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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
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 MARR MASS TH POL MIL
05BANGKOK3963	BIG COMPROMISES PUSH JAPAN-THAI FTA INTO FINAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. As the negotiation of the Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement (JTEPA) enters its final stages, Thai and Japanese negotiators have moderated some key demands to avoid a stalemate. A Japanese economic officia [...]	2005-06-16 08:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD EINV TH
05BANGKOK3992	TALKING POINTS DELIVERED: UN REFORM & PROMOTING [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-17 07:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	KUNR PREL PGOV AORC TH UNSC
05BANGKOK3993	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 Lieutenant General Nipat THONGLEK, Office of Policy and Planning, MOD who has bee [...]	2005-06-17 07:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK3994	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. Chinnavuthi KHAWSUMLEE, Ministry of Interior, who has been selected to attend [...]	2005-06-17 07:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK4001	THAKSIN RUNS INTO POLITICAL TURBULENCE [...] (SBU) Just over four months since his massive election victory, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is looking much less like the invincible politician who easily swept back into power. The opposition is tenaciously pursuing corruption questions regarding purchase of security equipment for th [...]	2005-06-17 08:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV TH
05BANGKOK4028	THAI MFA OFFICIAL: NO CHANGE IN POLICY TOWARD SHAN [...] (C) Summary. The Burma desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) stated that despite the Royal Thai Government's (RTG) pushback of approximately 450 Shan refugees to the Burmese side of the border last week, there is "no change in Thai policy" in providing temporary protection and [...]	2005-06-20 08:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PBTS TH BM BURMA
05BANGKOK4063	UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON BURMA TO SPDC: WHAT DO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a visit to Bangkok, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Burma, expressed frustration with Burma's ruling State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) and called upon the Burmese junta to clarify what steps they plan to take in the democratic r [...]	2005-06-21 11:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TH BM BURMA
05BANGKOK4066	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. Bunnarasi SIRIRAM, Directorate of Join Civil Affairs, who has been selected t [...]	2005-06-22 01:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK4067	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 Chaiwat SATONDEE, NSC, who has been selected to attend the WCN 1201, PK for De [...]	2005-06-22 01:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK4107	REFORMING THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION DEMARCHE [...] (C) Poloff delivered Reftel talking points to Dusit Manapan, Counselor in the Social Division of the Department of International Organizations (IO),Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dusit passed the talking points to the Deputy Director General for IO. At this time the MFA is not taking a positi [...]	2005-06-23 05:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KUNR TH UNCHR
05BANGKOK4108	THAILAND: NRC HEAD ANAND PANYARACHUN DISCUSSES [...] (S) SUMMARY: On June 15, the Ambassador met with Anand Panyarachun -- the highly respected former Prime Minister and current head of the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) -- to discuss the ongoing unrest in southern Thailand and Anand's role in RTG's efforts to end the violence. Anan [...]	2005-06-23 05:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV TH
05BANGKOK4118	VIOLENCE IN SOUTHERN THAILAND MARKED BY INCREASE [...] (U) Summary: Assailants, suspected to be Muslim separatists, beheaded a Thai civilian in broad daylight at a teashop in Narathiwat province on June 22, the fifth beheading of civilians, all believed to be Buddhist, during this month. Three male Muslim volunteer teachers were shot to death at [...]	2005-06-23 08:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PTER TH
05BANGKOK4205	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: EAP DAS [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EAP DAS Eric John from July 4 - July 7, 2005. 2. (U) Hotel reservations have been made at the Conrad Hotel, All Seasons Place, 87 Wireless Road, Bangkok, Tel: (66-2) 690-9999, Fax: (66-2) 690-9000). Currently, the Thai Baht is a [...]	2005-06-28 07:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC TH
05BANGKOK4220	THAILAND: UPDATE ON CONTROVERSIAL PAK MUN DAM [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 15, Poloffs visited Ubon Ratchathani province, where the controversial Pak Mun Dam is located. Representatives of an NGO alleged that the Pak Mun Dam has disrupted local fishing and farming communities, without producing anticipated levels of electricity and water. The [...]	2005-06-29 05:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV SOCI EFIS TH
05BANGKOK4238	THAILAND: CENSURE OF TRANSPORT MINISTER ENDS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Thai Parliament voted overwhelmingly and along party lines not to censure Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit for irregularities related to bribes reportedly paid by InVision Corporation to win a procurement contract for airport scanners at Bangkok's new international [...]	2005-06-29 10:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TH
05BANGKOK4266	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. Pradiyuth KLINSRISOOK, Counter Terrorist Operations Center, Supreme Command, [...]	2005-06-30 08:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK4267	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 the individuals listed in Para. 3 who has been selected to attend the courses as [...]	2005-06-30 08:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK4268	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. Jirayut KONGTARAT, Cavalry School, who has been selected to attend the WCN 1 [...]	2005-06-30 08:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK4269	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. Mathawee SRIPAKHO, Jukapong Fort Hospital, who has been selected to attend t [...]	2005-06-30 08:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK4270	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. Montira YIMSOMBOON, Army Training Command, who has been selected to attend t [...]	2005-06-30 08:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING

05BANGKOK4271	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. Sirinipat MARNOOT, Quartermaster Department, who has been selected to attend [...]	2005-06-30 08:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK4284	THAKSIN CONSIDERS CABINET CHANGES FOLLOWING [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra appears ready to make the first changes to his cabinet since his re-election in February. Following an unsuccessful censure motion against his Minister of Transportation, the move is expected in mid-July and could likely involve the Transportatio [...]	2005-06-30 09:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TH
05BANGKOK4286	ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALIST SHOT IN TSUNAMI-HIT AREA [...] (U) SUMMARY: A reporter for a popular daily newspaper survived an attempt on his life near his home in the tsunami-affected province of Phang Nga on June 1. The attack SIPDIS occurred following his publication of articles about land encroachment on public forest lands by influential busine [...]	2005-06-30 09:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO TH
05BANGKOK4324	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO THAILAND [...] (C) Madame Secretary, all of us in Thailand look forward to your visit to Phuket. The Royal Thai Government is particularly enthusiastic about hosting you: Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (Prime Minister TOCK-sin) and Foreign Minister Kantathi Suphamongkhon (Minister KHAN-ta-tee) plan to [...]	2005-07-01 07:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OVIP TH
05BANGKOK4332	ISLAMIC CONFERENCE TONES DOWN CRITICISM OF THAILAND [...] (C) SUMMARY. The RTG appears to have been successful in getting criticism of its practices in Southern Thailand toned down. On June 29, the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) released its report on the conditions of Thai Muslims in Thailand,s southern provinces, at the 32nd Session [...]	2005-07-01 09:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI TH
05BANGKOK4367	THAILAND: PARLIAMENT AMENDS CONSTITUTION; CRIMINAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Thai Parliament approved a constitutional amendment revising the method for selecting the nation's National Counter Corruption Commission, the nation's chief independent corruption monitor. Based on petitions filed by members of the opposition Democrat Party, the Office of th [...]	2005-07-05 08:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TH
05BANGKOK4402	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: VANESSA [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Vanessa W. Golding from July 13 - July 23, 2005. 2. (U) Hotel reservations have been made for dates listed below at: Conrad Hotel, All Seasons Place 87 Wireless Road, Bangkok Tel: (66-2) 690-9999 Fax: (66-2) 690-9000 From [...]	2005-07-06 08:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TH
05BANGKOK4429	THAILAND: INITIAL POSITIVE RESPONSE TO GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-07 08:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR KPKO MASS PGOV TH GPOI
05BANGKOK4430	HMONG GROUP IN THAILAND'S PETCHABOON PROVINCE [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 15. 2. (C) Summary. The 6,000 Hmong who have congregated in Thailand,s northern province of Petchaboon have entered Thailand at different times and for different reasons. It is unclear how many are recent arrivals from Laos who have fled persec [...]	2005-07-07 08:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL TH
05BANGKOK4467	THAILAND: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON G-4 FRAMEWORK [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-08 10:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TH UNSC
05BANGKOK4468	THAILAND: DELIVERY OF STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-08 10:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL SN TH
05BANGKOK4508	THAI GOVERNMENT LETTER APPROVING U.S. RESETTLEMENT [...] On July 8, Embassy received a letter from General Winai Phattiyakul, Secretary-General of the Thai National Security Council, which gives formal Thai government approval for the USG to undertake resettlement from the Thai-Burma border refugee camps. This letter responds to a May 2, 2005 letter [...]	2005-07-12 08:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL TH BURMA
05BANGKOK4596	COORDINATED ATTACKS IN YALA; NEW SECURITY LAW TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 14, suspected Muslim separatist insurgents launched a series of coordinated attacks in the far southern Thai province of Yala. The militants targeted Thai security forces, power transformers and public buildings with bombing, shooting and arson attacks. Two police were [...]	2005-07-15 10:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK4608	THAILAND: RESPONSE TO CCIT DEMARCHE [...] (U) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to Komgrit Varakamin, Director of the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division. Komgrit would not offer a specific commitment of Thai support for the CCIT Convention. However, he did say that it was Thailand's policy to comply with all international te [...]	2005-07-18 02:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER TH UNGA
05BANGKOK4643	THAILAND: TALKING POINTS ON G-4 RESOLUTION ON UN [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-19 03:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OTRA KSEP TH UNGA
05BANGKOK4646	CONFIDENT OPPOSITION LEADER SENSES THAKSIN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with opposition leader and Democrat Party (DP) head Abhisit Vejjajiva over tea on July 14. This was not the dispirited Abhisit we had met with in the wake of his party's shattering defeat at the hands of Prime Minister Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai (TRT) juggernaut e [...]	2005-07-19 03:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
05BANGKOK4653	EMERGENCY DECREE UNVEILED; NATIONAL RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: The RTG unveiled its new Emergency Decree to the Diplomatic Corps at a July 18 briefing. MFA Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn characterized the decree as SIPDIS "consistent with the Constitution" and subject to checks. He said that the RTG is drafting an explanat [...]	2005-07-19 10:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
05BANGKOK4695	ASEAN PROPOSAL FOR AN ENHANCED PARTNERSHIP WITH [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered points contained in reftel to MFA Department of ASEAN Affairs Director Nopporn Adchariyavanich on July 20. Nopporn noted that the Thai proposal for an enhanced ASEAN-U.S. partnership had been raised at the ASEAN-U.S. Dialogue in Washington last month and has the appro [...]	2005-07-21 09:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TH
05BANGKOK4696	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES THE SOUTH WITH DEPUTY PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 15, Ambassador met with Deputy Prime Minister Chaturon Chaisaeng to discuss the situation in southern Thailand. Chaturon spoke frankly, and often critically, of the Thaksin Administration's handling of the situation in the South. Chaturon, a member of the National Rec [...]	2005-07-21 09:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK4697	RTG REDUCES AREAS UNDER EMERGENCY DECREE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The RTG formally lifted martial law in the deep south and declared the southernmost provinces of Narathiwat, Yala and Pattani as an "area of extreme emergency." Contradicting earlier indications, the Cabinet decided not to implement the decree in any part of Songkhla provinc [...]	2005-07-21 09:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
05BANGKOK4723	TRIAL BEGINS IN LIBEL CASE FOR RESPECTED THAI [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 19, witnesses for the prosecution began their arguments in the case of Shincorp versus Thai media activist Supinya Klangnarong. Supinya is being sued for libel over comments that she made in a 2003 interview with the Thai Post. Supinya told Poloffs she was disappointed [...]	2005-07-22 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK4778	THAILAND: VISIT TO FAR SOUTH JULY 18-19 [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 18-19 Poloff and DRL/PHD Foreign Affairs Officer Vanessa Golding visited the far southern Thai provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Songkhla. Officers heard widespread concern that the deteriorating security situation is increasing tension between the Buddhist and Musli [...]	2005-07-26 09:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK4780	CHINA REVALUES; THAI BUSINESS SHRUGS [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-26 10:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD ECON CH TH
05BANGKOK4784	THAI DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER RAISES ASEAN [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Surikiart Sathiritai told the Ambassador on July 26 afternoon that he had made a strong representation to Burmese leaders during his visit to Rangoon the day before, telling them that their rumored intention to further delay their decision to forgo the ASEA [...]	2005-07-26 10:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TH BM BURMA
05BANGKOK4785	UNSC REFORM: DEMARCHE AGAINST G-4 RESOLUTION [...] (C) In the absence of Foreign Minister Kantathi, who was attending the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in Vientiane, Ambassador spoke with MFA Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn to solicit an RTG vote against or abstention on the G-4 resolution. Krit took the Ambassador's comments [...]	2005-07-26 10:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PGOV PREL TH UNGA UNSC
05BANGKOK4796	CORRECTED VERSION: THAILAND'S NATIONAL DISASTER [...] Summary: Thailand's new National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC) issued a "Tsunami Watch" immediately following the 7.2 Richter magnitude earthquake near Nicobar Island in the Indian Ocean late at night on July 24. The "watch" prompted local officials to evacuate residents and tourists in some [...]	2005-07-27 01:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY TSPL PREL SENV EAID KSCA TH
05BANGKOK4818	THAI JUDICIAL COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY ELECTS NEW [...] (U) On July 25, the Thai Judicial Commission (JC) unanimously elected Mr. Chanchai Likhitjittha, 59, to be the new President of the Supreme Court. Chanchai will replace Mr. Supphachai Phoo-ngam, who will retire on September 30. Chanchai has served on the Supreme Court since 1998, and is curre [...]	2005-07-27 08:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI TH
05BANGKOK4822	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 Nuttanun LAPANUN, State Enterprise Policy Office, who has been selected to a [...]	2005-07-27 09:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK4823	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. Vit CHAROENSIRI, Counter Terrorist Operations Center, who has been selected [...]	2005-07-27 09:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK4824	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 1st. Lt. Sasitha KITCHAWEE, Royal Aide-de-Camp Department, who has been selected [...]	2005-07-27 09:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK4825	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. Kampon CHANDUAYKIJ, Frigate Sq. 1, who has been selected to attend the follow [...]	2005-07-27 09:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK4826	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. Sorrayuth CHANTARACHA, who has been selected to attend the WCN 2229, In [...]	2005-07-27 09:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK4827	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. Suchada Wattanawanyoo (WRTAF),who has been selected to attend the WCN 62 [...]	2005-07-27 09:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK4828	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. Somchai KAWINFUANGFUKUL, Naval Special Warfare Group, who has been selected [...]	2005-07-27 09:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK4829	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. Nuanpong TIENTONG (WRTAF),Directorate of Education and Training, who h [...]	2005-07-27 09:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK4842	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR SHARI [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Chief of Mission designate Shari Villarosa from August 27 - 31, 2005. 2. (U) Hotel reservations have been made at: Four Seasons Hotel (Former Regent Hotel) - Confirmation No: 414825 155 Rajadamri Road, Bangkok Tel: (66-2) 251 [...]	2005-07-28 04:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TH
05BANGKOK4850	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR TRANSIT OF: [...] (U) Bangkok warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the transit of CODEL Wexler on August 1 and August 4/5, 2005. 2. Per reftel, hotel reservations are not required. Expediter will meet and assist Codel Wexler upon his arrival in Bangkok via TG 921 on August 1 at 0645 and same [...]	2005-07-28 07:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT OVIP TH
05BANGKOK4864	THAKSIN AND NRC HEAD ANAND TO DISCUSS ON TV [...] (U) Summary: On July 28 Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) head and former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun will discuss on national television the ongoing violence in Thailand's south, the RTG's Emergency Decree and the NRC's proposals to end the [...]	2005-07-28 09:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PTER TH
05BANGKOK4901	SOUTHERN THAILAND VIOLENCE: THAKSIN AND ANAND [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) head and former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun traded views on the Thailand's southern violence over national television on July 28 evening. They debated the root causes of the violence, the new [...]	2005-07-29 11:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PTER TH
05BANGKOK4902	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. Ronawee HIRUNSI Army Training Command, RTA, who has been selected to attend [...]	2005-07-29 11:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK4903	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. Jarae SAPTHIANG, 111st Engineer Battalion, who has been selected to attend t [...]	2005-07-29 11:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK4904	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. Krit POOLSIN, 1st Infantry Division, King's Guard, who has been selected to [...]	2005-07-29 11:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK4946	THAILAND: CABINET SECRETARY-GENERAL DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: During tea with the Ambassador on July 28, RTG Cabinet Secretary-General Dr. Borwornsak Uwanno took issue with critics of the recently enacted emergency decree, saying that it contained legal safeguards and will be applied sparingly and only when absolutely necessary. Dr. Borwo [...]	2005-08-02 04:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER TH
05BANGKOK4998	THAILAND: THAKSIN'S FIRST CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Thaksin unveiled the first reshuffled cabinet of his second administration on August 2. Though Thaksin made a significant number of changes within his cabinet, there were few new faces. Ostensibly, the reshuffle sought to demonstrate Thaksin's resolve to confront [...]	2005-08-03 10:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
05BANGKOK5017	ASEAN: MFA PUTS SPIN ON MEETING - PUSHES THAI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an unusual move, the MFA summoned the diplomatic corps to a briefing on the results of the recently completed ASEAN Ministerial, Post Ministerial, ASEAN plus Three and ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF). The MFA touched on Rangoon's decision to forgo its turn as ASEAN Chair, UN re [...]	2005-08-04 09:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TH
05BANGKOK5018	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US PROPOSAL FOR STANDING UN [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Peerasak Chantavarin, Director, Social Division of the Department of International Organizations (IO),MFA, and Mr. Chakkrid Krachaiwong, First Secretary, Department of American and South Pacific Affairs (AA),MFA. Thai officials were well-versed on [...]	2005-08-04 09:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PHUM PREL PGOV TH
05BANGKOK5020	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SPEAKING OUT ON GITMO AND [...] (C) Upon receipt of reftel, Embassy has done the following: -- Incorporated talking points for possible use in relevant high-level meetings with senior RTG officials; -- Discussed main points with working level counterparts in the RTG (See para 2); -- Post also ant [...]	2005-08-04 10:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PINR PINS TH
05BANGKOK5077	The Future of Thailand's Automotive Sector [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-08 09:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL KIPR TH
05BANGKOK5095	DEMARCHE ON PROPOSED EXCHANGE OF LETTERS ON TREATY [...] (C) Reftel demarche was delivered on August 9 to Dr. Virachai Plasai, Deputy Director General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of International Economic Affairs. Virachai expressed appreciation for the "clear USG effort to consider the RTG's views and concerns on this matter" and [...]	2005-08-09 08:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV PREL TH
05BANGKOK5128	APEC RADIOACTIVE SOURCES INITIATIVE DEMARCHE: RTG [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche (reftel A) to Chutintorn Gongsakdi, Director of International Economic Policy at MFA; Katanawadee Kalayanamit, International Organizations/Peace, Security and Disarmament Division at MFA; and Amornsate [...]	2005-08-10 05:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM ETTC KSTC EAID ETRD ECIN TH APECO IAEA
05BANGKOK5144	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. Patchara WAT-AKSORN, Royal Thai Navy Language Center, who has been selected [...]	2005-08-10 09:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK5145	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 the following individuals in para. 3. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible info [...]	2005-08-10 09:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK5146	UPDATE ON PETCHABOON HMONG SITUATION [...] (SBU) Summary. A Thai National Security Council official stated on August 8 that the Thai government believed the cause of the Petchaboon Hmong situation was the pull factor created by the Wat Tham Krabok resettlement program, exacerbated by the activities of Hmong-Americans who were encourag [...]	2005-08-10 09:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL TH
05BANGKOK5214	SIX-PARTY TALKING POINTS DELIVERED/FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Surapon Petch-Vra, Director of East Asian Affairs - North and South Korea; Piroon Laismit, Director of East Asian Affairs - China and Japan; and Amornsate Singha, Director North America at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Points were received [...]	2005-08-15 08:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP PARM KN KS TH
05BANGKOK5217	THAI ECONOMY CONTINUES TO SLOW [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Increasing oil prices exacerbated a turn in Thailand's business cycle resulting in GDP growth of 3.3 percent in 2Q 2005. Continued declines in consumer and business sentiment caused weakness in consumer spending an [...]	2005-08-15 08:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD TH
05BANGKOK5271	AMBASSADOR'S FTA MEETING WITH DEPUTY PM [...] (SBU) On August 16, Ambassador Boyce called on Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Somkid Jatusripitak to express USG concerns about the slow pace of FTA negotiations, explain that an FTA with the U.S. must be a single undertaking (the Thai-Japan FTA model is not an option for us),the [...]	2005-08-17 03:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN TH US FTA
05BANGKOK5284	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 Angkharn INDRA, Wing 4, RTAF, who has been selected to attend the WCN 2480, Inter [...]	2005-08-17 07:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK5315	THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 3. Post apologizes for the short notice but would appreciate this request being processed before the APCSS travel deadline of August 24, 2005. 2. (U) DAO Bangkok has requested that the [...]	2005-08-18 06:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK5317	EASTERN SEABOARD WATER SHORTAGE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A water shortage in the industrial areas along Thailand's Eastern Seaboard raises questions about the management of the nation's water resources with important implications for the further development of Thailand's most important industrial zone. A concurrence of two dry years [...]	2005-08-18 07:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON ECPS ELAB EINV ENRG EPET KCOR KPRV SENV SOCI TH EPWR
05BANGKOK5346	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GROMOLL, JAMISON, KANG AND [...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Drs. Robert Gromoll, Eliot Kang, and Kerry Kartchner from the Department of State and Mr. Phil Jamison from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to visit Thailand during the period of August 26 - August 30 , 2005, to give Thai MFA and MOD of [...]	2005-08-19 06:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM OTRA PREL MARR TH
05BANGKOK5366	THAI MFA EMBRACES CONCEPT OF STRATEGIC DIALOGUE TO [...] (C) Summary. The Thai MFA embraces the concept of a U.S.-Thai Strategic Dialogue -- seeing it as a way to strengthen the bilateral relationship in accord with PM Thaksin's call for an "Action Plan" with the United States. MFA proposes hosting a two day session to take place in early Novembe [...]	2005-08-19 10:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MASS TH
05BANGKOK5368	EMBASSY BANGKOK SENDING HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICER TO DC [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-22 00:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM TH
05BANGKOK5393	THAKSIN COMES TO LUNCH [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is confident and focused as he prepares for his September 19 meeting with the President. He is prepared to discuss ongoing separatist violence in Southern Thailand and his policy towards Burma. He welcomes the upcoming Thai-U.S. Dialogue on s [...]	2005-08-22 10:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR TH
05BANGKOK5419	MORE CONCERNS ABOUT FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AS RTG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Two recent moves by the RTG against media operations critical of Prime Minister Thaksin's government have renewed concerns within the human rights community that the government is once again resorting to legal measures to intimidate the country's press. After being warned twice, [...]	2005-08-23 10:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PROP SOCI KPAO TH
05BANGKOK5443	CHINESE VICE PREMIER WU YI TO VISIT THAILAND IN [...] (C) At a dinner he hosted for the Ambassador on August 22, Chinese Ambassador to Thailand Zhang Jiuhuan confirmed information contained in reftel that PRC Vice Premier Wu Yi is scheduled to visit Thailand in September. Zhang explained that Wu would spend three or four days in either Bangkok [...]	2005-08-24 08:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH TH
05BANGKOK5444	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] Per reftel request, POL FSN made inquiries into the bona fides of J.N.S. International Co., Ltd and determined the following information. J.N.S. is registered with the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Department of Business Development as: The J.N.S. International Ltd. Registration No.10754501 [...]	2005-08-24 08:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH BLUE LANTERN
05BANGKOK5445	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] Per reftel request, POL FSN made inquiries into the bona fides of Kornyuth Limited Partnership and determined the following information. Kornyuth is registered with the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Department of Business Development as: The Kornyuth Ltd., Partnership Ltd. Capital Registrati [...]	2005-08-24 08:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH BLUE LANTERN
05BANGKOK5446	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] Per reftel request, POL FSN made inquiries into the bona fides of Somboon Firearms Ltd and determined the following information. Somboon is registered with the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Department of Business Development as: The Somboon Firearms Co. Ltd. Capital Registration 240,000 Bah [...]	2005-08-24 08:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH BLUE LANTERN
05BANGKOK5447	(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 06-2 scheduled from 3 October to 3 December 2005. To me [...]	2005-08-24 08:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK5454	THAILAND CIV AIR: PROPOSAL FOR OPEN SKIES TALKS [...] (U) This cable is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) As reported in Ref A, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra recently proposed sending an Open Skies delegation to Washington before his scheduled visit to the United States with an eye to be able to announce substantial progre [...]	2005-08-24 10:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ETRD PREL TH
05BANGKOK5455	EMERGENCY DECREE CONTROVERSIAL AMONG SENIOR THAI [...] (C) MFA PermSec Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn (please protect) confidentially told the Ambassador on August 24 that he had SIPDIS severe misgivings about the recently released Emergency Decree. Saying that he was speaking privately and with a need to "unburden himself," Krit said that, while he [...]	2005-08-24 10:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS TH
05BANGKOK5456	MFA PROPOSES NOVEMBER 7 AND 8 FOR STRATEGIC [...] (C) MFA PermSec Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn told the Ambassador on August 24 that the RTG looks forward to our upcoming Dialogue to discuss security matters. Krit confirmed that he will head the Thai delegation for the Dialogue and that other Ministries, including the military and NSC, will be [...]	2005-08-24 10:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MASS TH
05BANGKOK5482	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: STAFFDEL [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Staffdel Jannuzi from August 27 - September 1, 2005. 2. (U) Hotel reservations have been made at: Conrad Hotel, All Seasons Place 87 Wireless Road, Bangkok Tel: (66-2) 690-9999 Fax: (66-2) 690-9000 3. (U) Embassy point o [...]	2005-08-26 08:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT TH
05BANGKOK5503	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THAKSIN MISTAKES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT: Prime Minister Thaksin's missteps and often heavy-handed responses to the unrest in far southern Thailand have clearly exacerbated a long-simmering conflict. However, while he has made mistakes, the Prime Minister has not paid a serious political price for his southern [...]	2005-08-26 11:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK5559	U.S. ENGAGEMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TSUNAMI [...] (SBU) Following receipt of the demarche in Ref A, U.S. Trade and Development Agency Officer contacted Deputy Director General Kriengkrai of Thailand's Meteorological Department (Met Dept) under the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology and an official at Thailand's National Disa [...]	2005-08-30 07:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAID SENV TPHY TH KSCI
05BANGKOK5569	THAILAND CHILD LABOR REPORT - 2005 [...] (U) Contradictory statistical surveys by various Royal Thai government (RTG) agencies involved in child labor issues make an estimate of the scope of the phenomenon in Thailand difficult. Children found in street peddling/begging and other illegal industries such as prostitution are generally [...]	2005-08-30 09:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI TH
