT FIST [...] (S) Summary. KNU leaders said they believe tripartite dialogue offers the only path to real change, but they still have no faith in the regime to engage in genuine discussions. The KNU chairman said he would continue to work with other ethnic groups to apply political pressure on the governm [...]	2007-11-13 07:56:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM BM

07RANGOON1104	HOPE AND FEAR IN BURMA'S MON STATE [...] (C) Summary: Charge visited Mawlamyaing, Burma's third largest city and capital of Mon State, November 11 and 12. She met with NLD party members, who described themselves as hopeful that change would come soon, but still distrustful of the Burmese military. They indicated that they have regu [...]	2007-11-14 10:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB BM
07RANGOON1109	BURMA: INCSR II MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES [...] This report responds to reftel request for the INCSR II Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Report update. 2. Burma, a major drug-producing country, has taken steps to strengthen its anti-money laundering regulatory regime in 2006 and 2007. The country's economy remains dominated by state [...]	2007-11-15 08:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR BM
07RANGOON1113	EDEN GROUP PROSPERING DUE TO REGIME CONNECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Chit Khaing, owner and Managing Director of Eden Group and an up and coming crony, has parlayed his regime connections to amass great wealth, while most Burmese struggle to survive. A prominent construction company, Eden Group received a six-year contract to construct government [...]	2007-11-16 05:31:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM
07RANGOON1120	FIGHTING MULTIPLE DRUG RESISTANT TB IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary. Although the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated in 2003 that Burma's rate of new cases of multiple drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) was 4.4 percent, health NGOs working in Burma today believe the current rate to be as high as six percent. Independent studies conduct [...]	2007-11-19 10:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON TBIO EAID SOCI PGOV AMED BM
07RANGOON1122	THAI PETROLEUM COMPANY TO INCREASE INVESTMENT IN [...] (C) Summary. Thai-owned PTTEP, one of the largest foreign investors in Burma's oil and gas sectors, plans to invest an additional $1 billion over the next three years to develop offshore block M9. PTTEP, which found substantial natural gas reserves in late 2006, intends to drill four addit [...]	2007-11-20 11:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV EPET BM
07RANGOON1127	BURMA: INCSR I DRUGS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 09:56:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON1130	BURMA: INCSR I DRUGS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 10:31:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON1131	CHINESE NOT ASKING MUCH OF BURMA [...] (C) Summary: China's Ambassador to Burma expressed satisfaction that the Than Shwe regime was making political progress, and urged the U.S. to be more patient and less critical. He did not offer any specific details on the November 14-16 visit of Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Burma, whom [...]	2007-11-21 10:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON114	BURMA: HOW THE WELL-CONNECTED MAKE MONEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Aik Htun acknowledged that his position stems from his comfortable relations with major government and business players built on 30 years of experience working deals through the regime. He denied the widespread allegations connecting him to narcotics trafficking and money laund [...]	2007-02-01 08:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SNAR BM
07RANGOON1170	BURMA: WHO,S WHO IN THE REGIME [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite persistent rumors of divisions within the Burmese military, we have not seen any evidence of exploitable schisms in the Than Shwe regime. While personality conflicts likely exist and some may be more moderate than others, so far no one has stepped up to challenge Than [...]	2007-12-07 11:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1177	BURMA: NO NEWS IS BAD NEWS [...] (C) Summary. Activist and DVB stringer Aye Myin Soe is in hiding and informed us there is no one left in Burma to research and file stories for the Norwegian-based broadcaster. Authorities have held his three colleagues - Ko Myat San, Win Maw, and Aung Gyi - in Insein Prison since their arr [...]	2007-12-12 10:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1180	BURMA: FIRST HUMAN AI CASE CONFIRMED [...] (U) On December 14, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Burmese Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed Burma's first case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. The case involved a seven-year-old girl infected with the virus during a poultry outbreak in Kyaing Tone (Kangtung) [...]	2007-12-17 09:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
