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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 02COLOMBO1719 |
Sri Lankan government-Tamil Tiger talks [...] (C) Summary: The opening ceremony kicking off talks between the GSL and the Tamil Tigers on September 16 was constructive, with both sides making conciliatory remarks. The talks, which are being held at a naval base in Thailand, are now in closed-door session until a closing ceremony and pr [...] |
2002-09-16 05:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS CE TH NO LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO2032 |
Second round of GSL-LTTE talks slated to kick [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers are scheduled to kick off their second round of talks on October 31 in Thailand. The Norwegian-facilitated talks are slated to focus mainly on technical issues, including the modalities of forming a task force on humanitarian issue [...] |
2002-10-30 11:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM EAID CE NO TH LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO2055 |
GSL says court judgment convicting LTTE leader [...] (C) SUMMARY: A court has convicted LTTE leader V. Prabhakaran in absentia of planning a 1996 terrorist attack. The GSL has said the judgment will not affect the peace process. The LTTE has not yet formally reacted. The announcement came on the same day as GSL and LTTE negotiators sat down [...] |
2002-11-01 06:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PHUM CE NO TH LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO2064 |
Second session of talks between the Sri Lankan [...] (C) SUMMARY: The second session of GSL-LTTE talks made significant progress, with the two sides agreeing to form sub-committees focusing on humanitarian, de- escalation, and political issues. The two sides also agreed to a meeting schedule stretching into March 2003. In another constructive [...] |
2002-11-04 10:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID KPAO CE NO TH LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO2080 |
Reviewing recent talks, Norwegian envoy upbeat, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 4 meeting with Ambassador Wills, Norwegian Ambassador Westborg was upbeat about the recently concluded second session of GSL-LTTE talks, but stressed that the process still had a long way to go. He took note of the LTTE's apparent downgrading of its long-standing [...] |
2002-11-05 11:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID PINR CE NO TH LTTE |
| 02HANOI430 |
MFA ON ASEAN PHUKET MEETING -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FM NIEN MADE A STRONG PITCH FOR A "TERRORISM-FREE" ASEAN REGION WITHIN 15 YEARS AT THE RECENT UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 00430 270810Z PHUKET INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS. THE FOREIGN MINISTERS AGREED IN PRINCIPLE ON STRENGTHENING COUNTER-TERRORISM EFF [...] |
2002-02-27 07:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL VM TH ASEAN CTERR |
| 02RANGOON1310 |
ARAKAN ROHINGYA NATIONAL ORGANIZATION CONTACTS [...] (C) Summary: Under pressure from Bangladesh, the Arakan Rohingya National Organization (ARNO) contacted the Karenni National Progressive Party in late August 2002 regarding the possibility of relocating its bases to KNPP-controlled territory on the border between Thailand and Burma. According [...] |
2002-10-10 05:01:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PGOV PREL BG TH BM |
| 02RANGOON1321 |
THAI/BURMESE AGREEMENT TO REOPEN THE BORDER [...] (C) Summary: Thai Permanent Secretary Tej Bunnag told the Burmese October 7 in Rangoon that the Thai cabinet decided to prohibit any Thai-based groups from attacking neighboring countries, according to Thai embassy sources. He also reportedly said that Prime Minister Thaksin so instructed the [...] |
2002-10-11 10:07:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TH BM |
| 02RANGOON1343 |
LATEST GOB REPORT ON SHAN RAPES FINDS FIVE OUT OF [...] (U) Summary: On October 16, the GOB presented results of its latest investigation of the allegations contained in the Shan Human Rights Foundation's "Licence to Rape." The GOB claims that it has now re-investigated all 173 cases and found that only five cases bear even any "similarity" to th [...] |
2002-10-16 10:28:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM BM TH |
| 02RANGOON1580 |
ASSK TALKS BIG PICTURE WITH NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR [...] (C) Summary: Following meetings with several SPDC officials, former Ambassador Morton Ambramowitz met at the EMR with NLD Secretary Aung San Suu Kyi on December 5th. The COM and the PAO were also present. In a discussion that lasted nearly two hours, Ambramowitz checked his impressions and [...] |
2002-12-11 09:14:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID BM TH ASSK |
| 02RANGOON1632 |
NOTES ON THAI, BURMESE, AND INDIAN COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: India, Thailand, and Burma will do a survey of the proposed road link from India to Thailand through Burma. Work of the Kaladan road/river network from Mizoram to Sittwe in Burma's Rakhine State is also moving forward. A Thai/Burmese border committee meeting from December 26 to [...] |
2002-12-20 06:54:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ELTN TH IN BM |
| 02RANGOON576 |
THAI/BURMESE RELATIONS - MAUNG AYE'S VISIT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE THAI GOVERNMENT WAS PLEASED WITH BURMESE ARMY COMMANDER MAUNG AYE'S VISIT. ACCORDING TO THE THAI EMBASSY'S POLITICAL COUNSELOR, THE THAI GOVERNMENT NOW SEES HIM AS A "PRAGMATIC" MAN OF RISING INFLUENCE IN BURMA WITH WHOM THEY MAY BE ABLE TO WORK SUCCESSFULLY. WHILE IN THAILAND [...] |
2002-05-07 01:28:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TH BM |
| 03AMMAN1843 |
TFIZ01: THAI AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ PROVIDES MORE [...] (S) On March 26, Thai Ambassador to Iraq (also accredited to Jordan) Tawatchai Piyarat (please protect) invited A/DCM and A/Pol to his temporary Amman residence to discuss ongoing events in Iraq. Piyarat said that he was speaking in a personal capacity and not on instructions from Bangkok, and [...] |
2003-03-27 05:41:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL IZ TH JO |
| 03COLOMBO14 |
Fourth round of GSL-LTTE talks set to begin in [...] (C) SUMMARY: The fourth round of talks between the GSL and the Tamil Tigers is set to take place in Thailand, January 6-9. Topics on the agenda include the security zones in Jaffna, which the Tigers want reduced in size. There is still some confusion as to the exact nature of Muslim repres [...] |
2003-01-03 06:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS CE NO TH |
| 03COLOMBO239 |
Colombo Plan: Consensus emerging on [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see Para 4. 2. (C) Poloff attended a February 11 Colombo Plan meeting focused on selecting a new secretary general of the organization. (Note: The new secretary general, who will serve a four-year term, will take over in June from the current incu [...] |
2003-02-11 11:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC EAID SNAR CE TH IR |
| 03COLOMBO39 |
Peace Process Update: Fourth round of talks [...] (C) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: >> Fourth round of GSL-LTTE talks begins in Thailand >> Muslim leader Hakeem attends talks as part of GSL team -- and takes other Muslims with him >> In nationally televised address, Prime Minister reviews progress of [...] |
2003-01-07 11:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR CE NO JA TH LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO47 |
Day two of talks: GSL and LTTE agree that [...] (C) SUMMARY: On day two of talks in Thailand (January 7), the GSL and Tamil Tigers began discussing the sensitive Jaffna security zone issue. The two sides did not reach agreement on how to handle the zones, but they agreed to continue discussing the matter. On a negative note, the Tigers [...] |
2003-01-08 11:10:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS CE NO TH LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO52 |
GSL-LTTE talks in Thailand: Fourth round [...] (C) SUMMARY: The fourth round of GSL-LTTE talks wrapped up in Thailand on January 9. Key understandings reached by the two sides included their agreement to move forward on resettling displaced persons. They also agreed to continue discussions re security zones in Jaffna, and to involve th [...] |
2003-01-09 11:14:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS EAID PHUM CE NO TH LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO830 |
Sri Lankan government requests assistance re [...] (C) Over the May 17-18 weekend, key Sri Lankan minister Milinda Moragoda spoke with Ambassador Wills several times re the May 12 arrest of three suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) members in Thailand on weapons charges (see Para two for more details). Minister Morogoda express [...] |
2003-05-13 11:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CE TH LTTE |
| 03HANOI2362 |
RESULTS OF USG CLIMATE CHANGE DELEGATION VISIT TO [...] SUMMARY: On September 12, 2003, a delegation of U.S. government climate change and energy officials, led by Dr. Harlan Watson, Senior Climate Negotiator and Special Representative, OES, had a short but full schedule in Vietnam, including a variety of government meetings and public diplomacy [...] |
2003-09-18 00:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV TH MY VM |
| 03HANOI2869 |
TOUR D'HORIZON WITH DEFMIN GENERAL TRA [...] (SBU) Summary. Defense Minister Tra's meetings in Washington next week are unlikely to produce any surprises, but should put the full stamp of approval on better mil/mil ties and lead to a more active program of exchanges. Tra is keen to expand medical cooperation and also seeks more techn [...] |
2003-11-07 08:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR TH CH CB VM |
| 03RANGOON1001 |
BURMA: THAI AMBASSADOR SKEPTICAL ABOUT CURRENT [...] (C) Summary: According to the Thai Ambassador to Burma, the Burmese regime has yet to offer any official or substantive reaction to the Thai "roadmap." Although the Thai Embassy here has not been included in RTG efforts to garner support for the roadmap, the Thai ambassador believes that the [...] |
2003-08-20 03:50:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BM TH |
| 03RANGOON1213 |
BURMA: THAI FM VISIT? [...] (C) Thai Embassy officials in Rangoon deny press reports that Thai Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai came to Rangoon for a one day visit on September 25, but said he will be coming for a visit next week. However, other local diplomatic sources and international press stringers insist tha [...] |
2003-09-25 10:43:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON BM TH |
| 03RANGOON1252 |
BURMA: SUMMIT FEVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A MOFA official told us that the GOB will host a "major" (by Burmese standards) summit the first week of November. Thai, Lao, and Cambodian heads of government will meet with their SPDC counterpart to pursue the Thai-led "Economic Cooperation Strategy (ECS)." According to MOFA s [...] |
2003-10-01 08:05:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BM CB TH LA IN |
| 03RANGOON48 |
THAI MINISTERS POISED TO OVERRUN RANGOON [...] (C) Summary; At least six Thai ministers and the Chiefs of the Thai Armed Services will all parade through Burma during January in pursuit of agreements on trade and illegal workers, among other issues. There may also be some action on the border in early February between the Burmese and the [...] |
2003-01-13 02:40:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TH BM |
| 03THEHAGUE2114 |
PDAS SOUTHWICK DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE HAGUE [...] (C) Summary: DRL PDAS Michael Southwick met with Dutch interlocutors on August 18 to discuss US-led and multilateral efforts in the field of human rights. The Dutch exchanged EU goals for the UNGA 3rd committee as well as thoughts on Cuba, CHR WEOG rotation scheme, and US-EU cooperation on h [...] |
2003-08-22 08:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM BM CG TH CH ZI CU NL UNHRC UNGA |
| 04AMMAN6468 |
JORDANIAN ENGAGEMENT WITH THAIS ON IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] Charge conveyed orally reftel talking points August 1 to Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office. (Post also faxed the points to al-Ayed's office at the MFA.) Al-Ayed promised to have them brought to King Abdullah's attention in Bangkok. 2. Baghdad minimize co [...] |
2004-08-02 14:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MARR IZ TH JO |
| 04AMMAN6760 |
JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH VISITS ASIA SEEKING TRADE, [...] (U) SUMMARY: King Abdullah's swing through Asia was aimed at diversifying the Kingdom's trade and investment partners and seeking bilateral assistance. The King succeeded in obtaining several grants and loans from China and South Korea; Jordan and Korea also signed a tax treaty. The King's [...] |
2004-08-11 13:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV EAID JO CH KS TH |
| 04BANGKOK6647 |
THAILAND: IMPRESSIONS FROM THE SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT: In an effort to gage the current situation in Thailand's south, Bangkok PolOffs recently completed an extended trip through Narathiwat, Pattani, and Yala provinces, meeting with a cross-section of interlocutors including local Islamic groups, security officials, academi [...] |
2004-09-23 10:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KPAO TH |
| 04BANGKOK6994 |
TRACKING CHANGES IN TEXTILE AND APPAREL: AMEMBASSY [...] This report responds to information requests contained in reftel on "Tracking changes in textiles and apparel employment and production after quota elimination." 2. Total textile and apparel production in USD value: 14.34 billion USD (down 3% from 2002). 4. Share of textiles and apparel [...] |
2004-10-06 10:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAGR TH |
| 04BANGKOK7216 |