05BANGKOK5573	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 Sakoltee PHATIYKOL, Depart of Special Investigation, Ministry of Justice, who has [...]	2005-08-31 02:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK5574	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 Rawee TANGPITHAKKUL, Director of Operations, Royal Thai Army, who has been se [...]	2005-08-31 02:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK5575	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. Komol KONGBOONRAK, Fleet Training Command, Royal Thai Fleet, Royal Thai Navy, [...]	2005-08-31 02:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK5626	FLU PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS: THAILAND [...] (C/NF) Summary: The responses below are in reply to questions contained in Reftel. In general, Thailand is increasingly capable and increasingly transparent in detecting, reporting, and planning for and responding to avian influenza outbreaks in animals and humans. Although Ministry of Publi [...]	2005-09-01 08:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAGR ECON PGOV PINR SOCI TBIO TH
05BANGKOK5627	THAI MFA OFFICIAL GIVES READOUT ON FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: North Korean officials told Thai Foreign Minister Kantathi in Pyongyang earlier this week that six-party talks could resume by mid-September if U.S.-ROK military exercises are concluded by the 10th. DPRK officials also reiterated their determination to maintain a civilian nucle [...]	2005-09-01 08:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TH
05BANGKOK5628	THAI RESPONSE TO SAICM DEMARCHE [...] Talking points in reftel were delivered on August 30 to Mr. Chusak Wongwatcharakarn, Director of the Hazardous Substance Control Bureau, Department of Industrial Works, Ministry of Industry, and to Mr. Komgrit Varakamin, Director of the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division, Department of I [...]	2005-09-01 08:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD ECON TH
05BANGKOK5636	THAILAND CIVAIR: CONFIRMATION OF PARTICIPATION IN [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) The Royal Thai Government has officially confirmed its plans to send a delegation to engage in talks on September 7-8 (with September 9 held in reserve) with the objective of concluding an Open Skies Agreement. Mr. Chaisak Angkasu [...]	2005-09-01 10:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ETRD OVIP PREL TH
05BANGKOK5652	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: EAP/BCLTV [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Scot MARCIEL from Sept. 19 - Sept. 30, 2005. 2. (U) Hotel reservations have been made: For Nights of Sept. 19 (Conf. No: 5822017) and Sept. 29 (Conf. No: 7644518) at: Amari Airport Hotel 333 Chert Wudthakas Road, Bangkok Te [...]	2005-09-02 03:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT TH
05BANGKOK5653	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 Thailand Armed Forces units listed in Para 2. Embassy Bangko [...]	2005-09-02 03:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK5662	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. Suteeka BOONWANG, Special Warfare School, Royal Thai Army, who has been sele [...]	2005-09-02 07:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK5664	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. Sapasith KULPASITH, 1st Infantry Division, King's Guard, who has been select [...]	2005-09-02 08:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK5665	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. Sunai PRAPHUCHANAY, 3rd Special Forces Regiment, who has been selected to at [...]	2005-09-02 08:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK5671	EU GRANTS GSP TO THAI SHRIMP IMPORTS [...] Summary: The EU,s reinstatement of Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) benefits for shrimp imports should be a high note for an otherwise hard-hit Thai shrimp industry this year. The reduction in duties for Thai shrimp broadens a previously small market for exporters, but supply issues [...]	2005-09-02 09:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD TH
05BANGKOK5673	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION MEETING: [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed that Thailand will send a delegation to the September 7-8 International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting in Jakarta on Malacca Strait security among littoral states. The Thai delegation will be led by Mr. Pornchai Danvivathana, Director of t [...]	2005-09-02 10:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA KCRM PBTS PTER EWWT TH
05BANGKOK5676	'HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER' INJURED IN MOTORCYCLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 1, Mr. Chatopa "Mustafa" Awae, a prominent human rights researcher, was shot three times by unknown gunmen in Pattani. Mustafa's injuries do not appear to be life-threatening and he is conscious and under armed guard in Pattani Hospital. Mustafa reportedly had been [...]	2005-09-02 10:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI KPAO TH
05BANGKOK5681	THAILAND CIVAIR: READOUT ON FAA CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Consultations between a visiting team from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and officials from the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) met pursuant to reftel and previous consideration of problems relating to the Thai carrier Phuket Air on August 13, 2005. The discussions [...]	2005-09-06 02:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON TH
05BANGKOK5699	THAILAND: CAPITAL ALLOCATION TO TSUNAMI VICTIMS [...] The streets of Patong Beach are busy, not as busy as normal and with a distinct scarcity of the Asian tourists typical during the summer months that comprise the low tourist season in Phuket, but still enough to give the place a certain buzz. Hotels report a 40-50 percent occupancy rate, about [...]	2005-09-06 08:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID TH
05BANGKOK5705	ACCEPTANCE OF OFFER FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THAILAND [...] This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. Per ref. A Embassy notified RTG MFA America and South Pacific Affairs Department of U.S. acceptance and thanks for Thai offer of blankets, canned fish and rice for Hurricane Katrina relief on September 6. Embassy had earlier discussed pri [...]	2005-09-06 09:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PREL US TH
05BANGKOK5706	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THAI MUSLIMS SEEK REFUGE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The flight of 131 Muslim-Thais from a rural village in Narathiwat province, across the border into Malaysia, has embarrassed the Thaksin government and threatens to further strain relations between Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur. The possible involvement of UNHCR in the incident will [...]	2005-09-06 11:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK5707	EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: [...] 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 FLASH Torch 06-1 scheduled from 03 - 31 October 2005. To meet interna [...]	2005-09-06 11:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK5708	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. Yuthakiat LUANPAIRIN, Office of Policy and Planning, Ministry of Defense who [...]	2005-09-06 11:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK5747	POLOFFS MEETS WITH MFA TO DISCUSS FM'S MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 5, Political Counselor Susan Sutton met with Mr. Damrong Kraikuan, MFA Desk Officer for Burma, to discuss FM Kantathi Suphamongkhon's visit to Rangoon. Damrong emphasized that because this was the FM,s first meeting with Than Shwe, "sensitive issues" were not discusse [...]	2005-09-08 08:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PBTS SOCI TH
05BANGKOK5748	REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE - THAI PERSPECTIVES [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-08 08:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN TH
05BANGKOK5750	THAILAND: FY 2005 SUPPLEMENTAL PKO ALLOCATIONS TO [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-08 08:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PARM TH PKO

05BANGKOK5772	DEMARCHE ON LTTE ACTIVITIES [...] (C) On September 8th, Emboffs delivered points in reftel to MFA Counter-Terrorism Office Counselor Penprapa Vongkovit, and MFA Department of South Asia, Middle East, and African Affairs South Asia Division Counselor Arunrung Phothong. The MFA officials agreed with our support for the continu [...]	2005-09-08 08:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK5773	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL II PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON PENDING [...] Per reftel request, Pol FSN visited the Royal Thai Directorate of Aeronautical Engineering in Bangkok on September 7 to inquire about Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) links with the Singapore firm, Monarch Aviation Pte., Ltd. Group Capt. Suphachok Onbunkua, staff aide to the Director of Aeronautic [...]	2005-09-08 08:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH SN BLUE LANTERN
05BANGKOK5791	PM THAKSIN'S TRIP TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: PM Thaksin Shinawatra's September 19 meeting with the President presents an opportunity to underscore our deep and warm relations with Thailand and to build upon that relationship to strengthen our links to the rest of Southeast Asia. Thaksin is the strongest Prime Minister in Th [...]	2005-09-09 04:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR OVIP TH
05BANGKOK5805	THAI RESPONSE TO IPAPI DEMARCHE [...] Regional Environmental, Science, and Health Officer (REO) delivered points in Reftel to Dr. Itti Ditbanjong, Ambassador attached to the Office of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and to Ms. Sansanee Sahussarungsi, Director of the Division of Economic Information of t [...]	2005-09-09 08:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON PREL SOCI TBIO XB XC TH
05BANGKOK5808	THAILAND AVIAN INFLUENZA: SITUATION REPORT 1 [...] On August 31, 2005, the Royal Thai Government (RTG) announced that it had detected another outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry in central Thailand (Ayutthaya and Kamphaeng Phet). This new detection was made in so-called native chickens (free ranging, backyard poul [...]	2005-09-09 09:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV SOCI TH
05BANGKOK5875	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. Col. Kornwipa JAROENPOL, office of Permanent Secretary for Defense, MOD, who [...]	2005-09-13 07:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK5876	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. Barame SIRIKATE, Office of the Comptroller General, Supreme Command Headquar [...]	2005-09-13 07:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK5882	THAILAND'S RESPONSE REGARDING CODEX AD HOC [...] Post contacted Thai lead of delegation, Ms. Orathai Silapanapaporn, Assistant Director, Office of Commodity and System Standards, National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards regarding ref tel action request. 2. Thai position on questions posed in reftel is as follows: [...]	2005-09-13 08:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD TBIO TH
05BANGKOK5917	CONFLICT OVER AUDITOR GENERAL EMBARRASSES THAKSIN [...] (C) Summary. Some 96 days after a candidate for new Auditor-General was submitted by the Senate for the King's approval, the Palace remains mute, leaving the Thaksin Government in an awkward situation. Though the issue of appointments to the independent Auditor-General position is made b [...]	2005-09-14 10:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
05BANGKOK5937	UNHCR UPDATE ON DPRK REFUGEE IN THAILAND [...] (C) Summary. North Korean refugee Mr. Park Tae-Hung continues to reside in Thailand illegally and appears to have moved from Pattaya to Bangkok. UNHCR has been in sporadic contact with him since June and is prepared to refer him on an immediate basis to the ROK Embassy for resettlement. End [...]	2005-09-15 08:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL TH KN KS DPRK
05BANGKOK5940	FOT (FRIEND OF THAKSIN) BUYS UP HUGE SHARES IN TWO [...] (U) SUMMARY. Within two days, Thailand's largest entertainment conglomerate spent $US 66 million dollars to buy 32% and 23% of shares in the parent companies of two of Thailand's leading newspapers- Matichon, and the Bangkok Post respectively. The company's President, Mr. Paiboon Damrongchaith [...]	2005-09-15 11:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK5964	GOVERNOR RESHUFFLE -- SOME REWARDS FOR TRT [...] (SBU) Summary: Earlier this month, the Cabinet of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra approved changes for 47 of Thailand,s 75 Governor positions, which is among the highest number of Governor posting changes on record for a single year. The reshuffle is an annual event. Though the Governors [...]	2005-09-16 09:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TH TRT
05BANGKOK5965	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: AUG 29-31 VISIT OF STAFFDEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: From August 29-31 Senate Foreign Relations Committee professional staff member Frank Januzzi visited Thailand's southernmost Muslim majority provinces for a follow-up assessment of the violence affecting the region. The recently announced Emergency Decree -- which has not yet ha [...]	2005-09-16 09:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KPAO TH
05BANGKOK6001	THAI NOT DEPORTING PETCHABOON HMONG, YET [...] (SBU) Summary. Contrary to rumors circulating among NGOs, the RTG is not currently deporting the nearly six thousand ethnic Hmong living in Petchaboon province. The RTG is cooperating with UNHCR's efforts to determine which Hmong may qualify as refugees and for resettlement, but clearly plans [...]	2005-09-19 23:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL TH
05BANGKOK6051	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: TWO SOLDIERS KILLED AFTER BEING HELD BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 21, A Thai Navy officer and Marine were beaten and stabbed to death in Narathiwat province after being held overnight by Muslim villagers. The soldiers, in plain clothes, had been sent to the village the previous evening to investigate a recent shooting incident. [...]	2005-09-21 12:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK608	THAI MFA AND THE NORTH KOREAN IN VIENTIANE [...] (C) On January 24, Polcouns sought clarifications regarding the Royal Thai Government (RTG) positions in the matter of An Kyong-Su, the North Korean asylum seeker in Embassy Vientiane, from MFA's Paisit Boonparlit, Director for Political Affairs in the Americas Department, and Suraphan Boonyam [...]	2005-01-24 11:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV ASEC TH DPRK LA
05BANGKOK6088	THAILAND: REQUESTS FOR FUNDING PKO PROJECTS IN [...] (SBU) Post appreciates the opportunity to propose projects supporting U.S. strategic peace keeping and counter terrorism objective The Embassy outlines below several projects, in priority order, to impr the Thai ability to thwart terrorism and to fulfill more effectively it peacekeeping oblig [...]	2005-09-23 08:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR TH PKO
05BANGKOK6090	TWO MOVES AGAINST THE THAI MEDIA: NEWSPAPER AVOIDS [...] (U) SUMMARY. On September 12, Thai entertainment tycoon Paiboon Damrongchaitham of GMM Grammy shocked Thailand by attempting a hostile takeover of the Matichon Group, as well as buying up a large stake in T Bangkok Post (Ref A). Press freedom advocates, academics and the politi opposition stron [...]	2005-09-23 08:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK6091	THAI RESPONSE TO ASSISTANCE WITH REMOVAL OF ALIEN [...] (U) Acting Refcoord delivered reftel demarche on September 21 to Dus Manapan, Counselor, Social Division, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After consulting with seni officials in his department, Dusit stated that it would be "quite difficult" for the RTG [...]	2005-09-23 08:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF TH
05BANGKOK6093	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: REPERCUSSIONS OF SEPTEMBER 21 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The September 21 murders of two Marines who were being held hostage at a Muslim village in Narathiwat province continue to dominate the headlines. The Thaksin administration has been restrained in its initial response but has vowed to take decisive measure against the culprits. [...]	2005-09-23 09:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KPAO TH
05BANGKOK6094	THAILAND: REQUESTS FOR FUNDING PKO PROJECTS IN [...] (SBU) Post appreciates the opportunity to propose projects supporting U.S. strategic peace keeping and counter terrorism objectives. The Embassy outlines below several projects, in priority order, to improve the Thai ability to thwart terrorism and to fulfill more effectively its peacekeepin [...]	2005-09-23 09:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR TH PKO
05BANGKOK6095	TWO MOVES AGAINST THE THAI MEDIA: NEWSPAPER AVOIDS [...] (U) SUMMARY. On September 12, Thai entertainment tycoon Paiboon Damrongchaitham of GMM Grammy shocked Thailand by attempting a hostile takeover of the Matichon Group, as well as buying up a large stake in The Bangkok Post (Ref A). Press freedom advocates, academics and the political opposition [...]	2005-09-23 09:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK6096	TWO MOVES AGAINST THE THAI MEDIA: NEWSPAPER AVOIDS [...] (U) SUMMARY. On September 12, Thai entertainment tycoon Paiboon Damrongchaitham of GMM Grammy shocked Thailand by attempting a hostile takeover of the Matichon Group, as well as buying up a large stake in The Bangkok Post (Ref A). Press freedom advocates, academics and the political opposition [...]	2005-09-23 09:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK6097	RESPONSE ON OPPORTUNITIES IN THAILAND TO ASSIST [...] (C) Summary. Both Thai and local UNHCR officials judge that the current, informal pipeline that funnels North Korean asylum seekers through UNHCR and on to the ROK embassy for swift and quiet resettlement continues to work well. According to Thai officials, any future USG efforts to accept Nor [...]	2005-09-23 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM TH KN DPRK
05BANGKOK6099	THAI RESPONSE TO ASSISTANCE WITH REMOVAL OF ALIEN [...] (U) Acting Refcoord delivered reftel demarche on September 21 to Dusit Manapan, Counselor, Social Division, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After consulting with senior officials in his department, Dusit stated that it would be "quite difficult" for the [...]	2005-09-23 10:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF TH
05BANGKOK6101	AMBASSADOR RAISES KANTATHI'S COMMENTS TO PRESS ON [...] (C) During a September 23 call on MFA Permanent Secretary Krit Garjana-Goonchorn, the Ambassador pointed out that Foreign Minister Kantathi Suphamongkhon's reported September 20 comments to the press on FTA and Burma appeared to be at odds with what was discussed on these issues between the P [...]	2005-09-23 10:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BM TH BURMA US FTA
05BANGKOK6104	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: TWO SOLDIERS KILLED AFTER BEING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 21, A Thai Navy officer and Marine were beaten and stabbed to death in Narathiwat province after being held overnight by Muslim villagers. The soldiers, in plain clothes, had been sent to the village the previous evening to investigate a recent shooting incident. [...]	2005-09-23 13:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK6109	THAI RESPONSE TO ASSISTANCE WITH REMOVAL OF ALIEN [...] (U) Acting Refcoord delivered reftel demarche on September 21 to Dusit Manapan, Counselor, Social Division, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After consulting with senior officials in his department, Dusit stated that it would be "quite difficult" for the R [...]	2005-09-23 13:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF TH
05BANGKOK6119	THAILAND'S ELECTION HOOLIGANS -- ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) on September 20 issued red cards, and yellow cards, to 4 elected Members of Parliament (MP,s) for election irregularities stemming from last February,s elections. One member of the Democrat Party received a red card (meaning 1 yea [...]	2005-09-26 03:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
05BANGKOK6138	FOREIGN MINISTER KANTATHI CALLS AMBASSADOR TO [...] (C) Foreign Minister Kantathi Suphamongkhon telephoned the Ambassador on September 26 to give his explanation of the flap over his recent interview with Associated Press (reftel). Kantathi maintained that his interviewer, Foster Klug, had misrepresented his remarks and had done a similar di [...]	2005-09-26 09:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BM TH BURMA
05BANGKOK6156	THAILAND AVIAN INFLUENZA: SITUATION REPORT 2 [...] On September 16, 2005, the Royal Thai Government (RTG) announced confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in 90 birds in central Thailand (Saraburi and Kamphaeng Phet). This new detection was made in so-called native chickens (free ranging, backyard poultry) with minimum biosecuri [...]	2005-09-27 05:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV SOCI TH
05BANGKOK6240	UPDATE ON AUDITOR-GENERAL CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The embattled Senate President announced on Friday, September 23rd that the nominee for the position of Auditor-General, Mr. Wisut Montriwat, had withdrawn his nomination for the position. The King, who stood silent rather than endorse the nomination, accepted the withdrawal. [...]	2005-09-30 03:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TH
05BANGKOK6241	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. CPT CHANINTORN CHALERMSUP, WG. CDR. WANCHAI PLANGSRI, and LT. COL. UKRIT SA-A [...]	2005-09-30 04:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK6243	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. CPT CHANINTORN CHALERMSUP, WG. CDR. WANCHAI PLANGSRI, and LT. COL. UKRIT SA-A [...]	2005-09-30 04:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK6244	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 THITIKAJII BIJAPHALA, of the Defense Research and Development Office, who has [...]	2005-09-30 04:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK6245	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 WUTICHAI ISARA, of the Fort Mengrai-Maharaj Hospital, who has been selected t [...]	2005-09-30 04:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK6246	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 WORACHIN YAOWARAT, of the 2nd Engineer Battalion, King's Guard, who has been [...]	2005-09-30 05:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK626	COL JAMES REILLY'S ASSIGNMENT AS COMMANDING [...] (U) LtGen Blackman, I mentioned this to you in person at our last meeting, but I wanted a written record of my appreciation for the splendid performance of Col James Reilly during his recent tenure as commanding officer for the Combined Support Group Thailand (CSG-THAI). First, as leader of [...]	2005-01-25 03:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR TH POL MIL
05BANGKOK6269	SENATE SELECTION OF NATIONAL BROADCAST COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After a long series of delays, Thailand's Senate nominated 7 candidates to the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on September 27th. The selection of the candidates came amid controversy, as many of the Senators allegedly had previous connections with some of the candid [...]	2005-09-30 09:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TH
05BANGKOK628	LOST IN THAILAND'S TSUNAMI: BURMESE MIGRANT WORKERS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Royal Thai government (RTG) has earned international plaudits for its responsiveness to western tourists and Thais affected by the tsunami. Roughly 30,000 Burmese migrants, employed in construction, fisheries, and hotels in three devastated provinces, remain marginalized i [...]	2005-01-25 03:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KWMN PHUM PREL PREF TH
05BANGKOK6282	THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (U) ILEA BANGKOK has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for the following individuals, who have been selected to attend the Post Blast Inve [...]	2005-10-03 02:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK6287	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) BANGKOK RSO has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for the following individuals, who have been selected to attend ATA 5213, Cyber Terr [...]	2005-10-03 03:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK6288	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) BANGKOK RSO has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for the following individuals, who have been selected to attend ATA 5432, VIP Protec [...]	2005-10-03 04:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK6336	STAFFDEL MCCORMICK OCTOBER 10-17, 2005 [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the October 11-12 and 16 visit to Thailand of Mr. James McCormick and delegation to Thailand. Control Officer for the Bangkok portion of the visit will be Political Officer James F. Cole. (Office- 66-02-205-4816; Home-66-02-287-4652; Cell-01-868-0498; e-mail Cole [...]	2005-10-04 09:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFIN AMGT ASEC OREP BM TH
05BANGKOK6362	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 KANTANPONG WAJJANATEPIN and CAPT PANTHIRA WATTANAMONGKOL, who have been selec [...]	2005-10-06 02:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK6386	LIFTING THE BAN ON U.S. BEEF [...] Summary: Prime Minister Thaksin,s pledge to President Bush to lift the ban on imports of U.S. beef has filtered down to the working level for implementation. However, this is the third time that PM Thaksin has promised to lift the ban without resolution. Technical requirements still remain [...]	2005-10-06 11:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD TH
05BANGKOK6440	THAI UNIONS, LABOR EXPERTS CRITIQUE DRAFT LABOR [...] (U) Summary: At an October 5 NGO-sponsored roundtable, 12 Thai labor leaders called Thailand's draft revision of the 1975 Labor Relations Act (LRA) a "step backwards" for labor rights in this country. U.S. labor advisers and ILO representatives presented a more balanced view of the LRA draft [...]	2005-10-12 01:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI TH
05BANGKOK6441	NEW THAI POLICE ANTI-TIP UNIT TAKES ON FIRST [...] (U) Summary: The commander of Thailand's new anti- trafficking unit met with G and G/TIP officials on September 29 to outline future Thai government plans to combat human trafficking. Police General Camronwit Toopgrajank also recounted details of recent trafficking cases since the creation of [...]	2005-10-12 01:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN KCRM ELAB PHUM SOCI TH
05BANGKOK6462	UNCERTAINTY OVER PUBLIC HEALTH MINISTER'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Public Health Minister Dr. Suchai Charoenratanakul recently announced his resignation, effective at the end of this month, following several weeks of political in-fighting with another cabinet minister and party officials. The political fracas began earlier this month when [...]	2005-10-12 09:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
05BANGKOK6511	DEMARCHE: BRINGING BURMA BEFORE THE UNSC - THAI [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-13 12:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH UNSC UNGA BURMA
05BANGKOK6519	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 13, Ambassador Boyce paid a courtesy call on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Chidchai Vanasatidya. Chidchai was generally upbeat about the RTG's progress in addressing the Southern problem. He stated that the militants clearly wanted to provoke another maj [...]	2005-10-14 02:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PREF MY TH
05BANGKOK6524	DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGIES FOR EAP FOCUS [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Thailand is the most democratic country in the neighborhood, with a lively press and fiercely competed elections. Thailand's remarkable political development, after a long period of military rule, progressed in tandem with its impressive economic development, whi [...]	2005-10-14 03:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL TH
05BANGKOK6527	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CHARGE D'AFFAIRES SHARI [...] Embassy warmly welcomes visit of Charge d'Affaires Shari Villarosa and grants country clearance for Bangkok transit (October 21,29 and 31) and visit to Mae Sot refugee camp (October 30-31). Point of contact for the Bangkok transit portion of Charge Villarosa's travel is Political Officer Jer [...]	2005-10-14 04:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA BM TH BURMA
05BANGKOK6551	JOINT DEMARCHE ON PSI DELIVERED IN THAILAND [...] (C) On October 14, in an attempt to prod Thailand into endorsing the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),the Ambassador joined a group of Ambassadors from PSI countries led by Australia and including COMs from Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the UK in a joint demarche on MFA Deputy Perm [...]	2005-10-17 03:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PHSA PINS PTER TH PSI
05BANGKOK656	NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKER IN VIENTIANE [...] (C) Summary and comment. UNHCR/UNDP cannot issue a travel document for North Korean asylum seeker Anh, but is prepared to assist in resolving this case in terms of providing transportation within Thailand, housing, and other assistance agreed upon by concerned governments. ICRC Bangkok repre [...]	2005-01-25 10:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREF PREL KN KS LA TH DPRK
05BANGKOK6595	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: DEEP ANGER FOLLOWING TEMPLE [...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT: During the early morning hours of October 16 a Buddhist monk and two novices were killed during a brutal attack on a Buddhist temple in the far southern province of Pattani. In the wake of the incident, Prime Minister Thaksin has vowed swift justice against those involv [...]	2005-10-18 11:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK6596	SECRETARY LEAVITT'S OCTOBER 10-11 VISIT TO THAILAND [...] (U) Summary: In meetings with interlocutors during his visit to Thailand October 10 and 11, HHS Secretary Leavitt underscored the importance of transparency and international cooperation in confronting the threat of avian influenza (AI) and in planning containment and pandemic preparedness ef [...]	2005-10-18 11:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO OVIP PREL EAGR EAID TH
05BANGKOK6618	EMERGENCY DECREE EXTENDED [...] (U) Summary: On October 18, the Cabinet agreed to extend the Emergency Decree on Public Administration in Emergency Situations in the three southern border provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala for another three months. The move was expected. Opponents of the measures are criticizing t [...]	2005-10-19 09:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM TH
05BANGKOK6619	SITUATION OF THREE CAMBODIANS WHO HAVE FLED TO [...] (C) Summary. UNHCR reported October 19 that it was very concerned about the three Cambodians from the Cambodian Watchdog Council who have fled to Thailand. UNHCR is worried that the Thai government may see the situation as similar to that of the 131 Thai who fled southern Thailand to Malaysia [...]	2005-10-19 11:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF TH CM CAMBODIA
05BANGKOK6627	THAILAND TO MAKE SUPPORTIVE STATEMENT AT UNESCO [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-20 02:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PHUM SCUL TH UNESCO
05BANGKOK6639	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THAILAND'S TROUBLED MALAYSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thai and Malaysian officials have been using increasingly un-diplomatic language in the press as tensions over the situation along the Thai/Malaysian border -- heightened by publicity surrounding 131 Thai "refugees" in Malaysia -- continue. Thai MFA officials acknowledge priva [...]	2005-10-20 09:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK6650	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EAP/MLS THAI DESK [...] Embassy warmly welcomes visit of EAP/MLS Thailand desk officer Melanie Higgins and grants country clearance. Point of contact for the Bangkok portion of her travel is Political Officer Jim Cole (O) 02 205 4816 (C) 01 868-0498 (H) 02 287-4652. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at the C [...]	2005-10-21 02:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TH
05BANGKOK6653	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Haslach and Mr. Herbert from October 27-29 2. (U) We understand that travelers made Hotel reservations at: Conrad Hotel, All Seasons Place 87 Wireless Road, Bangkok Tel: (66-2) 690-9999 Fax: (66-2) 690-9000 3. [...]	2005-10-21 02:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA LA TH
05BANGKOK6663	THAIS PLAN FOR TAMIFLU PRODUCTION [...] Summary: The RTG is actively stockpiling the antiviral medicine Tamiflu and considering producing the drug in Thailand, with or without a license, in preparation for a possible avian flu pandemic. The RTG is procuring ingredients for production of the drug, but it is unclear if the Thai pha [...]	2005-10-21 05:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KIPR SENV TBIO TH
05BANGKOK6693	THAI GROUPS PRESS TO LIFT U.S. SHRIMP TARIFFS [...] On October 26, about forty persons representing various Thai shrimp farmer organizations held a press conference on the sidewalk outside of Embassy Bangkok, expressing concern about the outcome of the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) review of anti-dumping tariffs on Thai shrimp export [...]	2005-10-25 05:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON TH
05BANGKOK6727	THAI EXPECTED TO INVITE FORMER PRESIDENTS TO [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. The Thai government is planning a large commemoration ceremony on December 26 in memory of those who died in the 2004 tsunami. Post's consular section is already working with the families of victims and Americans who were affected [...]	2005-10-26 06:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP CASC PREL EAID TH
05BANGKOK673	THAILAND REFOCUSES ON NATIONAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Thailand continues its relief and reconstruction efforts in the wake of last month's tsunami, but the nation is also focusing on the approaching February 6 national elections. Almost 45 million Thais are expected to go to the polls. All 500 hundred parliamentary seats (400 co [...]	2005-01-26 07:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH TRT