07RANGOON1200	BURMA: THAI MFA DIRECTOR ON THE DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Thai MFA Director Kallayana described the behind-the-scenes maneuvering at the November ASEAN Summit that led to the cancellation of Gambari's briefing at the event. At the Summit, Thai PM Surayud had urged Burmese PM Thein Sein to upgrade the dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi by s [...]	2007-12-21 11:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1207	BURMA'S PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT STILL ALIVE [...] (C) Summary: Burma's famous comedian and political activist, Zarganar, is organizing monks, students, factory workers, and others to participate in follow-up demonstrations to the September marches. He recently received a letter from Aung San Suu Kyi thanking him for his role in organizing t [...]	2007-12-27 10:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON1211	DROPPING THE HAMMER ON CRONY STEVEN LAW [...] (C) Summary. Tun Myint Naing, a.k.a. Steven Law, is known among Burma's business circles as the regime's top crony. He is known to be close with both Senior General Than Shwe and Vice Senior General Maung Aye. In addition to owning Asia World Co. Ltd., one of Burma's most successful constr [...]	2007-12-28 08:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM
07RANGOON156	BURMA'S ETHNIC MON STRADDLE THE FENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A New Mon State Party (NMSP) leader recently told us relations with the regime are not good, but the NMSP prefers to play along than to break its 20-year cease-fire and return to fighting. The NMSP recently traveled to three Mon districts to explain to the public why it downgrade [...]	2007-02-15 03:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SNAR BM
07RANGOON174	THAI-BURMA ACMECS PROJECTS OFF TO SLOW START [...] (SBU) Summary: Thai aid projects in Burma, according to local embassy officials, are designed to encourage GOB economic reforms as well as helping those in need. Although the GOB has moved slowly on bilateral projects proposed under the Ayeyarwady/Chao Phraya/Mekong Economic Cooperation Strat [...]	2007-02-21 09:26:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID BM TH
07RANGOON199	BURMA: PRECARIOUS PEACE IN KAREN STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Confusion continues to surround the reported cease-fire agreement between the SPDC and a breakaway faction of the KNU. Unlike earlier cease-fire agreements between the regime and other armed ethnic groups, the latest deal does not require the Karen faction to surrender their arms [...]	2007-02-26 11:00:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREF PREL BM
07RANGOON203	AI UPDATE: USAID/FAO VISITORS REVIEW BURMA EFFORTS [...] (U) Summary: Burma has not reported any new cases of AI since it contained a March-April 2006 outbreak in poultry in Mandalay and Sagaing Divisions through extensive culling. Recent sero surveillance detected AI antibodies in ducks in Mandalay and Bago Divisions, but examination by GOB, USAID [...]	2007-02-27 05:27:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV CASC TBIO KLFU BM
07RANGOON227	BURMESE MILITARY STILL INTERESTED IN TALKING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Charge and DATT met with LTG Myint Swe on March 3 for another of their periodic exchanges of views (ref A). Deputy Foreign Minister Kyaw Thu also sat in on this meeting, unlike previous meetings, but he did not actively participate in the discussion. Charge tried to draw the G [...]	2007-03-05 10:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
07RANGOON247	BURMA: NO NEW AI OUTBREAKS, SOURCE STILL UNCLEAR [...] (SBU) The GOB has reported no new cases of AI in poultry since March 2, and has reported no human cases. USAID and FAO specialists from Bangkok joined Burmese technicians in their central lab on March 7, and made a field trip to affected sites on March 8. Lab personnel in Burma have not iden [...]	2007-03-07 10:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
07RANGOON255	INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO HELP BURMA,S WAR ON DRUGS [...] (U) SUMMARY: At a semi-annual Rangoon meeting of the Mini-Dublin Group, the countries tracking narcotics in Burma echoed concerns of the INCSR and UNODC Annual Report. All agreed that Burma is making credible progress in disrupting drug trafficking networks and reducing opium cultivation, bu [...]	2007-03-09 11:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM BM
07RANGOON272	BURMA AI UPDATE: NO NEW OUTBREAKS, MORE HELP NEEDED [...] (SBU) The government of Burma has reported no new outbreaks of AI since the culling of affected poultry in Rangoon was completed on March 2. The GOB has reported no suspected cases in humans. In the affected areas of Rangoon, officials continue to monitor the health of poultry and humans, an [...]	2007-03-14 06:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
07RANGOON283	BIOGRAPHY: SHWE MANN, BURMA'S DICTATOR-IN-WAITING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Most observers view General "Thura" Shwe Mann, the Burmese regime's number three, as Senior General Than Shwe's preferred successor. Infrequently seen in public, Shwe Mann quietly runs the Ministry of Defense and appears to have the respect of officers of all ranks. More than a [...]	2007-03-16 07:31:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BM
07RANGOON287	BURMA'S AI OUTBREAK IN POULTRY SPREADS FURTHER [...] (U) Summary: Burma's AI outbreak in poultry, which began on March 10-11, continues to spread. On March 18, the GOB responded to new outbreaks of AI in poultry at eight farms in another Rangoon township located near a major poultry producing area. Officials continue to respond by culling all [...]	2007-03-19 09:21:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
07RANGOON304	BURMESE AUTHORITIES RESPOND TO NEW AI CASES [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 21, after PCR testing, the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department (LBVD) publicly confirmed a March 18 outbreak of AI at a poultry farm in Rangoon Division (ref A). The GOB imposed stricter controls on the movement of people and poultry-related products in a six- [...]	2007-03-23 04:24:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