THAILAND: PM THAKSIN KICKS OFF HIS RE-ELECTION [...] (U) Summary. In a live nationally-televised Bangkok rally on October 17, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra officially opened his run for re-election with a flurry of "populist" promises to the Thai voters. From job training programs and new housing projects to expanded transportation syste [...] |
2004-10-18 08:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON TH TRT |
| 04BANGKOK7313 |
THAI VIEWS OF A MORE ASSERTIVE CHINA [...] (C) Summary. When analyzing China's growing influence in the region, Thai experts tend to: accept China's growing power as inevitable; hope that problems associated with China's growing strength will either fix themselves or be mitigated by other powers like the United States or India; and, [...] |
2004-10-20 11:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PGOV TH CH ASEAN BURMA |
| 04BANGKOK7421 |
RTG ADMITS DEATHS OF DETAINEES TAKEN AFTER [...] (U) Summary: Late on October 26, Royal Thai Government (RTG) officials confirmed that 78 demonstrators (of over 1300 detainees) taken in custody after an October 25 clash with security units at Tak Bai Police Station in Narathiwat province died "in transit" to an army camp in Pattani. These [...] |
2004-10-27 11:35:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PHUM PREL PTER TH |
| 04BANGKOK7952 |
THAILAND: WILL THE SOUTH AFFECT THAKSIN'S [...] (C) Summary/Comment: As Thailand moves towards general elections in February 2005, Post believes, along with many local political observers, that barring a dramatic attack outside the southernmost Muslim provinces, the current level of violence in the south -- and the Royal Thai Government's [...] |
2004-11-18 10:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TH |
| 04BANGKOK8464 |
THAI READOUT ON PM THAKSIN MEETING WITH SPDC [...] (C) Summary. In public remarks about his December 9 meeting in Rangoon with SPDC Chairman Than Shwe and other Burmese leaders, PM Thaksin said that he found "reasonable and convincing" their assessment of the challenges they face from ethnic minorities, and seemed to imply that he also accept [...] |
2004-12-15 10:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BM TH BURMA |
| 04BANGKOK8485 |
U.S.-THAILAND FTA: STATUS AND PROSPECTS [...] (SBU) The November 22 announcement by the Thai lead negotiator that the RTG was seeking a postponement of the December 2004 FTA round was the culmination of several complex crosscurrents within the RTG and Thai society. The ostensible reason for the postponement, the upcoming (February 6) e [...] |
2004-12-16 09:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL TH US FTA |
| 04BRUSSELS5408 |
TFX001: INITIAL EC RESPONSE TO ASIAN TSUNAMI [...] SUMMARY: The European Commission has activated two emergency mechanisms to meet the immediate humanitarian assistance needs arising from the December 26 earthquake and tsunamis in the Indian Ocean. The EU,s Community Mechanism SIPDIS Civil Protection Unit and Monitoring and Information Ce [...] |
2004-12-28 12:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL IN CE TH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS5427 |
TFX001: EC ON DONOR COORDINATION AND ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) Summary: The EU will meet in Luxembourg on January 7 to coordinate its response to the tsunami in Asia. On the agenda is the advisability of an international donor conference. Commissioner Louis Michel may visit Sri Lanka before this meeting to assess the situation. The European Commiss [...] |
2004-12-29 16:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL IN CE TH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04NEWDELHI7053 |
LOOKING AHEAD TO ASEAN: INDIA ENGAGES EAST ASIA [...] (C) Summary: The GOI has engaged actively with East Asian capitals prior to the November 30 ASEAN Plus One Summit in Laos. India's two-track approach to these states--multilaterally through organizations like ASEAN, and bilaterally--exemplifies New Delhi's strategy of expanding economic and [...] |
2004-11-05 05:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TH VM BM LA KS JA IN ASEAN |
| 04RANGOON1225 |
THE BURMESE REGIME'S "SELECTIVE ENGAGEMENT" WITH [...] (C) Summary: A recent exchange of top military visits between Burma and Thailand indicates improving relations between the SPDC and the Royal Thai Armed Forces and is a sign that many wounds have healed since the two armies squared off during a series of deadly border skirmishes in mid-2002. [...] |
2004-09-16 10:58:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR BM TH |
| 04RANGOON488 |
THE BURMA-THAI BORDER TRADE CHRONICLES: PART I, [...] (C) Summary: A recent joint visit by Bangkok and Rangoon Econoffs to Ranong and Kawthaung, along the southern Burmese-Thai border, shows business as usual in the informal movement of goods and people. However, the formal economy on both sides is sluggish due to the continued ban on Thai fishi [...] |
2004-04-21 03:37:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV EFIS BM TH |
| 04RANGOON497 |
THE BURMA-THAI BORDER TRADE CHRONICLES: PART II, [...] (C) Summary: A recent visit by Bangkok and Rangoon Econoffs to Mae Sot and Myawaddy, the largest trading point on the Burmese-Thai border, shows trade volumes that are flourishing despite U.S. sanctions and increasingly ludicrous Burmese trade policy. Even more than it does the sleepy Kawthau [...] |
2004-04-22 02:08:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV PHUM BM TH |
| 04RANGOON513 |
THE BURMA-THAI BORDER TRADE CHRONICLES, PART III: [...] (C) Summary: Despite predictions that new U.S. sanctions would cause major changes in border trade and migration, a recent visit by Bangkok and Rangoon Econoffs to two of the three major Thai-Burma border crossings (refs A and B) shows business as usual in the movement of goods and people. Tho [...] |
2004-04-23 04:33:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PHUM PREL ECON PGOV BM TH NGO |
| 04RANGOON514 |
GOB PULLS THE PLUG ON BANGKOK II [...] (C) Summary: According to an MFA contact, Burma has opted out of the second meeting of the "Bangkok Process" and requested a postponement of at least one month, likely part of an effort to focus exclusively on reconvening the National Convention on May 17. We suspect the GOB realizes that the [...] |
2004-04-23 08:13:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM TH |
| 04RANGOON574 |
STATUS OF KAREN REFUGEE AND IDP RETURNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR's first assessment mission into Burma's south-eastern border area in early April found a heavy presence of Burmese Army troops and a lack of the basic infrastructure needed to support the tens of thousands of refugees projected to eventually return from Thailand. Though UNH [...] |
2004-05-10 09:07:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PINS BM TH |
| 04RANGOON768 |
BURMESE USING THAIS TO VIOLATE U.S. IMPORT BAN [...] SUMMARY: BURMESE GARMENT FACTORY OWNERS ADMITTED TO AN EMBASSY OFFICER THAT THEIR COMPANY IS CIRCUMVENTING THE U.S. IMPORT BAN ON BURMESE PRODUCTS BY EXPORTING THEIR "U2" AND "ADIDAS" BRAND GARMENTS OVERLAND TO BANGKOK, AND THEN RE-EXPORTING THROUGH A THAI COMPANY DIRECTLY TO THE UNITED STATE [...] |
2004-06-18 08:23:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON CVIS KTEX TH BM |
| 04ROME1591 |
TAIWAN/DPRK CHEMICAL SEIZURE - ITALY SEEKING [...] (S) ECONOFF RAISED REFTEL POINTS WITH MFA NON-PROLIFERATION COORDINATOR CARLO TRIPEPI ON MARCH 8. (WE ALSO LEFT THE POINTS AT MFA WITH DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS CLAUDIO BISOGNIERO, DISARMAMENT OFFICE DIRECTOR GIOVANNI IANNUZZI, AND EAST ASIA OFFICE DIRECTOR CRISTINA RAVAGLIA.) THE [...] |
2004-04-23 10:48:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL TW KN IT AS TH CBW |
| 04WELLINGTON915 |
NEW ZEALAND AND THAILAND AIM TO CONCLUDE [...] (C) Begin summary: New Zealand and Thailand have begun the fourth and possibly final round in negotiations for a free-trade agreement, which New Zealand hopes to conclude by November 19, before the next APEC summit. The New Zealand government acknowledged that its effort has been hampered by [...] |
2004-11-02 23:14:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL TH NZ |
| 05BANGKOK1008 |
THAILAND: THE SOUTH - IMPRESSIONS FROM FEBRUARY [...] (C) Summary: On February 1-2, Emboffs made a pre-election visit to Songkhla and Pattani provinces as part of an ongoing effort to monitor the situation in southern Thailand. In meetings with local businessmen, bankers, politicians, and journalists, they repeatedly heard claims that signifi [...] |
2005-02-08 11:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TH |
| 05BANGKOK1019 |
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. (SBU) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for Wng Cdr Tien TEPANON, Office of Don Muang Base Command, RTAF (Air Police Battal [...] |
2005-02-09 03:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK1024 |
THAILAND: NPT 2005 REVIEW CONFERENCE [...] (U) PolOffs delivered reftel non-paper February 7 to representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Departments of International Organizations (IO) and ASEAN Affairs. One MFA official noted in the non-paper the line reading, "The United State will seek support for other measures t [...] |
2005-02-09 04:34:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM KPAO TH NPT IAEA |
| 05BANGKOK1026 |
AMBASSADOR BOYCE CALLS ON THAI COMMERCE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Boyce paid his first official call on Thai Commerce Minister Watana Muangsook on February 4, 2005. A beaming Watana predicted a landslide for the ruling party on February 6, saying it was vindication of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's hands-on "CEO style." Watana [...] |
2005-02-09 05:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAGR ECON EINV ETRD ASCH ID TH |
| 05BANGKOK1036 |
THAILAND: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an introductory call on Defense Minister Sumpun Boonyanun February 3, Ambassador discussed a wide range of subjects and positively reaffirmed the overall excellent relations between our two militaries. They exchanged views on the tsunami relief effort and overall U.S./T [...] |
2005-02-09 09:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TH BURMA IRAQ POL MIL |
| 05BANGKOK1038 |
SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CDR SEVENTH FLEET VADM [...] (C) Admiral Greenert, your visit to Bangkok and Phuket will come as we are winding down the critical U.S. military role in providing assistance to Thailand and the other tsunami-hit nations in the region. Your meetings with senior SIPDIS Thai officials follow on the heels of visits by a n [...] |
2005-02-09 09:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR TH |
| 05BANGKOK1039 |
THAILAND ELECTION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Thailand's Election Commission (EC) has announced that it will officially endorse the general election results (votes are still being counted in some constituencies) by February 25. Banyat Bantadtan has resigned as the leader of the major opposition Democrat Party (DP), along [...] |
2005-02-09 10:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TH |
| 05BANGKOK1072 |
AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON FINANCE MINISTER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. On February 3, the Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Finance Somkid Jatusripitak. The Ambassador discussed the ongoing Thai-US FTA negotiations, and stressed the need to work together to ensure the talk [...] |
2005-02-10 07:41:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PREL TH US FTA |
| 05BANGKOK1075 |
BANGKOK WELCOMES CODEL MCHUGH [...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Congressman John McHugh and his delegation arriving in Bangkok on THG 683 from Hanoi at 2225 local time on Thursday, February 24. We understand that the delegation will depart for the United States on UA 9688 at 2355 on Friday, February 25. [...] |
2005-02-10 08:35:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TH |
| 05BANGKOK1105 |
THAILAND: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON ROYAL THAI SUPREME [...] (C) On February 8, the Ambassador met with Royal Thai Armed Forces Supreme Commander General Chaisit Shinawatra to discuss a variety of security issues. Chaisit was grateful for U.S. assistance to help Thailand mitigate the impact of the tsunami and correctly noted that our use of Utapao as [...] |
2005-02-11 08:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR TH POL MIL BURMA PKO IMET |
| 05BANGKOK1106 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: RAY [...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Martinez from February 12 - February 21, 2005. 2. (U) Reservations have been made at the Conrad Hotel, 87 Wireless Road, Tel: (66-2) 690-9999, Fax: (66-2) 690-9000. Room rate is USD 125 net (taxes and American Breakfast included) and [...] |
2005-02-11 08:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PGOV TH |
| 05BANGKOK1157 |
SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF FORMER PRESIDENTS BUSH [...] (U) President Bush and President Clinton, your visit to Phuket is eagerly anticipated by our Embassy in Bangkok, U.S. officials working on relief efforts, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (Prime Minister TOCK-SIN), and the Royal Thai Government. In Thailand, we are several weeks past the c [...] |
2005-02-15 06:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP PREL PGOV TH |
| 05BANGKOK1163 |
EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: [...] This is an action request. 2. JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for units that have been selected to participate in Exercise Balance Torch (BT) 05-2 from 11 April - 3 June 2005. To meet internal DOD advance deployment deadlines, they [...] |
2005-02-15 08:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK1169 |
THAILAND: THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PM [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra at Government House on February 14, 2005. Although this meeting was billed as an official "courtesy call," the Ambassador had met with Thaksin several times since his arrival January 2 with the many high-level visits for the tsunami [...] |