05BANGKOK6761	THAILAND: PRIVATIZING EGAT UNLIKELY TO REFORM THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Shares of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) are to be sold in an initial public offering in November 2005. Partial privatization of this high-profile state-owned enterprise (SOE) enables the Royal Thai Government (RTG) a way to maintain momentum in imple [...]	2005-10-27 09:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV EPET KPRV TH
05BANGKOK6764	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: COORDINATED RAIDS ACROSS THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 26 small groups of militants launched a series of 49 apparently coordinated raids in rural areas throughout far southern Thailand. Four civilians and two militants were reported killed in the raids, which appear to have been focused on stealing weapons from village [...]	2005-10-27 10:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL TH
05BANGKOK6767	CAMBODIAN ACTIVISTS URGENTLY SEEK REFUGEE STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-27 10:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL CB TH CAMBODIA
05BANGKOK6768	ISRAEL AT UNGA - THAILAND RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-27 11:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS TH UNGA
05BANGKOK6797	NO PROGRESS ON CAMBODIAN REFUGEES [...] (C) Polcouns spoke to MFA refugee contact Dusit Manapan regarding the Cambodian activists and the UNHCR request to process them for immediate resettlement. Dusit said that, after receiving calls from several embassies regarding this case yesterday, he had consulted within the MFA on the ques [...]	2005-10-28 12:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM TH CB CAMBODIA
05BANGKOK6798	OPPOSITION POLITICIAN PESSIMISTIC ON SOUTH, PARTY [...] (C) Summary: A Democrat party MP gave downbeat assessments of his party's short term prospects, and of the security situation in the troubled South. The MP warned that the current government would be unable to resolve the problems in the South because it had completely lost the trust of the p [...]	2005-10-28 12:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
05BANGKOK6813	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR EAP DEPUTY [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to DAS Eric John from Nov. 5 - Nov. 10, 2005. 2. (U) Hotel reservations have been made at: Conrad Hotel, All Seasons Place, 87 Wireless Road, Bangkok Tel: (66-2) 690-9999 Fax: (66-2) 690-9000 Room rate is $125.00 net (taxes and [...]	2005-10-31 05:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TH
05BANGKOK6817	THAILAND GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT: RICE FOR ROLLING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Royal Thai Government (RTG) has floated the idea of paying for four mass transit lines in the Bangkok metro area at a cost of about $5 billion with cash and agricultural products through barter deals negotiated with other governments. Agricultural commodities, however, are [...]	2005-10-31 08:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR ELTN MASS TH
05BANGKOK6843	THAILAND REACTION TO EU AGRICULTURE PROPOSAL [...] Embassy delivered talking points on the EU agriculture proposal to the RTG Ministry of Commerce as requested in reftel. Ms. Sirinart Chaimun of the Ministry's Department of Trade Negotiations said that the RTG shared essentially the same view as the U.S. of the EU proposal and considered it t [...]	2005-11-01 08:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EAGR EU TH
05BANGKOK6844	UNHCR PROPOSES OPTION FOR PETCHABOON HMONG [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Summary: UNHCR apprised Ambassador Haslach of the situation of the almost 6000 Hmong would-be refugees encamped in Petchaboon province. Following a discussion of the difficulties of making a refugee determination, UNHCR proposed c [...]	2005-11-01 09:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL TH
05BANGKOK685	NORTHEAST THAILAND: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloffs recently (December 13-15, 2004) traveled to the Northeastern Provinces of Nakhon Raatchasima (Korat) and Chaiyaphum to visit with local politicians, provincial election commission officials and NGO and academic representatives. Pre-election campaigning and government p [...]	2005-01-26 11:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TH
05BANGKOK6850	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THE SLOW PROGRESS OF THE NRC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The RTG has moved slowly to implement fourteen interim recommendations, issued by the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC),to address violence in the South. While some of the interim recommendations may be of limited utility or impact, the thrust of the report is helpful, u [...]	2005-11-01 09:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK6852	SUPRISE MOVE: MINISTERS SWAP JOBS TO QUELL TRT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a surprise move, Thailand,s Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra promoted recently-resigned Public Health Minister, Dr. Suchai Charoenratakul to the position of Deputy Prime Minister, while moving the incumbent Deputy PM Phinit Charusombat into the slot previously held by Dr. [...]	2005-11-01 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TH
05BANGKOK6853	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: GOVERNMENT PRESSURED TO TAKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 27 insurgents bombed a rail-line in Narathiwat province, derailing four cars on a passenger train. The bombing followed the dramatic series of weapons raids across far southern Thailand on October 26. According to some local observers the latest attacks demonstrate [...]	2005-11-01 09:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK6855	OPPOSITION WINS 3 0F 4 THAI BY-ELECTIONS, BUT DOES [...] (C) Summary. Opposition parties may have won enough seats in the October 30th parliamentary by-election to initiate impeachment and censure moves against the ruling Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party government. Unofficial tallies have the opposition winning three of the four seats at stake despit [...]	2005-11-01 09:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
05BANGKOK686	THAILAND: DEEP SOUTH UPDATE - JANUARY 26, 2005 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Violence continues in the far southern provinces of Thailand, in stark contrast to images of ongoing relief efforts in neighboring provinces. With the tsunami garnering less attention the media, violence in the deep South is again re-emerging as a central domestic political iss [...]	2005-01-26 12:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK687	TAK BAI INDEPENDENT COMMISSION REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Independent Commission investigating the October 2004 Tak Bai incident has concluded that three senior security officials, including the Fourth Army Commanding General, failed to monitor their subordinates during the transfer of detainees from Tak Bai to a Pattani Army camp. [...]	2005-01-26 12:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK6870	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LT COL MUNIPALLI [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Lt. Col. Munipalli from Nov. 5 - Nov. 9, 2005 to participate in the U.S.- Thailand Strategic Dialogue. 2. (U) Hotel reservations have been made at: Conrad Hotel, All Seasons Place, 87 Wireless Road, Bangkok Tel: (66-2) 690-9999 [...]	2005-11-02 08:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TH
05BANGKOK6875	2005 HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD [...] I nominate Michael D. Sweeney for the 2005 Human Rights and Democracy Award. Mr Sweeney has spearheaded the Mission's initiatives on improving the human rights practices of the Royal Thai Government (RTG) and the expansion of democracy-related capacity-building programs. He has been a tire [...]	2005-11-02 09:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	APER PHUM TH
05BANGKOK690	ICRC AND NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKER IN VIENTIANE [...] (C) Fred Grimm, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Regional Delegation, told Embassy Bangkok today that ICRC is not/not willing to issue a laissez-passer (LP) to North Korean asylum seeker An Kyong Su. Grimm said that, after consultations with both the ICRC representa [...]	2005-01-27 00:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREF PREL KN KS TH DPRK LA
05BANGKOK6901	THAI TELECOM SECTOR: NORWAY'S TELENOR BUYS OUT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 20, 2005, Norway's Telenor announced an indirect takeover of Thailand's UCOM and its mobile phone subsidiary Total Access Communications (TAC). The complex transaction paves the way for Telenor control of Thailand's second-largest mobile phone operator. The National T [...]	2005-11-03 08:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECPS EINV ECON TH
05BANGKOK6904	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: MORE BOMBS IN NARATHIWAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 2 another series of bombs were set off in the far southern province of Narathiwat, temporarily knocking out power in the city. The attacks follow the series of raids on October 26 and the October 27 bombing of a rail-line in Narathiwat (reftels). On November 3 a s [...]	2005-11-03 10:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL TH
05BANGKOK6909	BANGKOK FY06 REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL HUB WORKPLAN [...] Summary: In FY06, the Regional Environmental Office (REO) based in Bangkok will continue its broad range of activities in 25 countries in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Three priority topics, however, will likely dominate the attention of this hub - avian influenza, efforts to combat illegal [...]	2005-11-04 01:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON TBIO TPHY TH
05BANGKOK6943	THAILAND: FOLLOWING UP ON ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) Poloff passed reftel points to Chutintorn Gongsakdi, MFA Director of International Economic Policy, and Katanawadee Kalayanamit from the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division at MFA. Chutintorn received the points without comment. Katanawadee said that Thailand does not plan to de [...]	2005-11-04 09:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM ETTC KSTC EAID ETRD ECIN TH APECO
05BANGKOK6947	CAMBODIAN OPPOSITION FIGURE MU SOCHUA PESSIMISTIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Cambodian opposition figure Mu Sochua told Western diplomats on November 3 that the general political atmosphere in her country was worsening and that additional Cambodian political activists would likely flee to Thailand. End summary. 2. (SBU) Sam Rainsy Party member Mu Soc [...]	2005-11-04 11:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CB TH CAMBODIA
05BANGKOK6953	THAI REACT TO "SECRET PRISONS" ARTICLE: WILL THAKSIN SUE THE WASHINGTON POST? [...] (C) Summary: The Thai government has issued heated denials of the Washington Post report of a secret CIA-run prison here, and has sought embassy assistance in responding to the accusations. After a local newspaper identified our VOA facility in northeast Thailand as the site of the prison, t [...]	2005-11-04 12:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPOW TH CIA
05BANGKOK6954	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PM/RSAT JANE BOCKLAGE [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Jane Bocklage from Nov. 5 - Nov. 9, 2005 to participate in the U.S.- Thailand Strategic Dialogue. 2. (U) Hotel reservations have been made at: Conrad Hotel, All Seasons Place, 87 Wireless Road, Bangkok Tel: (66-2) 690-9999 Fax: [...]	2005-11-05 04:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MARR MASS PREL TH
05BANGKOK6958	MORE CONTROVERSY WITH THE SELECTION OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Thailand,s anti-corruption process suffered a serious blow with the November 1 announcement of the selection of nine potentially biased nominees to serve in the government,s National Counter Corruption Commission (NCCC). Critics allege that most of the nominees have close [...]	2005-11-07 01:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TH NCCC
05BANGKOK6960	UN ESCAP: REQUEST FOR TESTIMONY ON ASIAN [...] (U) This message is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) UN ESCAP has requested nominations of experts to participate in the Expert Group Meeting on Development Issues and Policies: Infrastructure Development, to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, December 14-15, 2005. The purpo [...]	2005-11-07 03:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AORC EAID TH
05BANGKOK6978	FORMER PRIME MINISTER ANAND CRITICIZES SURAKIART [...] (C) During a November 3 conversation with the Ambassador, National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) Head and former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun derided Deputy Prime Minister (and former Foreign Minister) Surakiart Sathirathai's campaign to succeed Kofi Annan as next UN Secretary General. [...]	2005-11-08 05:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TH
05BANGKOK6979	ANAND COMMENTS ON FINAL PHASE OF NRC'S PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador called on National Reconciliation Committee (NRC) Head and former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun on November 3 to discuss the NRC's wrap-up phase. Anand said that Thaksin still has no idea of the root causes of the problem and has used his aides and media infl [...]	2005-11-08 05:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER TH NRC
05BANGKOK6980	NRC HEAD ANAND ON HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH MALAYSIAN [...] (C) Summary: During his visit to Malaysia last month, National Reconciliation Commission Head (NRC) Anand Panyarachun met with Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to discuss the Thai-Malaysian relations in context of the ongoing violence in Thailand's s [...]	2005-11-08 05:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ML TH
05BANGKOK7000	EXPORTS REVIVE THAI ECONOMY [...] Summary: After a weak showing in the first quarter, the Thai economy has strongly recovered, achieving 4.4 percent GDP growth in the second quarter with even stronger growth anticipated for the second half. Exports account for almost all this growth as domestic consumption and private investme [...]	2005-11-09 04:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD TH

05BANGKOK701	STAFFING ISSUES AT DAO BANGKOK [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-27 06:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH POL MIL
05BANGKOK7014	COMBATTING EXTREMISM [...] (C) Summary: The ongoing insurgency in the southern three provinces is the most significant manifestation of extremism in Thailand. The problem is primarily ethnic and to some extent separatist in its origin, rather than sectarian, although international, radical Islam is having an effect, b [...]	2005-11-09 10:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	EAID KDEM PHUM PREL KMPI KPAO TH
05BANGKOK7015	EXILED BURMESE LABOR LEADER RETURNS TO THAILAND [...] (C) Summary: In the past week, the Embassy has been sorting out an unusual story involving U Maung Maung, the exiled Burmese trade union leader, and his return to Thailand on November 3 despite an apparent warning by Thai officials that he would not be allowed to re-enter the country. Maung [...]	2005-11-09 11:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ELAB TH BM
05BANGKOK703	THAILAND SUPPORTS TIMETABLE FOR WITHDRAWAL OF U.S. [...] (C) Reftel A requests Post query the RTG for its views of the planned withdrawal of U.S. military assets from the tsunami affected region. Utapao naval air base, which is SIPDIS located in Thailand, serves as the regional hub for Combined Support Force 536 (CSF 536). Nodes from that hub, [...]	2005-01-27 06:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL MARR MOPS TH POL MIL
05BANGKOK7030	U.S.-THAI STRATEGIC DIALOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 7 and 8, following up on the President's and Prime Minister Thaksin's commitment, senior U.S. officials met with Thai counterparts to inaugurate a bilateral dialogue on strategic and security issues. The U.S. side was lead by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Eri [...]	2005-11-10 07:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MASS PTER PREL KPAO TH
05BANGKOK7033	U.S.-THAILAND FTA: GOOD PROSPECTS FOR PROGRESS IN [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of the Round 6 FTA talks in London, prospects look good for making solid progress in most negotiating areas scheduled for discussion. There are signs that the mood here has shifted from passive resistance to a resigned, "let's get on with it" attitude. Even in financ [...]	2005-11-10 09:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV TH
05BANGKOK704	PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FARGO MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra told PACOM Commander Admiral Thomas Fargo that last month's tsunami demonstrated the need for increased emphasis on SIPDIS disaster response in future Thai/US military exercises. During the January 19 meeting, Thaksin told Fargo that if the [...]	2005-01-27 06:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MOPS PREL TH POL MIL
05BANGKOK7040	THAILAND GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT: RICE FOR ROLLING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Royal Thai Government (RTG) has floated the idea of paying for four mass transit lines in the Bangkok metro area at a cost of about $5 billion with cash and agricultural products through barter deals negotiated with other governments. Agricultural commodities, however, are [...]	2005-11-10 09:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR ELTN MASS TH
05BANGKOK7043	THAI TELECOM SECTOR REFORM:PROSPECTS FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Royal Thai Government (RTG) plans to privatize the telecom operators TOT PCL (TOT) and CAT Telecom PCL (CAT) are finally moving forward. Several practical problems require resolution, however, before either enterprise will be able to effect an initial public offering (IPO) of s [...]	2005-11-10 09:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECPS EINV ECON TH
05BANGKOK7045	A/S RADEMAKER'S MEETINGS AT THE ARF SEMINAR FOR [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. delegation at the ARF CBM Seminar on Missile Defense, held in Bangkok October 6 and 7, was led by Acting A/S for International Security and Nonproliferation Stephen Rademaker. In the plenary session and side meetings with numerous participants, Rademaker stressed three ke [...]	2005-11-10 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PHSA PINS PTER TH ARF
05BANGKOK706	PACOM ADM FARGO'S MEETING WITH THAI FM SURAKIART, [...] (C) Summary: In their January 19 meeting, FM Surakiart told ADM Fargo that the U.S. had "won the hearts of Asians" with its rapid and massive relief to Thailand and other tsunami-devastated countries. He expressed pride in the SIPDIS Royal Thai Government's (RTG) contribution of quick appr [...]	2005-01-27 07:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MOPS PREL PGOV OVIP TH POL MIL
05BANGKOK7073	DISCUSSIONS ON SOUTHERN TROUBLES WITH OBSERVERS IN [...] (C) Summary: During a one day visit to Songkhla in southern Thailand, Thailand Desk Officer and Emboff met with several prominent local observers to discuss the causes and possible solution to the area's ongoing turmoil. The observers were opposition Democrat Party (DP) MP Niphon Bunyamane [...]	2005-11-15 03:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER TH
05BANGKOK7086	DEMARCHE DELIVERED- UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) On November 10, Poloff delivered Reftel talking points to Mr. Peerasak Chantavarin, Director of the Social Division of the International Organizations Department of the MFA. Peerasak responded that he was familiar with the resolutions since he had received telephone calls from the Japane [...]	2005-11-15 11:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TH UNGA
05BANGKOK7090	PRIME MINISTER'S SENIOR ADVISOR PANSAK MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. DAS Eric John and Ambassador Boyce met with Pansak Winyarat, senior advisor to Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, on November 9 for open-ended discussions. Pansak's iconoclastic and uncensored views often give insights into the thinking of the Prime Minister. Discussion focus [...]	2005-11-16 00:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF ETRD TH BURMA CAMBODIA
05BANGKOK7091	PRIVY COUNSELOR SURAYUD ON SITUATION IN SOUTHERN [...] (C) Summary. On November 10, Privy Counselor General Surayud Chulanont indicated to visiting DAS Eric John and the Ambassador that the Queen now has a better understanding of the situation in southern Thailand. He was critical, however, of the police -- suggesting that they still do not ha [...]	2005-11-16 00:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TH
05BANGKOK7100	AUDITOR-GENERAL SELECTION PROCESS TO BEGIN ANEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The continued controversy over the placement of an Auditor General reached a turning point on November 10th, when, after failing to receive a directive from Thailand's Constitutional Court, Thailand's State Audit Commission decided that the best course of action was to begin t [...]	2005-11-16 03:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TH
05BANGKOK7116	DAS ERIC JOHN'S MEETING WITH FORMER FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. In his meeting with EAP DAS Eric John and Ambassador Boyce, former Democrat Party Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan, a native of and Muslim MP from the South, reiterated his well-known pessimism on the situation in that region, but in newly negative terms. Surin also presented som [...]	2005-11-16 08:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER TH BURMA
05BANGKOK7123	VILLAGERS KILLED IN RAID IN NARATHIWAT [...] (U) Insurgents killed 9 Muslim villagers during a nighttime raid in Ra Ngae district in Narathiwat province on November 16th. Eight people were also injured during the attack, five of them children. According to Embassy police sources, an entire family was among the victims. 2. (C) Ver [...]	2005-11-16 09:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER TH
05BANGKOK7124	THAILAND: COURT SUSPENDS PRIVATIZATION OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: Thailand,s Supreme Administrative Court has ordered the Minister of Energy and EGAT Plc to suspend the initial public offering (IPO) of shares of the state-owned power producer,s stock scheduled for November 16-17, 2005. The Court,s decision represents an unexpected victory for [...]	2005-11-16 09:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV EPET KPRV TH
05BANGKOK7125	IRAN RESOLUTION DEMARCHE - THAI RESPONSE [...] (C) Ambassador made reftel demarche points to MFA Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn on November 16. Permsec Krit responded that the Thai government normally supports no action motions on individual countries, except in the case of blatant abuses such as the massacres in Sudan. The [...]	2005-11-16 10:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM TH
05BANGKOK7142	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 3. 2. (U) DEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals listed below who will be new signatures for one of DEA's Host Cou [...]	2005-11-17 08:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7143	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Flt.Lt. Kraiwan CHANCHALAD, Directorate of Armament, Air Support Command, [...]	2005-11-17 08:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7144	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Wg.Cdr. Kamolratana SUTTABOOSAYA, Directorate of Medical Services, Air Su [...]	2005-11-17 08:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7145	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for FltLt. Choosak KASATEWIT, Directorate of Civil Engineering, Air Support C [...]	2005-11-17 08:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7146	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Siri SANTONG, 12th Signal Battalion, King's Guard, who has been sele [...]	2005-11-17 08:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7147	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Capt. Wasin BAMBUNGCHEEP, Naval Medical Department, who has been selected [...]	2005-11-17 08:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7148	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1Lt. Araya SAYANHAVIKASIT, Ordnance School, who has been selected to atte [...]	2005-11-17 08:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7149	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for MG Boonchu KIRDCHOK, who has been selected to attend the WCN N/A, Nationa [...]	2005-11-17 08:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7150	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Worachin Yaowarat, 2nd Engineer Battalion, King's Guard, who has bee [...]	2005-11-17 08:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7151	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Pongsatorn SUKRAPANNA, 22nd Cavalry Squadron, who has been selected [...]	2005-11-17 08:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7152	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Sitthisak MINWONG, 1st Infantry Division, King's Guard, who has been [...]	2005-11-17 08:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7153	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Waraporn JUNTORN, Special Warfare Center, who has been selected to a [...]	2005-11-17 08:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7154	THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: INTELLECTUAL [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) ILEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the Intellectual Prop [...]	2005-11-17 08:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7155	THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: POLICE COLONEL [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) DEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Police Colonel Anurak SAITHONG and Police Lt. Colonel Thanayos SUKRATANA who will [...]	2005-11-17 08:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7156	THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: CRIME SCENE [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) ILEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the Crime Scene Inves [...]	2005-11-17 08:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7184	EXCELLENT THAI-DPRK RELATIONS NOT SO USEFUL IN [...] (C) Summary. Allegations in a new book that North Korean abducted a Thai woman working in Macao in 1978 have grabbed local headlines and prompted Foreign Minister Kantathi to pledge government efforts to return her to Thailand. Thai officials, however, are finding their North Korean counterp [...]	2005-11-18 04:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TH DPRK
05BANGKOK7191	UPDATE ON OPTIONS FOR THE PETCHABOON HMONG [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 11. 2. (C) Summary. During a November 15 meeting, UNHCR Deputy Regional Representative Raja Panday stated that he had made a new proposal to the Thai government on resolving the situation of the Petchaboon Hmong. The proposal is that the Th [...]	2005-11-18 07:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL TH LA
05BANGKOK7197	THE KING AND HIM; THE OPPOSITION PLAYS THEIR KING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. Evidence suggests that Prime Minister Thaksin is alienating an ever-growing segment of the political class. The antipathy that started with NGOs and journalists is spreading; by some accounts, it includes many in the military leadership and reaches even to the [...]	2005-11-18 08:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH TRT
05BANGKOK7207	RALLIES AGAINST VIOLENCE HELD IN YALA AND [...] (U) Crowds estimated at 5,000 to 6,000 persons gathered in the southern provinces of Yala and Narathiwat on November 17 to protest the murder by suspected separatists of a former militant, who was cooperating with the government, and his family (reftel). The crowds were made up of both Thai [...]	2005-11-21 00:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER TH
05BANGKOK7213	THAI COURT TRIES "GAG ORDER" TO SHUT UP PROMINENT [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Thai Civil Court has issued Thaksin critic Sondhi Limthongkul a gag order, effectively banning him from criticizing the Prime Minister until libel suits against him can be litigated. Since his popular political television program was canceled in September, Sondhi has been doin [...]	2005-11-21 00:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH
05BANGKOK7242	PATTAYA: THAILAND'S EXTREME CITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The sea-side port city of Pattaya is one of Thailand's major tourist destinations, second only to Bangkok, and a significant contributor to the Thai economy. Attracted to the 'anything goes' reputation that centers around Pattaya's sleazy nightlife, over 4 million foreigners and 10 m [...]	2005-11-22 07:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
05BANGKOK7250	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMO COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 09:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TH
05BANGKOK7253	TENS OF THOUSANDS GATHER TO LISTEN TO SONDHI DISH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Defying a November 17 court order banning him from criticizing the PM, outspoken talk show host Sondhi Limthongkul continued with his weekly "mobile talk show" in Bangkok. The rally attracted an estimated 30-40,000 people. Sondhi detailed two heretofore new scandals, alleging that [...]	2005-11-22 09:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH
05BANGKOK7268	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: THAILAND INTERESTED BUT [...] Poloff delivered Reftel demarche on November 21 to Ms. Patchanee Kithavorn, Director of the Latin America Division of the MFA Department of American and South Pacific Affairs. Patchanee told Poloff that she received Post's non-paper and that the RTG was sympathetic to the needs of the OAS Missi [...]	2005-11-23 03:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PTER TH OAS
05BANGKOK7272	SCENESETTER FOR PACAF COMMANDER GEN HESTER'S VISIT [...] (C) General Hester, all of us in Bangkok look forward to your visit as an opportunity to advance a number of key U.S. foreign policy objectives. The Thai will likely ask you for your latest thinking on the future of our annual Cope Tiger Exercise. In addition to promoting issues directly a [...]	2005-11-23 06:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL MARR MASS TH
05BANGKOK7289	THAILAND AMBITIOUS ON HONG KONG, BUT WARY [...] On November 22, Econoff met with Ms. Sirinart Chaimun, Director of the Bureau of Multilateral Trade Negotations in the Ministry of Commerce to discuss the RTG agenda for the upcoming WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong. The RTG is sending a thirty-plus person team to the Ministerial headed by Deputy [...]	2005-11-23 09:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD KIRC KPAO OIIP TH WTRO
05BANGKOK7301	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: STAFFDEL [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Frank Januzzi from 12/8 - 12/11, 2005 2. (U) Hotel reservations have been made at: Conrad Hotel, All Seasons Place, 87 Wireless Road, Bangkok Tel: (66-2) 690-9999 Fax: (66-2) 690-9000 Room rate is $125.00 net (taxes and [...]	2005-11-25 04:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT TH
05BANGKOK7305	BESIEGED AUDITOR-GENERAL TALKS TO EMBASSY ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. Poloff spoke with Khunying Jaruwan Maintaka, the besieged Auditor-General of Thailand, on November 14th concerning her controversial situation and about corruption in Thailand. Although Jaruwan has avoided speaking to the press and stays out of the public eye, she gave Polo [...]	2005-11-25 05:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TH
05BANGKOK7317	COURT VICTORIES FOR RABBLE-ROUSING JOURNALIST [...] (U) SUMMARY. One week after Sondhi Limthongkul attracted nearly 40,000 people to Bangkok's Lumpini Park with his "mobile talk show", the businessman-turned-media defender won two significant legal victories, including a partial reprieve from last week's gag order on him and his associates. Mea [...]	2005-11-25 10:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH
05BANGKOK7334	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] Per reftel request, here are the results of posts inquiries into the bona fides of G.H. International. Company Profile Per the Thai Department of Business Development, Ministry of Commerce, G.H.International Co. Ltd is filed under registration number 1160/2517, dated 9 OCT 1974. Capital re [...]	2005-11-28 06:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH BLUE LANTERN
05BANGKOK7345	SONDHI'S TENTH AND LARGEST RALLY TO DATE ATTRACTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Government critic Sondhi Limthongkul hosted his tenth "mobile talk show" from a monastery in Udon Thani. A crowd of approximately 50,000 gathered in Bangkok's Lumpini Park to listen to Sondhi offer revelations of new scandals concerning the Thai Rak Thai government. In the two-ho [...]	2005-11-28 10:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH
05BANGKOK7364	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) DEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below from the Nong Kai Provincial Police who are scheduled to [...]	2005-11-29 08:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7365	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lt. Yuthanavi MUNGTHANYA, Sattahip Naval Base, who has been selected to a [...]	2005-11-29 08:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7399	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for LTC Khunakorn KANA, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, w [...]	2005-12-01 02:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7454	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON PRIVY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador called on Privy Counselor Palakorn Suanrath to discuss the situation in southern Thailand. Palakorn -- who served as director of the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center (SBPAC) prior to its 2002 dissolution by Prime Minister Thaksin -- is known to be a cl [...]	2005-12-02 07:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK7458	THAILAND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Summary: Recent activities have focused on child trafficking and child sex tourism in Thailand. A child sex tourism seminar was held in Bangkok under the auspices of the USG-supported Bali Process, with DHS/ICE representing the USG and providing a case study. The NGO IJM reports progres [...]	2005-12-02 08:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KWMN PREF PREL SMIG PHUM EAID TH