07RANGOON313	BURMA'S OFFSHORE WATERS BECOME MORE CROWDED [...] (U) Summary: Despite inconsistent results from new test wells, Burma's oil and gas potential continues to draw significant interest and investment from China, Russia, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Korea, and Japan. The regime has granted exploration rights to all remaining blocks just offshore B [...]	2007-03-28 09:11:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV EPET BM PGOV
07RANGOON324	BURMA'S AI OUTBREAK IN POULTRY CONTINUES [...] (U) Summary: The GOB confirmed AI was responsible for 600 poultry deaths at another chicken farm in Rangoon Division on March 28-30. Officials destroyed all remaining poultry and utensils on the affected farm in Mingaladon Township and, as a precautionary measure, at three nearby farms. Offic [...]	2007-04-02 09:56:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
07RANGOON419	CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM FOR 3D FUND ROLLOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: As manager of the new Three Diseases Fund (3DF),on May 1, UNOPS signed the first contracts for projects in Burma to address malaria, TB and HIV/AIDS. UNOPS will obligate only funds already received from donors, approximately fifty percent of projects approved by the 3DF Board. [...]	2007-05-04 04:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV BM
07RANGOON447	BURMA: KARENNI PEACE TALKS GOING NOWHERE FAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The regime has quietly engaged leaders of the insurgent Karenni National People's Party in peace discussions in recent months. The key sticking point remains the status of Burmese Army bases in Kayah State. The Karenni may eventually cede this point, but appear to be in no hurry [...]	2007-05-11 16:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREF BM
07RANGOON526	ICRC READY TO INCREASE PRESSURE ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: Frustrated by lack of progress in resolving the GOB's restrictions on International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) humanitarian activities in Burma, ICRC has given the Minister of Home Affairs and other GOB officials an ultimatum: if regime leaders will not agree to meet ICRC P [...]	2007-06-01 11:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON555	BURMA: 2007 COUNTERNARCOTICS REPORT CARD [...] (U) This message responds to ref A request for a report on the Government of Burma's cooperation on counternarcotics efforts, based on benchmarks established in the prior year, in preparation for the FY 2008 certification process. 2. (SBU) Begin Text of 2007 Certification Report Card: [...]	2007-06-08 09:17:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM BM
07RANGOON563	BURMA'S GAS EXPORTS FUEL A RECORD TRADE SURPLUS [...] (U) Summary: Burma's total trade reached approximately $8 billion in 2006-07, a record high. The country's rich natural resources, especially natural gas, dominated exports, while domestic fuel demand made diesel the top import. Government-owned enterprises dominated both sectors, controllin [...]	2007-06-11 09:11:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV BM
07RANGOON600	BURMA'S SHWE GAS GOES TO CHINA, MAYBE [...] (U) Summary: During his recent visit to China, Lt.Gen.Thein Sein, State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) Secretary-1, said arrangements were made for the export of SIPDIS natural gas from Burma to China. The GOB has not officially confirmed the decision, but Thein Sein's remarks were ca [...]	2007-06-21 02:31:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PGOV BM
07RANGOON634	INSUFFICENT FUNDING FOR BURMA'S MALARIA EPIDEMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a gradual decline in morbidity and mortality from malaria over the last 10 years, malaria continues to be one of Burma's greatest health problems. As the GOB has done little to provide the drugs and commodities needed to limit the spread of the disease, most of the burd [...]	2007-07-09 10:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI BM PGOV PREL
07RANGOON683	NEW ILO REP CAUTIOUSLY OPTAMISTIC ABOUT LABOR [...] (C) Summary: New ILO Liaison Officer Steve Marshall was cautiously optimistic about the GOB's willingness to address its commitments under the 2007 ILO-GOB mechanism to address forced labor. The GOB has begun to set up local committees to address forced labor cases referred by the ILO and r [...]	2007-07-26 01:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	BM ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM
07RANGOON706	WILL CHINA OR THE U.S. DEVELOP BURMA'S OIL AND [...] (C) Summary: Well-connected businessman Moe Myint, who is heavily involved in the Burmese oil and gas sector, emphatically denies rumors that the GOB has an agreement to sell Shwe gas to the Chinese. Moe Myint claims the Korean company Daewoo has rights to develop the Shwe gas field and ref [...]	2007-08-02 11:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV EPET BM
07RANGOON718	INTERNET SLOWLY DEVELOPING IN BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite the GOB's continued efforts to limit access to the outside world via the internet, the Burmese are creatively finding ways to circumvent regime bans. Users, particularly the younger generation, employ proxy servers or web tunnel programs to access block programs, such [...]	2007-08-08 11:05:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS PGOV BM