2005-02-15 11:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON TH TRT US FTA POL MIL |
| 05BANGKOK1179 |
EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) As authorized per Ref A, U.S. Embassy Bangkok verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by any of the Thai units listed in Para 2, as of this date. Embassy Bangkok's Political Officer Robert J. Clarke is the verifying off [...] |
2005-02-16 06:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK1187 |
THAILAND: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON ROYAL THAI NAVY [...] (C) During a February 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Royal Thai Navy Commander-in-Chief, ADM Sampop Amrapala, noted that over half of the RTN's Phang Nga Naval Base had been destroyed by the December 26 tsunami and that it would be at least six months before the facility was operational. No [...] |
2005-02-16 06:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR TH POL MIL |
| 05BANGKOK1191 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Political FSN contacted the Royal Thai Navy's Personnel Data Center, the Royal Thai Supreme Command's Directorate of Joint Personnel, the Ministry of Defense's Office of Personnel and the Naval Air Division at Sattahip Royal Thai Naval Base. None of these offices have a record of a "Dir [...] |
2005-02-16 07:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC TH BLUE LANTERN |
| 05BANGKOK1209 |
ISLAND BIODIVERSITY MAIN THEM AT CONVENTION ON [...] Summary: The Tenth Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological advice (SBSTTA) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was held in Bangkok on February 7-11, 2005. The main goal of the meeting was to develop a program of work on island biodiversity. Other major themes [...] |
2005-02-17 02:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR KSCA SENV TH |
| 05BANGKOK1214 |
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. (SBU) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for 1Lt. Peamsak PAKDEEPINIT, 5th Air Defense Artillery Battalion, WCN 1114 who has [...] |
2005-02-17 03:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK1215 |
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. (SBU) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for Cpt. Preeyapong SAMIPAGDI, Directorate of Intelligence, WCN 1173 who has been s [...] |
2005-02-17 03:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK1216 |
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. (SBU) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for Maj. Sarawuth BENJAJINDA, Command and General Staff College, WCN 1151 who has b [...] |
2005-02-17 03:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK1233 |
THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRIVY COUNCILOR [...] (S) On February 16, 2005 I, met with Privy Councilor General Surayud Chulanont former Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTAF) and Royal Thai Army (RTA) Commander-in-Chief. The meeting, held at Surayud,s request, took place at his residence in the Eastern suburbs of Bangkok and [...] |
2005-02-17 10:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR TH BM BURMA |
| 05BANGKOK1248 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: FORMER [...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance to the Presidential Delegation on its visit to Thailand February 19 - 20, 2005. 2. (U) Post is working closely with the advance team for this delegation to ensure a successful visit to Phuket. 3. (U) Control Officer is DCM, Alexander A. A [...] |
2005-02-18 06:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PGOV TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK1266 |
THAKSIN,S ECONOMIC POLICY: THE NEXT FOUR YEARS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-18 08:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL TH |
| 05BANGKOK1277 |
VEHICLE BOMB STRIKES HOTEL IN SOUTHERN THAILAND [...] (U) SUMMARY: A VEHICLE-BORNE IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE (VBIED) EXPLODED 2/17/2005 OUTSIDE A HOTEL IN NARATHIWAT PROVINCE, SOUTHERN THAILAND. POLICE REPORT 5 DEAD AND 49 INJURED. THIS IS AN ESCALATION IN TACTICS FROM THE DAILY DRIVE-BY SHOOTINGS AND SMALLER IEDS WHICH TYPICALLY TARGET THAI S [...] |
2005-02-18 12:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER TH |
| 05BANGKOK1278 |
THAKSIN'S VICTORY -- CREDIT THE MAN, INNOVATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The landslide victory of Thaksin Shinawatra's Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party in the February 6 parliamentary election victory reconfirmed the Prime Minister's domination of the Thai political landscape. Thaksin's personality, sophisticated media presentation, focused populist messa [...] |
2005-02-18 13:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TH |
| 05BANGKOK1280 |
THAILAND'S DEEP SOUTH -- VIOLENCE UPTICK AND [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra announced February 16 that the Royal Thai Government (RTG) will use a scheme of color coding to classify and zone villages in Thailand's three southernmost provinces. Villages where incidents of violence remain high and the RTG believes it is ge [...] |
2005-02-19 12:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER TH |
| 05BANGKOK1321 |
THAILAND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS/LABOR DEVELOPMENTS [...] (U) Summary. Senior Royal Thai police (RTP), accompanied by a post NGO anti-trafficking partner, traveled to Malaysia to enhance cooperation in countering the increasing cross-border trafficking of women and children. A low-ranking Thai policeman was convicted for trafficking a 14-year old g [...] |
2005-02-23 03:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG TH TIP |
| 05BANGKOK1345 |
Thai Customs Notifies Ports: Zero Percent Duty on [...] (SBU) Summary: Thailand's Customs Department informed Econoff on February 18 that its November 1 ruling, that ATMs that dispense cash as a core function are entitled to a zero percent import tariff under the Information Technology Agreement (ITA), had been distributed to Thailand's ports in J [...] |
2005-02-23 10:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON TH |
| 05BANGKOK1375 |
THAI PRIME MINISTER RATTLED BY CRITICS OF SOUTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra initially reacted to critics of his new security zoning policy in Southern Thailand (Ref A) with a blast of vulgar expletives. But strong and spreading negative public reaction to his new plan, coupled with an invigorated media focus on continuing [...] |
2005-02-24 07:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER TH |
| 05BANGKOK1425 |
SPECIAL 301 REVIEW -- EMBASSY RECOMMENDS WATCH [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Overall IPR protection in Thailand remains woefully inadequate by any measure. During the past year, however, the RTG has modestly improved upon its commitments to improve IPR protection. Minister of Commerce Wattana Muangs [...] |
2005-02-25 09:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL ECON KIPR TH |
| 05BANGKOK1427 |
Thailand: Customs Valuation Issues [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 18, Embassy representatives met with the Customs Department's Mr. Watana U-Thasoonthorn, Director, Customs Procedures and Valuation Directorate. Noting that some customs officers continue to assign arbitrary values to data on carrier media (CD) imports, Watana agree [...] |
2005-02-25 09:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON TH GATT WTRO |
| 05BANGKOK1431 |
THAILAND: FORMER PRESIDENTS BUSH AND CLINTON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a February 19 meeting, Prime Minister Thaksin thanked former Presidents Bush and Clinton for U.S. assistance following the disaster, and highlighted the excellent cooperation between the U.S. and Thai militaries. Thaksin discussed Thai recovery efforts and plans for the aff [...] |
2005-02-25 10:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TH POL MIL |
| 05BANGKOK1454 |
THAILAND: NGO HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH ASIA HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a hard hitting press conference on February 24, Brad Adams, executive director of the non-government organization Human Rights Watch Asia (HRW-Asia), described the trend for human rights in Thailand as "unambiguously negative." Poloff attended the press conference, as did the [...] |
2005-02-28 12:29:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 05BANGKOK1507 |
UNESCAP: May's "High-level" Ministerial to Highlight [...] (SBU) SUMARRY: At the February 24 meeting of UNESCAP's (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific) Permanent Representatives, Executive Secretary Kim Hak-Su announced a High-level Tsunami Panel for the May 12-18 ministerial that would include select prime ministers [...] |
2005-03-01 10:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KUNR OVIP SENV SOCI TPHY ID IN IR FJ TH ESCAP |
| 05BANGKOK1527 |
THAILAND: INITIAL MEDIA COVERAGE, GOVERNMENT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Local Thai media on March 2 headlined their stories on the 2004 Human Rights Report (HRR) with variations on the theme, "US government slams Thailand's human rights performance," with special attention to incidents in the South. PM Thaksin has not commented on the HRR. Offici [...] |
2005-03-02 13:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KPAO TH HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 05BANGKOK1528 |
THAILAND: SOUTH DEVELOPMENTS UPDATE, MARCH 2, 2005 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Thai Government has moved rapidly away from Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's controversial plan to allocate economic assistance based on the color coded security ratings of villages in the southern border provinces. In the face of broad condemnation of the zoning schem [...] |
2005-03-02 14:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TH |
| 05BANGKOK1536 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: GAO [...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Stephen Lord, Jeffrey D. Phillips, Ann M. Ulrich and George Taylor from March 19 - 26, 2005. 2. (U) Reservations have been made at the Conrad Hotel, 87 Wireless Road, Tel: (66-2) 690-9999, Fax: (66-2) 690-9000. Room rate is USD 125 net (t [...] |
2005-03-03 03:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK1541 |
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. (SBU) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for the individual listed below who has been selected to attend the following cours [...] |
2005-03-03 03:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK1542 |
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. (SBU) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for the individual listed below who has been selected to attend the following cours [...] |
2005-03-03 04:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK1573 |
THAI MFA PERMSEC SUMMONS THE AMBASSADOR OVER 2004 [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Ministry (MFA) Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn told the Ambassador March 2 that the 2004 Human Right Report (HRR) on Thailand presented government actions (at Khru Se mosque and Tak Bai) in the deep South in a misleading light by failing to place them in the c [...] |
2005-03-03 10:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TH HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 05BANGKOK1578 |
ASEAN INTER-PARLIAMENTARY BURMA CAUCUS VISITS [...] (U) Summary. Several members of the informal Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus visited Thailand this week, hosted by Senator Kraisak Choonhavan, Chairman of the Thai Senate Foreign Relations committee. In a March 2 press conference, the Caucus called [...] |
2005-03-03 11:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF TH BM BURMA ASEAN |
| 05BANGKOK1600 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: SCOTT [...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Scott Kwak from March 5 - 11, 2005. 2. (U) Reservations have not been made per reftel as no assistance requested. 3. (U) Due to limited resources and easy availability of airport transportation, post policy does not allow for airport [...] |
2005-03-04 06:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TH |
| 05BANGKOK1601 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: VICTOR [...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Victor G. Raphael from March 12 - 15, 2005. 2. (U) Reservations have not been made per reftels. 3. (U) Due to limited resources and easy availability of airport transportation, post policy does not allow for airport meet and assist. [...] |
2005-03-04 06:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TH |
| 05BANGKOK1619 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CSW DECLARATION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-04 10:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL TH HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 05BANGKOK1635 |
NOTIFYING BANGKOK ABOUT APCSS SEMINARS AND [...] (U) General Stackpole, As you know, our Mission in Bangkok is a long-standing supporter of the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. The courses you have organized are among the best of their type in the world. Thai alumni return better informed about vital issues of mutual concern an [...] |
2005-03-07 06:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AMGT TH POL MIL |
| 05BANGKOK1737 |
PEACEFUL PROTEST IN BANGKOK 03/08/2005 [...] (U) SUMMARY: On 3/08/2005, approximately 35 individuals staged a 30-minute peaceful protest at the US Embassy in Bangkok. The protesters sought the return of an antique royal headdress, currently on loan to an exhibit in San Francisco, from the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the United States [...] |
2005-03-09 09:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC TH PHUM |
| 05BANGKOK1739 |