05BANGKOK7460	CHINESE EMBASSY WANTS TO BUILD LINKS WITH U.S. [...] (C) Summary. As part of our ongoing effort to follow China's growing influence in Thailand, the Ambassador hosted a reception on December 1 for the PRC Embassy at the Residence. Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jiuhuan called for greater dialogue between the U.S. and China on a wide variety of iss [...]	2005-12-02 08:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MARR CH TH
05BANGKOK7462	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: INSIDE THE ARMY'S HEARTS AND [...] Summary. (C) In a meeting with poloffs on 1 December, Royal Thai Army (RTA) civil affairs officer Lt. Col. Saniroj Thumayos explained the challenges facing the RTA's attempts to win the hearts and minds of the public in the violent South. Saniroj outlined RTG efforts to train and support Isl [...]	2005-12-02 10:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR TH
05BANGKOK7508	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] Per reftel request, here are the results of Post's inquiries into the bona fides of Bangkok Helicopter Services Co., Ltd. and The General Aviation Co., Ltd. Company Profile per the Thai Department of Business Development, Ministry of Commerce: The Bangkok Helicopter Services Co. Ltd is filed [...]	2005-12-07 06:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH BLUE LANTERN
05BANGKOK752	DPRK ASYLUM SEEKER -- MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) In response to reftel, Refcoord informed UNHCR Chief Protection Officer Kirsten Young on January 27 of the latest developments in the case of DPRK asylum seeker Anh and asked what assistance UNHCR would be able to provide in the resolution of this issue. Reiterataing earlier commitments m [...]	2005-01-28 07:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL ASEC KN KS LA TH DPRK
05BANGKOK7523	THAIS TO TAKE U.S. TO WTO OVER CONTINUOUS BOND [...] RTG trade officials decided December 6 to file a complaint against the U.S. in the WTO over a U.S. requirement that shrimp importers file a continuous bond to cover expected anti-dumping duties. Nadhawan Tanyongmas, Trade Officer in the Department of Foreign Trade, said RTG representatives i [...]	2005-12-07 08:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD TH
05BANGKOK7526	PHARMACEUTICAL COSTS AND THE FTA [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: The prospect of strong "TRIPS-plus" patent provisions in a U.S.-Thailand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has been a controversial issue in Thailand. Anti-FTA activists from NGOs and within the RTG claim that stronger patent protection for pharmaceutical products in an [...]	2005-12-07 09:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TH
05BANGKOK7527	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: RTG QUIETLY REACHES OUT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) has been quietly meeting in northern Malaysia and in Europe with purported leadership figures from some of the prominent southern Thai separatist groups -- including the Barisan Revolusi Nasional Coordinate (BRN-C) -- in an attempt to f [...]	2005-12-07 09:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK7529	LUNCH WITH THAKSIN [...] (S) Summary: During lunch at the residence on December 7, Prime Minister Thaksin and I discussed the King's recent birthday speech, the situation in Thailand's south, the issue of extrajudicial killings, Thai-Malaysian relations, Burma policy, North Korea, the US-Thai Action Plan, Thailand's [...]	2005-12-07 12:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	ETRD PGOV PHUM PTER TH BURMA CIA
05BANGKOK7537	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) ILEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals listed below, who has been selected to attend the Leadership Dev [...]	2005-12-08 02:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7555	EMBASSY BANGKOK CONCERNS OVER ACES DATABASE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After careful review at post, Embassy Bangkok believes the Abuse Case Evaluation System (ACES) database falls short of its announced goal (reftel C) of being a tool to "facilitate the management of human rights abuse allegations and compliance with the Leahy amendment guidelin [...]	2005-12-09 03:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7571	THAILAND: CODEL HASTERT JAN 13-16 [...] (U) Post grants country clearance and looks forward to a successful visit by CODEL Hastert. Control officer for the Bangkok portion of the visit will be: Political Officer Mark Lambert Office: 66-2-205-4729 Fax: 66-2-253-3876 Cell: 66-1-808-1056 Home: 66-2-285-6186 Email: LambertMB@ [...]	2005-12-09 07:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TH
05BANGKOK7573	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: LABELING THE MILITANTS "BRN-C" [...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT: Thai officials and foreign observers have struggled to identify the militant movement responsible for the resurgent violence in far southern Thailand that has claimed over 1,000 lives since January 2004. The initial government response -- to blame criminals or local po [...]	2005-12-09 08:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL TH
05BANGKOK7574	OLD FRIENDS, BAD DEALS, AND COMMUNITY RADIO: THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 1, Embassy Officers visited controversial community radio station 92.25. Station personnel reported that the station had started up operations a week after the August raid (Reftel A) and was now technically broadcasting their programs solely on the Internet, which we [...]	2005-12-09 08:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PROP SOCI KPAO TH
05BANGKOK7581	HALF-BAKED IDEA FOR ZOO INCREASES DOUBT ABOUT THAI [...] (U) Summary: Chiang Mai's Night Safari Park, although set to open officially on January 1, opened privately on November 16 in a ceremony presided over by Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Controversial since its inception, for reasons including alleged substandard treatment of an [...]	2005-12-13 00:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON PGOV PREL TH
05BANGKOK7599	IMET IN THAILAND -- KEY TOOL FOR ENGAGEMENT [...] The International Military Education and Training Program (IMET) has been a vital tool for almost 30 years to improve the Thai military's ability to develop core skills and competence. In addition to providing world-class training through a wide range of courses, IMET has helped us create a [...]	2005-12-13 10:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MARR MASS TH IMET
05BANGKOK7613	CODEL SMITH MEETS WITH PRIME MINSITER THAKSIN [...] (SBU) In a December 9 meeting, Codel Gordon Smith met with Prime Minister Thaksin at Government House. During the course of their forty-five minute conversation, The PM assured the Senators that completion of bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks with the U.S. is of paramount importance to [...]	2005-12-14 04:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD TH
05BANGKOK7644	MATERIAL SUPPORT ISSUE COULD CRIPPLE U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary. Several positive changes have marked recent Thai policy toward the approximately 140,000 Burmese refugees located in nine camps along the Thai-Burma border. The Thai have agreed to the U.S. proposal to offer resettlement to the entire, 9,000-person camp of Tham Hin after reject [...]	2005-12-15 09:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL TH BURMA
05BANGKOK7645	THAILAND TAKES A PASS ON ASEAN-KOREA FTA [...] (U) South Korea signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with ASEAN in Kuala Lumpur on December 13, with the notable absence of Thailand, which declined to sign. Thai leaders did sign a framework agreement for the FTA, but balked at the deal on trade in goods after South Korea insisted on exclusi [...]	2005-12-15 09:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TH
05BANGKOK7649	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Maj. Thiratch SOMBUTSIRI, Directorate of Civil Affairs, who has been sele [...]	2005-12-16 00:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7650	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for FLO Pornpote CHAICHANKUL, JAG, MOD, who has been selected to attend the W [...]	2005-12-16 00:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7651	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for FS1 Watcharin SAI-IN, Directorate of Armament, Air Support Command, RTAF, [...]	2005-12-16 00:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7652	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lcdr. Amonthep THONGSIN, Amphibious Squadron, Royal Thai Fleet, who has b [...]	2005-12-16 00:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7653	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Pakawat KROBSORN, 2nd SF.BN.4th SF Regiment, who has been selected t [...]	2005-12-16 00:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7654	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1Lt. Sunai JIRASOMBOON, Field Artillery Battalion, Artillery Center, who [...]	2005-12-16 00:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7655	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lcdr. Apirat SANGPETCHSONG, Somdejprapinklao Hospital, RTN, who has been [...]	2005-12-16 00:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7656	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Capt. Ek-Art SILLAPACHARN, Royal Thai Marine Corps, who has been selected [...]	2005-12-16 00:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
05BANGKOK7657	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Capt. Padermchai SUCONTHAMAT, Royal Thai Marine Corps, who has been selec [...]	2005-12-16 00:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7658	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Surachart RUANWONG, 1st Spec. Forces, BN, 1st SF Regiment, who has b [...]	2005-12-16 00:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7668	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Flt.Lt. Karn VANIJAKA, Office of the Comptroller, RTAF, who has been sele [...]	2005-12-16 05:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7669	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Ltc. Ruarob MUANGMAN, J-2/SCHQ, who has been selected to attend the WCN C [...]	2005-12-16 05:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7670	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for LTC Khrongpon LOHACHALA, J-2/Schq., who has been selected to attend the W [...]	2005-12-16 05:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7715	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) LEGATT has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lt. Col. Surachate HAKPARN, who has been selected to attend the 225th Session a [...]	2005-12-19 03:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7729	THAILAND: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) In 2005, Thailand continued to support domestic and international counterterrorism efforts. Thailand is a major beneficiary of US anti-terrorism assistance, with numerous Thai police and security officials participating in US-sponsored training courses. 2. (U) There were no acts of [...]	2005-12-19 09:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC TH
05BANGKOK773	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. Tongchai CHOBTHAM, Light Aviation, WCN 1171 who has been selected to atten [...]	2005-01-31 00:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7731	THAI FOREIGN MINISTER ON EAST ASIA SUMMIT AND [...] (C) Summary: During a December 16 conversation with the Ambassador, Thai Foreign Minister Kantathi Supamongkol gave an upbeat assessment of the December 14 inaugural East Asia Summit meeting in Kuala Lumpur. Kantathi said that the EAS put the Avian Flu challenge, cooperation against intern [...]	2005-12-19 09:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TH BURMA
05BANGKOK7732	THAKSIN ALLY PAINTS GLOOMY PICTURE OF PM'S STANDING [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: I met with Deputy Prime Minister Surakiart Sathirathai on December 16, expecting to hear another campaign speech from the would-be UN Secretary General (ref C). Instead, Surakiart unexpectedly delivered a downbeat analysis of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's [...]	2005-12-19 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH TRT
05BANGKOK774	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. Sothon RUKSASUP, Army Military Intelligence Command, WCN 1176 who has been [...]	2005-01-31 00:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7749	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: VILLAGERS FORCE POLICE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Media and Embassy sources offered differing accounts of a December 19 event in which a mob of Muslim villagers in Narathiwat apparently forced police to release two men held in connection with the shooting of a local official. The media reported that up to 1,000 villagers had ta [...]	2005-12-20 09:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK7750	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: BANGKOK MUSLIMS TRY TO BRIDGE [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings with poloffs, officials from both the private Bangkok-based Islamic Center of Thailand and the government-affiliated Central Islamic Committee underscored their belief that the violence in the South is not a religious conflict and outlined their efforts to im [...]	2005-12-20 09:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM TH
05BANGKOK7783	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: DECEMBER 8-9 VISIT OF STAFFDEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) professional staffmember Frank Jannuzi visited the far southern Thai provinces of Songkhla and Yala as part of SFRC and Embassy Bangkok's ongoing effort to closely monitor the situation in that region. Jannuzi met with leading local gov [...]	2005-12-21 09:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KPAO TH
05BANGKOK7796	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP PDAS KATHLEEN STEPHENS [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to PDAS Stephens from January 26-January 31. 2. (U) Hotel reservations are being made per reftel request. 3. (U) Embassy point of contact is: Mark Lambert Work phone: (66-2) 205-4729 Home: (66-2) 285-6186 Cell phone: (66 [...]	2005-12-22 05:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TH
05BANGKOK7802	ASEAN WILDLIFE ENFORCEMENT NETWORK LAUNCH: AN [...] (U) Summary: On December 1, representatives from nine of the ten ASEAN countries and the ASEAN Secretariat approved the launch of the ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network (ASEAN-WEN),a regional law enforcement network to combat illegal wildlife trafficking in Southeast Asia. The launch provid [...]	2005-12-22 08:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PREL KCRM XC TH
05BANGKOK7803	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) NAS has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals listed below who have been selected to attend the Crime Scene Inv [...]	2005-12-22 08:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7804	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: MAJ. WARISARA JAIPIAM [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Maj. Warisara JAIPIAM, Civil Affairs School, who has been selected to att [...]	2005-12-22 08:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING

05BANGKOK7918	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: DR. JAPAKIYA'S UNIVERSITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Ismail Lutfi Japakiya, Rector of the International Islamic University of Pattani, is one of the most prominent -- and controversial -- Muslim scholars in Thailand. The University he founded continues an ambitious expansion with the aid of Muslim charities and governments. J [...]	2005-12-30 04:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KPAO TH
05BANGKOK7920	STATUS OF MISSING HMONG CHILDREN REMAINS UNCLEAR [...] (C) Summary. The current location and status of the 29 Lao Hmong children and teens reported arrested last month remains unclear. A National Human Rights Commission official believes that the children remain in immigration detention in Nong Khai, Thailand, while second hand reports from the L [...]	2005-12-30 06:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PREF PREL PHUM TH LA KTIP
05BANGKOK7921	DIP NOTE DELIVERED ON AER [...] (U) On December 29, post delivered a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as requested in reftel. The diplomatic note was delivered after the RTG declined to withdraw its diplomatic note of December 29, 2004 stating its intention to withdraw from Articles IV and X of the Treaty [...]	2005-12-30 07:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON TH
05BANGKOK801	THAILAND: PRE-ELECTION VIOLENCE AND ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: As the February 6 date for national parliamentary elections in Thailand draws closer we are seeing frequent allegations of vote buying and even some reports of poll-related killings. These activities have never been absent from the Thai electoral process in the past, but the [...]	2005-01-31 10:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TH
05BANGKOK802	AMBASSADOR-FM SURAKIART ON NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKER IN VIENTIANE [...] (C) On January 28, while in Phuket for Thai-hosted conference on a tsunami early warning system (EWS),the Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Surakiart about Ahn Kyong Su, the North Korean asylum seeker in Embassy Vientiane. The Ambassador noted that the Lao government would not allow tra [...]	2005-01-31 10:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM ASEC KS KN TH DPRK LA
05BANGKOK868	THAILAND: NEWS AND NOTES ON THE ROYAL FAMILY [...] (SBU) On January 27, I attended the annual Prince Mahidol awards ceremony, which the King directly presides over. The annual awards, named in honor of the King's father, are presented to individuals who have made outstanding contributions in the fields of medicine or public health. Princes [...]	2005-02-02 10:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PREL TH
05BANGKOK869	THAILAND: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES THE SOUTH WITH KEY [...] (C) Summary: On January 27, I called on Pansak Vinyaratn, a principal advisor to Prime Minister Thaksin. Our conversation focused on the violence in southern Thailand and how the situation affects Thailand's ability to deploy additional troops to Iraq; how Thaksin is learning, slowly, to de [...]	2005-02-02 10:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR TH
05BANGKOK918	POST REQUESTS TIMETABLE FOR PSYOP ASSESSMENT TEAM [...] (SBU) On December 9, 2004, the 5th Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Battalion Commander, 4th Psyop Group, briefed the DCM on the Rewards for Information/Military Support to Public Diplomacy Programs. These programs have been successfully used by AmEmbassy Manila to assist the Philippines Go [...]	2005-02-04 01:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR TH POL MIL
05BANGKOK948	THAI ELECTIONS: PROMINENT DEMOCRAT PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Surin Phitsuwan, Democrat (DP) party luminary and former Foreign Minister under the Chuan Leekpai administration, is waging a tough fight for election to Parliament in a traditionally DP Nakhon Si Thammarat constituency. He faces a well-funded, younger Thai Rak Thai (TRT) [...]	2005-02-04 09:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
05BANGKOK953	THAI ELECTIONS: PAPER TIGER CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy visits to Phijit and Phitsanulok provinces before the February 6 parliamentary election revealed that allegations of vote buying and other campaign violations have a basis in truth in Thailand's "Lower North." Local Election Commission officials and NGOs there are frustr [...]	2005-02-04 14:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
05BANGKOK954	ON THE EVE OF THAILAND'S GENERAL ELECTION: THE [...] (SBU) At first glance the Thai political landscape on the eve of the February 6, 2005 parliamentary elections looks cluttered. Thailand still has 39 registered political parties. Twenty parties have fielded "party list" candidates and 24 parties are entered in some of the 400 contests for " [...]	2005-02-05 11:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TH
05BANGKOK955	CHAT THAI ELECTION PROSPECTS GOOD IN CENTRAL THAILAND [...] (C) Summary. Chat Thai (CT) almost certainly will win all six parliamentary seat contests in Suphan Buri province in the February 6 election, although CT Leader Banharn Silpa-archa's son faces a formidable Thai Rak Thai (TRT) candidate. The effects of years of Banharn's ability to deliver "po [...]	2005-02-06 10:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
05BANGKOK980	THAI ELECTION: THAKSIN IN AN "AVALANCHE" [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has won a massive mandate in the February 6 parliamentary election -- unprecedented in Thai history -- for a second term as Thailand's Prime Minister. The results are still unofficial (and won't be finalized for a few days),but reliable est [...]	2005-02-07 11:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TH
05CANBERRA510	PSI: AUSTRALIA UNWILLING TO PRESS FOR IMMEDIATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) officials balked at the U.S. request (Ref A) for the GOA to endorse Washington's message calling upon Thailand to publicly support the Proliferation Security Initiative Statement of Interdiction Principles (PSI SOP) in orde [...]	2005-03-14 07:56:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL MNUC ETTC AS TH
05CHIANGMAI166	MONK'S MURDER SEEN AS ATTEMPT TO SILENCE ACTIVISM [...] (SBU) Summary. The murder of an activist Buddhist monk June 17 in Fang district, Chiang Mai was politically motivated, according to local groups, although police suggest personal conflicts as the cause. Police investigations have so far produced no suspects, despite an initial series of news sto [...]	2005-07-01 08:47:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TH
05CHIANGMAI171	CHIANG MAI ENERGY CONSERVATION STILL IN FIRST GEAR [...] Summary: Residents of Chiang Mai Province spend heavily on energy, much of it on transportation. Despite efforts to encourage public sector energy conservation, promote bio-fuels and re-introduce public bus service, the local government seems unable to do much to reduce this economic burden. En [...]	2005-07-15 08:19:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON TRGY ELTN EPET PGOV TH
05CHIANGMAI173	MAE RIM HMONG LINKED TO LAOS, U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Lost in the bigger news of over 6,000 Hmong seeking refuge in Petchabun province, a much smaller group has settled into a former resort in Mae Rim, north of Chiang Mai. With one exception, Thai media have been silent on these 42 Hmong, reportedly part of a group with connections to [...]	2005-07-19 09:14:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF TH LA PGOV PHUM PINR
05CHIANGMAI182	HALL OF OPIUM SERVES AS EDUCATIONAL, TOURIST, RESEARCH CENTER IN GOLDEN TRIANGLE [...] (u) Summary. Two years after greeting its first visitors, Thailand's Hall of Opium opened officially July 6 in a formal ceremony presided over by Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn. The 60,000 square-foot museum, beautifully situated in the rural hills of the infamous Golden Triangle, averages 70,000 [...]	2005-08-03 01:12:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL SNAR PGOV TH
05CHIANGMAI187	HMONG U.S.-THAI-LAO LINKS UNDER INCREASED SCRUTINY [...] (sbu) Summary. Thai authorities in Bangkok and Chiang Mai are showing increasing concern over the activities of former American citizen Willis Bird Jr. and a group of Hmong who have settled near Mae Rim, 20 kilometers north of the provincial capital. Despite finding only two illegal Hmong d [...]	2005-08-11 03:08:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PREF TH LA
05CHIANGMAI195	CHINESE VISITORS SHOW INTEREST IN THAILAND-BASED BURMESE EXILE GROUPS [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese visitors from Yunnan traveled to northern Thailand in May and July to plumb the exile groups and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) involved in the Burmese opposition movement These two trips were the latest is a two-year series of back-and-forth cross-border vis [...]	2005-08-22 02:58:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PINR TH CH BM PHUM
05CHIANGMAI196	CHIANG RAI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ATTACKED [...] Summary. While human rights and environmental activists in northern Thailand have become accustomed to verbal threats directed against their work, an August 18 grenade attack in Chiang Rai's Mae Fa Luang district has upped the ante. End summary. 2. Wiwat Tamee, a Thai-Lisu coordinator for [...]	2005-08-25 11:17:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM TH PREF PGOV
05CHIANGMAI199	KARENNI REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT COULD DIM POLITICAL OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary. As the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) begins the process of resettling Karenni refugees in Mae Hong Son province to third countries, the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) is worried that resettlement will drain off party activists and weaken the Karenni resistan [...]	2005-08-29 09:43:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM TH BM
05CHIANGMAI201	ASK A CONSUL [...] Summary: To make the U.S. visa process more understandable to a broad Thai audience, the U.S. Consulate General Chiang Mai has initiated a weekly newspaper column titled "Ask a Consul". End Summary. 2. The Consulate's "Ask a Consul" column debuted August 26 in Thai News, the largest newspap [...]	2005-09-01 09:36:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT OIIP OPRC KPAO TH
05CHIANGMAI214	CORRECTED COPY: THAI-CHINESE TRADE TALKS AIM HIGH - SOME [...] Summary. Thai and Chinese officials charted an ambitious five-year "strategic economic partnership" during the Second Meeting of the Joint Committee on Trade, Investment and Economic Cooperation in Chiang Mai September 21-23. While news accounts headlined "Chinese investment to surge", some [...]	2005-09-30 05:02:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECIN PREL CH TH WTRO ASEAN
05CHIANGMAI215	JAPANESE CONSULATE GENERAL EXPANDING PRESENCE IN NORTHERN THAILAND [...] Summary. Japanese diplomatic representation in Chiang Mai continues to expand with the addition of a fluent Thai speaker, the first to be stationed in the north in many years. The Consul General has made it clear that Japan is interested in playing a more active role in this region and that he [...]	2005-10-03 09:57:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PREL PHUM TH JA CH
05CHIANGMAI216	NORTHERN ASSIGNMENTS SHOW STRONG HAND OF THAKSIN [...] (sbu) Summary. October 1 brought the annual promotions and reassignments of officials in Northern Thailand, as well as the rest of the country (reftel). Although civil service, police, and military promotions are officially based on seniority and merit, politics played perhaps an even stron [...]	2005-10-04 09:08:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TH
05CHIANGMAI228	BURMESE MIGRANT RIGHTS GROUPS SEE CAUSE FOR HOPE IN COURT RULING [...] Summary. Two years after the brutal slaying of six Burmese workers in Mae Sot, a Thai provincial court has convicted four local Thai officials for the crime. Legal and human rights organizations say that conditions for Burmese migrant workers have improved since the 2003 murders and that this [...]	2005-10-26 03:41:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM TH BM
05CHIANGMAI229	OPPOSITION CARRIES PICHIT ELECTION WITH MONEY, EMOTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. A surprising Oct. 30 victory by the opposition candidate in a by-election in northern Phichit province that pit the sons of two powerful families against one another dented the governing Thai Rak Thai (TRT) Party's censure-proof majority in parliament. One of four by-elections held on [...]	2005-11-01 05:17:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH KDEM
05CHIANGMAI233	THANKS BUT~ CHIANG MAI STRUGGLES WITH DEVELOPMENT DESIGNED IN BANGKOK [...] Summary. After three years of rosy official promises and assorted citizen protests, the Chiang Mai Night Safari's long-delayed unveiling during the Loy Krathong celebration has been quietly pushed back once again. Rather than announce another postponement, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra wil [...]	2005-11-08 01:53:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV KDEM ECON TH
05CHIANGMAI241	STUDENTS "ASK A CONSUL" DURING INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK EX [...] Consulate Chiang Mai invited readers of its weekly "Ask A Consul" newspaper column (reftel) to ask their questions in person at a presentation on the U.S. visa process during International Education Week. 2. The consular session was part of an all-day EdExpo USA sponsored by the IC-ACE Educat [...]	2005-11-25 07:52:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS OEXC SCUL KPAO OPRC TH
05CHIANGMAI245	LARGE SHAN POPULATION LIVES IN LEGAL LIMBO [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-14 09:03:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM PGOV TH SNAR
05CHIANGMAI252	BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME: THAILAND PLANS NEW MEKONG PORT TO BOOST CHINA TRADE [...] (U) Summary Although the Mekong River trade between northern Thailand and southern China has not lived up to expectations, the Thai government plans to build a second, larger, port in Chiang Rai. The go-ahead came after the Deputy Transport Minister returned from a visit to Yunnan province sol [...]	2005-12-21 10:08:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECIN ECON PGOV PREL CH TH WTRO
05DHAKA3247	BANGLADESH 2005 FLOOD CONDITION REPORT NO. 1 [...] Summary. July and August are peak monsoon months in Bangladesh. The monsoon was moderately active during the first week of July. Currently there is no flooding in the country and the last five days have passed without measurable rainfall. All the rivers in the four river basins of Banglad [...]	2005-07-11 06:34:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID BG IT TH NP IN
05DHAKA3407	BANGLADESH 2005 FLOOD CONDITION REPORT NO. 2 [...] Summary: This cable updates the information provided in the referenced cable. The monsoon was fairly active over the country last week. Light to heavy rainfall was recorded at many places over the Brahmaputra, the Ganges, the Meghna basins and South Eastern Hill basin. As a result, flash floo [...]	2005-07-18 08:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID BG IT TH NP IN BGD
05DHAKA3529	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR REBECCA K. [...] Embassy Dhaka welcomes Office of Foreign Disaster and Assistance (OFDA) Regional Advisor Rebecca K. Scheurer to travel to Bangladesh on July 26 to 28, 2005 and grants country clearance, contingent repeat contingent on obtaining a Bangladeshi visa in her passport prior to arrival in Bangladesh [...]	2005-07-24 02:28:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA NP TH BG
05DHAKA3572	BANGLADESH 2005 FLOOD CONDITION REPORT NO. 3 [...] Summary: This cable updates the information provided in the referenced cable and e-mail. The monsoon was less active over the Brahmaputra, the Ganges and the South Eastern Hill basins last week. Light rainfall was recorded at all except one place in these three river basins. The Meghna basin [...]	2005-07-25 10:50:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID BG IT TH NP IN
05DHAKA3696	BANGLADESH 2005 FLOOD CONDITION REPORT NO. 4 [...] Summary: This cable updates the information provided in the referenced cable. The monsoon was less active over the Brahmaputra, the Ganges and the South Eastern Hill basins last week. Light rainfall was recorded at all except one place in these three river basins. The Meghna basin experien [...]	2005-08-01 07:10:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID BG IT TH NP IN BGD
05DHAKA3815	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR REBECCA K. [...] Embassy Dhaka welcomes Office of Foreign Disaster and Assistance (OFDA) Regional Advisor Ms. Rebecca K. Scheurer and USAID/DCHA/AA Special Assistant Ms. Jenny Marion to travel to Bangladesh on August 21 to 24, 2005 and grants country clearance, contingent repeat contingent on obtaining a Bang [...]	2005-08-07 05:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA NP TH BG
05DHAKA3852	BANGLADESH 2005 FLOOD CONDITION REPORT NO. 5 [...] Summary: This cable updates the information provided in the referenced cable. The overall flood situation in the country remains normal and the localized flood situation continued to improve. BDG and other humanitarian agencies are closely monitoring the situation and maintaining close cont [...]	2005-08-08 08:09:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID BG IT TH NP IN
05DHAKA4107	BANGLADESH 2005 FLOOD CONDITION REPORT NO. 6 [...] Summary: This cable updates the information provided in the referenced cable. The overall flood situation in Bangladesh is normal at present and within local coping capacity. Localized flood conditions are improving in most places. The Bangladesh Government (BDG) and relief agencies are moni [...]	2005-08-18 11:38:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID BG IT TH NP IN
05DHAKA4155	BANGLADESH 2005 FLOOD CONDITION REPORT NO. 7 [...] Summary: This cable updates the information provided in the referenced cable. The overall flood situation in Bangladesh is localized and within local coping capacity. The Bangladesh Government (BDG) and relief agencies are monitoring the situation and are in contact with key disaster partner [...]	2005-08-22 10:06:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID BG IT TH NP IN BGD
05DHAKA4255	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR SCOTT LAMPMAN, [...] Embassy Dhaka welcomes EAI/TFCA Secretariat, Director Scott Lampman to travel to Bangladesh on September 11 to 16, 2005 and grants country clearance, contingent repeat contingent on obtaining a Bangladeshi visa in his passport prior to arrival in Bangladesh (see Paragraph 3.D. and 3.E. below) [...]	2005-08-29 06:06:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA NP TH BG
05DHAKA4268	BANGLADESH 2005 FLOOD CONDITION REPORT NO. 8 [...] Summary: This cable updates the information provided in the referenced cable. The monsoon was fairly active over Bangladesh during the past week. The overall flood situation in Bangladesh is localized and within local coping capacity. The flood situation continues to improve in most areas. T [...]	2005-08-29 09:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID BG IT TH NP IN BGD