07RANGOON722	POSITIVE STEPS IN ILO-BURMA COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Despite the GOB's lack of transparency on the trial of six labor activists (Ref A),ILO Liaison Officer Steve Marshall is pleased in general with the GOB's cooperation on labor practices. The GOB, implementing the 2007 ILO-GOB mechanism to address forced labor, recently approve [...]	2007-08-10 01:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON754	JAPANESE TRADE WITH BURMA ON THE RISE [...] (SBU) Summary. Trade relations between Japan and Burma have improved during the past five years, in Burma's favor. According to the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO),Burma exported more than $245 million in products to Japan in 2006, an increase of 139 percent since 2001. Burma im [...]	2007-08-17 06:26:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL BM
07RANGOON782	VIETNAM PM DISCUSSES TRADE WITH BURMA - TALK, NO MUCH [...] (SBU) Summary. During a two-day visit to Burma, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, accompanied by a delegation of 47 Vietnamese businessmen, met with Senior General Than Shwe, Acting Prime Minister General Thein Sein, and the Chamber of Commerce. During the meetings, the Burmese leade [...]	2007-08-24 06:05:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV ENRG BM
07RANGOON8	THAIS PRESSURE KARENS TO TALK TO THE BURMESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Karen National Liberation Army sources claim the Thai military is pressuring it to engage in cease-fire talks with the Burmese regime. The Karen say they will insist that the Burmese army pull back from areas where they have driven out Karen villagers and stop its human rights v [...]	2007-01-03 09:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS BM
07RANGOON859	BURMESE PRIVATE SECTOR VIEWS OF THE ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: The Charge on September 4 hosted a roundtable discussion for the IMF Article IV Consultation team with Burmese private sector business and economic observers. The Burmese roundtable participants discussed problems in the banking industry, the rampant problem of illegal border t [...]	2007-09-11 10:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV IMF BM
07RANGOON871	TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION IN BURMA [...] Summary. Burma's garment and textile sector faces many difficulties, including poor investment climate and crumbling infrastructure. It has the added disadvantage of being subject to U.S. sanctions. In the past five years, employment levels and company profits in the Burmese garment and tex [...]	2007-09-13 10:26:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KTEX BM
07RANGOON904	ILO DISCUSSES GOB ACTION ON FORCED LABOR [...] (C) Summary. Since the February signing of the GOB-ILO Forced Labor Mechanism Agreement, the Burmese Government has investigated 10 cases of forced labor involving the military, resolving five of them. According to the ILO, the GOB resolved the cases involving children first, but has yet to [...]	2007-09-19 08:07:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON910	BURMA: PROTESTS GATHER MOMENTUM [...] (C) Summary. On September 24, Embassy officers observed several demonstrations in Rangoon, the largest of which numbered well into the thousands and consisted of both monks and civilians. In a significant change, the demonstrations have taken on an overt political tone in the past few days w [...]	2007-09-25 10:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON949	PROTESTS AFFECT BANKING AND DEMAND FOR DOLLARS [...] (C) Summary. The kyat has depreciated 7.3 percent against the dollar since August 15, due to the unexplained fuel price hike, subsequent rise in commodity prices, and ongoing political turmoil. The number of money changers in Rangoon has decreased, and those left prefer to change and hold [...]	2007-10-01 11:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN PREL BM
07RANGOON954	GAMBARI DEPARTS BURMA, ACTIVIST SEEKS ASYLUM [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Gambari reportedly met with Senior General Than Shwe and Aung San Suu Kyi before departing Burma today on a Silk Air flight. He provided no outbriefing to the diplomatic corps. A prominent pro-democracy activist and key organizer of last week's demonstrations [...]	2007-10-02 10:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
07RANGOON970	BURMESE GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO BLOCK INTERNET [...] (C) Summary. The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications and Myanmar Teleport, Burma's two internet service providers (ISPs),continue to block access to the internet, following a September 27 government order to cut service. Myanmar Teleport subscribers can still send email to other local [...]	2007-10-03 11:00:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS PGOV BM
07ROME411	ITALY: 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (U) This is the 2007 Trafficking in Persons report for Italy. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. The Embassy point of contact is Labor Counselor Candace Putnam, telephone: 39-06-4674-2327, fax 39-06-4674-2623. 2. (SBU) 27. A. Italy is a country of destination and transit for inter [...]	2007-03-02 06:21:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IT KWMN SMIG
07SANTIAGO506	CHILE SUPPORTS U.S. GOALS FOR APEC INCLUDING LONG-TERM GOAL [...] SUMMARY. The U.S. Senior Official to APEC, Ambassador Michael Michalak, visited Chile March 12-14. There is general convergence between U.S. and Chilean goals for APEC. Senior GOC officials described APEC as very important to Chile. The GOC strongly supports the long-term goal of an overarch [...]	2007-03-28 19:46:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECIN ETRD CI