THAI PARLIAMENT FORMALLY RE-ELECTS THAKSIN AS [...] (U) Summary: On March 9, in a vote that surprised no one, Thailand's new National Assembly chose Thaksin Shinawatra as Prime Minister, formally completing a historic re-election bid, the first time an elected Thai PM has regained the top post after a full four-year term. The over-whelmed polit [...] |
2005-03-09 10:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TH |
| 05BANGKOK1749 |
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. (SBU) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for LTC Chumphot NURARKATE, J-3/RTSC, WCN 1482 who has been selected to attend the [...] |
2005-03-10 03:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK1750 |
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. (SBU) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for Lt.JG. Putporn YING-IN, Marines Division, Royal Thai Navy, WCN 1588 who has bee [...] |
2005-03-10 03:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK1751 |
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. (SBU) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for LTC Weerapun JUNDOUNG, J-3/RTSC, WCN 1481 who has been selected to attend the J [...] |
2005-03-10 03:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK1760 |
TIP/PISCES UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Washington-based Terrorist Interdiction Program(TIP)/PISCES Director Keith McCoy and Program Officer Julie Reynolds along with PISCES Thailand Coordinator Tang Penland met with Thai Immigration Bureau and National Security Council (NSC) officials February 20-25 to discuss the [...] |
2005-03-10 08:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC KFRD TH KRCM TIP |
| 05BANGKOK1765 |
THAILAND: SUBSCRIPTION TO THE HCOC [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Nawinee Plyoni of the International Organizations Peace, Security, and Disarmament (IO/PSD) division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nawinee confirmed that Thailand planned to subscribe to The Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Prolif [...] |
2005-03-10 09:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA TH MTCRE |
| 05BANGKOK1772 |
THAILAND: PSI - SECURING THAI ENDORSEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai on March 9. Surakiart said the RTG could not provide a definitive response over the next few days because the new government was in the process of being formed. Surakiart indicated that he would pe [...] |
2005-03-10 10:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL TH PSI |
| 05BANGKOK1774 |
OPPOSITION MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FACES LESE MAJESTE [...] (U) Summary. A respected opposition Member of Parliament (MP), Khunying Kallaya Sophonpanich, has been summoned for questioning by Thai police on charges of lese majeste. Four others were questioned, including Democrat Party parliamentary candidate Thanom Onkhetpol, who lost in the February [...] |
2005-03-10 10:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH |
| 05BANGKOK1775 |
THAILAND: A KINDER AND GENTLER THAKSIN? [...] (SBU) Summary: In his second term inaugural speech on March 9, Prime Minister Thaksin promised to be open to dissent, support non-governmental organizations and establish a better rapport with the press. Thaksin also told the Thai nation that he will dedicate himself to building a better s [...] |
2005-03-10 11:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TH TRT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 05BANGKOK1817 |
THAILAND: TRT MPS BEGIN THEIR ENGAGEMENT IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Thaksin's select group of 25 Members of Parliament (MP) from his Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party has begun the work he personally assigned them to assess and develop strategies for dealing with the Muslim South. Two MPs told poloffs about their initial visit to the S [...] |
2005-03-11 11:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER TH |
| 05BANGKOK1819 |
THAILAND: THAKSIN'S NEW CABINET FAMILIAR, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Thaksin unveiled the first cabinet lineup in his new administration on March 11. Many faces are familiar, but there were some surprises. This cabinet may only last until next June. If the list is approved by the King (as is likely), Foreign Minister Surikiart Sa [...] |
2005-03-14 00:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TH |
| 05BANGKOK1842 |
THAI LAW SOCIETY CALLS FOR INDEPENDENT COMMISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: One year after the disappearance of a prominent Muslim human rights attorney, the Law Society of Thailand called for Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to establish an independent committee to investigate the disappearance and presumed death of Somchai Neelapaijit. The President [...] |
2005-03-14 10:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 05BANGKOK1886 |
PSI: THAIS CLOSE, BUT UNLIKELY TO ENDORSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Royal Thai Government (RTG) continues to move towards formal endorsement of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Principles (SOP) in the near future. However, it is unlikely that the endorsement will be made before the March 21 OEG meeting in Omaha. Emb [...] |
2005-03-15 23:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP ETTC AS TH PSI |
| 05BANGKOK1892 |
THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. Joint Interagency Task Force West J33/JUSMAG THAI in conjunction with DEA Bangkok Country Office (BCO) has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for units that have been selected to participate in Exercise Fusion Torch (FT) [...] |
2005-03-16 03:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK1896 |
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. (SBU) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for 1Lt. Chainarong YORDRABAM, 1st Engineer Regiment, King's Guard, WCN 1186 who ha [...] |
2005-03-16 04:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK1897 |
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 for Cpt. Kitsada CHITRARANGSI, Transportation Army Aircraft Maintenance Battalion, WC [...] |
2005-03-16 04:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK1898 |
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 for 2Lt. Chairat ARMAT, 2nd Air Mobile Company, WCN S109 who has been selected to att [...] |
2005-03-16 04:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK1899 |
THAI SHRIMP INDUSTRY ASKS FOR AD RELIEF [...] On March 15, the Embassy received a delegation representing the Thai shrimp industry. The delegation, comprised of the heads of several regional shrimp farmers associations, the Thai Shrimp Association, and the Thai Marine Shrimp Farmers Association, presented to the Economic Counselor a 2-p [...] |
2005-03-16 04:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD TH |
| 05BANGKOK1901 |
THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] As authorized per Ref A, with the exception of the 25 regiment noted in Para 3 below, Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of Gross violations of human rights by the Royal Thai units identified below to participate in Balance Torch 05-2, as of this d [...] |
2005-03-16 04:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK1902 |
THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. Joint Interagency Task Force West J33/JUSMAG THAI in conjunction with DEA Bangkok Country Office (BCO) has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for units that have been selected to participate in Exercise Fusion Torch (FT) [...] |
2005-03-16 04:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK1921 |
THAIS SEEK RETURN OF CLAIMED ROYAL HEADDRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thai media and some politicians have recently called for the return to Thailand of a 500-year old royal headdress which they claim was stolen in the 1950s. The headdress is currently on display at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum, on loan from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. [...] |
2005-03-16 08:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAO TH |
| 05BANGKOK1924 |
THAILAND: CHILD MARRIAGE [...] (U) The legal age of marriage for men and women in Thailand is 18. Persons under 18 may be legally married with the consent of both parents or a single surviving parent or legal guardian. In some cases, the Court can approve a legal underage marriage. This is usually granted when requested by [...] |
2005-03-16 09:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN TH HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 05BANGKOK1933 |
AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FORMER PRIME MINISTER CHUAN [...] (C) Summary: During a March 8 meeting with the Ambassador, former Prime Minister and Democrat Party (DP) leader Chuan Leekpai said that Prime Minister Thaksin did not understand the problems in southern Thailand and indeed his policies were exacerbating the situation. Chuan feared that if [...] |
2005-03-16 10:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TH BURMA US FTA |
| 05BANGKOK1947 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: STAFFDEL [...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Staffdel Frank Januzzi from March 25 - 30, 2005. 2. (U) Reservations have been made at the Conrad Hotel, 87 Wireless Road, Tel: (66-2) 690-9999, Fax: (66-2) 690-9000. Room rate is USD 125 net (taxes and American Breakfast included) and is [...] |
2005-03-17 03:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP OTRA ASEC TH |
| 05BANGKOK1956 |
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 for Cpt. Mahaesuk CHINMART, 2nd Armor Division, King's Guard, WCN S112 who has been s [...] |
2005-03-17 07:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK1969 |
THAI PRIME MINISTER SKIPS LUNCH DATE WITH ASSEMBLY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Newly sworn-in Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra disappointed a three-day gathering of mostly rural villagers from the Assembly of the Poor NGO by going on vacation in Japan rather than stopping by for lunch. The 900-strong peaceful demonstration in front of Thailand's Parliament [...] |
2005-03-17 08:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM TH TRT |
| 05BANGKOK2000 |
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 for LCdr Sumate MALAMAS, Naval Rating School, WCN 6320 who has been selected to atten [...] |
2005-03-18 08:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2001 |
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 for Lt.JG. Prayoon ASANOK, Mine Squadron, who has been selected to attend the WCN 134 [...] |
2005-03-18 08:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2002 |
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 for Wg.Cdr. Niyom SUTTICHANTUK, RTAF Institute of Higher Education, Air Education and [...] |
2005-03-18 08:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2003 |
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 for Flt. Lt. Chayapan PULSAPYA, who has been selected to attend the following courses [...] |
2005-03-18 08:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2004 |
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 for Sqn. Ldr. Somphop SOOKKEE who has been selected to attend the following courses l [...] |
2005-03-18 08:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2005 |
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 for Gp. Capt. Dejudom KONGSRI, RTAF Institute of Higher Education, Air Education and [...] |
2005-03-18 08:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2006 |
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 for Cdr. Yotin TANAMOOL, Marine Security Regiment, RTMC, WCN 1584 who has been select [...] |
2005-03-18 08:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2010 |
LOCKHEED MARTIN PROMISES COUNTERTRADE TO THAILAND [...] (C) In a March 17 meeting with Defense Minister Gen. Thamarak Isarangura Na Ayutthaya, Lockheed Martin Director for Industrial Cooperation Richard Jannarone made it clear that Lockheed Martin is willing to offer a "100 percent" countertrade deal if the RTG selects F-16 as the fighter aircraf [...] |
2005-03-18 09:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR PREL PGOV TH POL MIL |
| 05BANGKOK2013 |
FIGHTING TERRORIST FINANCING IN THAILAND [...] (S) The following responds to reftel A questions regarding RTG efforts to combat terrorist financing: (A) The RTG has not seized, frozen or forfeited any assets under UN Security Council resolutions 1267 or 1373. The Thai Anti-Money Laundering Act of B.E. 2542 (1999) makes "offenses related [...] |
2005-03-18 09:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER ETTC KTFN TH |
| 05BANGKOK2048 |
Thailand: Coordination and Outreach on Maritime [...] (U) In response to reftel, various agencies at Post have portfolio responsibility and/or interest in maritime security. The Economic section has portfolio responsibility for maritime security from an economic policy standpoint. The Political section has responsibility for engaging and coordi [...] |
2005-03-22 00:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON ETRD EWWT KSTC TH |
| 05BANGKOK2062 |
THAILAND: SENIOR GOVERNMENT ADVISOR DISCUSSES THE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Poloffs met with Mark Tamthai, a prominent academic and senior advisor to the Thai National Security Council (NSC), to discuss RTG policy for southern Thailand. He said the Thai government, acknowledging recent policy failures, is increasingly focused on the sep [...] |
2005-03-22 08:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER TH |
| 05BANGKOK2067 |
THAILAND'S NEXT STEPS ON PROLIFERATION SECURITY [...] (SBU) On March 22, Polcouns contacted Busaya Mathelin, Deputy Director General (DDG), International Organizations (IO) Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about the Thai decision to recall two designated Thai participants before they joined the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Oper [...] |
2005-03-22 12:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MNUC PARM TH PSI |
| 05BANGKOK2069 |
THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. Joint Interagency Task Force West J33/JUSMAG THAI in conjunction with DEA Bangkok Country Office (BCO) has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for units that have been selected to participate in Exercise Counter-Drug Fusi [...] |