05DHAKA4395	BANGLADESH 2005 FLOOD CONDITION REPORT NO. [...] Summary: This cable updates the information provided in the referenced cable. The monsoon was moderately active over Bangladesh during the past week. The overall flood situation in Bangladesh is not at the alarm stage. The flood situation continues to improve in most areas. The Bangladesh G [...]	2005-09-06 10:41:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID BG IT TH NP IN BGD
05DHAKA4565	BANGLADESH 2005 FLOOD CONDITION REPORT NO. 10 [...] Summary: This cable updates the information provided in the referenced cable. The monsoon was light to moderate over Bangladesh during the past week. The flood situation continues to improve in most places of the country. The Bangladesh Government Flood Forecasting and Warning Center reports [...]	2005-09-12 11:06:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID BG IT TH NP IN BGD
05DHAKA4805	BANGLADESH 2005 FLOOD CONDITION REPORT NO. 11 [...] Summary: This cable updates the information provided in the referenced cable. The monsoon was light to moderate over Bangladesh during the past week. The flood situation continues to improve in most places of the country. The Bangladesh Government Flood Forecasting and Warning Center (FFWC) [...]	2005-09-25 05:56:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID BG IT TH NP IN BGD
05DHAKA4861	BANGLADESH 2005 FLOOD CONDITION REPORT NO. 12 [...] Summary: This cable updates the information provided in the referenced cable. The monsoon was light to moderate over Bangladesh during the past week. The flood situation continues to improve in most places of the country. The Bangladesh Government Flood Forecasting and Warning Center (FFWC) [...]	2005-09-27 08:03:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID BG IT TH NP IN BGD
05DHAKA6292	SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL ENERGY MEETING, DHAKA, [...] THE EIGHTH MEETING OF THE USAID SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL INITIATIVE FOR ENERGY (SARI/ENERGY) WAS HELD IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH ON DECEMBER 6-7, 2005. THE FOCUS OF THE MEETING WAS REGIONAL ENERGY SECURITY THROUGH TRADE, INVESTMENT AND ACCESS. THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY 115 PERSONS FROM THE PRIVATE AN [...]	2005-12-21 03:29:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG US IN NP CE PK AF TH
05HANOI1373	Seven North Koreans Enter Thai Embassy in Hanoi [...] (SBU) Thai DCM Tawatchai Koopirom confirmed June 9 that seven North Koreans asylum-seekers entered his embassy the day before. The three men and four women, including two younger people, got through the embassy's front gate by pretending to be visa applicants. "It all happened very fast," he [...]	2005-06-09 10:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ASEC KN TH VM DPRK ASEAN
05HANOI1400	DPRK Asylum-seekers in Hanoi: Update [...] (SBU) Visiting UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan and Vietnam Country Representative Vu Anh Son provided additional information on the asylum attempt by seven North Koreans in the Thai Embassy (Ref A). Utkan, in Hanoi to meet with visiting PRM A/S Dewey and GVN officials (septel),was [...]	2005-06-13 09:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ASEC KN TH VM DPRK
05HANOI1666	DPRK Asylum-seekers Depart Hanoi [...] (SBU) ROK Embassy First Secretary (Political) Lee Kang- kuk confirmed June 27 that the seven North Korean asylum- seekers in the Thai Embassy departed Hanoi for Seoul via Bangkok on June 23. According to Lee, the RTG provided the seven with travel documents in the form of "Emergency Certifica [...]	2005-06-27 07:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF ASEC KN KS TH VM DPRK
05MANILA2356	ISLAMIC NGOS IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (C) Summary. A variety of local and international charities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with Islamic connections operate in the Philippines but under increasing scrutiny. Police and immigration authorities have lamented the lack of resources and enforcement mechanisms to keep [...]	2005-05-23 07:21:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL EAID PINS PREL EFIN KTFN LY SA PK TH RP
05NEWDELHI1136	ISRO CHAIRMAN: HELP US MAINTAIN MOMENTUM IN SPACE [...] (C) In a February 10 meeting with the Ambassador and staff aide, Dr. Madhavan Nair, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Chairman was generally upbeat about the NSSP framework of growing US-India cooperation on space technology but was visibly frustrated at what he perceives are several [...]	2005-02-14 10:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC TSPA CVIS TSPL FR TH IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI1230	IMPROVING US-INDIA DEFENSE COOPERATION: INDUSTRY [...] Summary: In a February 10 meeting sponsored by the US- India Business Council (USIBC) and the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII),senior Indian and US defense company representatives suggested that to expand the bilateral defense market, the USG should reform its export licensing proces [...]	2005-02-16 11:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETTC MASS TSPA CVIS TSPL FR TH IN US NSSP
05NEWDELHI140	REQUEST FOR INDIAN MPAT PLANNERS AND LIAISON [...] (C) This message responds to State action request: ref 060115Z Jan 05 SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR COUNTRY LIAISON OFFICERS FOR TSUNAMI ASSISTANCE AND PACOM REQUEST. 2. (C) Based on directions in cable (ref para 1),and communications between USPACOM J-5, OSD, and USDAO New Delhi, Ambassador t [...]	2005-01-06 14:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	AS CA CE FR GM IR JA KS MARR MOPS MY PREL SN TH
05NEWDELHI36	GOI DISCOURAGES CODEL TRAVEL TO TSUNAMI-AFFECTED [...] (SBU) Summary: Responding to requests for US Congressional travel to tsunami-devastated areas of South India, Foreign Secretary Saran expressed gratitude on January 3 for the many expressions of condolence and support, but asked that US Codels not/not travel to South India. Saran, who is Ind [...]	2005-01-03 13:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TH CE IN
05NEWDELHI4449	SIKH TERRORISTS, WEAPONS CACHES SEIZED AFTER DELHI [...] (C) Summary: The recent arrests of terrorists from the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) group -- which is proscribed under the US Terrorist Exclusion List -- included all the main conspirators in the May 22 twin cinema bombings as well as a BKI leader who had escaped police custody earlier t [...]	2005-06-13 13:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL IN PK CA GM TH TC
05NEWDELHI8247	NEPAL, AFGHANISTAN, AND IRANIAN TERRORISM: FOREIGN [...] This message contains an ACTION REQUEST for SA. Please see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and his regional Joint Secretaries told visiting U/S for Political Affairs Nick Burns on October 22 that the GOI would announce that day the opening of several points along t [...]	2005-10-24 12:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS EAID ENRG PHUM IN NP AF PK CH CE BM TH
05RANGOON1198	ASEAN PERSPECTIVES ON BURMA: PART II [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassadors of Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, like their ASEAN colleagues (ref A) encourage U.S. engagement with the Burmese regime, but share generally negative views on the current situation and prospects for progress in Burma. Of this group, only the Thai [...]	2005-10-21 09:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TH LA CB ECON EINV BM ID VN
05RANGOON1234	EASTERN SHAN STATE: BURMA'S NON-BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Rangoon PolEcon Officer and FSN Political Specialist recently traveled throughout eastern Shan State, visiting the trading crossroads of Tachileik (on the border with Thailand) and Mongla (on the border with China),as well as the regional capital, Kenteng. Falling under the in [...]	2005-11-02 04:39:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINS ECON BM CM TH
05SINGAPORE2023	AMBASSADOR BOYCE'S JUNE 27 MEETING WITH MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. On June 27, U.S. Ambassador to Thailand Ralph Boyce and Singapore's senior statesman, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, exchanged perspectives on Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's leadership style, prospects for a peaceful resolution to Thailand's problems in the South, Thaila [...]	2005-07-01 02:26:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PINR TH ID BM SN
05SINGAPORE3352	ADMIRAL FALLON DISCUSSES BILATERAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Fallon, accompanied by Charge Fergin, met separately on November 14 with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong to discuss bilateral security cooperation and regional issues, most prominently, China. In open and relaxed discussions, both leaders [...]	2005-11-23 07:22:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PTER PGOV ID SN TH MY RP
05TAIPEI4205	TAIWAN ADDRESSES FOREIGN WORKER ABUSE [...] Summary: The Thai labor riots (ref A, B and C) have highlighted the need for changes in Taiwan's treatment of foreign workers. NGOs report that Taiwan employers are able to mistreat foreign workers because of inadequate laws. Mistreatment includes high broker fees, labor trafficking, and arbi [...]	2005-10-17 08:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PHUM SMIG TW VM ID TH PH ILO WCL
05TAIPEI4206	Taiwan Bans Vietnam Workers Due To High Runaway [...] Summary: Taiwan has banned foreign workers from Vietnam since January 2005. The official reason is the high percentage of Vietnamese workers that run away from their employers once they enter Taiwan. NGOs claim that, many workers flee as a means to escape abuse because the Vietnamese trade o [...]	2005-10-17 08:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PHUM SMIG TW VM ID TH PH ILO WCL
05VATICAN253	CATHOLIC AID ORGANIZATIONS: TSUMANI RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-25 15:42:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EAID SENV SOCI CE ID IN ML MY TH VT
06AITTAIPEI1786	AIT CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL GROVE [...] AIT Taipei welcomes and grants travel clearance to STAFFDEL Grove, consisting of Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) Professional Staff Member Paul Grove and DOS Cindy Chang, Senior Advisor for Appropriations, Legislative Affairs visit to Taipei 06/01-04/06. Visitors to Taiwan are reminde [...]	2006-05-25 03:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN BM JA TH TW OTRA PREL
06BANGKOK1034	GANGING UP ON THAKSIN -- SNAP ELECTIONS NEXT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Things are getting worse for the Prime Minister. A prominent leader of the 1992 democracy movement has joined the anti-Thaksin coalition, calling on Thaksin to resign and promising to join the protest on Sunday. Retired General Chamlong Srimuang's political influence has declin [...]	2006-02-21 12:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1036	BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON ROYAL THAI GOVERNMENT AND [...] Reftel A requests post to determine whether the Royal Thai Government (RTG) is conducting barter trade for defense articles and seeks examples. The RTG does/does seek barter deals for defense items. Reftels B through H provide details about a proposed barter transaction under which Thailand [...]	2006-02-22 00:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH BLUE LANTERN
06BANGKOK1041	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) DEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals listed below who will be attending a DEA sponsored training initia [...]	2006-02-22 02:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK1042	THAILAND: DEMARCHE ON EQUIPMENT TO [...] (C) On February 21, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Counselor for American and South Pacific Affairs Paisit Boonparlit. Paisit promised to advise the Embassy if the RTG has any defense articles it wishes to donate to Afghanistan or Iraq. BOYCE [...]	2006-02-22 02:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL AF IZ TH
06BANGKOK1050	SPECIAL 301 REVIEW -- THAILAND [...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: Piracy rates of intellectual property in Thailand remain high and few dramatic steps were taken during 2005 that would predict significant reductions in those rates in the near future. Nevertheless, legislative developments and enforcement actions for the ye [...]	2006-02-22 06:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TH
06BANGKOK1073	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: STAFFDEL GROVE [...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Paul Grove and Cindy Chang, from February 24, 2006 to February 26, 2006. 2. (U) Embassy point of contact is: Anthony Tranchina, Political Officer Tel: 66-2-205-4599 Cell: 66-1-909-8235, UNCLASS E-Mail: TranchinaAM@state.gov. SIPDI [...]	2006-02-23 06:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT TH
06BANGKOK1091	CHALLENGE TO THAKSIN -- ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY : Thaksin is in serious trouble. The forces against him are mounting, and he is showing signs of strain. Every day brings more bad news: yesterday, former military dictator Suchinda advised Thaksin to dissolve Parliament. Cabinet ministers are openly showing concern. MPs from t [...]	2006-02-23 10:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH TRT
06BANGKOK1092	OPPOSITION PLANS FOR THAKSIN'S OUSTER, TRANSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The NGO alliance organizing Sunday's massive protest against Prime Minister Thaksin predicts a peaceful and successful rally which will unseat the PM. They expect the PM's ruling Thai Rak Thai party to crumble within several months, leading to new elections before the end of the [...]	2006-02-23 10:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH TRT
06BANGKOK1093	OPPOSITION PLANS FOR THAKSIN'S OUSTER, TRANSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The NGO alliance organizing Sunday's massive protest against Prime Minister Thaksin predicts a peaceful and successful rally which will unseat the PM. They expect the PM's ruling Thai Rak Thai party to crumble within several months, leading to new elections before the end of the [...]	2006-02-23 11:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH TRT
06BANGKOK1109	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN ASEAN [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Amb. Michael W. Marine from March 6 - 7, 2006. 2. (U) Post understands that hotel and transportation are being arranged by the U.S. ASEAN Business Council and no Embassy assistance in required. 3. (U) Embassy point of contact [...]	2006-02-24 07:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT TH
06BANGKOK111	US-AUSTRALIA-JAPAN TRILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, we have met twice with our Australian and Japanese counterparts to coordinate counterterrorism actions in Thailand more closely. We found a high level of agreement on the main counterterrorism concern here, the growing anti-government violence in the three [...]	2006-01-06 10:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ASEC TH
06BANGKOK1110	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN ASEAN [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Amb. Joseph A. Mussomeli from March 6 - 8, 2006. 2. (U) Post understands that hotel and transportation are being arranged by the U.S. ASEAN Business Council and no Embassy assistance in required. 3. (U) Embassy point of contac [...]	2006-02-24 07:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT TH
06BANGKOK1111	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN ASEAN [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Amb. Herbold from March 4 - March 8, 2006. 2. (U) Post understands that hotel and transportation are being arranged by the U.S. ASEAN Business Council and no Embassy assistance in required. 3. (U) Embassy point of contact for [...]	2006-02-24 07:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT TH
06BANGKOK1115	UPDATE ON TRAFFICKING PROJECTS IN NORTHERN THAILAND [...] (SBU) Summary. Anti-trafficking NGOs in northern Thailand report that increased attention to TIP has caused changes in the trafficking business. Traffickers are forced to work harder for fewer gains; however, they are also working smarter, better disguising illicit businesses and creating bro [...]	2006-02-24 08:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN KCRM ELAB PHUM KJUS TH
06BANGKOK1117	BURMESE MIGRANT LABORER MURDER TRIAL IN THAILAND CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary. The next trial hearing in the death of Ma Suu, a 17-year-old Burmese migrant worker who was allegedly murdered by her employer, will be on March 8-9, 2006. Ma Suu left Burma to seek work in Thailand, and found a job as a domestic servant for a wealthy Thai military officer in 2 [...]	2006-02-24 08:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN KCRM ELAB PHUM KJUS TH
06BANGKOK1119	THAILAND'S FORWARD ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The fiftieth anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Thailand and Iran in 2005 showcased a growing mutual engagement between the countries. The previous year saw several high-level exchanges, particularly visits to Iran by Thailand,s Energy Minister, Foreig [...]	2006-02-24 08:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL EINV ETRD TH IR
06BANGKOK112	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THAI POLICE ARREST ONE OF THEIR [...] (C) Summary. On January 5, Thai police in Narathiwat arrested Mareepeng Maha, a suspected separatist on their "most wanted" list. According to police, the arrest was prompted by information from the interrogation of another high-profile arrestee. Local media has published conflicting report [...]	2006-01-06 10:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM TH
06BANGKOK113	THAI MFA DISCUSSES THAI INVOLVEMENT WITH BURMESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 4, Poloff and Econoff met with Mr. Damrong Kriakruan, the Burma desk officer at the Thai MFA. Damrong confirmed press and NGO reports that the state-owned power company EGAT Plc has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Burma,s Ministry of Electric Power on [...]	2006-01-06 10:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL TH
06BANGKOK1134	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS [...] (C) Summary. In 2005, the Thai body politic finally came to the consensus that separatist violence in Southern Thailand is a real and growing problem. That said, government officials and their critics rarely move beyond well-worn generalizations when speaking about the problem. Hard numbers [...]	2006-02-24 10:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PHUM PGOV TH
06BANGKOK1139	MEETING WITH SOUTH KOREAN EMBASSY ON NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) Summary. In a February 23 meeting, a South Korean Embassy official said he had received no new instructions or information from Seoul regarding U.S.-ROK discussions about North Korean refugees, including on providing assistance to the Embassy if any suitable refugee cases arose or sharing [...]	2006-02-24 11:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL TH KS KN DPRK
06BANGKOK115	THAI TELECOM SECTOR REFORM: NTC ISSUES LICENSES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Thailand,s telecom sector has long been defined by the co-existence of its state owned enterprises TOT and CAT, and several private companies doing business under concessions granted by the state owned enterprises (SOEs). While the concessions brought competition into the Thai [...]	2006-01-06 12:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECPS EINV ECON TH
06BANGKOK1151	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR EXBS [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Stephen Hall and Douglas Evans from February 26 to March 5. Mr. Hall will arrive on February 28 at 12:05 a.m. on Northwest Airlines Flight 27 from Tokyo and will depart Bangkok at 6 a.m. on March 5 on Northwest Airlines Flight 28 to [...]	2006-02-27 05:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT TH
06BANGKOK1170	THAI PM APPROVES "INTERIM" RESUMPTION OF [...] (SBU) Summary. MFA informed the Ambassador that Thai PM Thaksin has agreed to resume AER-covered services investments in exchange for US willingness to renegotiate the language in the proposed State/MFA exchange of letters. The renegotiation aims to provide the RTG with greater "legal comf [...]	2006-02-27 09:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD TH US FTA
06BANGKOK1174	SENATOR FEINGOLD'S MEETING WITH THAI DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary. In a February 20 meeting with visiting Senator Russell Feingold and the Ambassador, Defense Minister Thammarak Issarangkul Na Ayutthaya outlined Thai military modernization efforts, explained that the RTG has not yet made a decision on the purchase of new fighter aircraft and voi [...]	2006-02-27 09:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS TH POL MIL
06BANGKOK1176	SENATOR FEINGOLD'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 20, Senator Russell Feingold (D-WI) accompanied by Ambassador Boyce called on Prime Minister Thaksin. Thaksin said the relationship with the U.S., as exemplified by our close cooperation following the December 2004 tsunami, was excellent. The discussion focused on [...]	2006-02-27 09:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TH BURMA HUMAN RIGHTS POL MIL US FTA
06BANGKOK1178	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN ASEAN [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to CDA Shari Villarosa from March 6 - 12, 2006. 2. (U) Post understands that hotel and transportation are being arranged by the U.S. ASEAN Business Council and no Embassy assistance in required. 3. (U) Embassy point of contact is [...]	2006-02-27 12:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT TH
06BANGKOK1179	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN ASEAN [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Amb. Christopher J. LaFleur from March 5 - 8, 2006. 2. (U) Post understands that hotel and transportation are being arranged by the U.S. ASEAN Business Council and no Embassy assistance in required. 3. (U) Embassy point of con [...]	2006-02-27 12:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT TH
06BANGKOK1180	MASSIVE PROTEST IN SANAM LUANG - POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Late on Friday, February 24, Prime Minister Thaksin dissolved the Lower House of Parliament and announced snap elections to take place on April 2. While the opposition political parties vacillate in their response to Thaksin's latest maneuver, the demonstration led by the Peop [...]	2006-02-28 00:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1189	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN ASEAN [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Haslach from March 6 - 8, 2006. 2. (U) Post understands that hotel and transportation are being arranged by the U.S. ASEAN Business Council and no Embassy assistance in required. 3. (U) Embassy point of contact is: [...]	2006-02-28 05:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT TH
06BANGKOK1198	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: EAP DAS [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EAP DAS Eric G. John from March 3 - March 8, 2006. 2. (U) Hotel reservations have been made as requested at: Conrad Hotel, All Seasons Place, 87 Wireless Road, Bangkok Confirmation No: 244358 Tel: (66-2) 690-9999 Fax: (66-2) [...]	2006-02-28 07:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT TH
06BANGKOK1204	FTA ON HOLD AS THAI PM ANNOUNCES SNAP ELECTION [...] (SBU) On February 27, Commerce Permanent Secretary and Chief FTA Negotiator Karun Kittisataporn informed us that, in view of the Prime Minister's February 24 announcement of the dissolution of Parliament and a snap election on April 2, the RTG would not be able to conduct most FTA-related wor [...]	2006-02-28 08:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV TH
06BANGKOK1208	THAILAND: PERSPECTIVES ON CURRENT POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The Thai political system is working through its biggest crisis since 1992. Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra enjoyed a precipitous rise to power in 2001. Since then, he has dominated all the elements of government that were intended to balance the increased p [...]	2006-02-28 11:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1209	UPDATE OF THAI POLITICAL SITUATION: OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Buoyed by news that the opposition will boycott the April 2 election, the demonstrators at Sanam Luang disbanded about 1:30 in the morning on February 28. They gave Prime Minister Thaksin five days to resign, and vowed to return with an even bigger demonstration on March 5, if ne [...]	2006-02-28 11:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB TH
06BANGKOK1214	PRIVY COUNCILLOR/FORMER ARMY COMMANDER ON STATE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Retired Army Commander and current Privy Counselor General Surayud Chulanont told the Ambassador on February 28 that the political situation was "a mess" while asserting that there was no interest on the part of the military in getting involved. Similarly, he said that the King w [...]	2006-02-28 23:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH

06BANGKOK1215	SENATOR FEINGOLD'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER KANTATHI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a February 20 meeting with Senator Russell Feingold (D-WI),Thai Foreign Minister Kantathi Suphamongkhon discussed the ongoing violence in southern Thailand; ASEAN; the U.S.-Thai FTA; China; and perceptions of the U.S. Senator Feingold emphasized the strong nature of the U [...]	2006-02-28 23:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL TH US FTA ASEAN LA BM IZ
06BANGKOK1230	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CHRISTOPHER MARUT, [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to visitors from March 1 - 8, 2006 to participate in the U.S. - ASEAN Informal Coordinating Mechanism. 2. (U) Post understands that hotel reservations in Ko Samui have been made and that other Embassy assistance is required. 3. (U [...]	2006-03-01 09:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT TH
06BANGKOK1232	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN ASEAN [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Evan Feigenbaum from March 5 - 9, 2006. 2. (U) Post understands that hotel and transportation are being arranged by the U.S. Asean Business Council and no Embassy assistance in required. 3. (U) Embassy point of contact is: [...]	2006-03-01 09:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT TH
06BANGKOK1234	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO FOR: HOLLY H. MORROW [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Holly H. Morrow, NSC from March 3 - 7, 2006. 2. (U) Reservations at all hotels have been made as requested in e-mails. Anthony Tranchina will meet and assist upon arrival in Bangkok on March 2 and March 5. 3. (SBU) Embassy po [...]	2006-03-01 09:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT TH
06BANGKOK1236	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF PACFLT COMMANDER ADM [...] (C) Gary, your trip to Bangkok will take place as Prime Minister Thaksin faces his most serious political crisis since taking office. Speculation about the future of his government will likely arise during all of your meetings. We are asking all U.S. visitors meeting with Thai officials to u [...]	2006-03-01 10:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL MARR TH
06BANGKOK1237	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: FEBRUARY VISIT TO FAR SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 15-16 visit to the far southern provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani, and Songkhla poloffs discussed the influence of radical Islam and other factors behind the violence. They heard continued concern over divisions between the Buddhist and Muslim communities and c [...]	2006-03-01 10:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
06BANGKOK1248	THAI POLITICAL PARTIES DIG IN AND BRACE FOR THE [...] (C) Summary. Both sides dug in deeper on March 1. Thaksin insisted that he will not resign, snap elections will be held on April 2, and he will hold his own rally this Friday at Sanam Luang to kickoff his election bid. Opposition party leaders did not waiver (publicly) from their threat to bo [...]	2006-03-02 00:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TH
06BANGKOK1258	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN ASEAN [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Amb. Pascoe and Mr. Willis from March 4 - March 8, 2006. 2. (U) Post understands that hotel and transportation are being arranged by the U.S. ASEAN Business Council and no Embassy assistance in required. 3. (U) Embassy point o [...]	2006-03-02 03:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT TH
06BANGKOK1261	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: S/CT, AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Amb. Crumpton from March 4 - 7, 2006. 2. (U) Hotel reservations have been made at: Four Seasons Hotel, 155 Rajadamri Road, Bangkok Tel: 66-2-251-6127 Fax: 66-2-254-5390 Room rate is $125.00 net (taxes and American breakfast [...]	2006-03-02 03:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER OTRA ASEC AMGT TH
06BANGKOK1270	EPA ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR MEETS WITH THAI [...] (U) On February 10, 2006, Judith E. Ayres, Assistant Administrator for International Affairs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),met with the Royal Thai Government's (RTG) Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE),Mr. Yongyut Tiyapairat. Ms. Ayres was accompanied by Amb [...]	2006-03-02 04:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PREL TH
06BANGKOK1281	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Mr. Apichart OBOONSAKUL, Office of the National Security Council, who has [...]	2006-03-02 07:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK1282	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) DAO has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals listed below to participate in the Comprehensive Security Response [...]	2006-03-02 07:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK1283	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN ASEAN [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Emil Skodon from March 3 - 9, 2006. 2. (U) Post understands that hotel and transportation are being arranged by the U.S. ASEAN Business Council and no Embassy assistance in required. 3. (U) Embassy point of contact [...]	2006-03-02 07:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT TH
06BANGKOK1284	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN ASEAN [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to CDA Paul W. Jones from March 5 - 8, 2006. 2. (U) Post understands that hotel and transportation are being arranged by the U.S. ASEAN Business Council and no Embassy assistance in required. 3. (U) Embassy point of contact for t [...]	2006-03-02 07:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT TH
06BANGKOK1286	RTG ADVANCES ON HILL TRIBES CITIZENSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 2, 2006, the RTG granted Thai citizenship or permanent residency to nearly 14,000 individuals. Members of hill tribes accounted for 6,678 of this number. This action is part of the MOI,s effort to clear the backlog of thousands of applications, and accelerate the a [...]	2006-03-02 07:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TH
06BANGKOK1293	MEANWHILE, SURAKIART STILL WANTS TO BE UN SECGEN [...] (U) Post received the following diplomatic note on February 27. BEGIN TEXT: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to all Diplomatic Missions in Bangkok and wishes to refer to certain recent inquiries from some Missions regarding the potential impact of the decisio [...]	2006-03-02 08:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PREL TH UN
06BANGKOK1300	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN ASEAN [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Marine from March 5 - 8, 2006. 2. (U) Per your request, Embassy expeditor and vehicle will meet and assist Ambassador Marine upon arrival and at departure. Embassy van will provide transport to the March 6 COM CT meetin [...]	2006-03-02 11:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT TH
06BANGKOK1301	TO BE OR NOT TO BE: THAT IS THE THAI SNAP ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Thaksin led his Thai Rak Thai party in registering for the April 2 snap election Thursday. Only four other fringe parties have followed suit so far, as the major opposition parties held to their boycott. The Democrat Party canceled their planned rally at the Royal [...]	2006-03-02 11:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH SNAP
06BANGKOK1302	THE THAI ARMY COMES TO DINNER [...] (C) Summary. During a March 2 dinner hosted by the Ambassador, Royal Thai Army (RTA) CINC, GEN Sonthi Boonyaratglin and his senior staff appeared relaxed and gave no indication that the Army plans to involve itself in the ongoing political crisis. Sonthi told the Ambassador that he had rec [...]	2006-03-02 11:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL MARR TH TRT SNAP
06BANGKOK1317	THAILAND'S POLITICAL CRISIS AND THE FTA [...] (C) With Prime Minister Thaksin's February 24 dissolution of the Parliament and the calling of elections, our FTA with Thailand is on hold. That may not be all bad: the FTA was the one American component of the increasingly vociferous anti-Thaksin campaign here, and the negotiations hiatus [...]	2006-03-03 03:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD TH US FTA
06BANGKOK1340	THAI RESPONSE ON NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary. During March 3 conversations, Thai FM Kantathi and NSC Chief Winai said that the North Korean refugee issue was sensitive for Thailand. However, they indicated that the RTG was willing to work with the USG on discreet, case-by-case processing of North Korean refugees for U.S. re [...]	2006-03-03 10:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM KN TH DPRK
06BANGKOK1342	LABOR LEADER PREDICTS LARGE MARCH 5 ANTI-THAKSIN [...] (C) Summary: A senior Thai labor leader, who played a key role in organizing labor turnout for the 1992 pro-democracy demonstrations, said there are signs that the coming March 5 anti-Thaksin rally will attract a huge crowd fueled by protesters arriving in Bangkok mid-week. Somsak Kosaisook s [...]	2006-03-03 10:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON ELAB PGOV PREL TH
06BANGKOK1343	AMBASSADOR RAISES MISSING HMONG MINORS [...] (C) Summary. During a March 3 meeting with Thai FM Kantathi Suphamongkol, the Ambassador raised the issue of the missing Hmong minors. He encouraged Kantathi to respond to the Lao argument that the Thai needed to take the next step and provide the Lao with basic facts about the deporation of [...]	2006-03-03 10:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL TH LA