07SANTODOMINGO1000	FOUR DOMINICAN TRAFFICKING PROPOSALS SUBMITTED FOR [...] The four trafficking proposals being submitted by Embassy Santo Domingo for G/TIP's consideration represent four organizations with diverse areas of expertise, who are each seeking to strengthen and expand existing programs and alliances to include stepped-up trafficking components. Taken tog [...]	2007-04-26 19:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG DR
07SAOPAULO802	BRAZILIAN FIRMS LOBBY TO HOLD ONTO GSP BENEFITS [...] (U) The American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) and Sao Paulo Federation of Industries (FIESP) met with representatives of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on September 13 and 14 to discuss Brazil's inclusion in the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) trade program. Amcham an [...]	2007-09-28 19:13:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON BR
07SAOPAULO832	CREDIT GROWTH IN BRAZIL DRIVING ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (U) Credit growth in Brazil is one of the major drivers of economic growth despite some of the highest real interest rates in the world. Overall credit availability is up 25 percent over the last 12 months, especially in personal consumer credit and much of this growth is attributed to rising [...]	2007-10-11 19:24:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON BR
07SARAJEVO319	BOSNIA: THE NEW COUNCIL OF MINISTERS [...] (U) Following is biographic information on the new BiH Council of Ministers, confirmed by the BiH House of Representatives on February 9. Details of the parliamentary session will be reported septel. MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SVEN ALKALAJ (Sven AL-ka-lye),SBiH ---------------------- [...]	2007-02-13 09:05:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BK
07SEOUL1398	MARRIAGE BROKERS OUT IN FRONT OF KOREAN LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) The trend for international marriages continues to rapidly increase in Korea as in other countries in the region. Marriage brokers have quickly adapted to the increased demand and have found ways to cash in on the lucrative business. Despite the plethora of legitimate broker companies [...]	2007-05-10 05:32:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KS KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG
07SEOUL1727	FINANCE AUTHORITIES SEEK WON STABILITY [...] (C) The Korean won hit a nine-year high versus the Japanese yen on June 1, prompting the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Energy publicly to ask the Ministry of Finance and Economy (MOFE) "to pursue currency stability and strengthen export supports." Earlier in May, the won's appreciatio [...]	2007-06-07 05:24:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KS
07SEOUL1816	ROKG PREFERS SEPARATE DEMARCHES TO THAILAND ON [...] (C) On May 12, Park Ji-hyun, Deputy Director of MOFAT's Inter-Korean Policy Division, expressed appreciation that the USG supported the ROKG's efforts to resist the Royal Thailand Government's proposal that all North Korean asylum seekers travel from Thailand to South Korea before being proces [...]	2007-06-14 07:48:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KS KN TH
07SEOUL2940	FORMER UNIFICATION MINISTER JUNG SE-HYUN ON [...] (C) Summary: In a September 14 meeting with poloff, former Unification Minister (Jan. 2002-Jun. 2004) Jung Se-hyun said that the upcoming October 2-4 North-South summit would focus on the economy. Jung said that a commitment by one of the major ROK chaebols (Samsung, LG, Hyundai, etc.) to in [...]	2007-09-27 06:20:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL3355	2007-2008 ROK AND DPRK INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Seoul's submission for the Republic of Korea (ROK) portion of the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report is provided at para 2. Input for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) portion of the INCSR is provided at para 3 with the understandi [...]	2007-11-21 00:19:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KS KN
07SEOUL3357	2007-2008 ROK AND DPRK INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Seoul's submission for the Republic of Korea (ROK) portion of the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report is provided at para 2. Input for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) portion of the INCSR is provided at para 3 with the understandi [...]	2007-11-21 04:33:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KS KN
07SEOUL3358	2007-2008 ROK AND DPRK INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Seoul's submission for the Republic of Korea (ROK) portion of the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report is provided at para 2. Input for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) portion of the INCSR is provided at para 3 with the understandi [...]	2007-11-21 04:33:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KS KN
07SEOUL3359	2007-2008 ROK AND DPRK INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Seoul's submission for the Republic of Korea (ROK) portion of the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report is provided at para 2. Input for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) portion of the INCSR is provided at para 3 with the understandi [...]	2007-11-21 04:33:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KS KN
07SEOUL382	EAP DAS CHRISTENSEN'S CONSULTATIONS ON CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Christensen met with ROKG officials and academics January 26-27 to discuss North Korean asylum seekers, Six Party Talks (6PT),and China. The DAS told his ROKG interlocutors that the USG appreciated Seoul's cooperation with efforts to resett [...]	2007-02-08 04:56:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MNUC PREF KS KN CH