2005-03-23 00:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2070 |
THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. Joint Interagency Task Force West J33/JUSMAG THAI in conjunction with DEA Bangkok Country Office (BCO) has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for units that have been selected to participate in Exercise Baker Torch (BT) [...] |
2005-03-23 00:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2087 |
THAILAND: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW DEMOCRAT PARTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 21 the Ambassador met with newly installed Democrat Party (DP) leader Aphisit Wetchachiwa. Aphisit spoke candidly about mistakes made by the DP during the election and discussed how he hoped to form the party into an effective opposition to Prime Minister Thaksin's [...] |
2005-03-23 09:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TH US FTA BIO |
| 05BANGKOK2088 |
THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THAI NSC SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary. Thai National Security Council Secretary General Winai told the Ambassador on March 21 that after two postponements of the original August 2004 deadline for the move of the urban Burmese to the border camps, there would be no further extensions of the current deadline of March 31. [...] |
2005-03-23 09:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER PGOV TH BM BURMA |
| 05BANGKOK2137 |
MEGAPROJECTS: WE KNOW WHY, NOBODY KNOWS HOW [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-25 05:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL TH |
| 05BANGKOK2189 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: NEJDAT R. [...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Nejdat R. Mulla from April 2 - 7, 2005. 2. (U) Reservations have not been made per reftel. 3. (U) Embassy point of contact is: David Distefano. Work phone: (66-2) 205-4715, Home: (66-2) 253-3039, cell phone: (66-7) 089-1597. Aft [...] |
2005-03-29 06:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TH |
| 05BANGKOK2219 |
THE THAKSINIZATION OF THAILAND -- IMPRESSIONS [...] (C) After six and a half years away and three months back, this seems as good a time as any to review the landscape in Thaksin Shinawatra,s Thailand. For starters, there is the towering figure of the Prime Minister himself. Dominating the scene as no previous civilian leader has ever done, T [...] |
2005-03-29 23:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON TH US FTA |
| 05BANGKOK2228 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: GAO TEAM [...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Robert Repasky, Mr. Kelly Baumgartner and Mr. Guy Lofaro from April 23 - April 27, 2005. 2. (U) Reservations have been made at the Hotel Sukhothai 13/3 South Sathorn Road, Bangkok 10120, Tel: (66-2) 344-8888, Fax: (66-2) 344-8899. R [...] |
2005-03-30 03:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP OTRA ASEC TH |
| 05BANGKOK2254 |
EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) DOD (OSD/POLICY), per Ref A, has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete further human rights vetting for the 25th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division, 4th Army Area, a unit that has been selected to participate in Exercise Balance Torch (BT) 05-2 scheduled from 11 April [...] |
2005-03-30 08:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2255 |
NATIONAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION ANNOUNCED [...] (U) Summary: On March 28, Prime Minister Thaksin officially appointed a broad-based 48-member National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) to explore solutions to the ongoing separatist turmoil in Thailand's predominantly Muslim southern provinces. NRC Chairperson and former Prime Minister Anand [...] |
2005-03-30 09:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TH NRC |
| 05BANGKOK2257 |
THAI POLITICAL UPDATE -- MARCH 30, 2005 [...] (U) HOUSE SPEAKER'S PARLIAMENTARY PERFORMANCE HARSHLY CRITICIZED The opposition Democrat Party (DP) again walked out in protest of actions by House Speaker Bhokin Bhalakula. The latest protest occurred on March 25 when Bhokin rejected a request by Democrat Party Chief Advisor (and former [...] |
2005-03-30 09:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV TH |
| 05BANGKOK2259 |
JAPANESE DFM TANAKA BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 25 Ambassador met with visiting Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Tanaka to discuss Tanaka's recent official visit to Burma. Tanaka said he delivered "a strong message" to the SPDC on democracy and the release of ASSK. Tanaka reported that Prime Minister Soe Win did no [...] |
2005-03-30 11:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV BM TH ASEAN BURMA |
| 05BANGKOK2260 |
THAILAND: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's March 28 courtesy call on the leader of Thailand's official Islamic community, the Chularatchamontri stated his support for the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) headed by former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun. The 89-year-old Muslim cleric expr [...] |
2005-03-30 11:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM TH BIO NRC |
| 05BANGKOK2261 |
THAILAND: AMBASSADOR HILL'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: A/S Designate for East Asia and Pacific and U.S. Ambassador to Korea Christopher Hill met with opposition Democrat Party (DP) Deputy Leader and former Foreign Minister Dr. Surin Pitsuwan on March 29. Surin urged the U.S. to continue to pressure Thailand and ASEAN partners to seek [...] |
2005-03-30 12:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM TH BM BURMA ASEAN ARF NRC |
| 05BANGKOK2318 |
THAILAND'S POSITION ON BURMA AND ASEAN: NEW FACE, [...] (C) Summary: The appointment of a new foreign minister, Kantathi Suphamongkhon, will not substantially change Thailand's "constructive engagement" policy towards Burma, according to a key Foreign Ministry (MFA) official responsible for Burma. Kantathi has already publicly (and privately) mad [...] |
2005-04-01 06:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TH BM ASEAN BURMA |
| 05BANGKOK2320 |
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 for Wg.Cdr. Piyasak SANGWONG, Foreign Language Division, Armed Forces Education Departm [...] |
2005-04-01 07:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2321 |
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 for Pol.Col. Peerapong DOUNGAMPORN, Division 1, Special Branch, Royal Thai Police, WC [...] |
2005-04-01 07:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2322 |
THAILAND: THAKSIN SIGNALS SHIFT IN SOUTH POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 30, Prime Minister Thaksin, speaking to a joint session of parliament, surprised the political establishment by suggesting that the RTG would take a less security focused approach towards Thailand's troubled far south. Thaksin's conciliatory tone, with statements suc [...] |
2005-04-01 07:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TH |
| 05BANGKOK2323 |
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 for Col. Duangsuda SUKSAWAD, Counter-Terrorist Operations Center, WCN (N/A), who has [...] |
2005-04-01 07:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2324 |
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 for Capt. Teansiri MONTRIWADE, WCN 5003, who has been selected to attend the Counter- [...] |
2005-04-01 07:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2347 |
THAILAND: THE WEEK IN POLITICS: MARCH 27 - APRIL [...] (SBU) Tensions within the Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party ratcheted up when members of Wang Nam Yen, Wang Nam Yom and Mod Dum Faction met for the first time at disgruntled Wang Nam Yen faction leader Sanoh Thiengthong,s residence on March 29. The group announced that it will set up a "Creative Gr [...] |
2005-04-01 10:35:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TH |
| 05BANGKOK2348 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: [...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Dinger, Karen Chandler (S/CT) and Christopher Marut (EAP/RSP) to visit Thailand from April 5-9, 2005, to participate in the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Intersessional Meeting (ISM) on Counterterrorism and Transnational Crime. 2. [...] |
2005-04-01 11:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL OTRA AMGT ASEC TH |
| 05BANGKOK2351 |
THAILAND: STAFFDEL JANUZZI VISIT TO FAR SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 28-29, Senate Foreign Relations Committee professional staff member Frank Januzzi visited Thailand's southernmost Muslim majority provinces. Januzzi spoke with a variety of interlocutors and heard local views on the origins and nature of the continuing unrest, cautious [...] |
2005-04-01 11:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TH NRC |
| 05BANGKOK2401 |
THAILAND: TRIPLE BOMBING IN FAR SOUTH, APRIL 3, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The evening of April 3, three bombs exploded nearly simultaneously in the southern province of Songkhla, killing at least two and injuring scores of others. Two Americans were injured; their injuries, while serious and requiring hospitalization, are not life-threatening. Two [...] |
2005-04-04 12:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CASC TH |
| 05BANGKOK2431 |
THAI POLICY ON CHINESE REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary. The Thai government continues to refuse UNHCR access to Chinese dissident Lu Decheng for a refugee status determination interview. In their handling of Lu, the Thai are balancing human rights concerns and U.S. and UNHCR pressure against their relations with China and a belief tha [...] |
2005-04-05 08:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM TH CH |
| 05BANGKOK2441 |
THAILAND: RTG REACTIONS TO APRIL 3 TRIPLE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Royal Thai Government (RTG) has responded to the three bombs on April 3 that targeted Hat Yai international airport and other high-visibility targets (reftel) with heightened security nationwide and carefully calibrated words. End Summary. 2. (U) Prime Minister Thaksin [...] |
2005-04-05 11:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER TH |
| 05BANGKOK2492 |
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 for LCdr. Pongsak TONGSAI, Marines Division, Royal Thai Navy who has been selected to [...] |
2005-04-07 07:54:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2493 |
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 for 1Lt. Patapee RUNGRASSAMEE, 722nd Field Artillery Regiment, WCN 1112 who has been [...] |
2005-04-07 07:57:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2494 |
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 for LCdr. Sakda WATTANATHAM, Naval Ordnance Department who has been selected to atten [...] |
2005-04-07 07:57:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2495 |
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 for Sgt. Warawuth MANEEINT, Aviation Center who has been selected to attend the follo [...] |
2005-04-07 07:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2496 |
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 for Sgt. Kittipong KONGKAW, 9th Air Mobile Company who has been selected to attend th [...] |
2005-04-07 07:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2517 |
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 for Col. Puwadol PONNARK, 3rd Special Forces Regiment, WCN N/A who has been selected [...] |
2005-04-08 02:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2536 |
AMBASSADORS HILL AND BOYCE CALL ON NEW THAI [...] (C) Summary: A/S Designate for East Asia and Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill, accompanied by Ambassador Boyce, met with new Thai Foreign Minister Kanthati Suphamongkhon on March 30. Ambassador Hill told Kanthati that the U.S. remains committed to the six-party process in nuclear negotiati [...] |
2005-04-08 07:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BM TH BURMA ASEAN |
| 05BANGKOK2537 |
AMBASSADORS HILL AND BOYCE MEET INDONESIAN [...] (C) Summary: During a March 29 meeting in Bangkok, Indonesian Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Chairman Achmad Hasyim Muzadi told Ambassadors Hill and Boyce that the Royal Thai Government (RTG) had invited him to visit the troubled Muslim-majority southern border provinces of Thailand, speak with local [...] |
2005-04-08 07:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TH |
| 05BANGKOK2541 |
THAI INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY OBSERVERS DISCUSS [...] (S) Summary: In recent Embassy meetings with several Thai government and academic experts on Thailand's southern separatist troubles, several themes emerged: 1) the Royal Thai Government (RTG) sparked deep resentment and lost credibility among Muslims in the South after detainees taken at [...] |
2005-04-08 07:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PTER TH |
| 05BANGKOK2572 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: DAS J. [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to DAS J. Kelly Ryan to visit Thailand from April 17 - April 22, 2005. 2. (U) Reservations have been made at the Conrad Hotel, 87 Wireless Road, Tel: (66-2) 690-9999, Fax: (66-2) 690-9000. Room rate is USD 125 net (taxes and American [...] |
2005-04-11 08:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF OTRA TH |
| 05BANGKOK2575 |
THAILAND: ARF ISM DISCUSSES DOCUMENT SECURITY AND [...] (U) Summary: Thailand and Canada co-chaired the third ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Inter-Sessional Meeting (ISM) on Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime April 6-8 in Bangkok, which focused on intelligence and information sharing, document security and integrity, and police and law enforcem [...] |
2005-04-11 08:57:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL PTER TH ARF |
| 05BANGKOK2600 |