06BANGKOK1346	BANGKOK READIES ITSELF FOR TWO OPPOSING WEEKEND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two large political rallies are scheduled to take place in Bangkok's Sanam Luang royal plaza over the weekend. On March 3, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his Thai Rak Thai party are preparing to mobilize 200-300 thousand supporters, including many who will be brought in fro [...]	2006-03-03 11:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH SNAP
06BANGKOK1372	CHINESE INVESTMENT IN THAILAND (C-AL5-01054) [...] (SBU) Summary: Well known as a destination of foreign investment, China is becoming a foreign investor in its own right and is seeking out investment opportunities in Thailand. Encouraged by a friendly business atmosphere and a stable environment for investment, Chinese investors see Thai [...]	2006-03-06 09:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD PINR CH TH
06BANGKOK1376	THAI POLITICAL UPDATE: DUELING DEMOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thaksin's ruling Thai Rak Thai had the bigger demonstration, but the opposition rally on Sunday had more spirit. Thaksin promised more of everything: political reform, transparency and, by the way, a pay raise for civil servants. The opposition scored by turning out a bigger cr [...]	2006-03-06 23:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC TH SNAP TRT
06BANGKOK1391	THAILAND RESUMES APPROVING AER-COVERED US SERVICES [...] On March 7 we were notified by Commerce Ministry Permanent Secretary Karun Kittisataporn that his Ministry has resumed issuing approvals of applications for services investments by US citizens, per the provisions of the Treaty of Amity and Economic Relations (AER). Karun said he took this ac [...]	2006-03-07 05:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV TH
06BANGKOK1408	THAILAND POLITICAL UPDATE: ANTI-THAKSIN FORCES TO [...] (C) Summary: At a March 6 rally at Sanam Luang Park, People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) leaders called for a large scale march on Government House next week to coincide with the meeting of the caretaker cabinet. The organizers also plan a "rehearsal" demonstration at Sanam Luang on March [...]	2006-03-07 10:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH TRT SNAP
06BANGKOK1411	THAILAND POLITICAL CRISIS: WHAT IT'S ABOUT, AND [...] (C) We are not likely to see an early resolution of the political confrontation between Prime Minister Thaksin and his opponents. To facilitate better understanding of possible outcomes and the significance of these events for the U.S.-Thai relationship, and to contemplate the best way to po [...]	2006-03-07 11:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH SNAP
06BANGKOK1412	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: BUDDHIST HOMES RAIDED, OTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the early morning hours of March 6 a group of 10 to 15 militants raided several Buddhist homes in the far southern province of Pattani, killing three villagers and setting fire to two houses. The raid follows a series of arson and bomb attacks seen across the region over the [...]	2006-03-07 12:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER TH
06BANGKOK1428	THAI SHRIMPERS PROTEST CONTINUOUS BOND [...] On March 8, approximately 100 shrimp farmers and hatchery operators representing eight Thai shrimp farming associations converged on the U.S. Embassy to protest ongoing anti-dumping duties that were placed on shrimp imports from Thailand in 2005. The protestors expressed their opposition to [...]	2006-03-08 08:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTO TH
06BANGKOK1445	THAILAND POLITICAL UPDATE: MORE CALLS FOR [...] (U) Summary: The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) has threatened to call a boycott of Singapore goods if the Singapore government does not scrap the takeover of Shin Corp by Temasek Holdings. A prominent Monk has issued a strong call for Thaksin to resign while the National Police Spo [...]	2006-03-08 10:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TH SNAP
06BANGKOK1470	THAILAND POLITICAL UPDATE: EXPLOSION NEAR PRIVY [...] (U) Summary: An explosion at a police box near the residence of Privy Council Chairman General Prem Tinsulanonda on March 9 afternoon has reportedly injured two persons. No motive or suspects have been found at this point. Privy Councillor General Surayud Chulanont on March 8 called for T [...]	2006-03-09 09:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH TRT SNAP
06BANGKOK1471	EAP DAS JOHN'S MEETING WITH MFA PERMSEC KRIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 8 meeting with MFA Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn, EAP DAS Eric John countered the perception that the U.S. was not sufficiently engaged in Southeast Asia. Krit indicated that a 505 Agreement on Excess Defense Articles could be concluded prior to Ma [...]	2006-03-09 09:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TH BURMA US
06BANGKOK1472	EAP DAS JOHN MEETS WITH THAKSIN'S BRAIN TRUST [...] (C) Summary. In a March 3 meeting with visiting EAP DAS Eric John and the Ambassador, principal advisor to the Prime Minister Pansak Vinyaratn brushed aside rumors that Thaksin could yet resign, that the ruling Thai Rak Thai party could have problems in the April 2 snap election, or that milita [...]	2006-03-09 10:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH TRT SNAP
06BANGKOK1473	EAP DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY JOHN'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a March 8 meeting with EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary John and the Ambassador, Democrat Party Deputy Leader and former Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan voiced his hope that the Palace would convince Prime Minister Thaksin to step down. He acknowledged, however, that the [...]	2006-03-09 10:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TH SNAP
06BANGKOK1475	THAI SNAP ELECTION REGISTRATION ENDS; A PREVIEW OF [...] (C) Summary. Candidate registration for the April 2 snap election has ended. Despite the three major opposition parties' boycott, seventeen smaller, unknown parties joined Prime Minister Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party in registering. More importantly, these smaller parties have registe [...]	2006-03-09 10:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH SNAP TRT
06BANGKOK1490	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1Lt. Wasun SANGTHONG, Air Defense Artillery Division who has been selected [...]	2006-03-10 03:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1491	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Wg.Cdr. Nuttawoot ACHALABOON, Wing 1, 2nd Air Division, Air Combat Command [...]	2006-03-10 03:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1492	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Gp.Capt. Morakot THONGSUK, Directorate of Intelligence, Royal Thai Air For [...]	2006-03-10 03:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1493	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1Lt. Jun MONGKONSAP, Cavalry School, Army Training Command, Royal Thai Arm [...]	2006-03-10 03:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1494	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Wallop MAINAPIANG, Artillery School, Royal Thai Army who has been sel [...]	2006-03-10 03:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1519	EAP DAS JOHN MEETING WITH ACTIVIST GOTHOM AREEYA [...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP DAS Eric John met with academic and democracy activist Gothom Areeya on March 8 to discuss the current political situation in Burma. Gothom, a member of the human rights NGO Forum Asia and the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC),outlined a compromise solution to the [...]	2006-03-10 09:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TH BURMA SNAP
06BANGKOK1521	THAILAND POLITICAL UPDATE MARCH 10: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Suspicions fall on a rogue element of the military or police in the case of the small explosion at a privy councilor's house. Boycotting parties are challenging the suspicious candidates they claim have been paid by TRT to run. Civil servants in the tax department are surreptiti [...]	2006-03-10 12:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH TRT
06BANGKOK1538	DCM RECEIVES DEMARCHE - HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (C) On March 13, DCM Arvizu received a demarche from MFA Director-General Nongnuth Phetcharatana on the release of the 2005 Human Rights Report on Thailand. DG Nongnuth issued the standard complaint that the RTG believes it is inappropriate for one country to use its own set of parameters to j [...]	2006-03-13 08:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS
06BANGKOK1539	DCM RECEIVES DEMARCHE - MYSTERY FLYERS IN LA [...] (C) On March 13, DCM Arvizu received a demarche from MFA Director-General Nongnuth Phetcharatana related to the distribution of flyers in Los Angeles that make "inappropriate references" to the King and the Crown Prince. According to DG Nongnuth, the 18-page flyer was distributed in Los Angele [...]	2006-03-13 08:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC TH
06BANGKOK1546	DELPHIC ORACLES AND BLACK MAGIC - THAILAND UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: All TV stations, at the request of the Palace, ran film of the King's May 1992 meeting with General Suchinda and protest leader Chamlong, in which the King called on them to avoid confrontation and find a peaceful solution. In the wake of the Sunday evening broadcast, there have [...]	2006-03-14 00:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC TH TRT
06BANGKOK1549	SHIN CORP DEAL IS LEGAL, SO WHAT? [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 00:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL TH
06BANGKOK1568	THAILAND CABINET ENDORSES CHANGES TO THE 505 [...] Both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense advised the Embassy that, during a March 14 Cabinet meeting, the Royal Thai Government formally endorsed changes to the bilateral U.S.-Thai agreement respecting military assistance requested in reftel. Paisit Boonparlit, Politic [...]	2006-03-14 08:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR TH POL MIL
06BANGKOK1575	THAILAND POLITICAL UPDATE: HUGE ANTI-THAKSIN RALLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Anti-Thaksin protesters gathered in full-force this morning on March 14, in far greater numbers than the demonstrations of March 5, and marched peacefully from Sanam Luang to Government House. The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) and the Dharma Army have both vowed to r [...]	2006-03-14 23:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1581	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Wg.Cdr. Nuttawoot ACHALABOON, Wing 1, 2nd Air Division, Air Combat Command [...]	2006-03-15 05:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK1582	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Flt.Lt. Pichead BUANLEE, Win 1, 2nd Air Division, Air Combat Command, Roya [...]	2006-03-15 05:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK1583	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Gp.Capt. Morakot THONGSUK, Directorate of Intelligence at Royal Thai Air F [...]	2006-03-15 05:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK1601	PALACE SUPPORTS MEDIATION, DOES NOT COMPLETELY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Palace is trying to undo the furor caused by the broadcast Sunday night of the King's intervention following the violence that resulted from the 1992 democracy protests. Although the Palace meant only to encourage peace and negotiation, they are dismayed to find that both s [...]	2006-03-15 11:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1602	THAILAND POLITICAL UPDATE: MARCH 15 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thaksin's comments to the press have sparked speculation that he might be considering stepping down, or declaring a state of emergency. Neither will be attractive to him, but his third option, winning the elections on April 2, is looking more problematic: the Electoral Commissio [...]	2006-03-15 11:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1625	REFUGEES ARRIVE FROM SITE OF BURMA'S NEW CAPITAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-16 09:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PINS TH BM
06BANGKOK1626	MORE CANDIDATES DISQUALIFIED FOR THAI SNAP ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. The April 2 snap election is in trouble. The Election Commission (EC) has disqualified more than one-third of registered candidates--almost all from the minor parties. More than half of the election districts in the country will have only one candidate running--almost always from [...]	2006-03-16 09:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TH
06BANGKOK1627	'NO EXIT' - SENIOR TRT OFFICIAL ON THE WAY OUT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Minister of Education Chaturon Chaisaeng discussed possible scenarios to resolve the political deadlock on March 16. According to Chaturon, PM Thaksin might consider stepping down as Prime Minister 'temporarily,' but only after he receives the vindication of a [...]	2006-03-16 10:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1629	MEDIA ACTIVIST WINS LANDMARK LIBEL CASE AGAINST [...] (U) On March 15, the Thai Criminal Court ruled in favor of media activist Supinya Klangnarong, affirming that she had not libeled the Shin Corporation. Shin Corp, which was until January owned by the family of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, had filed the case against Supinya and five exec [...]	2006-03-16 10:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TH
06BANGKOK1630	THAILAND POLITICAL UPDATE: PROTESTS CONTINUE, THAI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Privy Council President General Prem Tinsulanonda urged both the PM and the opposition to work together to end the crisis, a view which reflected the views of most Bangkokians according to a new ABAC Poll. Three Thai Ambassadors, including a former Ambassador to the U.S., spoke [...]	2006-03-16 11:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1665	POLITICAL PROBLEMS EFFECT ON THAI ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. It has been less than two months since the news that the Prime Minister's publicly-listed holding company, Shin Corp, was to be bought by Temasek of Singapore. This event catalyzed opposition to Thaksin and has led to almost two months of political uncertainty. [...]	2006-03-17 09:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TH
06BANGKOK1667	DPM SURAKIART SEES "WINDOW CLOSING" ON THAKSIN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thaksin has "only a few days" left to decide to step down and preserve his political future, according to DPM Surakiart. If the PM steps down, Surakiart sees several possible ways to manage the transition to new elections and political reform. If Thaksin does not step down volun [...]	2006-03-17 10:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1678	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Maj. Chavalit PRADITNAWAKUL, Command and General Staff College, Royal Thai [...]	2006-03-20 03:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1679	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for FS1 Watcharin SAI-IN, Directorate of Armament, Air Support Command, Royal [...]	2006-03-20 03:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1692	ELECTION UNCERTAINTIES LOOM OVER TRT IN EASTERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 16-17 survey through Chonburi and Rayong provinces, POLOFFS noted a great deal of political confusion and uncertainty in these once Thai Rak Thai (TRT) strongholds in Eastern Thailand. The election boards in both cities have disqualified a total 15 out of 16 small-p [...]	2006-03-20 10:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1693	THAILAND POLITICAL UPDATE: FATIGUE SETTING IN [...] (C) Summary. Negotiations for a public debate between the PM and opposition broke down late Friday, with both sides demanding that the other capitulate before their scheduled debate. Thousands of peaceful pro-Thaksin farmers have arrived in Bangkok from the provinces and are camped out--trac [...]	2006-03-20 11:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TH
06BANGKOK1702	REQUEST COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: POLOFF ANNY C. HO [...] (U) Country Clearance is requested for Anny C. Ho, political officer at AMEMBASSY BANGKOK for consultations with ASEAN. 2. (U) Itinerary as follows: Arrive: 1125 on March 28, 2006 via Thai Airways TG 433. Depart: 1245 on March 30, 2006 via Thai Airways TG 434 [...]	2006-03-21 03:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PREL TH
06BANGKOK1747	TELEVISION IN THAILAND: WHO HOLDS THE LEASH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The RTG has traditionally maintained tight control over the information presented to the public over the airwaves. The RTG owns all of the country's six television licenses, although three are licenses to commercial operators. Reform of broadcast media, though mandated by the [...]	2006-03-22 07:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO TH
06BANGKOK1757	EXTRADITION: THAILAND: SUWIT A.K.A. CHENG PRASOPRAT [...] (U) This cable is intended to address the questions posed to Post in Reftel regarding the proposed extradition of Suwit a.k.a Cheng Prasoprat from the US to Thailand. 2. (U) The Embassy believes that there is no merit to Mr. Suwit's assertion in his submission to the Department that he woul [...]	2006-03-22 09:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CJAN KCRM KJUS TH
06BANGKOK1767	PRIVY COUNCILOR PREM THINKS THAKSIN SHOULD GO, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Privy Councilor Gen. Prem says that PM Thaksin should "go now," but he will not be the one to tell him. He told the Ambassador in a meeting March 22 that Thaksin's hawkish advisors do not have the country's best interests at heart. He agreed with the "doves" in the ruling part [...]	2006-03-22 11:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1776	MANAGING OUR TREATY OF AMITY AND ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. The RTG has resumed routinely issuing approvals for US investments under the Treaty of Amity and Economic Relations (AER),so US investors again enjoy preferential, better than MFN access to the Thai market. The extension of AER benefits is conditional, and its legal status is [...]	2006-03-23 08:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD TH
06BANGKOK1825	NSC SECRETARY GENERAL JOINS CHORUS: THAKSIN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: NSC SecGen Winai told the Ambassador on March 24 that PM Thaksin had lost the support of the educated and middle class, and would have to step down. He pointed to the court decision yesterday against the planned privatization of a major utility as yet another blow to the PM. H [...]	2006-03-24 10:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1844	SOUTHERN THAILAND: MORE ELECTION UNCERTAINTY [...] SUMMARY: During a March 20-21 visit to the far southern provinces of Songkhla and Pattani, poloffs heard that in several districts Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party candidates would not receive the minimum votes needed to take their seats in parliament. Local TRT candidates are keeping a low profile [...]	2006-03-27 10:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER TH
06BANGKOK1845	A WEEKEND OF DEMONSTRATIONS; NOTHING CHANGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: A small bomb of unknown origin was defused at the headquarters of the opposition Democrat Party on Monday. This follows a very successful and large demonstration Friday evening by the Democrats, who have joined the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) call for a royally-appoint [...]	2006-03-27 11:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1861	THAILAND: SUPREME ADMINISTRATIVE COURT QUASHES [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 23, the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) ruled that the procedure by which the Royal Thai Government (RTG) privatized state power producer EGAT Plc was illegitimate. This ruling quashes plans for an initial public offering of shares anytime soon. One of the few institu [...]	2006-03-28 09:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EPWR ENRG KPRV TH
06BANGKOK1872	PALACE REITERATES - LEAVE ME OUT OF THIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The King's Principal Private Secretary, Asa Sarasin, told the Ambassador that the King would not intervene to resolve the political impasse. The Palace believes that the situation can be resolved without the need for royal intervention, and anticipates that Thaksin will eventua [...]	2006-03-28 10:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1873	CABINET SECRETARY-GENERAL PREDICTS THAKSIN WILL [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke on March 28 with Cabinet Secretary-General Bowornsak Uwanno. Bowornsak was critical SIPDIS of the opposition PAD leaders, especially Sondhi Limthongkul and Chamlong Srimuang, for trying to force the King to intervene and resolve the political impasse. He complained [...]	2006-03-28 11:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1889	THAILAND POLITICAL UPDATE: REFUGE AT THE MALLS [...] (C) SUMMARY: More rumors from Thaksin's cabinet predicts that the PM may be "taking a break" from politics. Reflecting a change in tactics, the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stationed their demonstration today at Siam Square, the heart of Bangkok's shopping district. Three major shopp [...]	2006-03-29 09:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1893	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Captain Sanit MOTHINA, Institute of Advance Naval Studies, who has been se [...]	2006-03-30 02:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1894	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Col. Duangsuda SUKSAWAD, Counterterrorism Operations Center (CTOC),who ha [...]	2006-03-30 02:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1895	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Col. Tibordee AMPUNAN, Directorate of Intelligence, Royal Thai Army, who h [...]	2006-03-30 02:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1896	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1Lt. Jirat TANE-NGIW, Army Military Intelligence Command, Royal Thai Army, [...]	2006-03-30 02:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1916	KEEPING TABS ON PABS (THAILAND'S PROVINCIAL [...] Summary: Provincial Admissions Boards (PABs),nine member panels of Thai provincial officials and a UNHCR observer, were reconstituted late last year as a mechanism to regularize the status of unregistered persons in the nine Thai-Burma border refugee camps and then screen Burmese in Thailand [...]	2006-03-30 09:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF TH
06BANGKOK1918	THAILAND POLITICAL UPDATE: MARCH 30 [...] (C) Summary. Over 150,000 anti-Thaksin protesters demonstrated peacefully last night in the heart of Bangkok's upscale shopping district. This morning, the protesters marched on the offices of the Election Commission where about one thousand still remain this afternoon. PAD announced that t [...]	2006-03-30 10:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK194	COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO BANGKOK FOR STAFFDEL STOPHER [...] (U) Embassy Bangkok warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to STAFFDEL Stopher to travel to Thailand from January 17 to January 19, 2006, per REFTEL. 2. (U) Embassy Point of Contact (POC) David Marsden, Deputy Chief, SA. Work phone: 66-2-205-4988, Cell: 66-1-205-0474 Fax: 66-2-2 [...]	2006-01-11 08:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CB RP TH UK VM
06BANGKOK1945	THAILAND POLITICAL UPDATE: THAKSIN LOYALISTS FIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Chiang Mai, around one thousand agitated Thaksin supporters disrupted the Democrat's planned rally last night, forcing the Democrats to cancel the rally amidst flying rotten eggs and cries to "get out." Meanwhile, in Bangkok, heavy rain poured on People's Alliance for Democracy [...]	2006-03-31 10:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1946	ELECTION ON APRIL 2. THEN WHAT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The elections on Sunday will not end the political crisis. Given the lack of monitors or meaningful opposition parties, it seems likely that Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai (TRT) will be able to rack up a substantial vote. However, it faces serious problems in the South, and potentiall [...]	2006-03-31 11:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1947	RESPONSE TO APRIL 2 ELECTIONS [...] (C) The USG should refrain from comment on the April 2 elections that could be used by either side to boost their competing claims. These elections are only one step in a complicated political contest that has been unfolding in recent weeks, and which will not be decided by the poll results [...]	2006-03-31 11:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1970	UNHCR DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER MEETING WITH THAI [...] (C) Visiting UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner Wendy Chamberlin briefed Ambassador on her March 31 meeting with Thai National Security Council chief General Winai Phattiyakul and MFA Permsec Krit Ganjana-Goonchorn regarding the missing Hmong minors. Following up on her March 29 meetings with Lao [...]	2006-04-03 09:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PREF KCRM TH LA
06BANGKOK1971	THREE COMMENTARIES ON ELECTION RESULTS, THE PM'S [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador spoke to an opposition leader, a Thai Rak Thai (TRT) "dove" and a TRT "hawk." The picture that emerges: each side feels a measure of vindication by the poll result, and each side is assessing its next move. The hawk claims Thaksin is ready to claim victory and f [...]	2006-04-03 12:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK198	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: S/CT [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Amb. Crumpton and Dr. Kilcullen from 1/21 - 1/24/06. See para. 7 for notional schedule. 2. (U) Hotel reservations have been made at: Four Seasons Hotel, 155 Rajadamri Road Tel: (66-2) 251-6127 Fax: (66-2) 254-5390 Room rate [...]	2006-01-11 08:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT TH
06BANGKOK2004	THAKSIN SAYS, "I WON" [...] (C) Summary: Saying that essentially "I won," Prime Minister Thaksin appeared on an interview program on April 3 evening and outlined his view of the next steps to resolve the country's political impasse. Thaksin offered to form a "national reconciliation panel" to find ways of bringing pea [...]	2006-04-04 23:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2005	THAKSIN SAYS, "I WON" [...] (C) Summary: Saying that essentially "I won," Prime Minister Thaksin appeared on an interview program on April 3 evening and outlined his view of the next steps to resolve the country's political impasse. Thaksin offered to form a "national reconciliation panel" to find ways of bringing pea [...]	2006-04-04 23:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2047	AND NOW THE REAL FUN BEGINS - THAILAND POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Thaksin's decision to step down as Prime Minister is a major step toward resolving the current political crisis, but a host of technical obstacles still remain. These issues revolve primarily around the ability to seat a new House of Representatives. With Thaksin's departure, o [...]	2006-04-05 11:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2048	THAKSIN TAKES A BREAK. WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thaksin announced on April 4 that he would not seek another term as Prime Minister. He will remain as an MP, and as head of his Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party. Although we had heard for weeks that this was one possible outcome, it appears that Thaksin was keeping his options open unti [...]	2006-04-05 11:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2081	INITIAL THAI RESPONSE: UN TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Paisit Boonparlit from MFA's North Americas Division and to Charn Jullamon from the International Organizations Division. Paisit confirmed that Thailand has offered 12 military engineers for deployment to Darfur as requested by the UN. The caretaker [...]	2006-04-07 11:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU TH
06BANGKOK2082	THAKSIN TELLS ALL (ALMOST) [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thaksin told me on April 7 that he had planned all along to step aside after the April 2 election. He admitted that he had been taken by surprise to the strong reaction to his family's sale of Shin Corp to Singapore, and that he may have made a tactical error when he snubbed an o [...]	2006-04-07 11:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2084	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Col. Kanid UTITSARN, The Institute of Advance Military Studies, Royal Thai [...]	2006-04-10 02:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2085	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) JIATF-WEST in conjunction with DEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request by May 4, 2006 for individuals listed below who are fro [...]	2006-04-10 02:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2088	THE 1997 CONSTITUTION - FINDING AND FIXING THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. While much of the opposition rhetoric fueling the current political crisis focuses on vilifying Thaksin, the roots of the crisis lie in the Prime Minister's deft exploitation of certain key weaknesses inherent in the 1997 Constitution. POLOFF recently discussed these weaknesses [...]	2006-04-10 04:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TH

06BANGKOK2096	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: PROMINENT ACADEMIC WARNS OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Chaiwat Satha-Anand, a prominent academics and central member of the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC),expressed concern that "conflict entrepreneurs" were making exaggerated assessments of the role of radical Islam in southern Thailand. Chaiwat did not believe the [...]	2006-04-10 09:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
06BANGKOK2120	EMBASSY BANGKOK NORTH KOREAN RESPONSE PLAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see action request para 6. 2. (C) Summary: Deputy Chief of Mission and Political Counselor, along with a team of USG members who will have a role in assisting NKs at the Embassy, met on April 10 to discuss details of the walk-in operational plan. [...]	2006-04-11 10:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF TH KN KS DPRK
06BANGKOK2124	THAILAND POLITICAL UPDATE - RESULTS, RESULTS, COME [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Election Commission (EC) has not yet released official election results, more that one week after election day. The press have carried unofficial results for the April 2 elections, declaring the Thai Rak Thai (TRT) Party the winner of the party-list candidates and confirming [...]	2006-04-11 10:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH SNAP
06BANGKOK2133	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for LCdr. Chalit UTTISEN, 8th Battalion, 3rd Regiment, Marine Division, Royal [...]	2006-04-12 03:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2134	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) LEGATT has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Chuvit CHUVEJ, Royal Thai Police Captain, who has been selected to attend the 2 [...]	2006-04-12 03:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2135	BURMA: DEMARCHE ON UPCOMING ASEAN FM MEETING IN [...] (C) In a meeting with MFA's East Asian Affairs Director for Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Brunei Mr. Damrong Kriakruan on April 12, Poloff delivered reftel demarche and asked for RTG views. Damrong noted that ASEAN's credibility is on the line, but the RTG still believes that e [...]	2006-04-12 05:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH ASEAN BURMA
06BANGKOK2141	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: 2006 OSCE ASIAN [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Thomas A. Wuchte from April 23 - 26, 2006 and Mr. Roy Kamphausen from April 23 - 30, 2006 to attend the OSCE Asian Partner Conference in Bangkok. For Embassy access, Mr. Wuchte's Visitor Number is 58215 and Mr. Kamphausen's Visitor [...]	2006-04-12 07:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT TH
06BANGKOK2149	PRIVY COUNCILLOR CONFIRMS - KING DID NOT GIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting with Ambassador Boyce, Privy Councillor Surayud said that Thaksin had planned since late March to "take a break" immediately after the election. The Privy Councillor confirmed that the King had not encouraged Thaksin to step down. END SUMMARY 2. (C) The Ambas [...]	2006-04-12 07:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2156	THAILAND'S OTHER ELECTION: SENATE ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Elections for Thailand's 200 Senate seats are scheduled to be held on April 19. The nominally non-political Senate body was last elected in 2000. Its members cannot succeed themselves at the end of their six year term. Though strict, (and in some cases bewildering) guideli [...]	2006-04-12 09:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TH
06BANGKOK2157	THAILAND: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (UNHRC) [...] (U) Per reftel, poloff delivered points on UN Human Rights Council and message from Secretary Rice for RTG Foreign Minister Kanthati to RTG Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of International Organizations Social Division Director Dusit Manapan on April 12. 2. (SBU) Director Dusit t [...]	2006-04-12 09:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KUNR OPDC PHUM PREL TH UNGA
06BANGKOK2168	EXTRADITION: RTG PROVIDES ASSURANCES FOR SUWIT [...] (SBU) In a meeting with MFA Deputy Director General for American Affairs Apirath Vienravi and several members of the MFA's Department of Treaties and Legal Affairs, DCM delivered reftel request. In response to Department's request that the RTG provide an assurance that if the death sentence i [...]	2006-04-12 10:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CJAN CASC CPAS SNAR KCRM TH