07SEOUL587	SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (U) Post's submission for the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Ref A. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The ROKG continued to make efforts to fight trafficking in persons during the April 2006 to March 2007 reporting perio [...]	2007-02-28 08:33:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KS KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF
07SEOUL763	EAP/MLS DIRECTOR RAPSON'S CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting EAP/MLS Director Robert Rapson on March 9 met with ROK officials to exchange views and discuss USG objectives on Mainland Southeast Asia, particularly Burma and DPRK refugees. ROK officials conveyed general support for greater political freedoms and participation in Burm [...]	2007-03-15 02:54:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF KS BM CB TH
07SHANGHAI174	SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE EVP ON CAPITAL MARKET REFORMS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 8 meeting with Beijing Financial Attache David Loevinger, Treasury DAS Robert Dohner, Asia Office Director Mathew Haarsager and Congenoffs, Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) Executive Vice President Liu Xiaodong (aka James Liu) shared his views on necessary reforms to Chi [...]	2007-03-28 03:30:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON CH
07SHANGHAI25	SHANGHAI STOCK MARKET: UP, UP, AND AWAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Investor confidence in the Chinese economy, the near-conclusion of the China's non-tradable reforms and large amounts of capital sitting relatively idly in savings accounts combined to push the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) into record territory during 2006. The SSE closed 130 p [...]	2007-01-11 10:24:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV CH
07SHANGHAI253	CONTINENTAL MAY SEEK SHANGHAI-GUAM ROUTE [...] (SBU) Stymied in its recent attempt to win approval for a New York to Shanghai route, Continental Airlines is considering starting a twice-weekly Guam to Shanghai route as early as October 2007, according to Continental Airlines Chief Representative & China Country Director H.C. Kwok. On April [...]	2007-04-27 07:26:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD CVIS CH
07SINGAPORE1304	SINGAPORE URGES GREATER U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH ASEAN [...] (C) Summary: Singapore officials and academics urged greater and more sophisticated U.S. regional engagement during meetings with Policy Planning (S/P) Principal Deputy Director Matthew Waxman June 25-27. GOS leaders argued that a USG failure to understand the importance of "process" in Asia [...]	2007-07-06 09:09:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD IN PGOV PREL SN
07SINGAPORE1517	ANALYSTS UNCERTAIN ABOUT EFFECT OF MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore-based financial analysts believe market volatility could have real economic effects on Asia even though the region has limited exposure to the subprime mortgage and credit derivatives problems afflicting the United States and Europe. Central banks across the region t [...]	2007-08-17 08:35:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV SN
07SINGAPORE1637	ASEAN CHARTER ON TRACK, SINGAPORE MFA TELLS EAP [...] (C) Summary: The ASEAN Charter should be ready for leaders to sign at the group's November Summit in Singapore, MFA Second Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kausikan told EAP DAS Scot Marciel and the Ambassador August 25. Kausikan offered a downbeat assessment of developments in Indonesia, Malaysi [...]	2007-09-04 08:36:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PTER ETRD EFIN SN
07SINGAPORE1833	FTA IMPLEMENTATION ON DAUSTR BELL'S AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings to discuss implementation progress under the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA),Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Doug Bell cited Singapore's failure to fulfill its telecom commitments as our top concern. GOS officials agreed that additional flexib [...]	2007-10-03 01:47:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EINV ECPS SENV KIPR ECON SN
07SINGAPORE1851	BURMA: LEADING ACADEMIC CALLS FOR ASEAN TO SUSPEND [...] (C) Summary: ASEAN should suspend Burma's membership in the organization, one of Singapore's leading academic and establishment figures argued in an October 4 op-ed piece in the government-linked Straits Times Newspaper. Think tank director and former Ambassador Barry Desker said Burma has be [...]	2007-10-04 09:52:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BM SN
07SINGAPORE1890	BURMA-SINGAPORE TRADE AND INVESTMENT -- MORE THAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: For Burma, Singapore is a major trading partner and source of investment and foreign exchange. Two-way trade in goods is declining, but Singapore remains an important investor in Burma for tourism, airlines, food processing, and infrastructure. Asia World, one of Burma's larges [...]	2007-10-11 10:56:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV ETTC PREL ASEAN EFIN BU SN
07SINGAPORE1980	PRESSING GOS ON BURMA'S PARTICIPATION AT ASEAN AND [...] (C) Summary: The DCM met with MFA Permanent Secretary Peter Ho to express serious concern over Singapore's invitation to new Burmese Prime Minister Thein Sein to attend the ASEAN Summit in Singapore in November and to urge Singapore not to go back to business as usual with the Burmese regime. [...]	2007-10-30 07:01:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BM SN