THAILAND: EAST ASIA SUMMIT - THAI IMPRESSIONS [...] (C) On April 12, Poloff discussed reftel questions and passed reftel points to MFA official Buskorn Prugsapongse, Director of the Economic and Policy Division, Department of ASEAN Affairs. Buskorn's comments echoed many of those provided by the Singapore Embassy in Washington, as reported in [...] |
2005-04-12 09:29:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN TH ASEAN |
| 05BANGKOK2601 |
THAILAND: NOBEL LAUREATE SHIRIN EBADI DISCUSSES [...] (U) SUMMARY. On April 10, Iranian Nobel Peace Laureate (2003) Shirin Ebadi spoke in Bangkok. She focused a discussion attended by poloff on her experiences as a judge, lawyer and advocate for women,s rights in Iran, before and after the Islamic Revolution. She argued that many of the laws tha [...] |
2005-04-12 10:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI IR TH IRAQ |
| 05BANGKOK2602 |
THAILAND: MORE REPORTS OF FACTIONAL FERMENT IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: A prominent Bangkok daily, the "Krungthep Thurakit," reported on April 12 that Thai Rak Thai (TRT) Secretary General and Transportation Minister Suriya Jungrungreankit may lose his party position at the TRT's next general meeting on April 24. Reportedly, Prime Minister Thaks [...] |
2005-04-12 11:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TH TRT |
| 05BANGKOK2603 |
THAILAND: THREATENING LEAFLETS IN THE SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 28-29 visit by Poloff to the far southern province of Pattani, Vice Governor Chanvit Vasayangkura provided a collection of leaflets which had been dropped by extremists at different locations throughout the province over the past several months. The leaflets, let [...] |
2005-04-12 11:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TH |
| 05BANGKOK2636 |
BURMESE PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT IN THAILAND: DOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nearly 2,000 out of 2,707 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) persons of concern (POC) have reported to Thai immigration offices in Bangkok and three provincial offices in Northern and Western Thailand. The largest number reported to the Mae Sot immigration [...] |
2005-04-19 00:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF TH BM BURMA |
| 05BANGKOK2665 |
ANTI-TERRORIST MEASURE -- RTG REQUIRES ID FOR [...] (U) Summary: In an effort to thwart or identify and arrest separatist bombers, the RTG intends to require that buyers of mobile phone SIM cards show their national ID cards to register the purchase. Following the bombings in Hat Yai and other locations in the south recently, the RTG is eage [...] |
2005-04-19 10:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER TH |
| 05BANGKOK2699 |
THAILAND: COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Phantipha Iamsudha, Counselor, Social Affairs Division of the MFA International Organizations Division. Phantipha said Foreign Minister Khantathi will not be able to attend the April 28-30 Community of Democracies Ministerial in Santiago because he [...] |
2005-04-20 09:41:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM TH |
| 05BANGKOK2743 |
AMBASSASOR DISCUSSES SECURITY ISSUES WITH DEFMIN: [...] (C) In an April 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Gen. Thamarak Isarangura Na Ayutthaya welcomed the recent Iraqi elections and noted his long-held belief that setting up the Iraqi Government will reduce anti-American violence there. The Ambassador noted keen interest in Wash [...] |
2005-04-21 10:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR PREL PGOV TH IRAQ BURMA POL MIL |
| 05BANGKOK2749 |
SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF PACOM CDR ADM FALLON [...] (C) Admiral Fallon, your visit to Bangkok to meet with Thai leaders and Chiang Mai to open this year's Cobra Gold exercise will allow you an opportunity to push forward a number of key U.S. foreign policy objectives. We have requested meetings for you with Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra [...] |
2005-04-22 02:34:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS TH |
| 05BANGKOK2751 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: STAFFDEL [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Staffdel Woo for April 27, 2005. 2. (U) No hotel reservations have been made as Staffdel is not staying overnight. No per diem will be prepared. 3. (U) Embassy point of contact is: Michael D. Sweeney. Work phone: (66-2) 205-4 [...] |
2005-04-22 03:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP OTRA TH |
| 05BANGKOK2795 |
EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) As authorized per Ref A, U.S. Embassy Bangkok verifies that the Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by any of the Thai units listed in Para 2, as of this date. Embassy Bangkok's Political Offic [...] |
2005-04-26 00:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2796 |
EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) As authorized per Ref A, U.S. Embassy Bangkok verifies that the Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by any of the Thai units listed in Para 2, as of this date. Embassy Bangkok's Political Offic [...] |
2005-04-26 00:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2797 |
EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) As authorized per Ref A, U.S. Embassy Bangkok verifies that the Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by any of the Thai units listed in Para 2, as of this date. Embassy Bangkok's Political Offic [...] |
2005-04-26 00:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2798 |
SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO THAILAND OF USARPAC [...] (C) General Brown, your visit to Bangkok to meet with Royal Thai Army (RTA) leaders and Chiang Mai to observe this year's Cobra Gold exercise will allow you an opportunity to develop relationships with senior Thai Army officers. We have requested meetings for you with RTA CINC GEN Prawit Wo [...] |
2005-04-26 01:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV TH POL MIL |
| 05BANGKOK2822 |
F-16 AND RTAF FIGHTER REPLACEMENT: ELEVATING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 20, in a meeting with 13th Air Force Commander, Major General Edward Rice and the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) Selection Committee, Lockheed Martin (LM) executives advocated that RTAF purchase F-16s to replace their aging F-5 fighters. The presentation offered three prin [...] |
2005-04-26 08:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MCAP PGOV EIND TH POL MIL |
| 05BANGKOK2827 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: TRAVEL BY [...] (U) Embassy Bangkok warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Secretary of State Robert B. Zoellick and his delegation to visit Thailand May 4 - 5, 2005. 2. (U) Reservations have been made at the Four Seasons Hotel, 155 Rajadamri Road, Bangkok, Thailand 10330, Tel: (66-2) 250 [...] |
2005-04-26 08:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP TH |
| 05BANGKOK2830 |
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 for Flt. Lt. Panyapol CHAIYAPRUKE, Directorate of Personnel, RTAF who has been select [...] |
2005-04-26 08:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2831 |
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 for Gp. Capt. Suchin WANNAROJ Security Forces Command AirCombat Command RTAF, who has [...] |
2005-04-26 08:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2832 |
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 for Lt. Sirapatt BUANGBON, the Office of Policy and Planning, Min. of Defense, who ha [...] |
2005-04-26 08:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2833 |
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 for Col. Dittharat AMORNVITTHAVAT, the Institute of Advanced Military Studies, who ha [...] |
2005-04-26 08:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2834 |
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 for Col. Amnat POOKSRISUK, Army War College, who has been selected to attend the cour [...] |
2005-04-26 08:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2835 |
THAILAND: GLOBAL FORUM ON FIGHTING CORRUPTION [...] Poloff discussed reftel with Brazilian Embassy Minister Counselor Fernando Jose de Carvalho Lopes. Lopes said that he had already been in contact with the Thai MFA regarding the June conference in Brasilia and that his Ambassador preferred that we demarche the MFA separately. Lopes said the [...] |
2005-04-26 09:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CPAS KCRM KFRD TH |
| 05BANGKOK2837 |
THAILAND: QUEEN CALLS FOR UNITY AND VIGILANCE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 23 Queen Sirikit delivered a strongly worded nationally televised address calling for an end to the violence in southern Thailand. She urged all Thais to work with the government against persons responsible for recent killings and bombings, saying the violence threate [...] |
2005-04-26 10:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TH |
| 05BANGKOK2838 |
THAILAND: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (C) Mr. Deputy Secretary, on behalf of the entire Embassy community, I welcome you to Bangkok. You are visiting at an opportune point in our negotiations with the Thai on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). With Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra no longer distracted by elections and firmly back [...] |
2005-04-26 10:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PREL PTER TH OVIP ZOELLICK ROBERT |
| 05BANGKOK2839 |
FAMILY OF MISSING MUSLIM HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mrs. Angkana Wongrachen, the wife (and presumed widow) of Muslim lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit, has alleged that, after a letter was submitted on her behalf to the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) about the case of her missing husband, she received anonymous threatening phone c [...] |
2005-04-26 11:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 05BANGKOK2845 |
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 for Cdr. Jaray CHOMCHALAD, Naval Personnel Department, who has been selected to atten [...] |
2005-04-27 01:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2846 |
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 for LCdr. Warintorn KUMHONG, Naval Personnel Department who has been selected to atte [...] |
2005-04-27 01:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK2862 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: LTC LOU [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LTC Lou Ortiz, EAP Military Advisor from EAP/RSP from May 1 - May 8, 2005. 2. (U) LTC Ortiz has been coordinating itinerary with DATT Bangkok, POLMIL and JUSMAG. Post understands that LTC Ortiz is making his own travel arrangements [...] |
2005-04-27 07:39:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR OTRA TH |
| 05BANGKOK2887 |
APPROVING MILITARY INFORMATION SUPPORT TEAM [...] (C) USPACOM proposed deployment of a military information support team (MIST) to Thailand to offer military support to public diplomacy. The focus of this team will be to advise and assist the Royal Thai Army in its efforts to address ongoing unrest in southern Thailand. Post concurs and r [...] |
2005-04-28 07:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV TH POL MIL |
| 05BANGKOK2922 |
THAILAND EXBS LEGAL TECHNICAL FORUM [...] (U) Per reftel request, Post has proposed and confirmed that a "U.S.-Thailand Legal Technical Forum" will be held under the auspices of the Export Control and Related Border Assistance (EXBS) program, in Bangkok in mid-May. Post expects 20-30 Thai participants at the workshop, including partic [...] |
2005-04-29 11:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL KSTC TH EXBS |
| 05BANGKOK2925 |
PSI: UPDATE ON SECURING THAI ENDORSEMENT [...] (C) Summary: After a year and a half of U.S. and other lobbying, Thailand apparently has made the basic policy decision to be more supportive of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and is moving through the final steps towards endorsement of the PSI Statement of Interdiction Princi [...] |
2005-04-30 06:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL TH PSI |
| 05BANGKOK2946 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE: INR ANALYST REID DAUGHERITY [...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Reid Daugherity, INR Analyst, from May 2 - May 13, 2005 to participate in the 2005 COBRA GOLD Exercise. 2. (U) Post has made a reservation for Mr. Daugherity at the Amari Airport Hotel the night of May 2. Confirmation number is 9948742. [...] |
2005-05-02 09:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL OTRA ACOA MOPS TH |
| 05BANGKOK3000 |
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 for Plt. Off. Thanaporn THANUPANT, Directorate of Education and Training, who has bee [...] |
2005-05-04 04:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK3001 |
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 for LTC Noppol POLPATIPICHARN, Air Defense Headquarters, who has been selected to att [...] |
2005-05-04 04:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK3002 |
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 for 1Lt. Tippawong RODJANATHAM, Army Training Command, who has been selected to atten [...] |
2005-05-04 04:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK3003 |
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 for 1LT Thayagiat CHANARAT, 9th Air Mobile Company, who has been selected to attend t [...] |
2005-05-04 04:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK3004 |
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 for Maj. Weerachon SOMBOONSIN, 1st Air Mobile Company, who has been selected to atten [...] |
2005-05-04 04:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK3005 |
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 for 1Lt. Suphannika VIDHAYASARONYUDH, Army Training Command, who has been selected to [...] |
2005-05-04 04:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK3006 |
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 for Wg. Cdr. Arunee DILOKNORANART, Directorate of Education and Training, who has bee [...] |