06BANGKOK2169	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Sirapope KAEWCHANID, Ranger Battalion, Royal Thai Army, who has been [...]	2006-04-12 11:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2170	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) ILEA in conjunction with DEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals listed below from the Thai Crime Suppress [...]	2006-04-12 11:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2190	PSI: URGING THAI ENDORSEMENT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Charn Jullamon, Director of the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division of MFA. Charn said that the Thai government could not move forward towards endorsement of the Proliferation Security Initiative given that the current government is in caretaker [...]	2006-04-17 09:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP TH PSI
06BANGKOK2193	EXTRADITION OF SUWIT PRASOPRAT [...] (SBU) Due to the just completed Thai New Year holiday, the earliest Post could meet with a senior Thai counterpart to deliver Reftel A demarche would be later this week. In the meantime, mid-level RTG officials have reiterated that their position will not change from that given to DCM by MFA D [...]	2006-04-17 10:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CJAN CASC CPAS SNAR KCRM TH
06BANGKOK2202	SIX NORTH KOREANS APPROACH EMBASSY [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Six North Koreans (NK) accompanied by two NGO representatives from the Evangelical Movement for North Korea presented themselves at U.S. Embassy Bangkok about 1100 on April 17. They were not accompanied by media and the Embassy ha [...]	2006-04-17 11:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL AMGT KN KS TH DPRK
06BANGKOK2227	SUWIT EXTRADITION: SECOND DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) In a meeting with MFA Director General for Treaties and Legal Affairs, Mr. Krit Kriachitti, and several members of his staff, DCM delivered Reftel A demarche. In response to DCM's request that the RTG provide assurances that, should the death penalty be imposed on Suwit Prasoprat, it not [...]	2006-04-18 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CJAN CASC CPAS SNAR KCRM TH
06BANGKOK2254	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: EAP DEPUTY [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EAP DAS Eric John from April 24 through May 3. 2. (U) Hotel reservations have been made the evening of April 24th at: Amari Airport Hotel, 333 Chert Wudthakas Road, Bangkok Tel: 66-2-566-1020 Fax: 66-2-566-1941 confirmation num [...]	2006-04-19 05:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT TH
06BANGKOK2270	MOVING FORWARD ON AN SEA CT STRATEGY [...] (S/REL AUS UK CAN) SUMMARY: On March 6, Embassy Bangkok and S/CT Ambassador Henry Crumpton hosted regional Chiefs of Mission and participants from other U.S. agencies to follow up on the January CT consultations in Jakarta (REFTELS). Chiefs of Mission (COMs) continued to develop a framework to [...]	2006-04-19 23:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	ASEC PTER CASC PGOV PINS KJUS KISL TH
06BANGKOK2291	DPM SURAKIART PLEDGES TO RESOLVE SHAN TRAFFICKING CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador called DPM Surakiart on April 20 to urge him to press for resolution of the long-standing detention of six stateless Shan hill tribe trafficking victims in Malaysia. Ambassador told Surakiart that this case has been an issue of concern to us since early last year and [...]	2006-04-20 10:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN KCRM ELAB PHUM PREL TH TIP KTIP
06BANGKOK2293	LABOR EXPORT IS BIG BUSINESS IN THAILAND [...] (U) Summary: The recent experiences of Thai farm workers in the U.S., combined with evidence of widespread fraud in the H2A visa process (reftel),highlight the plight of Thai workers abroad who are frequently exploited by labor supply agencies (both Thai and foreign) that charge heavy and ill [...]	2006-04-20 10:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM CVIS KFRD SMIG PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2294	MORE TROUBLED ELECTIONS: SENATE RESULTS AND MP [...] (U) Summary: Thai voters turned out in reportedly lower than expected numbers on April 19 to elect new members of the 200 seat Senate. The polls were largely uneventful save in the separatist violence afflicted southern border province of Narathiwat, where three persons died in separate sho [...]	2006-04-20 10:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV TH SNAP
06BANGKOK2296	UPDATE ON SIX NORTH KOREANS [...] (C) Summary. In an April 20 meeting, ROK Embassy officials expressed familiar concerns about U.S. resettlement of North Korean refugees but indicated that they would be prepared to help in accordance with commitments the ROKG has made to the United States. In a subsequent UNHCR-ROK Embassy m [...]	2006-04-20 23:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL KN KS TH DPRK
06BANGKOK2307	REQUEST COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: GUY M. LAWSON, [...] (U) Country Clearance is requested for Guy M. Lawson, Political Officer from Bangkok, Thailand. Lawson's travel is contingent upon receipt of an entry visa. 2. (U) Tentative itinerary as follows: 4/26 - Arrive Rangoon 0855 via TG 303 4/29 - Depart Rangoon 0955 via TG 304 3. ( [...]	2006-04-21 03:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TH BM BURMA
06BANGKOK2329	THAI GIVE OK ON U.S. RESETTLEMENT OF SIX NORTH [...] (C) Summary. The RTG has given formal approval for U.S. resettlement of North Korean refugees on a case-by-case, discreet basis and for U.S. resettlement of the first group of six North Koreans. However, Thai sensitivities about this issue remain. Any publicity would complicate the issue and [...]	2006-04-21 08:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL TH KN KS DPRK
06BANGKOK2330	LIFTING THE BAN ON PROVINCIAL POLICE TRAINING [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY and action request: Since 2003, we have barred the use of INL funds for training of provincial police, due to their suspected involvement in extrajudicial killings in the war on drugs. Post recommends that we relax th [...]	2006-04-21 08:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER TH
06BANGKOK2335	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THAIS TO BEGIN TALKS WITH PULO [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HDC) has facilitated talks between the RTG and purported leaders of southern Thai separatist groups. The talks, scheduled for June, will take place in Geneva and reportedly have the support of key parts of the Thai government. Talks are po [...]	2006-04-21 08:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER TH SNAP
06BANGKOK2336	RE-RUN ELECTIONS TO BE HELD AMIDST A CLOUD OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Thai electorate will head for the polling booths again on April 23 to try to resolve some 40 lower house constituencies where no candidates had been able to garner more that 20 percent of the votes in single party polls in the earlier general elections (and one where the [...]	2006-04-21 08:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TH
06BANGKOK2337	SOUTHERN THAILAND: CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ASSISTANCE [...] (S) Summary. Over the past two years, Post has focused much of our wide ranging assistance and training programs to help the RTG deal with the growing problem in the South. We have been very careful to avoid overt, direct involvement--the RTG sees this as a domestic issue and the insurgency i [...]	2006-04-21 09:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PTER PREL PINS TH
06BANGKOK2338	THE WAY AHEAD IN SOUTHERN THAILAND [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST. Post requests inter-agency approval for the proposals in paragraph 6. 2. (S) Summary. The violence in the South of Thailand remains a serious problem for the RTG and a threat to U.S. interests. As outlined in ref, in the last two years we have shifted a significant por [...]	2006-04-21 09:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PTER PREL PINS PINR TH
06BANGKOK235	SOMCHAI VERDICT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) On January 12, the Thai First Sentence Criminal Court announced a verdict in the case of missing Muslim lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit that is certain to disappoint most followers of this case. Five police officers had been charged wi [...]	2006-01-12 10:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS
06BANGKOK2359	WANG BINGZHANG: THAI POLICE FOUND ENOUGH TO EXPEL [...] (S) Summary: Poloff recently met with Police Colonel Sanya Thongbud of Royal Thai Police (RTP) Special Branch II to discuss the 2001 investigation of Chinese dissident Mr. Wang Bingzhang (see Reftel) and verify claims made by a human rights advocate from the NGO Worldrights. Sanya revealed th [...]	2006-04-24 08:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF CH TH HUMAN RIGHTS
06BANGKOK2360	THAI ECONOMY REACTS TO POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past few years, the Thai economy has weathered SARS, bird-flu, tsunami, increased competition from China and unrest in the country's south, all with only limited impact to growth. The ongoing political crisis that has gripped the country throughout this year, combined wi [...]	2006-04-24 09:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TH
06BANGKOK2370	THAILAND: ELECTION RERUN LEAVES PARLIAMENT'S [...] (U) Summary: The April 23rd rerun votes for the lower house, held in 40 unresolved constituencies, has left the question of how and when to seat the Parliament still hanging in the air. Lower numbers of voter turnout compared to the April 2 general election seem to be driven by increased vo [...]	2006-04-24 11:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH SNAP
06BANGKOK238	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: EAP [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to A/S Hill and Kamala Lakhdhir from January 16 - January 18, 2006. 2. (U) Hotel reservations are not required per reftel. 3. (U) Embassy point of contacts are: Primary: James F. Cole Work phone: (66-2) 205-4816 Home: ( [...]	2006-01-13 02:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT TH
06BANGKOK2391	INCHING TOWARD A PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The April 23 "rerun" of the elections for MP gave 17 more seats to the ruling Thai Rak Thai party, 9 seats to "microparties" and left 13 seats unfilled when single candidates did not meet the 20 percent minimum. In one constituency, voting could not be held when the election co [...]	2006-04-25 10:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH SNAP
06BANGKOK2418	STATELESS TIP VICTIMS TO BE REPATRIATED TO THAILAND AFTER [...] Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director-General of American and Pacific Affairs, Nongnuth Phetcharatana called Charg this morning, April 26, to report that the Minister of Interior signed an order yesterday evening to repatriate the remaining six Shan hill tribe TIP victims detained in Malaysia. [...]	2006-04-26 08:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM ELAB PHUM PREL TH HUMAN RIGHTS
06BANGKOK2420	THAILAND TO SUBMIT CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-26 08:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KUNR TH UN UNHRC
06BANGKOK2425	THE KING SAYS, IT'S A MESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Bhumibol Adulyadej yesterday gave two of the most direct and to-the-point speeches in recent years to the newly sworn-in judges of the Administrative and Supreme Courts. In these speeches, the King questioned the democratic nature of the April 2 general elections as well as [...]	2006-04-26 10:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2459	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Col. Preecha CHUMPRADIT, Institute of Advanced Military Studies, who has b [...]	2006-04-28 06:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2460	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Surasant KONGSIRI, Supreme Command, Royal Thai Armed Forces, who has been [...]	2006-04-28 06:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2461	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1Lt. Intrayuth CHAROENTHAIPANICH, 1st Special Forces Battalion, 1st Special Forces Regiment, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) l [...]	2006-04-28 06:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2462	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Maj. Jarunee ROOPNGAM, Army Training Command , Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no cred [...]	2006-04-28 06:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2463	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lt. Pisit JINTAGOSONWIT, Marine Division, Royal Thai Marine Corps, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no [...]	2006-04-28 06:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2464	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Phairote PRASAT 1st Air Mobile Company, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credi [...]	2006-04-28 06:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2465	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Flg. Off. Borwonsak VISESROJANA, Directorate of Aeronautical Engineering, Logistics Support Group, Royal Thai Airforce, who has been selected to attend c [...]	2006-04-28 06:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2466	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Flg. Off. Ronarong ARIYA, Security Force Command, Air Combat Command, Royal Thai Air Force, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Emb [...]	2006-04-28 06:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2468	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lt.JG. Mana SAWATRAT, Naval Special Warfare Group, Royal Thai Navy, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no [...]	2006-04-28 07:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2469	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Gp. Capt. Somchai PONGPRATANEE, Security Force Command, Air Combat Command, Royal Thai Air Force, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. [...]	2006-04-28 07:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2484	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF [...] (C) Summary. Admiral Giambastiani, your trip to Bangkok will take place as Thailand recovers from its most serious political upheaval in over a decade. We are asking all U.S. visitors meeting with Thai officials to encourage continued respect for the democratic process. Your visit is also a [...]	2006-04-28 08:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV MARR MASS TH
06BANGKOK2493	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JIATF-WEST/JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend Exercise FUSION TORCH (FT) 06-1 and Exercise FUSION TORCH (FT) 06-2. Embassy Bangk [...]	2006-04-28 08:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2494	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) DAO has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the SE Asia Regional Center for Counter-Terrorism (SEARCCT) Course sponsored by the Asia-Pacific Cente [...]	2006-04-28 08:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2502	ANNULLING THE ELECTIONS? THE COURTS DECIDE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The chairs of the three high courts met April 28 to consider solutions to the political dilemmas posed by the April elections for members of parliament. They were responding to the very strong words of the respected King, who had delivered tough criticisms of the election during [...]	2006-04-28 11:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH SNAP
06BANGKOK253	REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION - STAFFDEL STOPHER [...] Reftel authorized disbursement of maximum USG per diem rate in USD equivalent, plus USD 50 for actual cost, local transportation, and other expenses for Staffdel Stopher/Ennis/Parker travel. Request authorization to pay each Staffdel officer one additional day lodging at USG per diem rate fo [...]	2006-01-13 08:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CB RP TH UK VM
06BANGKOK2548	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - THAILAND SEEKS U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. On April 28, POLOFF delivered demarche (reftel A) to the Thai MFA regarding Iran's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The MFA confirmed Thailand's own candidacy within the Asia Group for a UNHRC se [...]	2006-05-02 06:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KUNR TH UNHRC UN
06BANGKOK2565	U.S.-BOUND NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES BELIEVE RELATIVES [...] (C) Refcoord and Deputy Refcoord met May 2 with the six North Korean refugees approved by DHS for U.S. resettlement to follow up on concerns expressed by some of the refugees in their separate resettlement interviews about the safety of relatives in North Korea (DPRK). 2. (C) All of the ref [...]	2006-05-02 09:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL KN KS TH DPRK
06BANGKOK2567	COURTS LEAN TOWARD NULLIFICATION; TRT FIGHTS BACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 1, a justice of the Central Administrative Court indicated that the April MP elections would likely be annulled. He expected a ruling on the key cases within a week to ten days. However, the ruling Thai Rak Thai party is marshaling its forces to oppose nullification. E [...]	2006-05-02 09:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK258	CT ASSISTANCE TO THAILAND [...] (S) Summary: Thailand is the recipient of a wide range of U.S. training and assistance programs to help the RTG combat terrorist and extremism. We believe that the assistance programs detailed below are making a contribution to the RTG's efforts. This message provides information on CT ass [...]	2006-01-13 09:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PTER PREL PINR PGOV PINS PBTS ECON TH
06BANGKOK2585	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 2Lt. Parnthong INTRATAT, 1st Special Forces Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Regiment, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed bel [...]	2006-05-03 08:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2587	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Jom RATTAPONG, 11th Infantry Regiment, King's Guard, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok posse [...]	2006-05-03 08:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2588	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Kitisak KANCHANAVASITA, Artillery Battalion, Artillery Center, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Ban [...]	2006-05-03 08:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2589	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Col. Phawadee DEEPHUENGTON, Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangk [...]	2006-05-03 08:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2590	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 2Lt. Pongwaran NAKCHATTRE, Quartermaster Department, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses [...]	2006-05-03 08:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2591	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Parskorn YASAWUTE, 7th Air Defense Artillery Battalion, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok po [...]	2006-05-03 08:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2592	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1Lt. Wipaporn DUANGJARAT, Chemical Department, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no cred [...]	2006-05-03 08:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2593	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lt. Narupon JOYTONGMOOL, Judge Advocate Division, Administration Department, Royal Thai Navy, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Em [...]	2006-05-03 08:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2594	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Capt. Jitsiri SUKOMORN, The Adjutant General's Department, Supreme Command Headquarters, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy [...]	2006-05-03 08:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2595	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Thoetsak JAIAREE, Royal Thai Supreme Command, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information [...]	2006-05-03 08:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2596	LIMBO, LAWSUITS, AND LUMPINI PARK - HOW MUCH [...] (U) SUMMARY. On May 2, The People,s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) returned to Bangkok,s Lumpini Park to hold another demonstration. The rally was peaceful but turnout was much smaller in comparison to previous PAD-led events. PAD leader Sondhi Limthongkul announced the return of his weekly po [...]	2006-05-03 09:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2606	THANK YOU TO USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-04 02:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR TH POL MIL
06BANGKOK2617	THAILAND: NEW PRICING POLICY REINTRODUCES DIESEL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 26, after weeks of popular outcry over high fuel prices, Thailand's Ministry of Energy announced several fuel pricing measures that had the effect of reducing the pump price of diesel. Rather than introducing a direct subsidy, the government reduced contributions from [...]	2006-05-04 04:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELTN EPET TH
06BANGKOK2624	THAILAND: THE ANDAMAN SEA MARITIME SECURITY [...] (C) Post has proposed and the Royal Thai Supreme Command and Royal Thai Navy (RTN) have endorsed a U.S. funded initiative to secure Thai territorial waters in the Andaman Sea which would also provide radar coverage of the northern entrance to the Strait of Malacca. The proposed initiative w [...]	2006-05-04 07:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS TH POL MIL
06BANGKOK2625	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Eng. Sararat CHANKLIN, Royal Thai Navy Language Center, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible in [...]	2006-05-04 07:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2643	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM ADM FALLON [...] (C) Summary. Fox, I'm looking forward to your visit and hope to host you and Mary for lunch while you are here. While things have settled down for the moment on the domestic political front, a great deal of uncertainty remains over who the next Prime Minister will be and the makeup of the new [...]	2006-05-04 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV MASS MARR TH
06BANGKOK2644	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF USARPAC LTG JOHN M. [...] (C) Summary. John, we are looking forward to your visit and appreciate USARPAC's support of Cobra Gold. We are pleased that Cobra Gold this year includes the active participation of Japan, Singapore and Indonesia. We are working closely with your staff to make Cobra Gold a capstone event f [...]	2006-05-04 10:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV MASS MARR TH
06BANGKOK2646	SENIOR THAKSIN ADVISOR: "HE'S COMING BACK" [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Pansak Vinyaratn -- chief policy advisor to caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin -- said that Thaksin would seek office again if the Constitutional Court nullified the results of the April 2 election. Pansak blamed the "Bangkok elite" for try [...]	2006-05-04 10:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TH
06BANGKOK2688	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT ANNULS APRIL 2 POLLS [...] (C) Summary: In several split decisions, the Thai Constitutional Court ruled that the April 2 general elections were unconstitutional, the results null and that a new election must be held for the lower house of Parliament. The timing of the new polls is uncertain. With the incumbent Elect [...]	2006-05-08 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
06BANGKOK2739	REQUEST COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: GUY LAWSON [...] (U) Country Clearance is requested for Bangkok Political Officer, Guy Michael Lawson to travel to Rangoon for meetings and consultations. 2. (U) Itinerary as follows: May 15 - Arrive Rangoon on TG 303 at 08:55hrs May 18 - Depart Rangoon on TG 306 at 21:45hrs 3. (U) Traveler req [...]	2006-05-10 05:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TH
06BANGKOK2747	UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE MENDING BONES BUT BREAKING [...] Summary: Thailand's universal health care system introduced by caretaker PM Thaksin has earned broad popularity among the Thai public. However, it has faced heavy criticism for being chronically underfunded, forcing public hospitals to cut back on service and placing numerous hospitals into [...]	2006-05-10 08:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN TH
06BANGKOK2750	WHERE TO NOW IN THE WAKE OF COURT POLL DECISION? [...] (C) Summary. Observers across the political spectrum are now speculating on when the Thai electorate will be called back to the voting booths. As noted in reftel, questions over the Election Commission's role and Caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin's candidature loom large. Politicians and o [...]	2006-05-10 10:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
06BANGKOK2760	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Sqn. Ldr. Nantiya PAIBOON (WRTAF),Directorate of Education and Training, Royal Thai Air Force, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. [...]	2006-05-11 01:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2761	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lt. Kamon SIRILAI, Royal Thai Navy Dockyard, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information o [...]	2006-05-11 01:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2762	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for FS1 Warawute PRATOMSAOWANEE, Directorate of Air Operation Control, Air Combat Command, Royal Thai Air Force, who has been selected to attend course(s) li [...]	2006-05-11 01:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2763	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for FS1 Pudit THONGSUMRIT, Directorate of Electronics, Air Support Command, Royal Thai Air Force, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Em [...]	2006-05-11 01:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2764	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Flt. Lt. Apirat SALEE, Security Force Command, Air Combat Command, Royal Thai Air Force, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy [...]	2006-05-11 01:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2769	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: PRM CIV-MIL [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Stacy Gilbert for May 12 - May 13, 2006. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at: Amari Airport Hotel (Confirmation No.: 456973) 333 Chert Wudthakas Road Tel: 66-2-566-1020 Fax: 66-2-566-1941 Room rate is 124 USD net and is w [...]	2006-05-11 03:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT TH
06BANGKOK2770	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) ILEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for following individuals, who has been selected to attend the course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of hum [...]	2006-05-11 04:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2786	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: ROGER MORAN AND [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Roger Moran and Amon Killeen from May 15 - May 27, 2006. 2. Hotel reservations and transportation were coordinated with PACOM and no action taken by Embassy. 3. Embassy point of contact is: Mark B. Lambert Work phone: (66-2) 205- [...]	2006-05-11 07:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT MASS TH
06BANGKOK2822	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE UPDATE: NEW BOMB ATTACK; NEW [...] (C) Summary: On May 10 a bomb exploded outside a tea shop in the far southern province of Pattani, killing one soldier and three civilians. The type of bomb and tactic of targeting security forces at a location they are known to frequent is similar to past attacks. However, the reported pl [...]	2006-05-11 09:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER TH
06BANGKOK2826	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF EAP A/S HILL [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. Chris, we're looking forward to your upcoming visit to participate in the ASEAN-U.S. Dialogue. I am also planning to host a dinner in your honor with former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun. Anand is thoughtful and I think you'll enjoy hearing his views on s [...]	2006-05-11 09:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP MARR MASS PREL PGOV TH
06BANGKOK2827	SOUTHERN THAILAND AND THE PISCES PROGRAM [...] (C) Embassy Bangkok requests inter-agency commitment to fully fund Phase II of the PISCES program as originally planned. 2. (C) As follow up to refs, and in light of forthcoming interagency meetings in Washington to discuss USG policy in the context of the violence in southern Thailand, Pos [...]	2006-05-11 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL TH
06BANGKOK2887	HCOC: THAILAND NOT READY TO SUBSCRIBE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Director Charn Jullamon and Nichamon Agrasuta of the Ministry of Foreign Affair's Peace, Security, and Disarmament Division. MFA officers said Thailand was considering subscription to the HCOC and had submitted the text to the MFA legal department. T [...]	2006-05-16 10:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA TH MTCRE
06BANGKOK2888	CWC: THAILAND ON EXTENSION REQUEST [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Director Charn Jullamon and Nichamon Agrasuta of the Ministry of Foreign Affair's Peace, Security, and Disarmament Division. The Thai government was still working out internally which agency would represent Thailand on the OPCW Executive Council (EC) a [...]	2006-05-16 10:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL TH CWC
06BANGKOK2889	THAILAND UPDATE: ELECTION DATE DEBATED, THAKSIN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Election Commission tried to set October 22 as the date for the new elections, but the leaders of the three courts rejected the date -- and the EC. They called on the remaining three election commissioners to resign, as commissioner General Charupat Ruangsuwan did on May 15 [...]	2006-05-16 11:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2890	A LONG-TERM THAI EFFORT TO DEAL WITH SOUTHERN [...] (S) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: As we continue to develop a framework to assist the Thai deal with the situation in far southern Thailand, we should be realistic about the limitations of our aid and the length of time it will take for the Thai to make significant progress in the South. Expanded t [...]	2006-05-16 23:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER TH
06BANGKOK296	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: INSIDE THE REEDUCATION PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary. In their struggle to manage the violence in Southern Thailand, Thai officials have turned to an Orwellian-sounding program of publicly blacklisting suspected separatists and forcing them to undergo "reeducation" or "training." The details of the program are much less foreboding [...]	2006-01-17 10:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2978	THAILAND: INVESTMENT SLOWDOWN [...] (SBU) On May 16, Econoff met with Mr. Vittaya Praisuwan, Senior Executive Advisor at the Thai Board of Investment (BOI). Most foreign investment in Thailand comes in under BOI auspices due to the various tax advantages and other benefits BOI-approved status confers. Vittaya confirmed that app [...]	2006-05-17 07:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TH
06BANGKOK2979	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: EAP A/S [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to visitors from May 21 - May 23, 2006. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at: Sukhotthai Hotel 12/3 South Sathorn Road Bangkok Tel: 66-2-344-8888 Fax: 66-2-344-8822 Confirmation Nos.: Hill-441651; Lahkdhir-441652; John-441887 ( [...]	2006-05-17 08:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT TH
06BANGKOK2988	PRIVY COUNCILOR ON THAI POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Privy Councilor Surayud Chulanont told the Ambassador that he is convinced Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will attempt to reenter Thai politics after a brief hiatus. Surayud agreed with suggestions that Thaksin might be hoping to capitalize on his close relationship with th [...]	2006-05-18 07:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR TH
06BANGKOK2989	COUNTRY CLEARANCE: STAFFDEL GROVE VISIT TO BANGKOK [...] Embassy warmly welcomes May 27-28 and June 1 (transit) visit of Staffdel Grove to Bangkok. Initial POC is Political Officer James Cole (66-2-205-4816 (O); 66-2-287-4652 (H); 66-1 868-0498 (Cell) Colejf@state.gov (e-mail)). Embassy vehicle and driver will meet Mr. Grove and Ms. Chang on arri [...]	2006-05-18 08:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AFIN AMGT ASEC BM TH

06BANGKOK2990	THAKSIN SEES SELF AS THAILAND'S AUNG SAN SUU KYY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thaksin sees himself as the victim of a "palace coup" and unironically compares himself to Aung San Suu Kyy - the winner of democratic elections blocked from his rightful office. In a discussion with a visiting Asia expert, Thaksin said that he could not return as Prime Ministe [...]	2006-05-18 09:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2991	MANICHAEAN STRUGGLE FOR THE SOUL OF THAILAND [...] (C) Summary and introduction: The Thai political crisis has grown increasingly complicated, as multiple lawsuits work their way through the three high courts, charged by the King with finding a solution to the "mess" created by the "undemocratic" April 2 parliamentary elections. Thailand will [...]	2006-05-18 09:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK3012	THAILAND CIVAIR: FAA-DCA CONSULTATIONS ON AVIATION SAFETY [...] SUMMARY: On May 15, 2005, pursuant to REF A, visiting representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) met with counterparts at the Royal Thai Government (RTG) Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) to discuss RTG aviation safety oversight of Thai air carriers. Discussions focused [...]	2006-05-18 10:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON TH
06BANGKOK3023	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: EAP/RSP DIRECTOR [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to visitors from May 21 - May 26, 2006. 2. No additional Embassy assistance is required as hotel reservations have been made. 3. Embassy point of contact is: Anny C. Ho Work phone: (66-2) 205-4314 Cell phone: (66-1) 901-3406 Uncl [...]	2006-05-19 06:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT TH
06BANGKOK3079	TREATY OF AMITY AND ECONOMIC RELATIONS (AER): [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 02:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD TH