07SINGAPORE1983	GAMBARI READY TO GO TO BURMA; SEEKS U.S. [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador sought a detailed readout of UN Special Advisor Gambari's regional consultations on Burma on October 30 and pressed him to work for specific modalities and outcomes during his early November visit to Burma. Gambari said his consultations had helped "bridge the gap" [...]	2007-10-30 10:12:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SN BU ASEAN
07SINGAPORE1996	GOS VIEWS ON CHINA'S POLICY GOALS AND ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary: Singapore expects a high degree of continuity in China's domestic and foreign policy, Security and Intelligence Division (SID) Director BG Chee Wee Kiong told visiting EAP DAS Thomas Christensen October 15. China's main priority is ensuring a stable international environment so it [...]	2007-11-01 09:18:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SN
07SINGAPORE1997	BURMA: PAVO TRADING'S FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES [...] (S) A person who said she is a former finance manager of Pavo Trading Pte Ltd. volunteered to meet with us on October 31 to tell us what she knew of the firm's management and business activities. The USG on October 19 designated the Singapore-based company under E.O. 13448 for providing fina [...]	2007-11-01 09:47:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET	ETTC KCRM EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV SN
07SINGAPORE2037	SINGAPORE 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] (U) In response to reftel instructions, this message is Post's draft chapter on Singapore for the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part II - Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. We also have emailed to INL the text of the draft report in MS Word format showing chan [...]	2007-11-13 07:13:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EFIN KTFN PTER KSEP ETTC SNAR SN
07SINGAPORE2052	ASEAN SUMMITS: KEEP YOUR EXPECTATIONS LOW [...] (C) Summary: Singapore-based ASEAN watchers predicted a disappointed public reaction to the ASEAN Summit to be held here November 18-21. Government sources and a leaked draft indicate that the new ASEAN Charter will not include significant compliance or disciplinary measures as many had hop [...]	2007-11-16 01:23:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SN BU ASEAN
07SINGAPORE206	AMBASSADOR MICHALAK HIGHLIGHTS USG APEC AND ASEAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior U.S. Official to APEC Ambassador Michael Michalak told Singapore officials that APEC members needed to fulfill certain action items this year in order to keep the momentum going for a Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP). He also sought their opinions on how to [...]	2007-01-30 08:59:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APEC ETRD ECON EINV USTR TBIO KFLU SN
07SINGAPORE2075	BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT MEETINGS KICK OFF [...] (SBU) Summary: The ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, hosted by the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC),was held in Singapore November 16-18 as the curtain raiser for a cycle of ASEAN-related summit meetings that will continue through November 22 (see official summit program, par [...]	2007-11-19 11:10:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ETRD EINV ECON ASEAN SN BM
07SINGAPORE2085	ASEAN LEADERS SIGN CHARTER [...] (U) Summary: Following is the text, as issued by the Singapore MFA, of the ASEAN Charter signed by ASEAN leaders in Singapore on November 20. The Charter identifies "democracy," "the rule of law," and "human rights" as principles of ASEAN, in addition to familiar ASEAN principles like "sover [...]	2007-11-20 11:16:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM SN ASEAN
07SINGAPORE2115	BURMESE REGIME'S MANEUVERS AT ASEAN SUMMIT REMOVED [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime's maneuvers at the ASEAN-related meetings in Singapore, especially the regime's reversing course and preventing UN Special Advisor Gambari from briefing the East Asia Summit, removed Burma's "ASEAN cover," Singapore Prime Minister Lee's Principal Private Secre [...]	2007-11-28 07:07:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SN BM ASEAN
07SINGAPORE2156	SINGAPORE MFA BRIEFING ON ASEAN-RELATED MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA ASEAN Directorate Director Jacky Foo said the Government of Singapore sees two major accomplishments coming out of the ASEAN Summit. First, there was robust discussion of the Burma issue and consensus that the issue must not be allowed to block ASEAN integration. Second, t [...]	2007-12-05 10:43:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ASEAN SN BM
07SINGAPORE2184	U/S BURNS' 12/3 MEETING WITH SINGAPORE PM LEE [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Burns urged in a December 3 meeting with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong that Singapore and ASEAN do more to put pressure on the Burmese regime to engage in genuine dialogue. PM Lee said ASEAN would do its part, but claimed the real leverage lay with Ch [...]	2007-12-12 05:21:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SN BM CH IN AF JA
07SINGAPORE2197	BURMA: UPDATE ON PAVO TRADING'S FINANCIAL [...] (S) A person claiming to be the former finance manager of Pavo Trading Pte Ltd. -- a Singapore-based company with close ties to the Burmese junta -- again volunteered to meet with us on December 10 to provide additional information about the company's business activities. We first met source [...]	2007-12-14 04:19:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET	ETTC KCRM EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV SN BM