2005-05-04 04:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK3020 |
PACOM COMMANDER ADM FALLON MEETING WITH NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 3 meeting with visiting PACOM Commander ADM William J. Fallon, the Chairman of Thailand's National Security Council, General Winai Phattiyakul, expressed Thailand's support for the continued "strong presence" of the US military in the Asia-Pacific region. Winai commented [...] |
2005-05-04 09:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PINS PGOV TH BURMA POL MIL |
| 05BANGKOK3041 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: PATRICIA [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Patricia Scoggs, Andrea Richhart and Teri Simpson Lojewski to attend the U.S.-ASEAN Informal Coordinating Mechanism from May 15 - May 18, 2005. 2. (U) Per Ref E-mail, USAID Regional Development Mission has made reservations at the [...] |
2005-05-06 08:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ECIN ETRD TH |
| 05BANGKOK3045 |
BLUE LATERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] Pol FSN made inquiries to establish the bona fides of Olympic Arm & Ammunition Co. as requested in reftel. According to the Department of Business Development of the Thai Commerce Ministry, Olympic Arm and Ammunition (Thailand) Co., Ltd. has a three person executive committee made up of Mr. C [...] |
2005-05-06 09:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH BLUE LANTERN |
| 05BANGKOK3073 |
THAI GIVE APPROVAL TO PRM DAS RYAN FOR BURMA [...] (C) Summary. During an April 18-23 visit by PRM Bureau DAS Kelly Ryan, the Thai government gave its approval for a multi-year program to resettle Burmese refugees residing in camps along the Thai-Burma border to the United States. DAS Ryan told Thai officials that the United States wanted to [...] |
2005-05-09 09:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL TH BM BURMA |
| 05BANGKOK3074 |
BURMESE DISSIDENT GROUPS IN THAILAND DENY [...] (SBU) Summary: Burmese exile groups based in Thailand have denied any connection to the bombings in Rangoon on May 7, 2005. Most speculated, without any providing any hard evidence, that former associates of ousted Prime Minister Khin Nyunt and the military intelligence services might be res [...] |
2005-05-09 09:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM TH BM BURMA |
| 05BANGKOK3082 |
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 for Mr. Auen KUNKEAW, The Supreme Court, who has been selected to attend the WCN 1908 [...] |
2005-05-10 02:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK3107 |
THAILAND: ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQ [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Minister-Counselor Amornsate Singha, the new Director of MFA's North America Division. In subsequent conversations, Amornsate said that the Royal Thai Government (RTG) has already delivered congratulatory messages to both President Jalal Talabani a [...] |
2005-05-10 10:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IZ TH IRAQ |
| 05BANGKOK3110 |
THAILAND -- DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNMANDATED [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-10 11:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM TH |
| 05BANGKOK3128 |
PACOM ADM FALLON MEETING WITH FM KANTHATI: KOREAS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 4 meeting with visiting PACOM Commander ADM William Fallon, FM Kanthati Suphamongkhon highlighted the close long-term relationship between the U.S. and Thailand and expressed gratitude for U.S. assistance during the tsunami crisis and for continuing joint U.S.-Thai tra [...] |
2005-05-11 05:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV MARR MASS TH BURMA DPRK POL MIL |
| 05BANGKOK3129 |
PACOM MEETING WITH PM THAKSIN: IRAQ, F-16, CHINA, [...] (C) Summary: In a May 4 meeting with visiting PACOM Commander ADM William Fallon, PM Thaksin Shinawatra did not directly address a U.S. request for Thailand to send staff officers to the multinational headquarters in Iraq, but did suggest that Thailand might be able to provide additional su [...] |
2005-05-11 05:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV MASS MARR TH IRAQ POL MIL BURMA |
| 05BANGKOK3130 |
PACOM COMMANDER ADM FALLON MEETING WITH ROYAL THAI [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 3 meeting with Royal Thai Supreme Commander GEN Chaisit Shinawatra, PACOM Commander ADM William Fallon pressed for an answer to CJCS Gen. Myers letter requesting Thailand to send staff officers to man the multinational headquarters for Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). C [...] |
2005-05-11 05:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV MARR MASS TH IRAQ POL MIL |
| 05BANGKOK3131 |
PACOM COMMANDER ADM FALLON MEETING WITH NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 3 meeting with visiting PACOM Commander ADM William J. Fallon, the Chairman of Thailand's National Security Council, General Winai Phattiyakul, expressed Thailand's support for the continued "strong presence" of the US military in the Asia-Pacific region. Winai commented [...] |
2005-05-11 05:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PINS PGOV TH BURMA |
| 05BANGKOK3143 |
THAILAND: MEETING OF THE G8 CTAG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Thailand G8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) held its first quarterly meeting under the Chairmanship of UK Ambassador David Fall on April 27. The group discussed joint cooperation on a wide range of counter terrorism (CT) related issues in Thailand, focusing on creati [...] |
2005-05-11 09:34:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER TH ASEAN |
| 05BANGKOK3144 |
THAILAND: ARF MISSILE DEFENSE CONFERENCE; EAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloffs met with Thai Foreign Ministry (MFA) officials to discuss planning details and next steps for the Missile Defense Conference which the Royal Thai Government (RTG) has agreed to co-host with the U.S. October 6-7 in Bangkok. The Thais expect to achieve consensus within [...] |
2005-05-11 09:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL TH ASEAN |
| 05BANGKOK3145 |
NATIONAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION RELEASES FULL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) recently released the complete texts of reports authored by two government-authorized "Independent Commissions" which investigated separate high casualty incidents in 2004 in southern Thailand involving Thai security forces. In April [...] |
2005-05-11 10:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS NRC |
| 05BANGKOK3182 |
THAILAND: PACOM CMDR ADM FALLON'S ROUNDTABLE ON [...] (C) Summary. On May 3, PACOM Commander ADM Fallon and the Ambassador met with a select group of Thai academics and activists to discuss the separatist insurgency in Thailand's Muslim-majority deep South. The Thai analysts spoke of tensions from Bangkok's historical efforts to integrate the M [...] |
2005-05-13 03:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL PHUM PTER TH |
| 05BANGKOK3185 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Prosper and Mr. Peter Hemsch for transit of Thailand from May 18 - May 19, 2005. 2. (U) Embassy expediter will assist upon arrival on May 18. Two reservations have been made at the Amari Airport Hotel with confirmatio [...] |
2005-05-13 03:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT TH |
| 05BANGKOK3190 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EAP A/S [...] (U) Embassy Bangkok warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for transit travel through Thailand to EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill and EAP Special Assistant Marc Koehler during the period May 18 - May 19, 2005 and on May 21, 2005. 2. (U) For the night of May 18, two single [...] |
2005-05-13 07:34:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL TH |
| 05BANGKOK3198 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to David Recker, Parvin Roushan Huda, Kevin Cummings and Laurie Magree from May 15 - 23, 2005 in order to attend the "US-Thailand Legal Technical Forum", to be held in Bangkok from May 18-20. 2. (U) As noted in reftel, hotel reservat [...] |
2005-05-13 08:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PARM PREL ETTC KSTC TH |
| 05BANGKOK3203 |
THAILAND: DEALING WITH CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT [...] (S) SUMMARY: As separatist violence escalates in Thailand's deep South, USG officials must deal with the persistent and perhaps widening perception in the Thai public that the United States is fomenting the violence for its own purposes. When traveling in Thailand's southern provinces, Emb [...] |
2005-05-13 09:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER TH |
| 05BANGKOK3205 |
THAILAND: CO-CHAIRING THE ARF/ISG [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Urawadee Sriphiromya of the MFA Department of ASEAN Affairs. Urawadee said the RTG was appreciative of the United States' willingness to con-chair the ARF/ISG in Honolulu, October 17-19, 2005, and as dialogue partners, looked forward to coordina [...] |
2005-05-13 10:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL AORC XB RP TH |
| 05BANGKOK3206 |
THAILAND ISSUES STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR NEW IRAQI [...] (SBU) The MFA has informed Post that the RTG has issued a public statement in support of the Iraqi transitional Government. The MFA has posted the announcement on the Ministry's website (www.mfa.go.th). In addition, MFA North America Division provided post with a copy of a congratulatory D [...] |
2005-05-13 10:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO TH IRAQ |
| 05BANGKOK3207 |
PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ON WHY THAILAND'S [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Dr. Gothom Ariya, who is a respected academic, human rights activist and member of the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC), expressed his views on the NRC's initial meeting, changes in the attitude of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra [...] |
2005-05-13 11:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER TH |
| 05BANGKOK3208 |
MY DINNER WITH THAKSIN [...] (C) Summary: I had dinner on May 12 with Prime Minister Thaksin. He was in a receptive mode. On trade issues, Thaksin indicated that he was ready to push his ministers to reengage on all FTA issues and said there was "no problem" in lifting Thailand's ban on U.S. beef. He accepted constr [...] |
2005-05-13 11:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER BU TH IZ BURMA ASEAN |
| 05BANGKOK3243 |
REVISED THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Amb. Prosper and Mr. Jonathan Crock from May 17 - May 20, 2005. 2. (U) Hotel reservations were made at the Amari Airport Hotel and reservation number 5421186 has been changed to reflect name of Mr. Crock. Currently, the Thai Bah [...] |
2005-05-17 02:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA TH |
| 05BANGKOK3258 |
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 for Miss Chatchadapa JARURANGSAN, State Enterprise Policy Officer who has been select [...] |
2005-05-17 08:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK3271 |
THAILAND: PM THAKSIN'S PUBLIC REMARKS ON RANGOON [...] (C) Summary: It has not been lost on Thai observers that SPDC propaganda about who is responsible for the May 7 bombings in Rangoon (Ref A) vaguely suggests Thai involvement as well as that of a "superpower nation." Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra tackled this issue on May 16 by rejecting [...] |
2005-05-18 00:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER BM TH ASEAN BURMA |
| 05BANGKOK3283 |
THAILAND: DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MAY 4, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: On May 4, 2005 Deputy Secretary Zoellick met with Thai Foreign Minister Kanthati Suphamongkhon at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). In an 80-minute exchange, they covered key areas for inclusion in the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations, Thai endorsement of the Proli [...] |
2005-05-18 04:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON MARR TH |
| 05BANGKOK3303 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: STAFFDEL [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Jamie McCormick, professional staff member to the House International Relations Committee (HIRC). Mr. McCormick will be transiting Thailand on May 28 and June 5, 2005. Per Staffdel's request, no official program or meetings are being [...] |
2005-05-18 11:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP ASEC TH |
| 05BANGKOK3313 |
EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: [...] This is an action request. 2. JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for units that have been selected to participate in the DIILS, "Human Rights/LOAC" course scheduled from May 16 - 20, 2005. To meet internal DOD advance deployment dead [...] |
2005-05-19 03:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK3314 |
THAILAND: PM THAKSIN'S PUBLIC REMARKS ON RANGOON [...] (C) Summary: It has not been lost on Thai observers that SPDC propaganda about who is responsible for the May 7 bombings in Rangoon (Ref A) vaguely suggests Thai involvement as well as that of a "superpower nation." Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra tackled this issue on May 16 by rejecting a [...] |
2005-05-19 03:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER BM TH ASEAN BURMA |
| 05BANGKOK3327 |
THAILAND: MAY 1992 DEMOCRACY HEROES TO BE [...] (SBU) Summary: Families of democracy demonstrators killed, injured or missing from a military crackdown in May 1992 laid the foundation stone for a new memorial in Bangkok. Opposition Democrat Party leader Abhisit spoke in praise of those who "sacrificed to bring democracy" to the Thai people. [...] |
2005-05-19 08:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 05BANGKOK3333 |