06BANGKOK3084	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Chanon WACHAKAMA Construction and Development Dept. Sattahip Naval Base, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possess [...]	2006-05-23 04:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3085	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for LTC Parichat CHANGKARNDEE, Directorate of Joint Logistics, J-4, Supreme Command HQ, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bang [...]	2006-05-23 04:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3086	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for LTJG Mongkot PODANG, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of hu [...]	2006-05-23 04:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3087	THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: ATA 5399 - [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) RSO has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-mentioned co [...]	2006-05-23 04:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3088	THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: ATA 5322 - [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) RSO has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the above-mentioned cour [...]	2006-05-23 04:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3089	THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: ATA 5322 - [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) RSO has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-mentioned co [...]	2006-05-23 04:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3090	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations [...]	2006-05-23 04:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK310	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1LT. Sittichai AUTTISILWAT, Post Engineer Department, Royal Thai Army, wh [...]	2006-01-18 06:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3100	THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: NAS SPONSORED [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) DEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-mentioned co [...]	2006-05-23 06:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK311	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1Lt. Putthipong CHANKAN, 3rd Air Mobile Company, Aviation, Royal Thai Arm [...]	2006-01-18 06:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3111	THAILAND-WASHINGTON STATE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM ON [...] Summary. The State Partnership Program (SPP) between the Washington State National Guard and the Royal Thai Armed Forces has evolved from humble beginnings addressing "niche" disaster response/consequence management areas to become an invaluable Embassy tool allowing us to advance objectives [...]	2006-05-24 00:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS TH POL MIL
06BANGKOK3114	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: SCOT MARCIEL [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EAP/MLS Director Scot Marciel from May 30-31, 2006. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at: Conrad Hotel, All Seasons Place, 87 Wireless Road, Bangkok Tel: (66-2) 690-9999 Fax: (66-2) 690-9000 Room rate is $125.00 net (taxes and [...]	2006-05-24 05:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT TH
06BANGKOK312	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Col. Buncha BUNPAMEE, Office of the Army Comptroller, Royal Thai Army, wh [...]	2006-01-18 06:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3147	THAKSIN BACK AT HIS DESK [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Thaksin returned to chair the weekly Tuesday Cabinet meeting at Government House on May 23. This in effect ended the "political break" that he began on April 5. The cabinet members revoked its previous resolution appointing Deputy Prime Minister Chidchai Van [...]	2006-05-24 08:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
06BANGKOK3179	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: SENIOR THAI OFFICIALS BRIEF EAP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on May 21 and 22, Deputy Prime Minister Chidchai Vansatidya and NSC SecGen Winai, respectively, told EAP DAS Eric John and the Ambassador that the RTG was developing more effective information on southern Thai insurgents and working to improve RTG policy and [...]	2006-05-26 01:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
06BANGKOK3180	DAS ERIC JOHN MEETS THAKSIN,S ORACLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 22, EAP/DAS Eric John and the Ambassador visited caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin,s chief political advisor, Pansak Vinyaratn. Pansak railed against the Thai courts for their decision to annul the April elections. Pansak suggested that it was time for the USG to make a p [...]	2006-05-26 01:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK3192	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: MAY 17-18 VISIT TO FAR SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: During a May 17-18 visit to the far southern provinces of Pattani and Yala, poloffs heard optimistic reports from security officials. The Emergency Decree has allowed the government to detain suspects and develop information on insurgent members and tactics. Statistical data fr [...]	2006-05-26 05:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
06BANGKOK3196	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THE POLICE SEARCH FOR [...] (C) Summary. While the Royal Thai Army has moved to reassert its traditional role of managing security in the restive South, the Royal Thai "provincial" police remain the foundation for investigating, arresting and prosecuting militants. Over the past two years, senior Thai officials have mo [...]	2006-05-26 06:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3202	THAILAND IN 2006 - POLITICS AND THE SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: Political uncertainty will be the theme the rest of this year in Thailand as Thaksin and his political opponents gird for renewed conflict. US-Thai FTA negotiations can be expected to languish during this period. If the political instability becomes protracted a decline in fore [...]	2006-05-26 06:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER TH
06BANGKOK3211	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Miss, Manthana MASMALAI, Office of the National Security Council who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no cre [...]	2006-05-26 07:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK3212	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Col. Dusdee INDRAPOL, Royal Thai Supreme Command who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible informati [...]	2006-05-26 07:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK3219	GREATER COMPETITION IN THAILAND'S ELECTRIC POWER [...] SUMMARY: The Royal Thai Government (RTG)'s unsuccessful attempt to privatize the state-owned electric power producer EGAT Plc has unexpectedly revived hopes for greater competition in the electric power sector. In view of EGAT's reversion to its former status as a state-owned enterprise, as [...]	2006-05-26 10:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV KPRV TH
06BANGKOK3226	THREE NORTH KOREANS APPROACH EMBASSY [...] (C) On May 27 at approximately 0900 local time, three women claiming to be North Koreans approached the Embassy. They were unaccompanied and spoke minimal English and no Thai. Using an Embassy emplopyee as interpreter, Refcoord, Deputy Refcoord, and Assistant RSO briefly interviewed the three [...]	2006-05-29 23:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM KN KS TH DPRK
06BANGKOK323	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: SEPARATIST'S ARREST REVEALS [...] (C) Ref detailed the arrest of suspected separatist Mareepeng Maha on January 5 by Thai police. Hailed as one of Thailand's "most wanted," Mareepeng had reportedly fled to Malaysia to escape arrest, only to return to Thailand in recent weeks. Thai officials trumpeted his arrest, itself based [...]	2006-01-18 09:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PTER TH
06BANGKOK3231	ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S MEETING WITH FORMER PM [...] (C) Summary: On May 22, EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill, EAP DAS Eric John and the Ambassador met with former PM Anand Panyarachun to discuss his work on southern Thailand and the current political situation. Anand said the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) would release it [...]	2006-05-30 02:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH NRC
06BANGKOK3237	SEED PIRACY IN THAILAND: A "GROWING" PROBLEM [...] Summary: Behind the headlines of record losses to optical disc and trademark piracy in Thailand lies a less known but equally serious form of intellectual property infringement. Plant breeders in Thailand have seen their plant varieties and the seeds derived from them, which typically tak [...]	2006-05-30 07:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR EAGR TH
06BANGKOK3238	THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: MAJOR CASE [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) RSO has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-mentioned co [...]	2006-05-30 07:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3255	STATUS ON THREE NORTH KOREANS [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 6. 2. (C) On Saturday, May 27 after three North Korean (NK) women approached the Embassy Bangkok seeking resettlement to the United States, RefCoord accompanied them to UNHCR. That same day, UNHCR South Korean secoundee interviewed the three women [...]	2006-05-30 11:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM KNEP KS TH DPRK
06BANGKOK3257	505 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 01:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PREL TH POL MIL
06BANGKOK3261	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Reftel requests post conduct a Blue Lantern check on Royal Defense Col Ltd. POL FSN conducted background research and determined that The Royal Defense Co., Ltd is listed in the data base maintained by the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Department of Business Development as follows: Reg [...]	2006-05-31 02:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC TH BLUE LANTERN
06BANGKOK3262	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below who has been selected to attend course mentioned above. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations o [...]	2006-05-31 02:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3277	THAI POLITICAL UPDATE: CHECKS, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE [...] (C) Summary. Thailand's bipolar political disorder remained stable Wednesday as caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party pushed to move on to a new election while the political opposition remained focused on using alleged irregularities in the April 2 vote to destroy TRT. [...]	2006-05-31 08:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
06BANGKOK3310	U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] Ambassador delivered points in reftel to Prime Minister Thaksin at a meeting on June 1. Thaksin told Ambassador that he saw no problem in Thailand subscribing to the U.S. position on multilateral talks with Iran. Thaksin added that his government would prepare a statement of support for the [...]	2006-06-01 09:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TH
06BANGKOK332	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: PSI LEGAL [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Patricia McNerney, J. Ashley Roach, Capt. William Dale Baumgartner and Matthew S. Stumpf from Jan. 21 - Jan. 24, 2006. 2. (U) Hotel reservations have been made at: Four Seasons Hotel 155 Rajadamri Road Tel: (66-2) 251-6127 F [...]	2006-01-19 04:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA KNNP PARM TH
06BANGKOK3339	STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] Per ref. A, the RTG Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the statement in para. 2 on June 1. 2. Begin MFA press release text: June 1, 2006, 7:57 pm Thailand's position on Iran's nuclear issue No. 234/2549 Â [...]	2006-06-02 07:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PREL IR TH
06BANGKOK3345	UNSC BURMA RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-02 09:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL BM TH UNSC
06BANGKOK3348	THAI POLITICAL UPDATE: SUPREME COURT DISSES [...] (C) Summary. The deadlock over the much-maligned Election Commission (EC) worsened June 1, with the Supreme Court refusing to appoint two new EC members. Instead, the Supreme Court President, in a public letter, called the EC unfit for office. A group of former Senators are preparing to peti [...]	2006-06-02 09:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
06BANGKOK3353	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: EVAN F. STEFANIK [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Evan Farrel Stefanik from June 5 - 10, 2006. 2. Post understands that Stefanik requires no assistance from Post for lodging or transportation. 3. Embassy point of contact is: Guy Lawson Work phone: (66-2) 205-4865 Cell phone: ( [...]	2006-06-05 00:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT PARM ETTC PREL KSTC TH
06BANGKOK3354	DELAY IN FTA TALKS LIKELY TO HIT US EXPORTS [...] (C) Summary. There is a growing possibility that US-Thailand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations will be indefinitely postponed. The sizable opportunity costs for US commerce of the FTA's failure have been documented in several econometric studies of the FTA's likely effects: foregone U [...]	2006-06-05 00:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON TH
06BANGKOK336	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Capt. Somchai KAWINFUANGFUKUL, Naval Special Warfare Group, Royal Thai Na [...]	2006-01-19 07:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK337	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cdr. Thanasawat CHAIYAKUL, Support Regiment, Air and Coastal Defence Comm [...]	2006-01-19 07:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK3382	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Plt.Off. Satit PROMPUNJAI, Directorate of Air Operations Control, Air Combat Command, Royal Thai Air Force, who has been selected to attend course(s) lis [...]	2006-06-06 05:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3383	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for LCdr. Kittisak DEETHONGKUM, Naval Logistic Dept., Royal Thai Navy who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no cr [...]	2006-06-06 05:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3384	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Col. Songpol RATTANAKOSATE, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information o [...]	2006-06-06 05:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3385	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Flg. Off. Akrapat PHOSREELAP, Wing 41, 3rd Air Division, Air Combat Command, Royal Thai Air Force, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below [...]	2006-06-06 05:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3386	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Ft.Lt. Pathira KETKLADYOO, Office of the Defence Budget, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible i [...]	2006-06-06 05:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3396	ASEAN-U.S. DIALOGUE HELD IN BANGKOK MAY 23 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During the May 23 ASEAN-U.S. Dialogue, ASEAN members and the United States expressed confidence that a joint Plan of Action to implement the ASEAN-U.S. Enhanced Partnership would be ready for the Secretary and Foreign Ministers to approve during the ASEAN Ministers meeting in [...]	2006-06-06 07:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR MASS TH
06BANGKOK3413	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lt.JG. Samarn CHAIPIM of 9th Infantry Battalion, Royal Guard, 3rd Infantry Regiment, Marine Division, Royal Thai Marine Corps who has been selected to at [...]	2006-06-07 02:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3418	THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: ILEA - [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) ILEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-mentioned c [...]	2006-06-07 04:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3435	THAI TELECOM ROUNDUP: MERGE OR DIE? [...] SUMMARY: The takeover of Thailand's two leading mobile phone providers by foreign companies and the political crisis unleashed by the prime minister's family's sale of its stake in Shin Corporation to Temasek of Singapore has fundamentally altered the context of both the telecom business and r [...]	2006-06-07 08:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ECPS EINT TH
06BANGKOK3442	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Col. Pradit PHOSRI, Directorate of Intelligence, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible informati [...]	2006-06-08 04:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3443	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Special Group Captain Suchin WANNAROJ, Royal Thai Air Force, Special Operations Regiment, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embass [...]	2006-06-08 06:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3444	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Ltc. Permsak PRASETSRI, 4th Infantry Regiment, Jirawat Camp, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok po [...]	2006-06-08 06:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3445	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Ltc. Narongrit PANIGABUTR, 3rd Infantry Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Emba [...]	2006-06-08 06:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3446	THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: ATA - 5415 [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) RSO has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-mentioned c [...]	2006-06-08 06:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3477	CLEANING UP PIRACY FOR THE KING [...] Summary: In honor of the 60th anniversary of the KingQs accession to the throne, Thailand has declared war on intellectual property piracy, pledging to sweep the streets and malls clean of pirated goods for the whole of June and July. Police and other enforcement authorities will be taking t [...]	2006-06-08 10:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR TH
06BANGKOK3481	ATTORNEY GENERAL CONSIDERS POSSIBLE DISBANDING OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Election Commission has forwarded the Thai Rak Thai (TRT) election fraud case to the Office of the Attorney General (OAG). The EC did not include a recommendation, advising whether the party should be disbanded under the terms of the Political Parties Act, as it was supposed [...]	2006-06-08 11:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH TRT
06BANGKOK349	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DR. SCOTT JONES AND DR. [...] (U) POST WELCOMES AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO DR. JAMES HOLMES AND DR. SCOTT JONES. - DR. JONES ARRIVES NORTHWEST FLIGHT 27 AT 0005 JANUARY 21, 2006 - DR. JONES DEPARTS NORTHWEST FLIGHT 28 AT 0600 JANUARY 28, 2006 - DR. HOLMES ARRIVES AMERICAN FLIGHT 6106 AT 1050 JANUARY 23, 2006 - DR. [...]	2006-01-19 09:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TH
06BANGKOK350	BRIGADIER GENERAL ALLEN'S MEETING WITH SENIOR [...] (C) Summary: During a January 16 call at Royal Thai Supreme Command (RTSC) Headquarters, Department of Defense Principal Director for Asian and Pacific Affairs for International Security Affairs Brigadier General John Allen expressed his appreciation to RTSC Chief of Joint Staff General Ler [...]	2006-01-19 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TH POL MIL
06BANGKOK351	BGEN ALLEN'S MEETING WITH NSC SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (C) In his meeting with visiting OSD/ISA Principal Director for Asian and Pacific Affairs BGen John Allen, Thai National Security Council Secretary General Winai Phattiyakul outlined the RTG's strategic threat outlook, Thailand and ASEAN's frustration with the suprise move of the Burmese capit [...]	2006-01-19 10:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PINR PTER PGOV TH BURMA GPOI DPRK
06BANGKOK352	BGEN ALLEN'S MEETING WITH MFA DPS PISAN MANAWAPAT [...] (C) Summary: In his meeting with BGen John Allen, MFA Deputy Permanent Secretary Pisan Manapawat stressed the importance of the long history of US-Thai cooperation to promote stability and democracy within and beyond Southeast Asia. He noted that the high degree of trust and confidence betw [...]	2006-01-19 10:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER TH POL MIL
06BANGKOK3522	SRI LANKAN PEACE PROCESS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) On June 14, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Paisit Boonparlit of MFA's North American Division and to Krit Tankanarat of MFA's South Asia Division. Both Paisit and Krit assured PolOff that they would pass reftel points to their superiors but suggested they would not have a formal re [...]	2006-06-14 07:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PINS CE TH
06BANGKOK3523	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: POL/ECON CHIEF [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Margaret McKean from June 15 - June 20, 2006. 2. Post understands that hotel reservations have already been made at: Conrad Hotel, All Seasons Place, 87 Wireless Road, Bangkok Tel: (66-2) 690-9999 Fax: (66-2) 690-9000 Room ra [...]	2006-06-14 08:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT TH
06BANGKOK353	BGEN ALLEN'S MEETINGS WITH THAI MOD DEPUTY PERMSEC [...] (C) Summary. Thai Ministry of Defense (MOD) Deputy Permanent Secretary Apichart Penkitti told OSD/ISA Principal Director for Asian and Pacific Affairs BGen John Allen on January 16 that the RTG remains interested in sending a team to the Philippines to learn about the Defense Resources Manag [...]	2006-01-19 10:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TH POL MIL
06BANGKOK3534	TWO NORTH KOREANS JUMP EMBASSY WALL [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-14 10:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM KNEP KS TH
06BANGKOK3535	NORTH KOREAN REFUGEE DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan told Refcoord on June 14 that seven of the ten North Koreans who had been detained and released by Lao authorities (reftel) have now arrived in Bangkok and are staying at the shelter for North Korean refugees managed by a South Korean NGO. Utkan ex [...]	2006-06-14 10:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL TH KN KS
06BANGKOK3538	THAILAND CELEBRATES ITS KING [...] (C) Summary. The Thai people took time off from their political crisis on June 9 to celebrate the 60th year of King Bhumipol Adulyadej's reign. The multi-day gala offered dramatic and often times moving evidence of the nation's respect and adoration for its monarch. In his public audience o [...]	2006-06-14 10:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
06BANGKOK3543	HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 02:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL TH UNHRC UN
06BANGKOK355	SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Bilateral relations with Thailand have been generally excellent. Thailand is a security treaty ally and has been firmly supportive of the Global War on Terror. American businesses have over $20 billion in direct investment in Thailand, the second largest investor after Japan. Thailand a [...]	2006-01-19 10:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER TH PSI BURMA HUMAN RIGHTS
06BANGKOK3582	NO DECISION FROM THAI ON U.S. RESETTLEMENT [...] (C) In a June 14 telephone conversation, the Ambassador raised the three North Korean refugees who are seeking U.S. resettlement (reftels) with Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn. The Ambassador urged Krit to permit U.S. resettlement processing of the [...]	2006-06-15 09:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PREL PHUM TH KS KN DPRK
06BANGKOK3586	KING CELEBRATIONS FINISH; RETURN TO POLITICS AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The three remaining Election Commissioners face continued pressure to step down. If, as appears likely, they are finally forced out, it should take a minimum of several weeks to replace them. Several sources have speculated that the elections are therefore unlikely to take pla [...]	2006-06-15 11:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK3608	THAI TEA WITH THE CHINESE [...] (SBU) Poloffs shared tea with Chinese diplomats on June 14, 2006 as part of a regular informal meeting mechanism that post has with the PRC Embassy in Bangkok. The Chinese asked about the 19th US-ASEAN Dialogue that took place on May 23, 2006 and talked about their own preparations for the P [...]	2006-06-16 06:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TH CH IS
06BANGKOK3648	ONE NORTH KOREAN AND ONE PRC NATIONAL APPROACH [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 10:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM KNEP KS TH
06BANGKOK3649	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: OFFICIAL RESPONSE TO LATEST [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 16, in response to the series of bomb attacks across far southern Thailand, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a diplomatic note addressing the current situation in the South and the RTG's efforts to deal with it. In the press, caretaker PM Thaksin continued to be [...]	2006-06-19 10:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER PGOV TH
06BANGKOK3664	MDA DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarches (reftel A and B) on June 16 and June 19, 2006, respectively, to Mr. Dusit Manapan, Director of the Social Division of the Bureau of International Organization at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dusit was non-committal on whether Thailand will vote again [...]	2006-06-20 07:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IS TH
06BANGKOK3673	THAI POLITICAL UPDATE JUNE 20: DUELING LAWSUITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Attorney General returned the Thai Rak Thai dissolution case to the Election Commission on June 16, saying the EC was legally required to identify what section of law TRT was charged under, and what the legal penalty should be. Statements from the Atty-General office indicat [...]	2006-06-20 11:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK3743	THAI-TAIWANESE ON CHINA AND CHINA'S NEW PARADIGM [...] (C) Summary. Thai-Taiwanese business representatives in Bangkok are very cognizant of the growing PRC presence in Thailand yet do not believe their business interests are threatened in the foreseeable term. Taiwan remains the third largest source of Foreign Direct Investment in Thailand, af [...]	2006-06-23 08:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ASEAN TH XE
06BANGKOK3745	PRIME MINISTER THAKSIN'S BAD DAY AND OTHER UPDATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to leaks in the press, on June 22 the EC recommended the dissolution of Thai Rak Thai (TRT). The Office of the Attorney General now has the case, and will vote on June 27 whether to forward it to the Constitutional Court for a ruling. Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu annou [...]	2006-06-23 12:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK3746	SIX NORTH KOREANS APPROACH EMBASSY [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 7. 2. (C) On Friday, June 23 at approximately 1130 local time, five women, including one with a 6-year old daughter, approached the front gate of the Embassy and identified themselves as North Koreans. They were met and interviewed by Refcoord, AR [...]	2006-06-25 23:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM KN KS TH
06BANGKOK3759	UNHCR NOTIFIES EMBASSY OF INTEREST OF DETAINED [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 5. 2. (C) On June 26, UNHCR notified Embassy that a North Korean woman currently in the Immigration Detention Center (IDC) in Bangkok has expressed interest in U.S. refugee resettlement. UNHCR reported that in the course of the regular interview for [...]	2006-06-26 07:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM KN KS TH
06BANGKOK3785	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: NRC REPORT - THE LONG VIEW [...] (C) Summary/Comment: The final report of the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC),"Overcoming Violence Through the Power of Reconciliation" was issued on June 5. The report provides solid background on the origins of the conflict and context on how specific local factors are influenci [...]	2006-06-27 09:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV TH
06BANGKOK3790	ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS: 'OFF WITH EVERYBODY'S HEAD!" [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 27, the Attorney General Office voted to recommend the dissolution of TRT to the Constitutional Court, as expected. In a surprise move, it made the same recommendation on the Democrat Party and three microparties, acting overnight on the EC's Monday decision in those ca [...]	2006-06-27 11:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK3792	THAI MARKET ACCESS POSITIONS IN THE WTO [...] Econoff met with Ms. Sirinart Chaiman, Director of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, and delivered talking points on WTO market access negotiations per reftels. Sirinart reiterated the Royal Thai Government's (RTG) commitment to the WTO negotiations and a successful conclusion of the Doha roun [...]	2006-06-27 11:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	WTRO ETRD ECON TH
06BANGKOK3799	OFFENSIVE IN KAREN STATE? A CROSS-BORDER AID [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs and Defense Attache met recently with a representative from an organization that provides cross-border assistance to conflict-affected populations in northern Karen State, Burma. He stated that though the number of casualties remains low, the ongoing military action is th [...]	2006-06-28 01:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF TH BM
06BANGKOK3801	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: D. DEAN TIDWELL [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to D. Dean Tidwell from July 4-9, 2006. 2. Post understands that Mr. Tidwell has arranged his own hotel reservations for the night of July 4 at the Amari Airport Hotel. Per diem for Bangkok is as follows: lodging $125, M&IE - $57. Hotels [...]	2006-06-28 02:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT TH BM
06BANGKOK3828	CREDIT TIGHTENTING IN THAILAND [...] (U) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Somkid will be visiting the US July 9-14 to fly the Thai flag for investment. The slowing of the Thai economy is being exacerbated in the short term by a reduction in credit availability and lack of liquidity in the stock exchange. Becaus [...]	2006-06-28 10:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN TH
06BANGKOK3838	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Kullajit SORNKHUM, Intelligence School, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credi [...]	2006-06-29 03:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK3839	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Penpim THALAWONG The Institute of Advance Military Studies, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangko [...]	2006-06-29 03:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK3842	NORTH KOREAN REFUGEE DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) UNHCR Regional Representative Hasim Utkan told Refcoord on June 28 that the head of the Thai National Security Council, General Winai Phattiyakul, had told him the previous day that Thai intelligence was reporting that UNHCR was involved in the trafficking of North Koreans to Thailand. Ut [...]	2006-06-29 07:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM KN KS TH
06BANGKOK3883	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THE ARMY TAKES THE LEAD [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Thaksin has charged Royal Thai Army (RTA) commander General Sonthi Boonyaratglin with overall command of the security situation in the restive South, formally returning the Army to preeminence in that region. Many observers have hailed the appointment of Sonthi--h [...]	2006-06-30 09:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM TH
06BANGKOK3898	REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR DR. SALAI TUN THAN [...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 9. 2. (C) Per guidance in Reftel, Post is referring Burmese citizen, Dr. Salai Tun Than, for resettlement to the United States through the Department's Refugee Resettlement Program. Biographical information follows: Name: Salai Tun Than D/POB: [...]	2006-07-03 05:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM TH BM
06BANGKOK3913	RTG LOOKS FOR ALTERNATIVE TO BURMA UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (S/NOFORN) On July 3, Poloff spoke by telephone with Minister-Counselor Kallayana Vipattipumiprates of MFA's East Asia Affairs Department regarding the RTG's position on the proposed UN Security Council Resolution on Burma. Kallayana stated that the RTG is working with ASEAN member states "and [...]	2006-07-03 10:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL TH BM
06BANGKOK3916	WHAT'S THAKSIN UP TO? [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Thaksin asserted himself aggressively in the past week, suing the Democrat Party for over usdols 25 million, and alleging that an unnamed "person with charisma" was trying to use undemocratic means to gain power. He has refused to name the person, but it is widely recognized a [...]	2006-07-03 13:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK3948	KAREN NATIONAL UNION AND KAREN NATIONAL LIBERATION [...] (U) This message responds to reftel request for information about Karen National Union (KNU) and Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) activities in refugee camps along the Thai-Burma border. 2. (C) Detailed, concrete information about KNU and KNLA activities in the seven camps where Karen [...]	2006-07-05 08:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL TH
06BANGKOK3955	VITAL VOICES CONFERENCE ON TRAFFICKING IN [...] Summary. The Vital Voices Conference, entitled Civil Society and Government Collaboration to Combat Trafficking in Persons in the Greater Mekong Sub- Region, was held in Bangkok from May 22-24. The conference promoted greater collaboration among NGOs and government agencies on anti-traffickin [...]	2006-07-05 10:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM ELAB PREL SMIG PHUM KJUS EAID TH

06BANGKOK3963	THAKSIN SAYS IT AGAIN, "I'LL TAKE A BREAK" [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Thaksin told a visiting American academic that he would not return as prime minister after the new elections, but he planned to lead his party to victory, and remain an MP and party leader for several more years. He continued his attacks on the 'elite' that were trying to un [...]	2006-07-05 11:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH

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