07SINGAPORE24	SINGAPORE - 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel instructions, Post submits the text of the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Singapore. As requested, we have also provided the document via email to EB/IFD/OIA. 2. Begin text of Statement: Singapore INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007 INTRODUCTION Foreign investments [...]	2007-01-04 00:46:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR
07SINGAPORE285	TEMASEK CEO HO CHING SURVEYS THE REGION [...] (C) Summary. Temasek Holdings CEO Ho Ching (also wife of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong) told Ambassador David Gross that she was pessimistic about ASEAN's future. Thailand's interim government was obsessed with "everything Thaksin" and, having come up short on evidence to implicate the for [...]	2007-02-09 09:18:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ECPS EINV EFIN PREL SN
07SINGAPORE405	SINGAPORE: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) This is the second of three messages relaying Embassy Singapore's 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report submission. 2. (U) Continue text of submission: III. INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS -- A. Does the country have a law specifically prohibiting trafficking in pe [...]	2007-02-28 08:05:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB SN
07SINGAPORE506	RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON APPLICATIONS [...] Post conducted inquiries to verify the bona fides of Singapore Precision Repair and Overhaul (S-PRO). 2. S-PRO is a limited private company that has been operating in Singapore since March 3, 1992. Singapore's online business directory, Biznet, lists the company's principle officers as: [...]	2007-03-14 06:17:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ETRD ECON KOMC SN
07SINGAPORE995	GOS PROVIDES SOKKIA, EPNO/DAINAN, NAVID'S [...] (U) A Senior Assistant Director of MFA's International Organizations Directorate presented us with the following non-paper on May 23. The non-paper provides GOS follow-up to export control cases involving three Singapore companies: Sokkia Singapore, Epno Far East/Dainan Tech, and Navid's Com [...]	2007-05-24 01:54:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC SN IR
07STATE134596	(S) DEMARCH REQUEST: POTENTIAL TRANSFER OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. ---------- Objective ---------- 2. (S) Prevent the Government of Thailand (GOT) from transferring -- temporarily or otherwise -- to Iran AN/PRC-77 radios for upgrading. Avert a potential violation of UNSCR 1747, which prohibits th [...]	2007-09-24 22:03:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL PGOV MASS TH IR
07STATE144035	VIETNAM IN-COUNTRY PRIORITY ONE REFERRAL [...] The Department appreciates and accepts Mission's P-1 referral of Truong Van Duc and Nguyen Thanh Minh Tri and their dependents for refugee resettlement consideration. 2. Truong Van Duc: Cable states there is an older child not included in the case. If this adult child is unmarried and the [...]	2007-10-15 13:46:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	VM KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SOCI
07STATE156111	PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP MEETING IN RHODES, [...] The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in Rhodes, Greece on October 2-4, 2007. Information contained in this cable is provided for Posts' information and is not to be passed to non-OEG participant governments. A follow-on cable will pro [...]	2007-11-14 16:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC GR PARM PREL
07STATE156113	PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP MEETING IN RHODES, [...] The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in Rhodes, Greece on October 2-4, 2007. Information contained in this cable is provided for Posts' information and is not to be passed to non-OEG participant governments. A follow-on cable will pro [...]	2007-11-14 16:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC GR PARM PREL
07STATE156455	COASI: US-EU DISCUSSION ON EAST ASIA, OCTOBER 22, [...] (S) European Union senior officials met with EAP counterparts for biannual consultations on Asia on October 22, 2007, in Washington. A/S Hill opened with an overview of the Six-Party Talks process, highlighting the roles of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea. Both sides shared views on [...]	2007-11-14 22:40:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL XB
07STATE157006	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on licenses 05-050070198 and 05-050071878 for the export of pistols to Thailand. Post is requested to compl [...]	2007-11-15 22:42:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH
07STATE158200	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraphs 3-6. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 610001321 for the temporary import (form DSP-61) to the U.S. of M113 armored p [...]	2007-11-19 21:38:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC TH

07STATE159330	SUPPORT FOR NEW DELHI CONFERENCE ON AVIAN AND [...] This is an action request (see para 12) both for posts whose host governments have not yet accepted invitations to the New Delhi avian and pandemic influenza conference and for donor nations. SUMMARY ------- 2. Begin Summary: The USG has assumed a world leadership role in the effor [...]	2007-11-21 21:05:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KFLU EAID TBIO PREL XX

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