THAIS CONTENT WITH LOCAL NEGOTIATIONS TO DEFUSE BORDER TENSIONS WITH CAMBODIA AT ANCIENT KHMER TEMPLE [...] Summary: Recent news stories about a dispute at a historically sensitive ancient Khmer temple at the border between Thailand and Cambodia inaccurately reported increased Thai troop deployments and explosion of a landmine inside the temple. Tensions at this temple site, which flare periodically, app [...] |
2005-05-19 10:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PREL CB TH CAMBODIA |
| 05BANGKOK3381 |
THAILAND: REPLACEMENT OF RTG AUDITOR-GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: A controversy over the status of Auditor-General Khunying Charuwan Methanaka is receiving wide attention in Thailand. On May 12, citing a Constitutional Court decision voiding her original appointment, the Senate named former Finance Ministry Deputy Permanent Secretary Wisut [...] |
2005-05-20 10:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TH |
| 05BANGKOK3392 |
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 for Cdr. Peerapong TABYAM, Planning and Estimating Division, Phrachulajomklao Naval D [...] |
2005-05-24 08:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK3436 |
THAILAND SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, all of us in Bangkok look forward to your visit as an opportunity to advance a number of key U.S. foreign policy objectives. We have just finished our annual Cobra Gold exercise -- the only multilateral training exercise in the Asia-Pacific region. This year's exercise [...] |
2005-05-25 08:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV MARR MASS TH |
| 05BANGKOK3439 |
(UNITS TO STATE) EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN [...] This is an action request. 2. Joint Interagency Task Force West J33/JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for units that have been selected to participate in Exercise Balance Torch 05-3 scheduled from 18 July to 23 Sept. 2005. To meet i [...] |
2005-05-25 08:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK3471 |
THAILAND: TRT FACTIONAL TENSIONS FLARE OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition to Thai Senate efforts to replace popular Auditor-General Charuvan -- up to now led by the Democrat Party (DP) -- has been taken up by one of the ruling Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party's key factions. Powerful TRT faction leader Sanoh Thienthong has drawn Prime Minister [...] |
2005-05-26 11:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TH TRT |
| 05BANGKOK3500 |
THAILAND: ICJ ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, on May 16 Poloffs delivered diplomatic note seeking RTG support for the reelection of Judge Buergenthal to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to the MFA North America Division. 2. (SBU) Poloff subsequently discussed reftel talking points with Phaspor [...] |
2005-05-27 11:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TH |
| 05BANGKOK3521 |
THAILAND: NATIONAL COUNTER CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 30, eight commissioners of the National Counter Corruption Commission (NCCC) resigned under a cloud. A ninth commissioner had resigned earlier, shortly after the Supreme Court of Justice's Criminal Division for Persons Holding Political Positions ruled (6 to 3) on May [...] |
2005-05-31 04:54:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TH NCCC |
| 05BANGKOK3522 |
COMMUNITY RADIO IN THAILAND: CRACKDOWN OR CROSSED [...] (U) SUMMARY: An estimated 2,000 (maybe 3,000) unregistered community radio stations continue to broadcast popular news and "call in" talk shows without a legal regulatory framework. Appointment of a National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) remains stalled in the Thai Senate. Although the Royal [...] |
2005-05-31 05:35:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO TH |
| 05BANGKOK3590 |
THAILAND: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUSPENSION OF [...] (C) On May 27, PolCouns conveyed reftel para 8 talking points to Chakarin Chayabongse, Deputy Director General, East Asian Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Chakarin expressed appreciation for the official notification of suspension of the U.S. remains recovery program in N [...] |
2005-06-01 10:29:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KN KS TH DPRK |
| 05BANGKOK3592 |
THAILAND: SUSPECTED JI MEMBERS FOUND NOT GUILTY [...] (C) Maisuri Haji Abdulloh and three other suspected Thai Jemaah Islamayah (JI) members on trial in Bangkok on charges of plotting to bomb Western embassies and other targets in Thailand were found "not guilty" on June 1 in a Bangkok court. One of the defense attorneys, Witthaya Buranasin of [...] |
2005-06-01 11:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER TH |
| 05BANGKOK3622 |
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 for Gp. Capt. Saisak KANPACHAI, Directorate of Joint and Combined Exercises who has b [...] |
2005-06-03 01:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK3623 |
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 for Paijit SAVASDISARA, The Supreme Court, who has been selected to attend the WCN 29 [...] |
2005-06-03 01:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK3624 |
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 for Capt. Yanapan BOOBPAMALA, 9th Air Mobile Company who has been selected to attend [...] |
2005-06-03 01:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK3625 |
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 for Capt. Atit Tanyanon, Infantry School, who has been selected to attend the WCN 111 [...] |
2005-06-03 01:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK3633 |
THAILAND: VIOLENCE IN THE SOUTH: VISIT TO SONGKHLA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff visited the far southern province of Songkhla and the Muslim majority province of Satun May 23-24. Satun province has avoided the violence plaguing the three other Muslim majority Thai provinces despite a similar population and geographical location. A separate historic [...] |
2005-06-03 06:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TH |
| 05BANGKOK3635 |
THAILAND: NCCC RESIGNATIONS SPUR MOVES TO AMEND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Thaksin administration and the political opposition are both drafting proposals for a constitutional amendment on the selection process for the National Counter Corruption Commission (NCCC), from which all nine National Counter Corruption Commissioners resigned following [...] |
2005-06-03 06:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TH NCCC |
| 05BANGKOK3704 |
THAILAND-DPRK RELATIONS: RTG SEES ITSELF AS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-06 10:41:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PARM PHUM KN KS TH DPRK |
| 05BANGKOK3722 |
SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S MEETING WITH THAI MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld met with Thai Defense Minister Thamarak Isarangura Na Ayutthaya on June 6 in Bangkok. SecDef said: 1) the strong history of U.S.-Thai military cooperation facilitated the impressive response to the December 26 tsunami; 2) the U.S. hopes that Tha [...] |
2005-06-07 01:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OVIP PARM PTER MASS TH PSI |
| 05BANGKOK3725 |
SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S MEETING WITH THAI PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld met on June 6 with Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra at Government House in Bangkok. Secretary Rumsfeld 1) encouraged Thailand to endorse the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Principles; 2) sought PM Thaksin's insights into [...] |
2005-06-07 01:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM OVIP TH PSI |
| 05BANGKOK3790 |
THAILAND: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UN DEMOCRACY FUND [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the UN Democracy Fund and discussed reftel points with Suvat Poopatanapong, Counselor of the International Organization Peace Security and Disarmament Division at MFA. Suvat said the MFA had passed our request to the Thai UN Perm Reps in New York. [...] |
2005-06-09 07:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM TH |
| 05BANGKOK3799 |
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (C) Ref A) requests Department action for human rights vetting for the 5th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division of the 4th Army of the Royal Thai Army. As noted in ref A), the unit is scheduled to participate in Exercise Balance Torch 05-3. The Department has requested further informati [...] |
2005-06-09 11:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK3802 |
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 for LtG Pamook U-THAICHAYA, Special Warfare Command, who has been selected for an Of [...] |
2005-06-10 00:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK3803 |
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 for Ltc Chartchai CHAIGASAM, Special Warfare Command, who has been selected for an O [...] |
2005-06-10 01:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK3804 |
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 for Col. Chetta TRONGDEE, 2nd Special Forces Regiment, who has been selected for an O [...] |
2005-06-10 01:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK3805 |
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 for MG. Podok BUNNAG, 1st Special Forces Division, who has been selected to an Offic [...] |
2005-06-10 01:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK3806 |
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 for Sqn.Ldr. Tawatchai MAKPANICH, RTAF Academy, Air Education and Training Command wh [...] |
2005-06-10 01:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK3807 |
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 for Flt.Lt. Silath REANMANEE, Directorate of Civil Affairs who has been selected to a [...] |
2005-06-10 01:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK3808 |
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 for AM Decha Hunhaboon, Royal Aide-de-Camp Department, who has been selected to atten [...] |
2005-06-10 01:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK3810 |
EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) As authorized per Ref A, U.S. Embassy Bangkok verifies that the Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by any of the units from the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Army Areas identified in Par [...] |
2005-06-10 01:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK3829 |
EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: [...] This is an action request. 2. JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for units that have been selected to participate in the following courses and to meet internal DOD advance deployment deadlines, they have requested that the review of h [...] |
2005-06-10 05:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING |
| 05BANGKOK3846 |
THAILAND TO CONTINUE PUSH TO SERVE AS "MEDIATOR" [...] (C) On the margins of an MFA briefing on the recent OIC visit to Thailand (septel) the chief of the MFA's ASEAN Affairs Policy Section, Suriya Chindawongse, pulled poloff aside to discuss North Korea (DPRK). Suriya repeated remarks made during recent high-level U.S./Thai meetings (reftels) [...] |
2005-06-10 08:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR MASS TH DPRK |
| 05BANGKOK3850 |
AMCITS RELEASED IN LAOS HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE IN BANGKOK [...] (U) SUMMARY: Three US citizens, recently detained in Vientiane after trying to assist with the surrender of approximately 170 Hmong and Khmu in Laos, held a press conference on June 9 describing the events of June 4 and 5 (Reftels). Ed and Georgie Szendrey gave an emotional account of their " [...] |
2005-06-10 08:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF CASC TH LA HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 05BANGKOK3852 |
THAILAND: RTG SUBMITS CORRUPTION COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government's draft constitutional amendment to revise the selection process for the National Counter Corruption Commission (NCCC) easily passed its first reading in Parliament on June 8. The opposition Democrat Party (DP) proposed a different version of constitutional ame [...] |
2005-06-10 09:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TH |
| 05BANGKOK3854 |
THAILAND: MFA BRIEFS ON OIC DELEGATION VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 9, the Foreign Ministry (MFA) briefed the Diplomatic Corps regarding the ongoing visit of a delegation from the Organization of The Islamic Conference (OIC) looking into the Tak Bai incident and unrest in southern Thailand. The Royal Thai Government (RTG) emphasized t [...] |
2005-06-10 10:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER TH |
| 05BANGKOK3890 |
THAILAND: DRIVING FORWARD ON TRAFFIC SAFETY [...] Summary: The upcoming International Road Federation (IRF) meeting in Bangkok this June affords an opportunity to engage Royal Thai Government (RTG) contacts and consider USG follow- up work on traffic safety in Thailand, including the status of two US Trade and Development Agency (TDA) projects [...] |
2005-06-13 09:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ELTN ECON ETRD PREL SOCI TH |
| 05BANGKOK3930 |
(C) THAILAND: ALLEGED USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] (S) Summary: The senior Thai Foreign Ministry (MFA) official covering Burma told poloffs that the Royal Thai Government (RTG) has no hard evidence confirming the reported use of chemical weapons by the Burmese Army against ethnic Karenni soldiers near the Thai border in February 2005. These [...] |
2005-06-14 10:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PINR MOPS PHUM TH BM BURMA |
| 05BANGKOK3945 |
WORKING WITH THAILAND TO ENGAGE OTHER MILITARIES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Thailand affords the United States a unique platform in Asia to work jointly with other Asian military forces, including those from Japan and Indonesia, and to conduct multinational peacekeeping, disaster relief and other exercises. Our largest exercise, Cobra Gold, is America [...] |
2005-06-15 09:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV |