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09BANGKOK2849 | THAILAND-CAMBODIA SPAT: RTG RECALLS AMBASSADOR TO PROTEST HUN SEN'S NAMING OF THAKSIN AS ADVISER [...] (C) Summary: The Royal Thai Government recalled its Ambassador to Cambodia late November 5 and announced a review of all diplomatic engagement in protest of Cambodian PM Hun Sen's naming of fugitive Thai ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra as an economic adviser. The decision, which led to a dramatic spike in [...] | 2009-11-06 10:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2851 | THAI FM KASIT AND DAS MARCIEL REVIEW BURMA AND [...] (C) Summary. During a November 5 meeting with Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel reviewed objectives for U.S. Burma policy as well as developments from the November 3-4 visit to Burma led by EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell. DAS Marciel and FM Kas [...] | 2009-11-06 11:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PREF MASS TH BM |
09BANGKOK2855 | THAILAND: COLOR ME GREEN - YELLOW-SHIRTS ENTER THE [...] (C) The New Politics party (NPP),led by media tycoon Sondhi Limthongkul, is the newest entry into Thailand's political sweepstakes. Built on the yellow-shirt People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD),whose leaders comprise the NPP leadership, the NPP aspires to channel the energy and nationali [...] | 2009-11-09 03:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK2860 | Thai Government Affirms Importance of Peace Corps and Seeks [...] Summary: Prime Minister Abhisit, Thai Princess Sirindhorn, and the Director of Thailand International Development Cooperation Agency (TICA) all affirmed on November 5 that the Peace Corps Thailand program remains an anchor of the enduring Thai-U.S. bilateral partnership. Accompanied by Ambass [...] | 2009-11-09 07:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON TH |
09BANGKOK2867 | THAI-CAMBODIAN SPAT: THAKSIN REPORTEDLY TO VISIT [...] (C) Summary: In a move certain to inflame bilateral tensions, fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly will visit Phnom Penh November 12 to address the Cambodia Ministry of Economy and Finance. The Thai government has repeatedly stated that it will ask Cambodia to extradit [...] | 2009-11-09 10:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB |
09BANGKOK2868 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor met with officials from Thai Customs and the Ministry of Commerce to discuss proposed activities for FY10. Advisor also transferred remaining radiation pagers to Customs. Hanoi Program Assistant coordinated FY10 proposals for Vietnam. The U.S. Coast Guard conducted WMD Boarding O [...] | 2009-11-09 10:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB SN JP |
09BANGKOK2874 | THAILAND CONFIRMS NO MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN [...] (SBU) Poloff engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Latin America Division official Trit Kiriratnikom November 11 regarding updated information on the Thai-Cuban relationship. Trit explained that there had been no major developments in the Thai-Cuban relationship in the past six months, s [...] | 2009-11-10 09:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU TH |
09BANGKOK2887 | THAI-CAMBODIAN SPAT: EXTRADITION REQUEST REJECTED, [...] (C) Summary: Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reportedly criticized the current Abhisit administration for encouraging false patriotism during a November 12 address in Phnom Penh to Cambodian business leaders and government officials in his role economic advisor to Hun Se [...] | 2009-11-12 10:39:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB |
09BANGKOK2902 | THAILAND: REDS AND YELLOWS SET TO CONGREGATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The upcoming weekend will see red and yellow political rallies, though on different days and different parts of the country. On Saturday, November 14, the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD),aka "red-shirts," will hold a fundraising concert in Khao Yai National [...] | 2009-11-13 11:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2903 | THAILAND: UPPER NORTHEAST - THIS IS THAKSIN COUNTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra remains very popular in Thailand's upper northeastern provinces, a recent traverse of three provinces along the Mekong River revealed. Contacts consistently asserted that the majority of eligible voters still support Puea Thai a [...] | 2009-11-13 12:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2905 | THAILAND: FIREWORKS AT FIRST YELLOW-SHIRT RALLY IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The People's Alliance for Democracy,s (PAD) first yellow-shirt rally in almost a year attracted approximately 20,000 well-behaved supporters in Bangkok late November 15 to the old PAD themes of defending the monarchy against fugitive former PM Thaksin and denouncing the actions of [...] | 2009-11-16 09:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK291 | STAFFDEL LUSE, THAI OFFICIALS DISCUSS HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: In a December 12 discussion with Professional Staff Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Keith Luse, who was in Thailand to explore alleged trafficking issues, Thai forensic science expert Porntip Rojanasunan claimed that ten thousand unidentified bodies turn up in Tha [...] | 2009-02-04 04:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KTIP PREL PHUM PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2916 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the Unit and the Commander listed below, who has been selected to attend [...] | 2009-11-17 10:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK2917 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the 2 individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the bel [...] | 2009-11-17 10:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK2929 | THAILAND: NO CHANGE IN APPROACH TO [...] (C) DCM and PolCouns engaged Acting PermSec Chitriya Pimthong, the highest ranking MFA official in country November 18, on U.S. priorities for upcoming country human rights resolutions on Iran, Burma, and North Korea (ref A; Thai positions previously reported in Ref B). Referencing Thai FM Ka [...] | 2009-11-18 09:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2930 | THAILAND: ON MIDDLE EAST UNGA RESOLUTIONS, THREE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-18 10:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA TH |
09BANGKOK2931 | THAI DOMESTIC POLITICAL ROUNDUP: ABHISIT GOVT HAS [...] (C) Following a politically disastrous fortnight for former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his Puea Thai political party (REF B),current Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is riding a wave of newfound popularity and enjoying the fruits of Thaksin's missteps. However, Abhisit recognizes [...] | 2009-11-18 10:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK2955 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: A VIOLENT WEEK, EVEN BY [...] (U) Summary: It has been an active week on the southern Thai front. On November 16 and 17, there were two separate school bus shootings in Pattani. On November 17, a prolonged standoff and gunfight took place between government security forces and insurgents, ending in the death of six insurg [...] | 2009-11-19 09:54:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK2962 | THAILAND: AMBASSADOR AND FM KASIT DISCUSS U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya called Ambassador to the Foreign Ministry on short notice late November 19, primarily to discuss Cambodia and Thaksin. Kasit began the meeting expressing "profound thanks" for the President and Secretary's effective re-engagement in Asia this y [...] | 2009-11-20 10:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK2963 | ASEAN WILDLIFE NETWORK SCORES WITH AFRICAN IVORY BUST [...] (U) Summary: In an important step forward against wildlife trafficking, the Royal Thai Police arrested two ivory traffickers on November 16 in Bangkok. The arrests came after a year-long joint investigation involving U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Royal Thai Police and the USG-supported A [...] | 2009-11-20 10:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID TH |
09BANGKOK2967 | THAILAND: CIRCLES OF INFLUENCE INSIDE THE [...] (S) Introduction and Comment: With King Bhumibol significantly weakened by a variety of ailments that have kept him hospitalized for two months (refs A-B),realization that the end of his 62-year reign may be drawing near has heightened speculation and rumors about what might come next for the [...] | 2009-11-23 05:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL TH |
09BANGKOK2969 | MODERNIZING THAI CUSTOMS ONE STEP AT A TIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The newly appointed Director General of the Thai Customs Department, Dr. Somchai Sujjapongse, explained to us on November 11 that the government would modernize and reform Customs in three phases. The first would be a limited package to modify the penalty structure and would also [...] | 2009-11-23 10:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PREL TH |
09BANGKOK2975 | GTIP Grant Monitoring: Asian Research Center for Migration [...] (SBU) Summary: The Asian Research Center for Migration (AR CM) is proceeding with the study of labor brokerage firms that send Thai citizens to work abroad. While its research plan has altered significantly, including travel to alternate destinations with an increased number of staff, project [...] | 2009-11-24 03:35:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB TH |
09BANGKOK2984 | FOCUSED ON SPECIAL 301: ALONGKORN PROMOTES THAILAND'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting on November 9, Deputy Commerce Minister Alongkorn Ponlaboot and new Director General of Intellectual Property Pajchima Tanasanti emphasized to emboffs, visiting USTR official Rachel Bae and State Department IP official JoEllen Urban that the Abhisit Administration re [...] | 2009-11-24 09:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PREL TH |
09BANGKOK2985 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON LICENSES [...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Raja Firearms Partnership, Ltd. was listed. Registration No. 0103508008460 Registered Date: October 12, 1965 Status: Limited Partnership Capital Registration: 5,000,000 baht Partners: Vijay Sachdev, with an investment of 2,200,000 baht and Ku [...] | 2009-11-24 10:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
09BANGKOK2986 | BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Bona fides of Mata Firearms: Registration No.: 0103518007989 Registration Date: May 26, 1975 Status: Limited partnership Capital Registration: 350,000 baht Partners: Aporn Muanthae, with an investment of 40,000 baht; Sanit Dejchaiyan, with an investment of 10,000 baht; Warachot Muanthae, [...] | 2009-11-24 10:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
09BANGKOK2987 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF SUWIT [...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, International Electronics & Defence Co., Ltd. was listed as follows: Registration No. 0105522008368 Registered Date: April 25, 1979 Status: Limited Partnership Capital Registration: 2,000,000 baht Partners: Suwit Khandhawit and Rojana Khandha [...] | 2009-11-24 10:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
09BANGKOK2990 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF WITHAN [...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Siam Aviation Co., Ltd. was listed as follows: Registration No. 0105515008722 Registered Date: December 6, 1972 Status: Limited Partnership Capital Registration: 4,000,000 baht Partners: Withan Makarabhirom, Wara Makarabhirom, Worathan Makara [...] | 2009-11-24 10:41:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
09BANGKOK3003 | AMBASSADOR ENGAGES THAKSIN,S SISTER AND ADVISER ON [...] (C) On November 23, the Ambassador met with fugitive former PM Thaksin's sister Yingluck Shinawatra and former Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama, key unofficial figures within the opposition Puea Thai party leadership. The Ambassador underscored U.S. concerns about the potential for unrest du [...] | 2009-11-25 07:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK3006 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL NORTH AND [...] (C) General North and Brigadier General Crowe, Embassy Bangkok welcomes your visit to Thailand during the celebration of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 82nd birthday. Your visit signals the United States' appreciation for the long-standing bilateral relationship, which has facilitated shared bene [...] | 2009-11-25 09:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK3007 | Thai Economy Continues to Improve [...] Summary: Third quarter economic data shows continuing improvement in the Thai economy. Gross domestic product (GDP) rose 1.3 percent from the second quarter. Nevertheless, GDP was still down 2.8 percent compared to the third quarter of 2008. Improvements were attributed to the government's [...] | 2009-11-25 09:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV ELAB TH |
09BANGKOK3009 | THAILAND: THAKSIN PULLS THE PLUG ON NEXT BIG RED [...] (SBU) Summary: Fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra used separate November 24 phone-ins to urge leaders of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD),aka the "red-shirts," and the opposition Puea Thai party to stand down from a planned multi-day rally scheduled to [...] | 2009-11-25 10:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK3010 | Thai Civilian Nuclear Energy Program: Renewed Focus and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In spite of anticipated community protests, Thailand appears committed to developing its civilian nuclear energy and research programs. The Royal Thai Government's (RTG) Office of Atoms for Peace (OAP) hosted the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) earlier this month to di [...] | 2009-11-25 10:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IAEA TRGY ENRG TH |
09BANGKOK3013 | THAILAND: PRESSING FOR DIALOGUE IN BURMA [...] (C) EAP DAS Marciel briefed Thai FM Kasit and the Bangkok-based Burma watcher crowd of host government officials, diplomats, journalists, and activists November 5 immediately after the November 3-4 visit of EAP A/S Campbell and Marciel to Burma; his messages included the need for Thailand and [...] | 2009-11-27 06:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH BM |
09BANGKOK3015 | THAILAND: ABHISIT CANCELS CHIANG MAI TRIP IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Bowing to concerns about his security in the wake of local red-shirt threats to "cremate" him (ref A),Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on November 26 announced that he would not travel to the northern city of Chiang Mai as previously planned for a November 29 meeting with business [...] | 2009-11-27 07:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK3016 | CONVICTION IN ANOMA SHRIMP FACTORY LABOR TRAFFICKING CASE [...] (SBU) On November 26, a Thai criminal court convicted and sentenced the two defendants in the forced labor-related human trafficking (TIP) case involving the "Anoma" shrimp-peeling factory. According to the case prosecutor with whom we spoke November 27, the judge sentenced one offender to fi [...] | 2009-11-27 08:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM KTIP TH |
09BANGKOK3018 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES THAKSIN AND LAO HMONG WITH [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban on November 27 to discuss the latest political developments in Thailand. The Ambassador outlined for Suthep USG outreach efforts with Thaksin's inner circle and core "red-shirt" leaders in recent weeks (REF B),noting that we [...] | 2009-11-30 03:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PREF SMIG TH |
09BANGKOK3020 | THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: DEA, JIATF/WEST LEATHER [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment. 2. (U) DEA/JIATF West Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-mentio [...] | 2009-11-30 08:39:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK3025 | THAILAND: KING'S FRAIL HEALTH FORCES HIM TO OPT [...] (C) On November 30, the Office of His Majesty's Principal Private Secretary (PPS) announced that King Bhumibol Adulyadej would not participate in any of the public events scheduled around his December 5 birthday, Thailand's National Day. Though the King has been hospitalized since mid-Septem [...] | 2009-11-30 10:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK3033 | CTI Ministerial Consensus Reached to Locate Regional [...] SUMMARY: At the 2nd Ministerial Meeting held in Gizo, Solomon Islands on November 19, 2009, Ministers from the six countries of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF) unanimously agreed to locate the Permanent Regional Secretariat in Indonesia. Other [...] | 2009-12-01 09:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID AORC EFIS KGHG IN TH |
09BANGKOK3034 | ASEAN WORKS TOWARD COMMON CLIMATE CHANGE POSITION IN [...] SUMMARY: As chair of ASEAN Climate Change Working Group, Thailand's Environment minister hosted a ministerial on November 29 that brought ASEAN closer to a common negotiating position for the UNFCC Conference of Parties in Copenhagen. Thailand is circulating an ASEAN position paper with reques [...] | 2009-12-01 11:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG KGCC KGHG SENV TH |
09BANGKOK3044 | LAO HMONG: AMBASSADOR PUSHES THAI FM ON NO FORCED [...] (C) The Ambassador, in a meeting with Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya the evening of December 1 at the Foreign Ministry, stressed that the Thai government should not forcibly repatriate Lao Hmong at Phetchabun and Nong Khai, per Ref A. Recalling Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's assurances to [...] | 2009-12-02 09:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM SMIG TH LA |
09BANGKOK3045 | THAILAND: AMBASSADOR PREVIEWS THE PRESIDENT'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-02 09:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF PK TH |
09BANGKOK3046 | Thai Beef Up Implementation of Anti-Human Trafficking Law [...] (SBU) Summary: Thai Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS) officials detailed for Emboffs on November 20 continuing efforts by the Royal Thai Government (RTG) to combat human trafficking (TIP). Officials described various prevention and victim protection activities, includi [...] | 2009-12-02 10:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB TH |
09BANGKOK3063 | THAILAND TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF UN DEFAMATION OF [...] (SBU) We conveyed reftel Defamation of Religions points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Department of International Organizations official Chonvipat Changtrakul December 3, urging Thailand to reverse its initial vote in favor once the resolution reached the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) R [...] | 2009-12-03 10:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UN PHUM UNGA PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK3066 | RUSSIA LOOKS TO REINVIGORATE BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Thai-Russia bilateral relationship blossomed earlier this decade after years of stagnation during the Cold War but has had little forward momentum since then, despite a November 27 visit to Bangkok by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sobyanin and Thai pledges that the Prime Minister a [...] | 2009-12-04 08:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV RU TH |
09BANGKOK3067 | THAILAND: RED-SHIRTS SET THEIR SIGHTS ON DECEMBER [...] (C) Just one-week after abruptly cancelling their promised November 28-December 1 "showdown" rally out of alleged deference to the King's birthday celebration (REF A),the anti-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD),aka the "red-shirts," announced that they would hol [...] | 2009-12-04 08:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK3068 | Court Decides Shut-Down of Map Ta Phut Industrial Projects [...] (SBU) Summary: The Supreme Administrative Court of Thailand ruled on December 2 to maintain a suspension order for 65 new or expansion projects in Thailand's largest and premier Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate. Only 11 of the 76 projects suspended in the September 29 decision by a lower court ar [...] | 2009-12-04 08:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ELAB SENV TH |
09BANGKOK3071 | Labor Group Presses for Ratification of ILO Conventions [...] (SBU) On November 20 Econoffs met with Manas Kosul, the head of the Confederation of Thai Labor (CTL),at the organization's headquarters in Samut Prakarn, approximately 45 minutes outside of Bangkok. The CTL is one of Thailand's twelve national labor congresses with approximately 70,000 membe [...] | 2009-12-04 09:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON TH |
09BANGKOK3072 | FIRE IN THE KITCHEN: COOK STOVES, HEALTH AND GLOBAL [...] SUMMARY: The US/ASEAN Next Generation Cook Stove Workshop was held at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok November 16-20. Old cook stoves are a source of considerable indoor pollution and accompanying health problems in the developing world, and the new technologies showcased may offe [...] | 2009-12-04 09:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EAGR KGHG KGCC SENV ASEAN SOCI TH |
09BANGKOK3074 | LAO HMONG: DCM STRESSES USG POSITION ON HMONG, [...] (C) Summary: The DCM, in a December 4 meeting with Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters (RTARF) Director of Border Affairs Lieutenant General Nipat Thonglek, emphasized USG concern regarding plans to accelerate the return to Laos of the Hmong at Phetchabun and Nong Khai. In particular, the DC [...] | 2009-12-04 09:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM SMIG TH LA |
09BANGKOK3075 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor presented a briefing on the EXBS Program to Thai, Philippines and Indonesian officials during DTRA's WMD Interdiction Workshop at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA),Bangkok, Nov. 2-6. Advisor visited DEA's Airport Interdiction Program facility in Chiang Mai, Thailan [...] | 2009-12-04 10:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB JP |
09BANGKOK3104 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: INSURGENTS WELCOME MALAYSIAN PM [...] (U) Summary: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Rajak's joint visit with Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to southern Thailand on December 9, ostensibly to promote Malaysia's support for peaceful resolution to the unrest in the border provinces, was marred by multiple insurgent attacks elsewhe [...] | 2009-12-09 08:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH MY |
09BANGKOK311 | THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES PM ABHISIT, FM KASIT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador engaged PM Abhisit Vejajjiva during a February 3 AMCHAM dinner and FM Kasit during a February 4 office call on the Thai response to Rohingya boat people from Burma and Bangladesh. Abhisit reiterated that his government, once made aware of the issue, insisted that all T [...] | 2009-02-05 08:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF TH |
09BANGKOK3110 | THAILAND: KING'S BIRTHDAY AUDIENCE DECEMBER 5 - [...] (C) Summary and Comment: 82 year-old Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej held court in his throne hall at the Grand Palace on his birthday December 5, in what was seen by many Thai as a possible last public hurrah. Leaning heavily on his right side, the King offered brief remarks to several hundred [...] | 2009-12-09 08:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH PINR |
09BANGKOK3113 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the two individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the b [...] | 2009-12-11 05:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK3115 | THAILAND: RED CONSTITUTION DAY RALLY PEACEFUL [...] (U) Summary: The United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD, or "red-shirts") rallied at the Democracy Monument in downtown Bangkok December 10 to mark Thailand's Constitution Day holiday. The gathering, which at its peak included over 20,000 people, was peaceful and largely free fr [...] | 2009-12-11 08:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK3116 | DARFUR PEACEKEEPING: THAI TO DEPLOY, BUT REQUEST [...] (SBU) Recent meetings with the Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters' (RTARF) Peace Operations Center have confirmed that Thailand plans to deploy an infantry battalion to Darfur in March 2010 to join UNAMID peacekeeping forces, with a possible extended deployment of three-four years. The Thai [...] | 2009-12-11 09:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO MARR MOPS TH SU |
09BANGKOK3117 | LOWER MEKONG NATIONS ENGAGE CHINA, TACKLE HYDROPOWER [...] (U) Summary: The Mekong River Commission (MRC) continues to mature as engagement with China expands. Member states Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam met at the MRC's 16th Council that included a meeting with the MRC Donor Consultative Group in Thailand November 26-28. Donors announced $66 [...] | 2009-12-11 10:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ENRG EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK3129 | THAILAND: THAI AUTHORITIES SEIZE PLANE WITH NORTH [...] (C) Summary: Thai Immigration and Customs Police seized a cargo plane carrying 35 tons of weapons from North Korea at a Bangkok airport late on December 11. Thai officials leaked information about the action to the Thai media late December 12, crediting the U.S. for providing information leadi [...] | 2009-12-14 08:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | ETTC KOMC MARR PINR PREL TH KN |
09BANGKOK313 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the Commander and Battalion listed below, who has been selected to partic [...] | 2009-02-05 10:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK314 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, who has been selected to participate in the abo [...] | 2009-02-05 10:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK3145 | THAILAND: A KEY, IF SOMETIMES RELUCTANT, PARTNER [...] (C) Introduction: Thailand is one of our closest partners on refugee affairs, having hosted perhaps the largest number of long-term refugees in the world over the past four decades. Over the past thirty-five years, some half-million refugees have moved through Thailand to resettle in third countrie [...] | 2009-12-15 09:41:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM TH BM |
09BANGKOK3147 | CENTRAL THAILAND: CHART THAI PATTANA PARTY NO [...] (C) As the breadbasket of Thailand and gateway to the north, the central Thai heartland has long played an integral role in shaping Thailand's political and economic destiny. That remains the case to this day. With large swaths of the North and Northeast dominated by the opposition Puea Thai [...] | 2009-12-15 11:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK3164 | THAILAND TACKLES POLICE CORRUPTION AND BRUTALITY [...] (SBU) In a major victory for police reform efforts and accountability in Thailand, a Bangkok district court found eight members of the 41st Border Patrol Police (BPP) unit guilty on charges of assault, illegal detention and extortion. The unprecedented December 8 district court ruling followe [...] | 2009-12-16 09:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM DRL TH |
09BANGKOK3166 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...] | 2009-12-16 09:39:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK3171 | THAILAND: HDC-FACILITATED DIALOGUE WITH SOUTHERN [...] (S) Summary: At the same time the Thai government hosted the visit of Malaysian PM Najib to southern Thailand December 9 (ref A),in what is generally seen as a positive step forward in both countries, southern separatist insurgents leaders based in Malaysia and involved in unpublicized secret [...] | 2009-12-16 10:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK3174 | AMBASSADOR FOR GLOBAL WOMEN'S ISSUES MELANNE [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer's December 4-7 visit to Thailand energized RTG and NGO interlocutors on women's issues and highlighted the invaluable role USG initiatives play in promoting women's empowerment in Thailand. During the first leg of her trip in t [...] | 2009-12-17 03:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KWMN KPAO TH |
09BANGKOK3177 | THAILAND: OFFICIAL RESPONSE TO PROPOSED CHILD LABOR LISTS [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently provided a copy of Thailand's official comments in response to the Department of Labor's request for public comments on the List of Products Requiring Federal Contractor Certification as to Forced/Indentured Child Labor Pursuant to Executive Order 13126. [...] | 2009-12-17 08:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD PREL KTIP TH |
09BANGKOK3179 | SCENESETTER: A/S SCHWARTZ VISIT TO THAILAND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-17 08:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM TH LA |
09BANGKOK3188 | THAI-CAMBODIAN SPAT: THAKSIN RETURNS TO CAMBODIA [...] (C) Summary: Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra December 13 returned to Phnom Penh to take credit for the by-all-accounts orchestrated release of Siwarak Chutipong, a Thai engineer who had been imprisoned for reportedly sharing flight details for Thaksin's November visit to Cambodia [...] | 2009-12-17 09:54:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB |
09BANGKOK3196 | SCENESETTER: A/S SCHWARTZ VISIT TO THAILAND [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary Schwartz: Embassy Bangkok warmly welcomes you to Thailand and looks forward to working with you on the objectives you have outlined. Though it is the long-standing issue of the Lao Hmong refugee community that brings you here, the U.S. has many refugee and migrant-re [...] | 2009-12-18 09:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM TH LA |
09BANGKOK322 | Coral Triangle States Advance Commitment to Marine [...] SUMMARY: Officials from the six nations of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI) made steady progress towards a comprehensive coastal and marine management framework at the fourth meeting of the CTI Coordination Committee in Manado, Indonesia from Janua [...] | 2009-02-06 09:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID AORC EFIS KGHG IN TH |
09BANGKOK3223 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor attended a Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) Export Control Experts Meeting in Hanoi, Dec. 8-10. Thai officials impounded an aircraft carrying 35 tons of weapons from North Korea on Dec. 11. Thai officials attended International Border Interdiction Train [...] | 2009-12-22 09:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL CB TH VN |
09BANGKOK3234 | THAI PUBLIC OPINION SWINGS IN FAVOR OF DPRK [...] (C) Public commentary regarding the Thai government's December 11 seizure of a cargo plane carrying 35 tons of weapons from North Korea at a Bangkok airport has turned markedly positive after some initial media coverage and statements from the political opposition that questioned the interdict [...] | 2009-12-23 07:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PREL TH KN |
09BANGKOK324 | THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: JOINT BORDER [...] (C) Summary. The Thai and Cambodian Joint Border Commission met February 3-4 in Bangkok for friendly talks but was unable to make substantive progress in resolving their border dispute. The two sides could not agree on the official name for the temple at the heart of the border dispute and fo [...] | 2009-02-06 10:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB |
09BANGKOK3248 | THAILAND FORCIBLY RETURN PETCHABUN HMONG TO LAOS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Thai government December 28 began forcibly returning Lao Hmong at Petchabun back to Laos in an operation anticipated to result in the return of all 4,351 Hmong from the Huay Nam Khao camp by the end of the day. There were no public or NGO reports of significant resistance or [...] | 2009-12-28 10:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG TH LA |
09BANGKOK325 | THAILAND: LESE MAJESTE ARRESTS AND ACTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) Legal action in the courts and against websites on grounds of lese majeste, or offense to the monarchy, have seemingly increased under the new Democrat-led coalition government, with both the Justice Minister and the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Minister having stated pub [...] | 2009-02-06 10:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK3256 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON LICENSES [...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Itthiporn Import Company, Ltd. was listed as follows: Registration No. 0105528040905 Registered Date: November 25, 1985 Status: Limited Partnership Capital Registration: 100,000,000 baht Partners: Chirachai Techa-itthiporn, Saman Techa-itthipo [...] | 2009-12-29 06:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
09BANGKOK3272 | AMERICAN IPR OWNERS DISCUSS CONCERNS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Earlier this month, the Ambassador met with a group of key American intellectual property rights owners to discuss their take on the current intellectual property milieu in Thailand. The Ambassador emphasized that, with high-level Thai government interest in intellectual property [...] | 2009-12-30 10:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PREL TH |
09BANGKOK3283 | 2009: A TOUGH YEAR FOR THE THAI ECONOMY AND RECOVERY MAY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-31 04:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV KIPR PREL TH |
09BANGKOK345 | THAILAND SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL KEATING [...] (C) Admiral Keating: we look forward to welcoming you to Thailand. Your visit, particularly the planned meeting with PM Abhisit Vejjajiva on February 17, will afford the opportunity to highlight the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as new governments settle in in both [...] | 2009-02-10 07:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK363 | THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES FORMER PM CHUAN ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Polcouns called on former PM Chuan Leekpai, senior statesman of the ruling Democrat Party, on February 10 to discuss the current political situation in Thailand, prospects for progress in the unsettled south, the overly broad application of lese majeste laws, and th [...] | 2009-02-12 07:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN TH |
09BANGKOK364 | HOPING FOR JUSTICE: FOLLOWING UP ON CASES [...] (C) There has been some movement in three of the four "cold cases" highlighted by PM Abhisit in January as priorities for resolution to restore a sense of accountability: the 2004 disappearance of Muslim lawyer Somchai; the 2003 murder of a witness in a possible tax evasion case by former PM T [...] | 2009-02-12 07:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK370 | THAI CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE U.S. TRADE [...] (SBU) Commerce Minister Porntiva Nakasai told the Ambassador on February 11 that Thailand is concerned about the potential for trade protectionism represented by "Buy American" provisions in the proposed stimulus bill. In a "Meet the Minister" meeting organized by the Embassy to provide an op [...] | 2009-02-13 06:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KPAO TH |
09BANGKOK377 | THAILAND STILL NOT READY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (SBU) We engaged Pachuen Phornmongkol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of Central and Eastern Europe, on reftel's request for recognition of Kosovo February 12. Pachuen explained that Thailand was not yet prepared to move forward. The RTG had two main concerns: Thailand felt it w [...] | 2009-02-13 06:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK379 | NEW THAI GOVERNMENT MAKES RIGHT MOVES ON IPR PROTECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Abhisit Vejajjiva has instructed his Cabinet to do whatever it takes to improve Thailand's intellectual property rights (IPR) record and to do so immediately. The last few weeks have been filled with high level government meetings, involving the Prime Minister hims [...] | 2009-02-13 07:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK380 | DEMARCHE ON CARTAGENA PROTOCOL (Thailand) [...] (U) Summary: FAS Counselor delivered Reftel demarche to the Royal Thai Government's (RTG) action agency, the Ministry of Natural Resources, on February 12. Thailand is not likely to have a policy position by the Mexico City meeting and will not send a representative. FAS and State continue [...] | 2009-02-13 07:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO TH |
09BANGKOK384 | Additional Thai Government Measures to Stimulate the [...] (SBU) Summary: The Thai government has approved additional measures to stimulate economic growth in the face of the mounting global economic crisis. They focus on off-shore borrowing to finance job-creating projects and guarantee business lending (USD 2 billion),and a stand-by credit facilit [...] | 2009-02-13 09:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH |
09BANGKOK385 | AMBASSADOR ENGAGES PM ABHISIT AND DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (S) Summary. During a February 12 meeting, the Ambassador raised with Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva the ongoing extradition case concerning Russian international arms trafficker Viktor Bout and serious concerns that Bout's associates had been able to influence testimony given by [xxxxxxxxxx]. Ab [...] | 2009-02-13 10:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PTER KCRM TH |
09BANGKOK386 | BANGKOK CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ASEAN RELATED [...] (SBU) Political Officer Eric Lund is Embassy Bangkok,s point of contact for ASEAN related issues. Lund,s office phone number is (66) 2 205-4708; his fax number is (66) 2 253-3876; his unclassified e-mail is LundET@state.gov. JOHN [...] | 2009-02-13 10:57:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECIN ASEAN TH |
09BANGKOK392 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the above-mentio [...] | 2009-02-17 07:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK394 | THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EAP A/S CHRISTOPHER [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EAP A/S Hill and Special Assistant Kim for their February 22-24 visit. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at: -- Grand Hyatt Erawan, 494 Rajadamri Road, confirmation number is 22935280. Tel: (66-2) 254-1234 Fax: (66-2) 254-6308 [...] | 2009-02-17 09:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT PREL TH |
09BANGKOK395 | THAILAND: FM KASIT COMMENTS ON REGIONAL APPROACHES [...] (SBU) Thai FM Kasit Piromya addressed Thai thoughts on regional approaches to the Rohingya challenge February 13 in comments to the Harvard Club of Thailand. Referencing his early February meeting in Geneva with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Kasit reiterated RTG intent to work with t [...] | 2009-02-17 10:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF TH |
09BANGKOK396 | THAI SECURITY FORCES RAID OFFICE OF OUTSPOKEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Military and police officers raided and searched the Pattani office of the Working Group on Justice for Peace (WGJP),a Thai NGO that advocates for the human rights of Malay Muslims in southern Thailand and is harshly critical of security force efforts to combat the insurgency i [...] | 2009-02-17 10:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK418 | THAILAND CLIMATE CHANGE EFFORTS FOCUS ON ADAPTATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Although not a major emitter of greenhouse gases, Thailand has a strong policy on both mitigating and adapting to climate change. The Royal Thai Government (RTG) and donor experts foresee possible severe effects from increased flooding, drought and rising sea levels which could t [...] | 2009-02-18 11:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR ECON ETRD TH |
09BANGKOK433 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...] | 2009-02-20 03:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK434 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...] | 2009-02-20 03:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK435 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the above-mentioned [...] | 2009-02-20 03:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK443 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the Commanders and the Units below, who have been selected to attend the [...] | 2009-02-20 10:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK445 | THAILAND MFA'S COMMENTS ON DURBAN REVIEW [...] (SBU) We engaged Ittiporn Boonpracong, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director-General for the Department of International Organizations, February 20 regarding the Durban Review Conference Working Group Session, renewed U.S. participation, and issues of concern (reftel). Ittiporn stated t [...] | 2009-02-20 10:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM UNHRC TH |
09BANGKOK454 | ASEAN SEC-GEN SURIN DISCUSSES ASEAN, BURMA, [...] (C) Summary. ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan engaged U.S. officials from Embassies Rangoon and Bangkok, as well as EAP/MLS, in Bangkok February 9 on ASEAN, engagement in Burma, the Rohingya, and efforts to resolve the situation in Thailand's deep south. Surin stated optimistically that [...] | 2009-02-23 08:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK456 | THAILAND: TRANSMITTAL OF NMFS LETTER ABOUT [...] Per reftel request, we forwarded a copy of the letter from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Acting Assistant Administrator James Balsiger regarding swordfish exports to the United States to Dr. Somying Piumsomboon, Director-General of Thailand's Department of Fisheries. The origin [...] | 2009-02-23 09:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS SENV TH |
09BANGKOK457 | THAILAND'S GDP FALLS 4.3 PERCENT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, THE [...] (U) Thailand's National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) issued a press release February 23 providing Thailand's official GDP statistics for the fourth quarter of 2008: negative 4.3 percent compared with the fourth quarter of 2007. This dismal performance dragged the overall grow [...] | 2009-02-23 09:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH |
09BANGKOK458 | THAI POLITICAL ROUNDUP: DEMONSTRATION, [...] (SBU) Anti-government "redshirt" protesters plan a large rally at Government House on February 24. Opposition legislators unsuccessfully floated the idea of a "national reconciliation" bill that would provide amnesty to disenfranchised politicians. Opposition figures continue to file complai [...] | 2009-02-23 10:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK464 | Embassy Nomination for FSN Economic Training (PE220): [...] In response to reftel, Post would like nominate Cheanchom Thongjen for the FSN Economic Training Course (PE220) scheduled for April 6 - 17, 2009. We strongly believe Ms. Thongjen would benefit greatly from the course in question, which would also be enhanced through her participation. A. [...] | 2009-02-24 07:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | AFSI ECON AMGT AFSN ETRD TH |
09BANGKOK469 | THAI MFA UNDERSTANDS IMPORTANCE OF ARF VDR, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 10:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK48 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Commanders and Units listed below, which have been selected to participat [...] | 2009-01-08 05:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK486 | THAI PROTEST UPDATE: REDSHIRTS RALLY AT GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) As many as 10,000 anti-government protesters loyal to former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, also known as "Redshirts", continued to protest at Government House on February 25. The Redshirts began their protest on February 24, when a group of 10,000 to 15,000 marched to the Governmen [...] | 2009-02-25 10:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK495 | THAI FARMERS: TRYING TO STAND OUT IN A SEA OF RED [...] (SBU) Around 5,000 Thai farmers gathered in front of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Land Reform Office in central Bangkok on February 24 in an effort to place the concerns of farmers on the national agenda. The weather-beaten and somewhat somber group contrasted sharply with the more aff [...] | 2009-02-26 11:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV EAGR ELAB TH |
09BANGKOK498 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals below, who have been selected to attend the below-mention [...] | 2009-02-27 05:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK499 | THAILAND: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 08:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TH |
09BANGKOK501 | M/V ANNE E: SLOW THAI PROGRESS ON SHIPMENT RECALL [...] (S) On February 26, we delivered ref A non-paper regarding the shipment of anhydrous hydrogen fluoride (AHF) that was detained in Dubai and continues to be held in UAE custody to MFA Peace, Security and Disarmament Division First Secretary Chatvadee Orrattanachai. During the meeting, we emphas [...] | 2009-02-27 08:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL TH KS |
09BANGKOK504 | CIVIL SOCIETY ASSESSMENT OF POST-NARGIS RELIEF AID [...] (SBU) Taking advantage of the proximity of the ASEAN Summit, civil society groups unveiled the first independent assessment of Cyclone Nargis relief efforts at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT) on February 27 and called for the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) to be [...] | 2009-02-27 11:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK505 | ASEAN SUMMIT SHOWDOWN: SECGEN SURIN CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The runup to the February 27-March 1 ASEAN Summit in Thailand has provided a fascinating window in the evolving nature of the ASEAN community, including efforts by some to give voice to ASEAN civil society and life to the ASEAN Charter, contrasted by efforts by others [...] | 2009-02-27 12:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEAN TH |
09BANGKOK517 | ASEAN SUMMIT MAKES HEADWAY ON FLESHING OUT PROMISE [...] (SBU) Summary: The delayed 14th annual Summit meeting of ASEAN leaders took place February 27 - March 1 between the seaside towns of Cha Am and Hua Hin. The primary focus was promoting the promise the new ASEAN Charter holds for creating a peoples-centered community by 2015 based on three pil [...] | 2009-03-02 11:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ASEAN ECON EFIN TH |
09BANGKOK52 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the above-mentio [...] | 2009-01-08 09:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK520 | THAI MFA PERMSEC RAISES LESE MAJESTE WITH [...] (C) EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary and U.S. Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel engaged Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Virasadki Futrakul February 28 on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Cha-am/Hua Hin regarding U.S.-bilateral relations and ASEAN issues ( [...] | 2009-03-03 03:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK521 | THAI MFA NOTIFIED OF US OBSERVER STATUS AT UN HRC [...] (SBU) Post conveyed reftel A points to First Secretary Namol Yuthavong of the MFA Department of International Organizations (IO) on March 2. Namol told us that she would officially register the change in U.S. position within the MFA, and that she would conduct a further review of our views on [...] | 2009-03-03 04:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL TH |
09BANGKOK522 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...] | 2009-03-03 05:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK523 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals below, who have been selected to attend the courses liste [...] | 2009-03-03 05:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK527 | THAI MFA PERMSEC POSITIVE ABOUT U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) and U.S. Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel discussed a wide range of issues with Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul on the margins of the ASEAN Summit on February 28. Virasakdi touched upon [...] | 2009-03-03 08:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF TH |
09BANGKOK528 | CHINESE ASEAN AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON CLINTON VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Assistant Secretary and U.S. Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel met with Chinese Ambassador to ASEAN Xue Hanqin, discussing a wide range of ASEAN issues February 28. Xue expressed China's positive impression of Secretary of State Clinton,s visit to Jakarta. She al [...] | 2009-03-03 09:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH CH |
09BANGKOK529 | SPECIAL 301 FOR THAILAND: PRIORITY WATCH LIST WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Political turmoil throughout 2008 effectively prevented any significant policy shifts in respect for intellectual property rights (IPR). On the enforcement level, government efforts continued as they have in recent years with thousands of low-level raids and arrests, lackluster [...] | 2009-03-03 10:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR TH |
09BANGKOK534 | THAILAND FOR ASEAN -- INFORMATION IN ADVANCE OF G-20 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) In response to ref A, we believe there are four issues that Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjaviva, speaking on behalf of ASEAN, may raise at the G-20 Summit. (Note: For information regarding how the financial crisis has affected Thailand specifically, and how the Royal Thai Government ( [...] | 2009-03-04 01:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEAN ECON EFIN TH |
09BANGKOK535 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the course listed b [...] | 2009-03-04 01:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK536 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the courses listed [...] | 2009-03-04 01:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK537 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the courses listed [...] | 2009-03-04 01:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK538 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the course listed b [...] | 2009-03-04 01:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK556 | ADMIRAL KEATING'S MEETINGS WITH THAI PM ABHISIT, [...] (C) Summary. In February 17 meetings during the visit of PACOM Commander Admiral Timothy Keating, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Defense Minister Prawit Wongsuwan stressed the importance of the U.S.-Thai military relationship and the Cobra Gold military exercise. PM Abhisit highlighted [...] | 2009-03-04 09:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MCAP PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK561 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the course listed b [...] | 2009-03-05 08:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK562 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the course listed b [...] | 2009-03-05 08:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK567 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES DEPUTY PM SUTHEP ON VIKTOR BOUT [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador on March 4 pressed Thai Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban to ensure retraction or rebuttal of false court testimony in the extradition proceedings of Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, which resume March 6. Suthep said Prime Minister Abhisit had previously [...] | 2009-03-05 10:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PTER PREL PARM PGOV ECON KCRM KJUS TH RU |
09BANGKOK581 | THAI MFA ENCOURAGED BY U.S. MIDDLE EAST POLICY [...] (SBU) We engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of the Middle-East Division Nat Pinyowattanacheep March 6 regarding the review of U.S. policy in Iraq, including the drawdown and transformation of the U.S. force (reftel). Nat replied that the RTG found the U.S. approach encouragi [...] | 2009-03-06 10:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS IZ TH |
09BANGKOK582 | EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM 2009 (Thailand) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-09 00:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL TBIO ECON AMGT APER TH |
09BANGKOK593 | THAI GOVERNMENT SAYS NO TO AUTO AND TOURISM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Cabinet recently rejected proposed "bailouts" of the auto and tourism industries, two of the most visible sectors hardest hit by the economic crisis. Both assistance proposals involved tax or excise cuts, along with other measures. Royal Thai Government officials say that [...] | 2009-03-09 09:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH |
09BANGKOK595 | PROTECTING THE ROHINGYA BOAT PEOPLE [...] (C) Summary and Recommendation: We have repeatedly raised Ref A,s points with Thai officials from the PM down to provincial security personnel, as well as with wider public audiences. Such pressure reversed the temporary maritime push-back policies in place in December and early January. T [...] | 2009-03-09 09:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM TH BM |
09BANGKOK598 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...] | 2009-03-10 04:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK599 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...] | 2009-03-10 04:41:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK610 | THAILAND: LESE MAJESTE DEBATE ENTERS PUBLIC [...] (C) Issues associated with implementation of the lese majeste (offense to the monarchy) provisions of the Thai Criminal Code continue to generate headlines and controversy. The police Crime Suppression Division (CSD) arrested Executive Director Chiranuch Premchaiporn of Prachatai.com, an onli [...] | 2009-03-10 10:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK611 | THAILAND HOSTS USG CUTTING EDGE DISEASE PROGRAMS [...] SUMMARY: With over one-fifth of Mission Bangkok's staff of roughly 2000 working on health issues, the Embassy hosts one of the USG's largest efforts to fight the world's most dangerous diseases: malaria, TB, dengue, HIV/AIDS and avian/pandemic influenza. USAID, HHS/CDC, USDA/APHIS and the Arme [...] | 2009-03-10 12:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO WHO KPAO KFLU KHIV ECON EAID TH |
09BANGKOK612 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor and Program Assistant visited border crossing points in northeast Thailand Feb. 4-12. Advisor discussed plans for an anti-corruption workshop with the Thai National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC). The electrical generator for the Rapiscan van in Hue arrived in Vietnam. The U.S [...] | 2009-03-10 12:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL CB TH VN |
09BANGKOK618 | THAI SOUTHERN UPDATE: GRISLY INCIDENTS, INTRIGUING [...] (S) Events in southern Thailand since January, particularly a recent spate of beheadings, bombings, and shootings, have caused some speculation in the Thai press and among south watchers that the nature of the insurgency may be changing, but we do not believe there have been any fundamental c [...] | 2009-03-11 11:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK632 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...] | 2009-03-12 07:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK635 | THAI OPPOSITION'S IMPEACHMENT COMPLAINT UNLIKELY [...] (SBU) Representatives from the pro-Thaksin Puea Thai opposition party on March 11 submitted to the Senate a complaint requesting Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's impeachment. The complaint condemns the manner in which Abhisit ascended to the premiership, and it associates him with minor inc [...] | 2009-03-12 10:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK636 | FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF DISAPPEARED THAI HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) March 12 is the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of noted human rights lawyer Somchai Neelapaichit, widely presumed to have been kidnapped and murdered by the Thai police in 2004. The Working Group for Justice and Peace (WGJP),headed by Angkhana Neelaphaichit, Somchai's widow, co [...] | 2009-03-12 11:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK638 | ENGAGING THAI OFFICIALS ON LAO HMONG AND BILATERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-13 03:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PREF PINS TH LA |
09BANGKOK640 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals below, who have been selected to attend the below-mention [...] | 2009-03-13 04:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK644 | THAILAND: ADB SAFEGUARD REVIEW DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-13 08:41:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | QA PGOV ETRD ECON EAID TH |
09BANGKOK650 | ENGAGING THAI OFFICIALS ON LAO HMONG AND BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador John and U.S. Ambassador to Laos Ravic Huso met with Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul March 4 on the disposition of Lao Hmong currently in custody in Thailand; Ambassador Huso separately met Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) [...] | 2009-03-16 03:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PREF PINS TH LA |
09BANGKOK652 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...] | 2009-03-16 04:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK658 | THAILAND: CALL ON BANGKOK GOVERNOR SUKHUMBHAND [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Bangkok Governor M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra March 12 and discussed the challenges Sukhumbhand faced resolving lingering corruption cases from past administrations, national politics, and cultural cooperation. Sukhumbhand noted that the Austri [...] | 2009-03-16 09:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD TH |
09BANGKOK660 | THAILAND DOES NOT SUPPORT RUSSIA'S RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) We engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of the European Affairs Department Pachuen Phornmongkol on March 16 and conveyed reftel's points condemning Russia's decision to recognize South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states. Pachuen stated that Thailand has not recently [...] | 2009-03-16 09:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK661 | SPECIAL 301 OUT-OF-CYCLE REVIEW FOR THAILAND [...] (SBU) I believe that a Special 301 out-of-cycle review (OCR) provides the best opportunity to work with the new Thai government to improve IPR protection sufficiently to move Thailand from the Priority Watch List to the Watch List. As noted in ref a, we believe that the annual review due in Ap [...] | 2009-03-16 10:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR TH |
09BANGKOK672 | BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END USE CHECK ON [...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, P. Wang Burapa Firearms, Ltd. was listed: Registration No. 0103511019183 Registered Date: December 11, 1968 Status: Limited Partnership Capital Registration: 210,000 baht Partners: Amporn Kohphet with an investment of 170,000 baht, Phatcharav [...] | 2009-03-17 10:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
09BANGKOK697 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...] | 2009-03-19 08:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK698 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...] | 2009-03-19 08:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK699 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...] | 2009-03-19 08:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK700 | THAI PARLIAMENT BEGINS NO-CONFIDENCE DEBATE [...] (C) Thai legislators on March 19 began a no-confidence debate targeting the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister, the Finance Minister, and two Deputy Ministers. There have been no signs that a significant number of legislators from other parties are willing to join Puea Thai MPs in voting ag [...] | 2009-03-19 09:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK701 | Thai Government and Courts Side with Environmentalists Over [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprise verdict with potentially wide-ranging implications, an Administrative Court in the industrialized province of Rayong ruled March 3 that the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate and its environs should be declared a pollution control area, requiring enforcement of yet-to-b [...] | 2009-03-19 09:39:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ELAB SENV TH |
09BANGKOK707 | PRIME MINISTER ABHISIT ENGAGES WITH AMERICAN BUSINESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva assured a U.S. ASEAN Business Council (USABC) delegation on March 4 that his administration would continue to be "pro-business," even in these difficult economic times. Abhisit also announced the creation of a "one-start shop" within the Prime M [...] | 2009-03-20 04:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD PREL KIPR TH |
09BANGKOK711 | CHANTABURI ARTISANS LAMENT THE LOSS OF THE BURMESE RUBY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tens of thousands of Thai artisans and traders have lost employment in what used to be their premier craft: the cutting and polishing of world-class Burmese rubies. The double whammy of the U.S. JADE Act and the global economic recession has thrown the industry into disarray. [...] | 2009-03-20 07:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN ECON PREL TH |
09BANGKOK718 | THAI ADMINISTRATION WINS NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE WITH [...] (C) A majority of the members of the House of Representatives supported Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his cabinet ministers in a March 21 vote on a no-confidence motion. The vote tally showed a slight increase in support for Abhisit since his December 15 election as Prime Minister. Th [...] | 2009-03-23 09:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK719 | AMBASSADOR ENGAGES ON BURMA POLICY WITH EUROPEAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met EU Special Envoy to Burma Piero Fassino and other European officials March 20 to discuss policy towards Burma prior to Fassino's upcoming visit to Burma. Ambassador noted the ongoing USG Burma policy review, explaining in general terms the issues on which the US [...] | 2009-03-23 09:13:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK72 | EMBASSY ADVOCACY HELPS SETTLE FORD'S PROLONGED LABOR [...] (SBU) Ford Motor Company and Mazda's Thailand joint venture, the Auto Alliance Thailand (AAT),was shut down by a labor stoppage as a result of employee contract negotiations breaking down in late November, 2008. In addition to the work stoppage at the plant in Rayong province, protesting empl [...] | 2009-01-12 09:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK721 | THAILAND'S BURMA POLICY: CHANGES AROUND THE EDGES [...] (C) SUMMARY. As Thailand's Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya conducts the first high-ranking civilian visit to Burma March 22-23 since the Democrat-led government entered office in December, Thailand's official Burma policy has shown signs of adjustment from the rhetoric and principles which had [...] | 2009-03-23 09:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK755 | THAI GOVERNMENT OPPONENTS RALLY AT GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Over 20,000 anti-government "redshirt" protestors rallied at the Government House compound in Bangkok on March 26 with the intention of remaining at least several days. Thousands of police officers and soldiers were on hand to ensure the demonstration remained peaceful, as the organizers h [...] | 2009-03-26 10:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM ASEC TH |
09BANGKOK756 | THAI MFA PREVIEWS UPCOMING ASEAN PLUS SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) ASEAN Deputy Director General Manasvi Srisodapol previewed Thai thinking on upcoming ASEAN plus Summit meetings on April 10-12 in Pattaya, Thailand with us March 24. All of the 6 East Asian Summit (EAS) participants were scheduled to attend at the hea [...] | 2009-03-26 10:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEAN TH |
09BANGKOK770 | THAILAND RESPONSE TO TRIPARTITE CORE GROUP MANDATE [...] (C) We engaged both the MFA ASEAN Department and Burma desk on reftel's concerns about the Burmese junta possibly curtailing the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) mandate in Burma separately March 24 and 27. The Thai MFA interlocutors said they were unaware of any possible weaking of the TCG but pr [...] | 2009-03-27 10:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PHUM PGOV BM TH |
09BANGKOK78 | THAI SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: RECENT COURT RULINGS ON [...] (C) A Thai civilian court recently ruled that a local Muslim leader from southern Thailand suspected of being an insurgent facilitator died while in Army custody in March 2008, but the court failed to assign responsibility for the death; the case appears headed for further proceedings in a mil [...] | 2009-01-12 10:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK789 | BUDGET TRANSPARENCY FOR FY09 ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) The Royal Thai Government (RTG) is expected to receive IMET and other aid from FY 09 foreign assistance funds. The RTG budget is readily available to the public on the Budget Bureau's website: www.bb.go.th. The budget contains a detailed accounting of incomes and expenditures, as requir [...] | 2009-03-30 09:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL TH |
09BANGKOK79 | THAILAND'S GOVERNING COALITION GAINS MODESTLY IN [...] (SBU) Thailand held January 11 by-elections for 29 vacant constituency-based seats in the House of Representatives. Preliminary results show that the current governing coalition parties won 20 of the 29 seats, modestly increasing its majority in the House but not significantly changing the bal [...] | 2009-01-12 10:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK790 | RED ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS CONTINUE, THAKSIN [...] (C) Anti-government "redshirt" protests continue outside of the Government House compound in Bangkok. Addressing the demonstrators by video link the nights of March 27-28, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra accused two leading Privy Councilors of directing the 2006 coup. The Privy Counc [...] | 2009-03-30 09:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC TH |
09BANGKOK798 | THAILAND: INITIAL REACTION TO AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) We shared the text of the White Paper on U.S. Policy towards Afganistan and Pakistan and discussed U.S. policy objectives with MFA North America Director Kanachana Patarachoke March 30 (reftel). Kanchana noted the positive initial reaction to the White Paper release, particularly the st [...] | 2009-03-31 03:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS TH |
09BANGKOK813 | RED RALLIES CONTINUE, CALL FOR PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Anti-government "redshirt" demonstrators continued to protest at the Government House compound March 31, seemingly settling in for long stay. While numbers shrink during the day, they increase during evening rallies built around former PM Thaksin's phone-ins, and the core protestors vow to [...] | 2009-03-31 10:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC TH |
09BANGKOK815 | THAI FM KASIT'S BURMA VISIT MARCH 22-23 - THAI MFA [...] (C) Summary: Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya visited Burma on March 22-23, meeting with Burmese Prime Minister Thein Sein and Foreign Minister Nyan Win to discuss a wide range of Thai-Burmese bilateral issues (ref A). MFA Burma deskoff Jirusaya Birananda, notetaker for both meetings, gave [...] | 2009-03-31 11:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM TH |
09BANGKOK818 | Updates on Cases of Labor Abuse in Thailand [...] (SBU) Summary: To follow-up on the Anoma, Prapha Navee, and Ranya Paew human trafficking-related labor abuse cases in Thailand (refs a and b),Embassy officials contacted a number of government and non-government officials over the past few weeks. Criminal prosecutions against suspects arrest [...] | 2009-03-31 23:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM KTIP TH |
09BANGKOK822 | ENGAGING THE THAI ON THE LAO HMONG IN PETCHABUN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Having tolerated a decade-long Lao Hmong encampment at Wat Tham Krabok prior to resettlement to the U.S. in 2004-2005, which the Royal Thai Government thought would close the book on Indochina legacy issues, Thai authorities seem determined to handle more recent arriva [...] | 2009-04-01 03:34:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK841 | ABHISIT ADMINISTRATION AT 100 DAYS: EXCEEDING [...] (C) When the Constitutional Court dissolved the People's Power Party in December 2008, we had no reason to expect that the House of Representative's election of Abhisit Vejjajiva as Prime Minister would end Thailand's political crisis, nor has it. With a looming succession crisis as the barely [...] | 2009-04-02 06:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK853 | Thai Government, Private Sector, and NGOs Engage on [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Minister of Social Development and Human Security Issara Somchai provided opening remarks March 25 at a NGO-organized seminar on the problem of human trafficking in the deep sea fishing industry. The Minister's participation, along with that of multiple police offic [...] | 2009-04-02 10:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM KTIP TH |
09BANGKOK858 | THAILAND PROPOSES VOTE SWAP FOR UN HRC CANDIDACY: [...] (SBU) We engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Dept of International Organizations official Nammon Yuthavong on April 2 and conveyed reftel's points seeking support for the U.S. candidacy for the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) in May. Nammon replied that Thailand was willing to cooperate [...] | 2009-04-02 10:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK862 | REGIONAL ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES HELP EXPLAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The economic and social climates in the Northeastern and upper South regions in Thailand differ in important ways that may help explain their opposing political loyalties. Villages in the Northeast tend to struggle economically, export large numbers of working-age adults, and w [...] | 2009-04-03 04:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ELAB SCUL TH |
09BANGKOK865 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES REDSHIRT PROTESTS WITH PRIVY [...] (C) The Ambassador told Privy Council President Prem Tinsulanonda on April 2 that the USG had informed anti-government "redshirt" protest leaders of our opposition to the use of violence. Prem said the RTG was committed to using peaceful and legal means; he believed the only way to resolve th [...] | 2009-04-03 07:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC TH |
09BANGKOK867 | THAI ACCOUNT OF APRIL 3 THAI-CAMBODIA BORDER [...] (C) Summary: Thai military and civilian sources claim the early morning exchange of gunfire between Thai and Cambodian forces April 3 in a disputed area near the Preah Vihear temple grew out of an April 2 incident in which a Thai soldier lost a leg to a newly laid landmine on a path normally p [...] | 2009-04-03 08:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK879 | Thailand Economic Data Shows Thai Recession Has Not Yet Hit [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: February 2009 economic data released by the Bank of Thailand (BOT) confirmed Thailand's weakened economic situation due to the impact of the global economic crisis. Key economic indicators remain well below last year's levels, including the Manufacturing Production I [...] | 2009-04-07 08:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH |
09BANGKOK888 | THAILAND: AMBASSADOR AND FM KASIT DISCUSS U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador hosted Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya April 6 for a two-hour one-on-one lunch. Ambassador and Kasit discussed Kasit's priorities for his upcoming trip to the U.S. April 19-24 and Kasit's desire to engage the Secretary on strategic issues of interest to both countr [...] | 2009-04-07 09:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PREL PGOV PREF BM TH |
09BANGKOK892 | 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) JCET Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals listed below, who have been selected to participate in the [...] | 2009-04-07 09:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK893 | THAILAND: LARGE-SCALE RED MARCH PLANNED FOR APRIL [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The red-shirts' self-proclaimed "D-Day" rally set for April 8 may bring upwards of 100,000 opponents of the current Thai government into the streets of Bangkok, though privately one key red leader acknowledges the crowd map not top 50,000. The red-shirts' stated demand [...] | 2009-04-07 10:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK895 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) conducted an assessment for expansion of the Tracker licensing system in Vietnam, Mar. 2-6. CTP conducted an Interagency Relations and Infrastructure Workshop in Hanoi, Mar. 17-19. The U.S. Coast Guard conducted a maritime security assessment in Vietna [...] | 2009-04-07 23:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL CB TH VN |
09BANGKOK896 | 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) JCET Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, who has been selected to participate in the above- [...] | 2009-04-08 02:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK905 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce Phongs Firearms Ltd. Part. was listed: Registration No. 0103512001105 Registered Date: January 22, 1969 Status: Limited Partnership Capital Registration: 150,000 Baht Name: Phongs Firearms Ltd. Part. Partners: Phiraphol Bupparumnee with an inv [...] | 2009-04-08 10:34:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
09BANGKOK906 | THAILAND: STILL DRAFTING OFFICIAL RESPONSE TO [...] (C) We spoke to MFA Peace, Security and Disarmament Division Deputy Director Pattarat Hongtong April 8 to underscore reftel U.S. response to North Korea's missile launch and the President's statement, which we had shared with FM Kasit's personal aide and the Director of the North American Divi [...] | 2009-04-08 10:35:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN TH |
09BANGKOK907 | THAILAND PROTEST UPDATE: LARGE RED RALLY IN [...] (C) Summary: The red-shirt's self-proclaimed "D-Day" rally dominated Bangkok April 8, with crowds growing to 70,000 by late afternoon, expected to peak in the evening, and to carry over into April 9. As of COB, there has been no violence reported. However, Royal Thai Government (RTG) official [...] | 2009-04-08 10:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TH |
09BANGKOK930 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals listed below, who have been selected to participate in th [...] | 2009-04-09 05:35:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK931 | RURAL "SUFFICIENCY ECONOMY" VILLAGES OFFER ALTERNATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Thailand's emergence in recent years as a major trading economy in Asia, the King's encouragement of a self-reliant "sufficiency economy" has attracted support in the countryside. Government programs support village recycling and low-carbon impact agricultural practice [...] | 2009-04-09 05:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD EAGR ECON TH |
09BANGKOK933 | THAILAND'S DEFAMATION LAW -- A TOOL OFTEN USED TO [...] (SBU) Thailand's criminal defamation law continues to be used by individuals to lash out at political opponents and civil society critics and indirectly hamper free speech, but with varying results in the courts. A rash of recent cases reflects ongoing use by politicians of criminal defamation [...] | 2009-04-09 07:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK934 | SUDANESE INTRANSIGENCE HOLDING UP THAI PLANNING [...] (C) Summary. Recent meetings regarding the planned Thai contingent to UNAMID with the Peace Operations Center and the J3 office at the Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters have illustrated several obstacles to prompt deployment due to Sudanese intransigence. Continued refusal by the Sudanese [...] | 2009-04-09 10:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO TH SU |
09BANGKOK935 | THAILAND PROTEST APRIL 9 UPDATE: RED NUMBERS START [...] (SBU) Summary: Anti-government red-shirt protesters expanded their peaceful protest to new targets around Bangkok April 9 but suffered declining numbers in comparison to April 8. The red-shirt 4:00 PM deadline for PM Abhisit and three Privy Councilors to resign passed without effect. The Uni [...] | 2009-04-09 10:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TH |
09BANGKOK940 | ASIAN PUBLIC DEBT MANAGERS LAUNCH REGIONAL NETWORK [...] (SBU) Summary: The second Asian Public Debt Management (APDM) Forum, held in Bangkok April 2-3, brought together government debt management officials from thirteen Asian countries to discuss the challenges of raising and managing fiscal resources in these volatile markets. The Forum participan [...] | 2009-04-10 03:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV APECO TH |
09BANGKOK951 | THAILAND PROTEST UPDATE APRIL 10: REDSHIRTS SHIFT [...] (SBU) Summary: The center of gravity of anti-government red-shirt protests shifted from Bangkok to Pattaya April 10, aiming to disrupt the April 10-12 ASEAN Summits. The numbers of protesters in Bangkok continued to drop ahead of the traditional Thai New Year holiday, although ongoing taxi b [...] | 2009-04-10 09:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TH |
09BANGKOK952 | THAILAND STATEMENT CALLS NORTH KOREAN LAUNCH A [...] (U) Following Embassy engagement with the MFA April 8 (Ref B),the Royal Thai Government subsequently released a statement expressing concern regarding North Korea's missile launch. The statement expressly states that Thailand believes the launch was in contravention of UNSCR 1718. 2. (U) [...] | 2009-04-10 10:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP KN TH |
09BANGKOK953 | AMBASSADOR AND UK COUNTERPART CALL ON PM ABHISIT [...] Summary: (C) The Ambassador and the UK Ambassador paid a joint call on Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva April 14 to discuss the violent protests of the past three days in Pattaya and Bangkok. The Prime Minister stated that order largely had been restored in Bangkok, and United Front of Democr [...] | 2009-04-14 07:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK964 | THAILAND: CODIFYING MONTREAL CONVENTION OF 1999 [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post engaged Royal Thai Government's Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MFA)on April 8, 2009 regarding the Montreal Convention of 1999. MFA referred post to the Thai Department of Civil Aviation (DCA). DCA states that the RTG is in the process of drafting legislation, tentatively [...] | 2009-04-16 07:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ICAO TH |
09BANGKOK965 | (C)THAILAND NON-COMMITTAL ON KOSOVO IMF MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) DCM delivered ref. A talking points to Bank of Thailand (BOT) Governor Tarisa Watanagase on April 16. Tarisa acts as the Thai Government's representative on the Board of Governors of the IMF. Tarisa stated she could not confirm when or if Thailand would vote on Kosovo's bid for IMF and Wo [...] | 2009-04-16 07:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV TH |
09BANGKOK974 | BANGKOK CALM, SOME REDSHIRT LEADERS ARRESTED [...] (C) Bangkok is calm after the April 12-14 confrontations between soldiers and protestors supportive of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD). Some leading UDD figures remain detained by police, while others remain at large. Some Thais predict UDD protests may eventually r [...] | 2009-04-16 10:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM ASEC TH |
09BANGKOK982 | LEADING ANTI-THAKSIN ACTIVIST SONDHI SHOT IN [...] (SBU) Unidentified gunmen shot a leading "yellowshirt" political activist in Bangkok in the early morning hours of April 17. As of mid-day, the victim, Sondhi Limthongkul, was recovering from surgery. Sondhi previously led protests against former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra but maintai [...] | 2009-04-17 09:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KDEM ASEC TH |
09BANGKOK983 | THAI PM ABHISIT BRIEFS AMBASSADORS ON RECENT [...] (C) On April 16, the Ambassador attended a briefing by PM Abhisit for the diplomatic corps on events surrounding the demonstrations over the past week, including the cancellation of the ASEAN summit in Pattaya on April 11, the subsequent violent protest in Bangkok, and his government's successf [...] | 2009-04-17 10:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
09BANGKOK987 | FOREIGN MINISTER KASIT'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Madame Secretary: Your meeting with Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya on April 23 offers you the opportunity to reaffirm our nation's strong commitment to democracy in Thailand and our continued support for a broad-based partnership with this vital Southeast Asian friend and ally. Coming on t [...] | 2009-04-20 04:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF MOPS ECON TH |
09BANGKOK991 | THAI GOVERNMENT VS. THAKSIN: ARREST WARRANTS, PASSPORT REVOCATION, AND OVERTURE TO NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) The RTG has formally informed the Embassy via diplomatic note of new measures against former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra: the issuance of a new arrest warrant for inciting mob violence, and the revocation of Thaksin's Thai passport. These steps follow the eruption of mob violence in Pat [...] | 2009-04-20 09:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CVIS CPAS KJUS NU TH |
09BEIJING1209 | REPORTS OVERSTATE CHINA'S AID TO ASEAN [...] (C) Summary. There is less to China's much-heralded April 12 announcement of a multi-billion dollar aid package to ASEAN than media reporting suggests, according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry contact. For example, the $10 billion investment cooperation fund will only receive $1 billion in in [...] | 2009-05-06 08:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL PHUM TH BM CH |
09BEIJING2339 | REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Ministry of Public Security who have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on these individuals. [...] | 2009-08-13 08:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFIN ASEC CH EAID KCRM PTER SNAR TH |
09BEIJING2402 | REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: COMPLEX [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) who have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on these individual [...] | 2009-08-20 08:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AFIN PTER KCRM SNAR TH CH EAID |
09BEIJING2461 | REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: COMPLEX [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Ministry of Public Security who have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on these individuals. [...] | 2009-08-27 10:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFIN ASEC CH EAID KCRM PTER SNAR TH |
09BEIJING2814 | U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U. S. [...] (SBU) Summary: In mid-September, a request for technical consultation by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC),and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (U.S. HHS) experts working in China on 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) was made by Dr. WANG Yu, Director of the [...] | 2009-10-06 23:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TBIO SOCI CH GT KE EG TH KZ |
09BEIJING3024 | REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: POST BLAST [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Ministry of Public Security,s Shandong Provincial Public Security Department who have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has n [...] | 2009-11-03 01:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AFIN PTER KCRM SNAR TH CH |
09BEIJING3025 | REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: TACTICAL [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Ministry of Public Security,s Shandong Police College who have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory informati [...] | 2009-11-03 01:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AFIN PTER KCRM SNAR TH CH |
09BEIJING3338 | DECEMBER 15, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA CARGO [...] Key points at the December 15 MFA press briefing were: -- It is up to the UN Security Council to consider the cargo plane detained in Thailand for suspected arms smuggling. -- Western criticism of China's persecution of Charter 08 signer Liu Xiaobo is "unacceptable." -- The 22 Uighurs se [...] | 2009-12-15 08:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM MNUC KNNP SENV CH KN CB TH JP CA |
09BERLIN1440 | (S) GERMANY DENIES TEST CHAMBER EXPORTS DUE TO [...] (S) The German Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) recently denied two separate applications from Voetsch Industrietechnik GmbH for the export of VT7004 test chambers to entities affiliated with Iran's missile program. On November 12, MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer, [...] | 2009-11-13 15:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MUNC TSPA IR TH ML SN |
09BERLIN950 | GERMANY ADVISED ON IRANIAN TEST-CHAMBER [...] (S) Econoff presented Ref A non-paper and information from Ref B email to Nancy Reck, German MFA desk officer for Missile Technology Control Regime issues. Reck thanked econoff for the information and particularly welcomed the Ref B email details. Reck stated she will forward the informatio [...] | 2009-08-06 10:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MUNC TSPA IR TH GM |
09BOGOTA2756 | COLOMBIA DEMARCHES THAILAND ON VIKTOR BOUT [...] (C) The Ambassador asked Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez to demarche the Royal Thai Government (RTG) concerning the case of arms trafficker Viktor Bout (reftel) on August 24 and followed up with Vice Foreign Minister Clemencia Forero on August 26. VFM Forero confirmed that the GOC sent a dipl [...] | 2009-08-27 23:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KCRM MARR TH CO |
09BRUSSELS121 | BELGIUM: THAI AMBASSADOR INFORMS CHARG OF APEC [...] The Thai Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Communities, Mr. Pisan Manawapat, informed the Charg on January 28 of his application that day for the position of Executive Director of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Secretariat in Singapore, a position that starts in [...] | 2009-01-28 15:17:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | APEC TH |
09CHIANGMAI10 | IN NORTH, PRO-THAKSIN VOTE DROPS SHARPLY AS VOTES FOR [...] (U) In January 11 by-elections in two northern constituencies, the Democrat Party (DP),the largest party in the new governing coalition, garnered over 40,000 more votes than it did in the 2007 national elections in the same two districts. Despite this increase, the pro-Thaksin Puea Thai Par [...] | 2009-01-15 09:19:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM TH |
09CHIANGMAI100 | RUBBER GROWS INTO NEW CASH CROP IN THAILAND'S NORTH [...] As southern China's appetite for raw materials continues to grow, northern Thailand's agricultural sector is adapting by expanding rubber production, which is a traditional sector of southern Thailand. After a significant effort to expand the area of rubber-producing land in the north under fo [...] | 2009-07-14 10:11:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON PGOV PTER TH |
09CHIANGMAI106 | REDSHIRTS PROTEST AT CONSULATE [...] (SBU) On July 20, representatives of a local anti-government redshirt group displayed placards peacefully expressing their disapproval of Thailand's current governing coalition and its chairmanship of the on-going ASEAN/ASEAN Regional Forum meetings in front of the Consulate. They also hand- [...] | 2009-07-20 10:33:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL TH |
09CHIANGMAI107 | BURMA: FIGHTERS DEFECT TO KNU; OFFENSIVE UNLIKELY FOR NOW [...] (C) Contrary to what the Karen National Union (KNU -- an armed resistance group operating along the Thai-Burma border) reported last week, Thai authorities assert that a renewed offensive by the Burmese regime and its proxy -- the DKBA (Democratic Karen Buddhist Army) is unlikely in the immedi [...] | 2009-07-22 06:18:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS BM TH |
09CHIANGMAI109 | IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN: HILL TRIBES, ENVIRONMENTALISM, [...] (SBU) In northern Thailand, differing opinions of environmental cause and effect have led to highly charged debates about forest management policies, often pitting "conservationists" against agriculturally-dependent ethnic hill tribe minorities and their supporters. The Royal Forest Departm [...] | 2009-07-24 09:55:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON EAGR EAID ELAB SENV TH |
09CHIANGMAI11 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: STALLED PEACE DIALOGUE AWAITS SIGNAL [...] (S) Mark Tamthai, former RTG point-man for secret talks with southern insurgents, has expressed cautious optimism that the peace dialogue might be resumed under the new Democrat Party-led government. He told CG January 14 that PM Abhisit has asked if he would be willing to resume his former r [...] | 2009-01-22 05:35:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH MY ID |
09CHIANGMAI114 | GOING "GREEN" TO EARN GREEN: CONSERVATION POLICIES USED TO [...] (SBU) In the past, the Thai Royal Forest Department (RFD) has encouraged and, sometimes forced, upland dwellers to resettle outside of highly valued national parks and protected forests. Recently, NGOs have begun to worry that carbon trading initiatives designed to slow climate change will [...] | 2009-07-30 02:48:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON EAGR EAID ELAB SENV TH |
09CHIANGMAI115 | LAND CRUNCH AND AGRIBUSINESSES HURT HIGHLAND AGRICULTURE AND [...] (SBU) Agriculturally-dependent hill tribe people, as well as other upland farmers, face increasing pressures stemming from a general shortage of available agricultural land, problematic development policies, and the growth of agribusinesses in northern Thailand. In recent years, development p [...] | 2009-08-03 02:23:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON EAGR EAID ELAB SENV TH |
09CHIANGMAI118 | NORTHERN REDSHIRTS, MPS MARK THAKSIN'S BIRTHDAY [...] (U) At well-attended events in three northern provinces organized by several different redshirt groups on July 26, supporters of fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin celebrated his 60th birthday flanked by leading MPs of the opposition Phuea Thai Party - the successor to Thaksin's Thai Rak T [...] | 2009-08-03 08:56:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI TH |
09CHIANGMAI125 | BURMA: SHAN VILLAGES BURNED, FORCIBLY RELOCATED [...] (SBU)Burmese troops operating in Shan State burned 10 villages and forcibly relocated an additional 30 in late July, according to Shan contacts in Thailand and Burma. Shan groups also accuse the troops of other grave human rights abuses, including arbitrary arrest, torture, gang rape, and arb [...] | 2009-08-20 10:36:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS BM TH |
09CHIANGMAI130 | SHAN STATE UPDATE: BURMA ARMY COULD TARGET SHAN FIGHTERS [...] (C) Several ethnic Wa troops reportedly supported the Kokang in the latter's fighting against the Burma Army (BA) August 27-29, according to a knowledgeable expatriate source based in Chiang Mai. The fighting displaced approximately 50,000 people, according to his sources. Our contact also sa [...] | 2009-09-09 08:04:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PREF BM CH TH |
09CHIANGMAI132 | REDSHIRTS, YELLOWSHIRTS DOWNPLAY RECONCILIATION CALL [...] (SBU) According to both anti-government redshirt and anti-Thaksin yellowshirt groups based in Chiang Mai, the joint private sector-academic community's call for political reconciliation to facilitate economic recovery issued in August was "misdirected" and does not carry any weight. While bot [...] | 2009-09-18 07:18:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PHUM TH |
09CHIANGMAI136 | BURMA: A KNU PERSPECTIVE ON ETHNICS, PEACE TALKS [...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion on September 17, Ner Da Mya, the son of late Karen National Union (KNU) Chairman General Bo Mya, told us that despite the KNU's militarily weakened state, conflict in Karen State could go on for years. He added that the prospect of peace talks between the Burm [...] | 2009-09-25 09:06:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM BM TH |
09CHIANGMAI138 | RED-SHIRTS, YELLOW-SHIRTS BEGIN DIALOGUE [...] (C) Spurred on by a U.S. speaker program that focused on the role of opposition political parties and non-party actors (Ref B),members of red-shirt and yellow-shirt groups in Chiang Mai held an initial meeting on September 23 to iron out some differences and search for common ground. Though [...] | 2009-09-29 09:51:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM PROP TH |
09CHIANGMAI141 | BURMESE EXILES APPLAUD USG POLICY REVIEW, URGE SKEPTICISM [...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion with CG and P/E Chief, three prominent Chiang Mai-based Burmese exiles warmly welcomed the outcome of the USG's Burma policy review, but urged us to proceed cautiously and with a healthy dose of skepticism. They expressed concern that the U.S. might take big s [...] | 2009-10-02 07:56:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BM TH |
09CHIANGMAI145 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: PM PUSHES SECRET DIALOGUE, BUT IT WON'T [...] (S) The recently renewed secret peace dialogue between the RTG and southern insurgents is - despite strong support from PM Abhisit - making little progress, according to sources involved in the talks. The two biggest confidence-building measures on the table - investigation of the June 8 mosq [...] | 2009-10-07 04:19:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PTER TH |
09CHIANGMAI151 | BURMA: MORE REACTION TO USG POLICY REVIEW [...] (C) Former Thai Ambassador to Burma Poksak Nilibul told P/E Chief on October 5 he welcomed U.S. engagement, but opined that regardless of what policy the U.S. adopted, the Burmese regime would always have the upper hand. The U.S. should work collectively with ASEAN and other interested player [...] | 2009-10-13 09:48:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM TH |
09CHIANGMAI152 | G/TIP VISIT HIGHLIGHTS STRENGHTS AND WEAKNESSES OF ANTI-TIP [...] (SBU) A G/TIP fact-finding mission to Northern Thailand reaffirmed that NGO's and Thai Government Agencies are working to stem the flow of trafficking in persons cases, though a number of problems remain. Burmese migrants are wary of the consequences of a newly developed migrant worker regist [...] | 2009-10-14 05:20:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KTIP KWMN PGOV TH |
09CHIANGMAI160 | RED-SHIRTS, YELLOW-SHIRTS CONTINUE DIALOGUE AT A SLOWER [...] (C) In separate meetings with red-shirt and yellow-shirt groups, leaders told CG they want to move ahead with their fledgling reconciliation efforts, though they are afraid of a backlash from extreme elements on both sides. Nonetheless, they have met repeatedly, established a plan of work, an [...] | 2009-10-22 09:23:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM ECON TH |
09CHIANGMAI166 | BURMA: NATIONALITY VERIFICATION ON-GOING AT NORTHERN-MOST [...] (SBU) Thai Government and business contacts in Chiang Rai Province told us during an October 19-20 visit that the nationality verification process for Burmese workers is proceeding smoothly at the Mae Sai-Tachilek center, although at a slow pace. Problems they cited that are keeping the proc [...] | 2009-11-06 09:22:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB SMIG KTIP BM TH |
09CHIANGMAI170 | IF WE BUILD IT WILL THEY COME? NORTHERN THAILAND AND THE [...] (SBU) Projects in northern Thailand's Chiang Rai province to improve the Greater Mekong Subregion's (GMS) north/south economic trade corridor between southern China and central Thailand continue to move forward. A new bridge over the Mekong River at Chiang Khong, the last link for the Kunm [...] | 2009-11-12 03:12:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD SENV EINV PREL BTIO CH LA TH |
09CHIANGMAI171 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: SKEPTICAL ARMY LEADERSHIP STEPPING [...] (S) PM Abhisit appears to be bringing a skeptical Thai military leadership more fully on board with his policy to resume a secret dialogue with insurgents as a means to resolve the long-running ethnic Malay Muslim insurgency in the country's deep south. At an Abhisit-chaired November 2 meetin [...] | 2009-11-13 07:08:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM PTER TH MY |
09CHIANGMAI172 | RED-SHIRTS CALL FOR U.S. TO BOYCOTT RTG [...] (SBU) Capitalizing on the on-going visit to Chiang Mai of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, over 50 members of red-shirt groups protested in front of Consulate Chiang Mai on November 16, strongly criticizing the current Royal Thai Government (RTG),and asking the U.S. to "boycott and not sup [...] | 2009-11-16 09:50:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC TH |
09CHIANGMAI173 | NORTHERN RED-YELLOW DIALOGUE EXPANDS TO INCLUDE GOVERNMENT, [...] (SBU) The low-key dialogue launched in recent months by local red-shirt and yellow-shirt groups, aimed at lowering the political temperature in Chiang Mai, continues to gain legs. Spurred on by positive media coverage and the constructive roles in the process played by academics and business [...] | 2009-11-19 08:08:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TH |
09CHIANGMAI177 | THOUGH PESSIMISTIC ABOUT OUTCOMES, IRRAWADDY STAFF PRAISE [...] (C) In a discussion with The Ambassador on November 18, staff at the Irrawaddy Magazine - the most widely-read Burmese exile media outfit - praised the conclusions of the U.S. policy review on Burma, while simultaneously expressing skepticism the GoB would take steps to address core U.S. conce [...] | 2009-11-25 07:17:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM TH |
09CHIANGMAI178 | PM'S PLANNED NOV. 29 VISIT GALVANIZES RED-SHIRTS TO ACT IN [...] (C) In the wake of anti-government red-shirt rhetoric tantamount to death threats against Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, red-shirts and supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin are gearing up for a potential showdown with security forces in Chiang Mai during Prime Minister Abhisit's plan [...] | 2009-11-25 11:10:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM CASC ASEC TH |
09CHIANGMAI179 | AMBASSADOR PROMOTES U.S.-THAI BUSINESS RELATIONS IN NORTHERN [...] (SBU) The Ambassador promoted U.S.-Thai economic relations during a November 18 visit to Chiang Mai. His program included meetings with local government, press, and private industry. At his call on the Provincial Governor, the topics discussed included the need to further IPR protection i [...] | 2009-12-01 07:52:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PREL TH |
09CHIANGMAI18 | TOUGHER TIMES AHEAD FOR PRO-THAKSIN FORCES IN NORTH [...] (SBU) Despite reports from multiple sources of a decline in their support base, pro-Thaksin "redshirt" groups in northern Thailand continue to intimidate officials and supporters of the present government, even when they travel to northern Thailand on personal business. In the latest spate of [...] | 2009-02-02 08:33:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM PROP TH |
09CHIANGMAI184 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: READOUT ON ABHISIT-NAJIB, LOCAL [...] (S) During a joint visit to southern Thailand by the Thai and Malaysian Prime Ministers, PM Abhisit reportedly raised with PM Najib - indirectly - RTG concern over official Malaysian pressure on Malaysia-based insurgent leaders involved in secret peace talks with the RTG. In a post-Najib-visi [...] | 2009-12-21 06:24:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PTER TH MY |
09CHIANGMAI2 | CITIZENSHIP MANUAL OUTLINES LEGAL MAZE FACING STATELESS HILL [...] UNESCO has collaborated with the Thai Government (RTG) and an NGO to publish a Citizenship Manual that will serve as a "how to" guide for government officials and civil society on citizenship procedures among stateless hill tribe minorities. Broadly speaking, a highlander who is born in Thaila [...] | 2009-01-06 02:01:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG ELAB PREF PGOV PREL SNAR KWMN TH BM |
09CHIANGMAI23 | SOUTHERN INSURGENCY: SECRET DIALOGUE INCHES FORWARD IN FACE [...] (S) Mark Tamthai, former RTG point-man for secret talks with southern insurgents, is nervously ambivalent about the recent renewal of the discussion channel. He told CG February 10 that the resumption lacks a formal mandate from the RTG Cabinet, and instead proceeds unofficially under encoura [...] | 2009-02-12 18:25:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TH PTER |
09CHIANGMAI24 | BY-ELECTIONS, REDS AND MIGRANTS TAKE CENTER STAGE [...] (SBU) The past few days have seen a flurry of political activity in Chiang Mai, kicking off with a protest by pro-Thaksin redshirts on February 8. Separately, the Election Commission certified the results of January by-elections in two Northern provinces, and election officials here told us m [...] | 2009-02-13 07:43:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM SMIG ELAB ASEC TH BM |
09CHIANGMAI28 | AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS U.S. "SOFT POWER" IN VISIT TO NORTHERN [...] (U) The Ambassador's February 17-20 visit to four northern provinces highlighted the array of "soft power" tools the USG brings to bear in its 175-year-old relationship with Thailand. After opening the visit by participating in the closing ceremony of the 28th annual Cobra Gold military exerci [...] | 2009-02-26 07:39:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM ECON SCUL KPAO TH |
09CHIANGMAI3 | REDSHIRTS FLEX THEIR MUSCLE IN NORTH AHEAD OF BY-ELECTIONS [...] Over the past few weeks, pro-Thaksin (redshirt) protestors in northern Thailand have come out in force to show their opposition to the current Democrat Party-led coalition government, and intimidate its officials and supporters. Though not violent in nature, these protests have included block [...] | 2009-01-07 06:59:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM PROP TH |
09CHIANGMAI30 | PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES CLAMP DOWN ON MIGRANT WORKERS [...] (C) According to Chiang Mai's Vice Governor, the strict enforcement of rules governing migrant workers that he initiated in the Province in the wake of the February 7 rape and murder of a local university student (Reftel),which aims to ensure that all migrant workers are "in the system," will [...] | 2009-02-27 09:58:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB SMIG KJUS TH BM |
09CHIANGMAI32 | REDS SPOIL TWO RALLIES, CANCEL ONE OF THEIR OWN [...] (SBU) The last two weeks of February saw a flurry of activity by pro-Thaksin "redshirt" groups in two northern provinces. The leading Rak Chiang Mai 51 (RCM51) group disrupted the rallies of two apolitical groups (corn farmers and gay activists),and redshirts cancelled a rally due to infigh [...] | 2009-03-05 06:43:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS TH |
09CHIANGMAI34 | DESPITE FTA, LITTLE GOOD NEWS IN THAI-JAPAN ECON RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: With the Thai-Japanese free trade agreement in place since 2007, and with 2009 designated as the Japan-Mekong Exchange Year, hopes have been high in northern Thailand for a strengthening of the Thai-Japanese bilateral economic relationship. However, a variety of factors includi [...] | 2009-03-10 08:53:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV JA TH |
09CHIANGMAI37 | KNU UNDER INCREASED PRESSURE AS INFLUENCE WANES [...] (C) According to multiple sources, both inside and outside the Thai Government, Thai pressure on the Karen National Union (KNU) to lay low and for its army commanders to relocate to Burma has intensified in recent weeks. Several KNU commanders have departed Thailand's Tak Province for Karen S [...] | 2009-03-13 09:14:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS BM TH |
09CHIANGMAI38 | DOCTORS RAISE CONCERNS OVER SEASONAL AIR POLLUTION [...] Summary: With the crop-burning season in full swing, Chiang Mai and many other cities in Thailand's mountainous upper north are again shrouded in annual hazardous smog, raising recurring concerns about the health consequences of pollution and what government agencies are doing to address it. [...] | 2009-03-18 10:00:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR AMED CH BM LA TH |
09CHIANGMAI39 | HOLLYWOOD, BOLLYWOOD...CNX-WOOD? U.S. FIRM LAYS PLANS FOR [...] U.S.-based Creative Kingdom International (CKI) has announced unofficial plans to establish a "movie city" near Chiang Mai, with the aim of developing the area as a filmmaking and entertainment production center in Asia. After five years of slowly and quietly expanding its investment in Chiang [...] | 2009-03-19 02:08:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EINT BTIO SCUL TH |
09CHIANGMAI4 | UPPER NORTH: THAKSIN'S HEARTLAND MAY MOBILIZE IF ECONOMY [...] (C) Local political leaders and experts from Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai provinces say that a deeper polarization of "yellow shirts" and "red shirts" in the upper north may result if the new Democrat-led government is short-lived, Thaksin remains active politically from overseas, and economic con [...] | 2009-01-07 09:20:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAGR KDEM TH |
09CHIANGMAI42 | RAIDS NET FIVE SUSPECTED HUMAN TRAFFICKERS; TWO VICTIMS [...] (SBU) Coordinated raids at two Chiang Mai karaoke bars on February 18 led to the arrest of five suspected traffickers and the rescue of two victims -- minors who were allegedly forced into prostitution. The suspects remain in custody while the police collect evidence and assemble witnesses. [...] | 2009-03-24 11:26:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP SMIG KWMN KJUS PHUM PGOV PREL TH BM CH |
09CHIANGMAI45 | BURMA-KNU: THAI MEDIATION EFFORTS STARTING IN EARNEST [...] (C) Thailand's offer to serve as an intermediary between the Burmese regime and the Karen National Union (KNU),which have been waging low-level conflict for over 50 years, will start in earnest on April 6 with a meeting between Thai FM Kasit and top KNU leaders. According to our contact, in [...] | 2009-04-03 08:47:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM TH |
09CHIANGMAI49 | BURMA-KNU: KNU SEEKS PRECONDITIONS FOR TALKS [...] (C) Despite the Burmese regime's offer reported in Ref A for unconditional talks with the Karen National Union (KNU),which has been waging a conflict against the regime for over 50 years, the KNU placed several conditions on its participation in future talks with the regime during its April 6 [...] | 2009-04-10 07:31:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BM TH |
09CHIANGMAI57 | GMS: POOR INFRASTRUCTURE, BORDER INEFFICIENCIES FORM ROAD [...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of reports on the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) issued by Consulate General Chiang Mai and Embassy Vientiane. Econ staff of both posts traveled together by road from the China-Lao border to the Lao-Thai border to collect the information reported in these ca [...] | 2009-04-23 07:39:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN ECON ECIN ETTC EWWT ETRD CH LA TH |
09CHIANGMAI58 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: INSURGENT LEADERS PRESS AHEAD ON PLAN TO [...] (S) Mark Tamthai, former RTG point-man for secret talks with southern insurgents, reports that militant leaders continue to meet among themselves to flesh out a proposal they aim to present as a basis for resuming direct dialogue with the RTG. He told CG April 28 that this effort, now broadene [...] | 2009-04-29 02:42:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
09CHIANGMAI59 | COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS REMAIN OPEN; REDSHIRT LEADERS TURN [...] (SBU) Though raided on April 17 and ordered to cease politically-charged broadcasts that could incite violence by the Provincial Government, pro-redshirt community radio stations in Chiang Mai continue to broadcast under the terms of an MOU negotiated with Provincial authorities. In a separat [...] | 2009-04-30 03:34:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SCUL PROP ECPS SOCI TH |
09CHIANGMAI60 | STATE DEPT GRANTEE HIGHLIGHTS RISKS OF TRAFFICKING TO [...] (SBU) Consulate staff spent the night in a hill tribe village April 7-8 to monitor an NGO's implementation of a $20,000 grant it had received from the Department's Women's Issues Fund to conduct anti-trafficking-in-persons campaigns. Village authorities and the NGO have different views of the [...] | 2009-04-30 09:45:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KWMN PHUM TH |
09CHIANGMAI61 | BURMA: KNU ON PEACE TALKS, POLITICAL GOALS, BORDER [...] (C) The Karen National Union (KNU),which has been in a protracted military conflict with the Burmese regime, has two preconditions for peace talks with the GoB: the talks must be held in a third country, and the KNU must negotiate with a regime leader. The KNU wants to see the establishment [...] | 2009-05-01 03:30:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM BM TH |
09CHIANGMAI67 | GMS: SOUTHEAST ASIA'S BACKDOORS TO TRADE WITH CHINA [...] (U) This is the third in a series of cables from Consulate General Chiang Mai and Embassy Vientiane on the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). These cables have been coordinated with Consulate General Chengdu. ------------------- Summary and Comment ------------------- 2. (C) S [...] | 2009-05-19 10:06:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECIN ELTN ETTC PREL CH LA BM VM TH |
09CHIANGMAI70 | GAO TEAM TOLD THAT MOST BURMESE STONES SMUGGLED [...] (SBU) Most Thai gem traders do not buy from the Burmese Government auction; the number of Burmese rubies sold in Thailand is declining; the highest value Burmese gems are smuggled out of Burma illegally; small Burmese traders and Thai cutting/polishing/finishing operations are suffering the mo [...] | 2009-06-03 06:36:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ETRD ECON PGOV PREL BM CH XA TH |
09CHIANGMAI71 | BURMA: ETHNIC ARMED GROUPS RETHINKING STRATEGY IN WAKE OF [...] (C) In the wake of a rumored GoB plan for armed ethnic ceasefire groups to integrate into Burma's security forces as border guards or hand in their weapons altogether, several groups are reportedly contemplating whether to comply. The United Wa State Army is reportedly exploring the option of [...] | 2009-06-04 01:33:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS MARR PINR PINS SNAR BM TH |
09CHIANGMAI73 | GOVERNMENT MUM ON ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS DURING BURNING [...] (U) Despite seasonal air pollution in northern Thailand reaching hazardous levels well above last year's, local Thai government bodies remained quiet, issuing no public announcements during the peak periods of the burning season. The highest daily PM10 measurements for the burning season (Febr [...] | 2009-06-04 07:38:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON EAGR CH LA BM TH |
09CHIANGMAI74 | WHILE THAILAND BEGS FOR FDI, NORTHERN INVESTORS VOICE [...] Amid a downward trend of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Thailand and the northern region in particular, the Board of Investment (BOI) expressed Thailand's thirst for a new wave of foreign capital by highlighting a range of incentives for new investment to an audience of foreign business own [...] | 2009-06-04 07:52:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV BTIO EIND ECON TH |
09CHIANGMAI75 | NGOS ASSIST HILL TRIBES IN DIVERSE WAYS, BUT CAPACITY [...] (U) Although the Royal Thai Government (RTG) passed two laws in 2008 that improved citizenship eligibility, stateless persons living in northern Thailand still face a host of legal, administrative, and practical obstacles to citizenship. Recognizing the many disadvantages confronting statele [...] | 2009-06-04 09:49:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON SMIG PREF PREL KWMN BM TH |
09CHIANGMAI76 | JUNTA-LED OFFENSIVE DRIVES ETHNIC KAREN INTO THAILAND [...] (C) An offensive launched by the Burma Army in early June against the anti-regime Karen National Union (KNU) has driven at least 3,000 ethnic Karen across the border into Thailand. The attack, led by the Burma Army and the pro-junta Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA, a KNU rival),is repor [...] | 2009-06-08 10:20:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF MOPS TH BM |
09CHIANGMAI77 | FIVE RELIGIONS, ONE VOICE: CHIANG MAI INTER-FAITH GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-09 09:38:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI TH |
09CHIANGMAI78 | PUBLIC-PRIVATE EFFORTS BUILD NORTH'S CREATIVE ECONOMY AND [...] A wave of public and private sponsored initiatives is seeking to empower the northern Thailand labor market with the skills needed to support and develop high-tech and creative industries in the region. This strategy aims not only to address complaints by foreign and domestic firms about a ski [...] | 2009-06-15 01:55:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EINV ETRD ECON BTIO TH |
09CHIANGMAI80 | FIGHTING WANING; DISPLACES 4,000 [...] (C) As fighting between the anti-Burmese regime Karen National Union (KNU) and combined forces of its rival Karen Democratic Buddhist Army (DKBA) and Burma Army wanes, the humanitarian consequences are becoming clearer. Approximately 4,000 displaced persons have fled into Thailand, and are in [...] | 2009-06-18 09:42:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF MOPS BM TH |
09CHIANGMAI84 | JADE ACT: SMUGGLING OF BURMESE GEMS REMAINS HIGH AT MAE SAI [...] (SBU) In contrast to other gem markets in Thailand such as Mae Sot and Chantaburi, where African gems make up the bulk of the merchandise, smuggled Burmese gems (mainly rubies and jade) continue to dominate the local Mae Sai market. While Mae Sai gem traders and jewelry producers complain that [...] | 2009-06-24 01:36:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN ECPS ECON PREL PGOV BM TH |
09CHIANGMAI89 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: POSSIBLE RESUMPTION OF SECRET DIALOGUE [...] (S) Mark Tamthai, former RTG point-man for secret talks with southern insurgents, sees a potential silver lining in the recent surge in violence in southern Thailand following the June 8 mosque killings and subsequent reprisals. He told CG June 24 that the uptick in violence and the military' [...] | 2009-06-25 09:06:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
09CHIANGMAI90 | SPEAKERS HIGHLIGHT MIGRANT WORKER POLICY, NEW TECHNOLOGY IN [...] (U) As Thailand grapples with its policy towards migrant workers and in the wake of media getting caught in the crosshairs of Thai domestic politics, Consulate Chiang Mai hosted two PA speakers funded by Embassy Bangkok on migrant labor and citizen journalism June 19-20. Both programs were w [...] | 2009-06-26 10:30:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG SOCI ECON ELAB SCUL ECPS PROP TH BM |
09CHIANGMAI91 | ASEAN MPS HEADLINE ASSK BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION [...] (U) Four members of the ASEAN Inter Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) called for tougher action against Burma by Thailand and other ASEAN nations at a June 19 event jointly hosted by Chiang Mai University to mark Aung San Suu Kyi's 64th birthday. Atypically for Burma events here, a large p [...] | 2009-07-02 06:55:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM TH BM RP MY SN |
09CHIANGMAI93 | U.S. ACADEMIC DISCUSSES OPPOSITION PARTY POLITICS WITH RED [...] (U) As redshirt, yellowshirt, and other politically active groups struggle to define their roles in Thai society, Consulate Chiang Mai hosted a U.S. speaker, who discussed with them the role of opposition parties in the U.S. system. An expert on the American political system, Dr. Larry Berman [...] | 2009-07-02 09:21:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM SCUL SOCI TH |
09CHIANGMAI94 | BURMA: KNU REPORTS BURMA ARMY MAY RESUME ATTACKS IN KAREN [...] (C) The Burma Army (BA) and Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA -- a pro-Burmese regime splinter group) may be preparing to renew their offensive against the KNU (Karen National Union -- a group engaged in armed resistance against the Burmese regime),according to KNU contacts. The sources s [...] | 2009-07-08 10:21:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PREF PHUM BM TH |
09CHIANGMAI96 | REDSHIRTS TARGET PUBLIC HEALTH MINISTER, REGIONAL POLICE [...] (SBU) In their latest wave of protests July 6 and 9, redshirts in northern Thailand confronted Public Health Minister Wittaya Kaewparadai, the Chiang Mai Regional Police Commissioner and the seat of the Provincial Government. The Minister is the latest in a string of visitors supportive of th [...] | 2009-07-10 08:19:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PROP ECPS TH |
09CHIANGMAI98 | LOWER NORTH ECONOMIES CONTRACTING; POLITICAL DIVIDES [...] (SBU) The economy in Phitsanulok remains stable, providing a solid economic foundation for the region, despite the global economic crisis causing many workers to return to the lower north. Although the agricultural sector in the region's economic hub of Phitsanulok is reportedly accommodating [...] | 2009-07-13 09:47:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ECIN EFIN ELAB PGOV SNAR SMIG SOCI TH |
09GENEVA204 | ROHINGYA: UNHCR TO PUSH REGIONAL APPROACH WITH [...] Pascale Moreau, Deputy Director, Asia Bureau, told Refugee Officer that UNHCR is working closely with Thailand and other ASEAN governments to address the situation with the Rohingya boat people. Moreau said that UNHCR is trying to convince governments not to deport Rohingya as a first respon [...] | 2009-03-11 16:08:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM TH BM |
09GENEVA734 | LAO AMBASSADOR SEES LITTLE INTERNATIONAL ROLE ON [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a meeting with the Charg, Lao Ambassador to the UN Yong , expressed a willingness to have IOM play some role in resettling the Lao Hmong in Thailand, but made it clear that the return of Lao Hmong was a bilateral matter between Thailand and Laos and that any inte [...] | 2009-09-04 07:21:00 | Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL TH LA |
09GENEVA95 | THAI FM ON PANDEMIC SURVEILLANCE AND COMPULSORY [...] (U) In a February 2 meeting with Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya for Geneva diplomats, Charge lauded Thai activism on international health security issues, but also expressed the hope that we would be able to make progress in the coming year to address our common interest in a well funct [...] | 2009-02-03 14:30:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ETRD PREL WHO KBIO KFLU TH |
09HANOI956 | FINAL NOMINATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN "COMPLEX FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Post nominates the following Vietnamese government officials to participate in the training course titled "COMPLEX FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS" to be held in Bangkok from October 5-9, 2009. The visit is funded by the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Bangkok, Thailand. Both [...] | 2009-09-16 03:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PINR PTER SNAR VM TH |
09HOCHIMINHCITY674 | LOWER MEKONG INITIATIVE: FORECAST MEKONG IN THE DELTA [...] (U) Summary: One practical byproduct of the Secretary's Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) is the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) effort to help the Mekong countries assess how climate change and human activities impact the Mekong basin. USGS held a Forecast Mekong workshop in Can Tho city Decemb [...] | 2009-12-16 11:26:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON ENRG EAGR SOCI PREL PGOV EAID TH VN |
09HONGKONG2215 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Per reftel A request, post conducted a pre-license end-use check on Foreign Consignee Sino Technology Co. Ltd. Post determined that Sino Technology does not have a true physical presence in Hong Kong. Since Sino Technology does not have a true physical presence in Hong Kong and appears t [...] | 2009-12-04 11:13:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC BX TH TW HK |
09JAKARTA1091 | USTDA GRANT FOR AVIATION SAFETY - ANOTHER POSITIVE STEP [...] Summary: The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) awarded $341,000 in grant funds to Indonesia's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to enhance the safety and security of the country's aviation sector. The technical assistance grant is the latest effort to bolster the civil aviat [...] | 2009-06-26 06:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON SN TH ID |
09KATHMANDU334 | MOMENTUM BUILDS FOR THE GLOBAL TIGER INITIATIVE [...] The World Bank-supported Global Tiger Initiative (GTI) significantly advanced diplomatic efforts to save the world's remaining endangered wild tigers at an April 10-12 workshop of the Association of Southeast Nations Wildlife Enforcement Network (ASEAN-WEN) in Pattaya, Thailand. This workshop [...] | 2009-04-23 09:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO ETTC ASEAN SAARC XC XD NP TH |
09KINSHASA785 | DEMARCHE TO AFRICAN STATES ON VIKTOR BOUT [...] (U) Ambassador Garvelink was received August 25 by Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba in the context of an appointment the ambassador had requested to discuss a broad range of issues. Also present were diplomatic advisor Clementine Shakembo and Americas director Louis Lokosu Nkulufa. Am [...] | 2009-08-25 13:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PTER CO RS TH CG |
09KUALALUMPUR1012 | PERSPECTIVE FROM MALAYSIA ON PM NAJIB'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) In mid-December, Malaysian and Thai contacts in Kuala Lumpur briefed Poloffs on Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's visit to Thailand from December 7-9. All contacts emphasized that both Prime Ministers see the insurgency in Thailand's southern three provinces as an internal Thai problem t [...] | 2009-12-23 08:51:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TH MY |
09KUALALUMPUR79 | MALAYSIA: ROHINGYA SITUATION STATUS QUO [...] (C) Summary: The UNHCR has not detected any change in the status quo or increase in the number of Rohingya refugees entering Malaysia so far this year. A Foreign Ministry official said Malaysia would have "no problem" in joining a contact group with Thailand on the Rohingya situation, but g [...] | 2009-02-06 10:14:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL SMIG BM ID TH MY |
09KUALALUMPUR828 | REALIST ISLAMIC POLITICS IN KELANTAN [...] (C) Summary: Kelantan, Malaysia's least-developed and most conservative Muslim state, has been governed by the opposition Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) for the last 20 years. Its relative poverty has led to jibes such as that from Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin on October 6 that Kelantan [...] | 2009-10-19 02:52:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON GTIP MY TH |
09MONROVIA619 | MONROVIA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE TO AFRICAN STATES [...] (SBU) Charge raised Ref A demarche points with Deputy Foreign Minister Ambassador William Bull in an August 27 meeting. Bull told Charge that he will discuss the Viktor Bout situation with relevant Liberian authorities. He noted the GOL's neutral position regarding the prosecution of former [...] | 2009-08-27 18:15:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PTER CO RS TH LI |
09OTTAWA736 | CANADA; WEIGHING IN ON VIKTOR BOUT [...] (C) Charge on September 18 discussed Victor Bout case (reftel) with Yves Brodeur, Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security Affairs and Political Director of Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). Brodeur was already familiar with the case. Charge [...] | 2009-09-18 19:51:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM PETER CO RS TH CA |
09OTTAWA772 | CANADA TO DEMARCHE RTG ON VIKTOR BOUT [...] (C) Director General for South, Southeast Asia & Oceania Kenneth Macartney of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade confirmed to PolMinCouns on October 3 that the Canadian Embassy in Bangkok would demarche the Royal Thai Government on the extradition of Viktor Bout, as Emb [...] | 2009-10-05 11:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KCRM TH CA RS CO |
09OTTAWA791 | CANADA DEMARCHES RTG ON VIKTOR BOUT [...] (C) Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Political Director Yves Brodeur confirmed to DCM on October 14 that the Canadian Ambassador in Bangkok had on October 6 made a demarche supporting the extradition of Viktor Bout to the Thai Ministry of Justice's Permanent Secretary. The A [...] | 2009-10-14 20:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KRCM PTER TH CA RS CO |
09PHNOMPENH101 | DPM SOK AN IS FIRM BUT PATIENT ON THAI BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an initial courtesy call on Deputy Prime Minister Sok An February 12, the Ambassador emphasized the U.S. commitment to a re-invigorated and growing relationship with Cambodia and support for the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. Sok An outlined mixed developments in negotiations with the [...] | 2009-02-13 07:34:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KJUS KTIA EPET PINR SCUL TH CB |
09PHNOMPENH142 | HOR NAMHONG WELCOMES GROWING U.S. COOPERATION IN ASEAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister (FM) Hor Namhong focused on ASEAN, the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) and U.S. support for the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) joining regional and larger international institutions during EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) and U.S. Am [...] | 2009-03-04 09:58:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PBTS MARR TH CB |
09PHNOMPENH143 | AMBASSADOR MARCIEL URGES CONTINUED DIALOGUE ON [...] (C) Summary: During a March 3 discussion with Deputy Prime Minister Sok An, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary and Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel praised the Cambodian government for working bilaterally with the Thais to find a long-term solution to the Preah Vihear area border disput [...] | 2009-03-04 10:26:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS KTIA SCUL TH CB |
09PHNOMPENH221 | APRIL 3 MORNING CLASH ON THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER AT [...] (C) A clash between Thai and Cambodian infantry erupted at 7:20 a.m. April 3 inside the disputed border area near the Cambodian Preah Vihear UNESCO World Heritage Site according to Council of Ministers Secretary of State Phay Siphan. Fighting erupted in an area called the Field of Eagles, the [...] | 2009-04-03 02:07:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV TH CB |
09PHNOMPENH224 | CAMBODIA HOLDS ITS POSITION IN PREAH VIHEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late-morning negotiations between Thai and Cambodian military field commanders broke down and resulted in resumed fighting at about 1:55 p.m. on April 3, according to multiple Cambodian sources. Council of Ministers Secretary of State Phay Siphan stated that Thai artillery ope [...] | 2009-04-03 12:07:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV TH CB |
09PHNOMPENH246 | CAMBODIA BORDER CROSSING VISITS HIGHLIGHT TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Cambodian National Police officials from the Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection Department (AHTJP) recently joined Emboffs at the Poipet border crossing area of Banteay Meanchey province to highlight the Cambodia-Thailand cross-border trafficking in persons (TIP) s [...] | 2009-04-13 10:52:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KWMN EAID TH VN CB |
09PHNOMPENH406 | CAMBODIA PREPARES PREAH VIHEAR PLAN FOR UNESCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In advance of his participation in the 33rd session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Seville, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Council of Ministers Sok An asked to see the Ambassador June 16 to outline progress by the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) in develo [...] | 2009-06-17 10:53:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL KTIA KJUS UNESCO EAID TH CB |
09PHNOMPENH832 | PRIME MINISTER HUN SEN PREVIEWS THAKSIN VISIT [...] (C) Summary: The diplomatic spat between Cambodia and Thailand took center stage during the Ambassador's meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen November 8. Hun Sen confirmed that former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra would arrive in Cambodia on November 10 and would deliver a speech to [...] | 2009-11-10 11:42:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TH CB |
09SEOUL1865 | "GLOBAL KOREA" TAKES OFF IN SOUTHEAST ASIA [...] (C) Summary: President Lee Myung-bak's vision of a "Global Korea" has been on prominent display in Southeast Asia during 2009. A key part of that vision is the New Asia Initiative, premised on the idea that Korea can play a "bridging role" between the developed and developing world. Central [...] | 2009-11-25 08:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ECIN ASEAN KS VM CB TH XC |
09SINGAPORE779 | READOUT OF SOUTHEAST ASIA ISSUES DISCUSSED AT TWELFTH [...] (U) The 12th annual meetings of the Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) convened July 5 through 10 in Brisbane, Australia. The APG highlighted challenges in Southeast Asia in anti-money laundering (AML) and combating financing of terrorism (CFT) and identified many acute training need [...] | 2009-08-18 10:12:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL ID MY SN TH VM |
09STATE119190 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Posts' and AIT's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050198982 for the export of a United States Munitions List (USML)-controlled C/Ku [...] | 2009-11-18 20:19:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH BX TW HK |
09STATE123750 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on licenses 050179008 AND 050202690 for the export of suppressors and fire control systems to Thailand. Post is [...] | 2009-12-02 22:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
09STATE124880 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050177954 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled aircraft batteries [...] | 2009-12-07 14:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH HK |
09STATE1589 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CHINA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - ILEA [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified in paragraph 2 below. The individuals from the Guangzhou Anti-Smuggling Bureau listed below are candidates to attend [...] | 2009-01-07 21:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM PTER PREL MARR SNAR HK CH TH |
09STATE17214 | RANF: U.S. DEMARCHE TO FORWARD-LEANING RECIPIENT [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 9; Kuwait please see paras 9 and 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Since 2003, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Secretariat has been developing a mechanism for reliable access to nuclear fuel (RANF). This mechanism is intended to suppleme [...] | 2009-02-24 23:16:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG JO KNNP KU MO QA SA TH TRGY TS VM IAEA |
09STATE1801 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate to attend the EXBS-Sponsored US Coast Guard Boarding Officer training [...] | 2009-01-08 17:43:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH |
09STATE20018 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050145190 for the export of pistols to Thailand. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern [...] | 2009-03-04 15:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
09STATE206 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CHINA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - ILEA [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual from the State Forestry Administration, Department of Forest Police listed below. This individual is a candidate to att [...] | 2009-01-02 18:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM PTER PREL MARR SNAR HK CH TH |
09STATE262 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR HONG KONG LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate to attend the Pacific Rim Security Conference from January 10-15, 2009. [...] | 2009-01-02 20:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PHUM ASEC KCRM SNAR HK TH |
09STATE263 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR HONG KONG LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ILEA Bangkok - Post Blast Investigations Course scheduled [...] | 2009-01-02 20:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PHUM ASEC KCRM SNAR HK TH |
09STATE264 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the EXBS-Sponsored US Coast Guard Boarding Officer train [...] | 2009-01-02 20:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH |
09STATE265 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the EXBS-Sponsored US Coast Guard Boarding Officer train [...] | 2009-01-02 20:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH |
09STATE29852 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050108124 for the export of inertial measurement units (IMUs) to Thailand. Embassy is reques [...] | 2009-03-27 17:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
09STATE31926 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050099706 for the export of rifles to Thailand. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lanter [...] | 2009-04-02 15:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
09STATE3218 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the EXBS-Sponsored US Coast Guard Boarding Officer train [...] | 2009-01-13 14:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH |
09STATE3393 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050089992 for the export of firearms to Thailand. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lant [...] | 2009-01-13 20:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
09STATE34590 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050153898 for the export of Stingray tank component parts to Thailand. Post is requested to [...] | 2009-04-08 20:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
09STATE34962 | RECOGNITION OF EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE ON BLUE [...] I would like to take this opportunity to recognize the outstanding performance of political-military officer Thomas Hines and the foreign service nationals of Embassy Bangkok's political section in supporting the Blue Lantern program. As you know, Blue Lantern is the Department's primary instr [...] | 2009-04-09 17:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC ETTC KOMC TH |
09STATE43577 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050137408 for the export of pistols to Thailand. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lant [...] | 2009-04-29 20:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
09STATE4369 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY REQUEST - DAO [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the units and commanders listed below. These units and commanders are candidates to participate in DAO Bangkok JCET Teak Torch 09-2 and Ba [...] | 2009-01-15 23:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH |
09STATE4811 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY REQUEST - DAO [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the units and commanders listed below. These units and commanders are candidates to participate in the JUSMAG Bangkok JCET Balance Torch 0 [...] | 2009-01-16 21:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH |
09STATE4812 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY REQUEST - JUSMAG [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate to participate in the JUSMAG Bangkok Special Operations Combating Terrorism C [...] | 2009-01-16 21:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH |
09STATE4877 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate to participate in DAO-sponsored Language and Program on Terrorism and Securit [...] | 2009-01-16 22:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH |
09STATE60449 | THAILAND -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...] | 2009-06-11 20:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG TH |
09STATE60460 | VIETNAM -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...] | 2009-06-11 20:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG TH |
09STATE62677 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on licenses 050168987 and 050175150 for the export of firearms to Thailand. Post is requested to complete [...] | 2009-06-17 17:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
09STATE65580 | REPORT: ARF FINALIZES VISION STATEMENT, ADVANCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior officials, including U.S. Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel, from ASEAN Regional Forum's (ARF) 27 members met to finalize negotiations on a draft Vision Statement, approve other institutional proposals, and discuss various regional security issues in Phuket, Thail [...] | 2009-06-24 18:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ARF EAID TH ID PK IN |
09STATE6918 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ILEA Bangkok Supervisory Criminal Investigator Cours [...] | 2009-01-26 20:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH |
09STATE6927 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ILEA Bangkok/ATA 6886 - Fraudulent Travel Documents [...] | 2009-01-26 20:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH |
09STATE6929 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ILEA Bangkok/ATA 6887 - Investigative Information Ma [...] | 2009-01-26 20:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH |
09STATE73798 | INTENT TO ACCEDE TO THE TREATY OF AMITY AND [...] (U) The Secretary of State on July 15, 2009, signed the Diplomatic Note below informing ASEAN of the intention of the United States to accede to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC). Please deliver this message to Foreign Minister Kasit, in his capacity as Chair of the [...] | 2009-07-15 22:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL TH ASEAN KTIA |
09STATE7432 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend a Vietnam-Thailand Exchange Program Workshop with the En [...] | 2009-01-27 21:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH |
09STATE78948 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050181625 for the export of firearms to Thailand. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lante [...] | 2009-07-29 14:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
09STATE81281 | IRANIAN PROCUREMENT AGENT SEEKS GERMAN TEST [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Berlin please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: In August 2008, we informed Berlin that the German firm Voetsch Industrietechnik was negotiating a deal to sell two model VT7004 environmental test chambers to the Malaysian intermediary Toshi Electr [...] | 2009-08-05 11:45:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA IR GM TH |
09STATE88226 | DEMARCHE TO COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT ON VIKTOR BOUT [...] (SBU) This is an action request for Bogota. Embassy is requested to urge the Government of Colombia at the highest levels to weigh-in with the Royal Thai Government (RTG) to support the extradition of accused arms smuggler Viktor Bout to the United States. Post may draw from the points in para [...] | 2009-08-24 20:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PTER CO RS TH |
09STATE88230 | DEMARCHE TO AFRICAN STATES ON VIKTOR BOUT [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Action addressees are requested to urge host governments at the highest appropriate levels to weigh-in with the Royal Thai Government (RTG) to support the extradition of accused arms smuggler Viktor Bout to the United States. Posts may draw from the points in p [...] | 2009-08-24 20:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PTER CO RS TH |
09STATE91125 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY REQUEST - JIATF CD [...] (U) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the commanders and units listed below. The members of the units are candidates to attend the course titled CD Urban Interdiction Skills & LE [...] | 2009-09-01 18:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MOPS PHUM KCRM MARR PREL TH |
09STATE92332 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on licenses 050123318, 050131759, 050131068, and 050131059 for the export of firearms to Thailand. Po [...] | 2009-09-04 13:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC TH |
09STATE9563 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ILEA Bangkok Computer Crime Investigations Course: S [...] | 2009-02-03 14:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH |
09STATE9564 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY REQUEST - JUSMAG - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate to participate in the JUSMAG Amphibious Plan Senior Officer International, Ex [...] | 2009-02-03 14:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH |
09STATE9565 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY REQUEST - JUSMAG - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate to participate in a JUSMAG Special English Training course at Lackland Air Fo [...] | 2009-02-03 14:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH |
09STATE9566 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ATA 6887 - Investigative Information Management cour [...] | 2009-02-03 14:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH |
09STATE9567 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY REQUEST - DAO - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate to participate in the DAO 4th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference in Fort W [...] | 2009-02-03 14:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH |
09STATE9568 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ATA - Fraudulent Travel Documents Training Course - [...] | 2009-02-03 14:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH |
09STATE9569 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY REQUEST - JUSMAG - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to participate in the JUSMAG Bangkok - JCET Baker Torch 09-4 - BPP Special [...] | 2009-02-03 14:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH |
09STATE98729 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on licenses 050190040, 050190045, 050190058, 050190070, and 050190074 for the export of firearms to Thailand. P [...] | 2009-09-23 15:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
09STATE9874 | INFORMATION RELATED TO THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) This is an informational cable. Unclassified - entire text. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The United States Department of Energy (DOE)/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is sponsoring a three-week seminar on international nuclear safeguards from May 2, 2009 to May 23, 2009, in the U [...] | 2009-02-03 22:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AG AORC EG ENRG ID KNNP MO MY OTRA TH TRGY TS VM |
09STATE99600 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...] | 2009-09-24 17:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
09STATE99602 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...] | 2009-09-24 17:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
09TELAVIV466 | EMBASSY TEL AVIV'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 12:48:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CE CH EG EI ELAB IN IS KCRM KFRD KPAL KTIP KWMN MD NP PHUM PREF RO RP RS SMIG TH TU UK UP UZ |
09TOKYO2531 | THAILAND AND JAPAN TO INK SOP ON TIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: First Secretary Rapipongs Bachong-Silpa of the Royal Thai Embassy in Tokyo informed Embassy Political Officer that Thailand and Japan will sign a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) agreement regarding the rescuing, repatriating and social integration of human trafficking victims. [...] | 2009-11-02 07:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIP PGOV PHUM ELAB JA TH |
09TOKYO2567 | JAPAN ADVANCING TIES TO THE MEKONG REGION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first Japan-Mekong Summit on November 6-7 is the culmination of a year-long effort by Japanese leaders to strengthen ties to mainland Southeast Asia and will cap the Japan-Mekong Exchange Year, a program aimed at deepening cooperation and mutual understanding. Japan has assu [...] | 2009-11-06 09:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM CB CH LA TH VM JA |
09TOKYO338 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the February 16-18, 2009 visit to Japan by Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill and EAP Special Assistant Yuri Kim. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Jamie Roane. He can be reached at: Office phone: (81 [...] | 2009-02-13 01:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA TH |
09USUNNEWYORK373 | THAI PERMREP DISCUSSES BURMA [...] (C) Summary: In an April 6 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Thai PermRep Pramudwinai urged intensified engagement with the Burmese regime and said the regime is awaiting the outcome of the U.S. policy review of Burma. He said Burma would be more comfortable with the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) [...] | 2009-04-08 22:13:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TH BU |
09USUNNEWYORK889 | UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES: NETHERLANDS, EGYPT [...] SUMMARY: The ninth plenary meeting of the 64th UN general assembly was held on the morning of September 26. The themes of the economic crisis, climate change and UN reform, specifically the expansion of permanent members of the Security Council continued. Iran's nuclear program was addressed [...] | 2009-10-10 01:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON KPKO UNGA BY TH NL KG TV TD |
09VIENTIANE238 | GMS:PROXIMITY AND POLITICS FOCUSES CHINESE [...] This is the second in a series of cables from Consulate General Chiang Mai and Embassy Vientiane on the Greater Mekong Subregion's (GMS) R3A highway (ref a). These cables have been coordinated with Consulate General Chengdu. This cable was co-drafted by econ officers at both Vientiane and Ch [...] | 2009-05-19 02:07:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELTN EWWT CH LA TH |
09VIENTIANE335 | STAFFDEL LEE: GOL SHOWS OFF HMONG RESETTLEMENT SITE [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 6, senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials accompanied House Foreign Affairs Committee professional staff member Jessica Lee and Ambassador to the Phalak village Hmong resettlement site. Phalak is used to settle Lao Hmong who return from detainment in Thailand but d [...] | 2009-07-10 09:16:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | LA PHUM PREF PREL SOCI TH |
10BANGKOK111 | U.S. Support for Biotechnology Development in Thailand; [...] Summary and Comment: Agricultural biotechnology is widely accepted by the Thai scientific community, including Thai officials, but NGO and consumer groups continue to oppose biotech crops and foods (also known as genetically modified organisms or GMOs). Given Thailand's importance as the worl [...] | 2010-01-14 07:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO BEXP SENV KPAO TH |
10BANGKOK113 | THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES NEW MFA PERMANENT [...] (C) Summary. During a January 12 meeting with the new MFA Permanent Secretary Theerakun Niyom, the Ambassador and Theerakun explored opportunities for U.S. engagement in Thailand and the region, agreeing that additional U.S. involvement would be valuable for both nations. The Ambassador prev [...] | 2010-01-14 09:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM APEC SMIG TH LA |
10BANGKOK114 | THAILAND: MFA REACTS STRONGLY TO AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador's opinion piece on the repatriation of the Lao Hmong in the Bangkok Post on January 13 triggered an immediate reaction from the RTG (full op-ed text included at para 7). The PM's office and MFA called first thing in the morning. PermSec Theerakul tasked the MFA Americas [...] | 2010-01-14 10:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PREF TH |
10BANGKOK125 | BANGKOK PROPOSAL: 2009 AG-BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH FUNDS [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Bangkok requests $20,000 in funding from the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs' (EEB) agricultural biotechnology outreach funds for FY2010. EEB's funding would support a workshop on the intersection of biotechnology, food security, rice production and the four [...] | 2010-01-15 10:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO BEXP SENV TH |
10BANGKOK126 | THAILAND PLANS TO ASSIST HAITI [...] (SBU) The RTG plans to provide $20,000 assistance to Haiti following the devastating earthquake on January 12, Phisek Panupat of MFA's Latin America Division confirmed to us. (Note: No information on how that money would be sent.) The RTG is forming an interagency team to examine what addition [...] | 2010-01-19 00:13:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM TH |
10BANGKOK146 | THAILAND SUPPORTS U.S. INDICTMENT IN JUTHAMAS [...] (SBU) Summary. Per reftel request, we notified officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),the Office of the Attorney General (OAG),and the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) January 17-18 regarding DOJ's intention to unseal an indictment against Juthamas Siriwan and her daug [...] | 2010-01-19 09:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCOR KCRM TH |
10BANGKOK147 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: JUNE 2009 MOSQUE SHOOTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Sutthirak Kongsuwan, the prime suspect in the June 8, 2009 shooting at the Al Furqon mosque in Narathiwat, turned himself into Thai police on January 14 after months of pressure from Democrat Party politicians on security forces for progress in the case. Authorities announced t [...] | 2010-01-19 10:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
10BANGKOK148 | THAILAND INCREASES PLANNED CASH AID FOR HAITI, MOD [...] (SBU) We conveyed reftel U.S. appreciation for Thailand's assistance for Haiti relief efforts to Phisek Panupat of the Latin America Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs January 19. Phisek confirmed to us that the Thai Cabinet had decided earlier January 19 to increase Thailand's offer [...] | 2010-01-19 11:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT TH HA |
10BANGKOK149 | THAILAND: RED-SHIRT CORE LEADERS TELL AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with top strategists of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD, or "red-shirts") on January 14 to engage them on UDD plans for anti-government protests in the new year. The Ambassador stressed the importance of the movement eschewing violence a [...] | 2010-01-20 04:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
10BANGKOK163 | THAILAND SUPPORTS COPENHAGEN ACCORD BUT LAGS IN [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: ESTHoff discussed COP15 with Thailand's lead climate change negotiator on January 13; Ref A demarche was delivered to Minister of Environment on January 14. Both viewed the Copenhagen Accord positively. The PM will chair an interagency meeting on January 21 to start [...] | 2010-01-20 07:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG KGCC SENV EAGR ECON ETRD TH |
10BANGKOK165 | CABINET RESHUFFLE UNFOLDS LARGELY ACCORDING TO PLAN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Five new cabinet members took their oath of allegiance to King Bhumibol on January 18, completing a long-anticipated change to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's administration. While the changes affecting De [...] | 2010-01-20 09:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
10BANGKOK166 | BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) We visited the Directorate of Aeronautical Engineering (DAE) of the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) January 12. Group Captain Wirisak, the Director of the DAE's Air Supply Division, and his staff led the inspection. Wirisak confirmed the purchase and receipt of 375 aircraft batteries and con [...] | 2010-01-20 10:29:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH HK |
10BANGKOK175 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the below-me [...] | 2010-01-21 07:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
10BANGKOK176 | THAI GOVERNMENT EXTENDS MIGRANT WORKER NATIONALITY [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 19, the Thai government extended for two-years to February 28, 2012, the deadline for migrant workers from Burma, Laos, and Cambodia to complete the nationality verification (NV) process associated with Thailand's illegal migrant worker amnesty program. The decision [...] | 2010-01-21 10:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM BM TH |
10BANGKOK178 | AMBASSADOR AND RTG SPOKESMAN DISCUSS RED SHIRTS, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with RTG spokesperson Dr. Panitan Wattanayakorn at the Residence January 21 to review the latest political developments in Thailand. Panitan analyzed the three main factions within the anti-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD),aka t [...] | 2010-01-22 07:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PREF SMIG TH |
10BANGKOK184 | THAILAND: AUTHORITIES SEARCH RED SHIRT AGITATOR,S [...] (U) Summary: Police raided the home of Maj. Gen. Khattiya Sawasdiphol (aka "Seh Daeng") on January 21 in connection with his possible involvement in an apparent grenade attack targeting Royal Thai Army (RTA) Commander in Chief Anupong Paojinda. Authorities also raided Seh Daeng's former drive [...] | 2010-01-22 11:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
10BANGKOK185 | A/S SHAPIRO AND THE AMBASSADOR PRESS FOR [...] (C) Summary. During a January 13-15 visit, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro and the Ambassador repeatedly raised a USG request for the Thai government's list of screened-in Hmong during meetings with Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thuagsuban, Minister of Defense [...] | 2010-01-23 10:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG TH LA |
10BANGKOK186 | A/S SHAPIRO VISIT: DISCUSSIONS OF REGIONAL ISSUES, [...] (C) Summary. During a January 13-15 visit, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro discussed a range of regional issues during meetings with senior Thai officials. The rise of China was viewed benignly by Thai officials, who stressed that Beijing was more interested [...] | 2010-01-23 10:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MARR MASS TH CH CB |
10BANGKOK191 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, 299 Company, Ltd. is listed as follows: Registration No. 0105536005188 Registered Date: January 18, 1993 Status: Company Limited Capital Registration: 5,000,000 baht Partners: Chailai Yugala Na Ayutthaya and Anyawida Yugala Na Ayutthaya Com [...] | 2010-01-25 06:29:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TH |
10BANGKOK192 | THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES PRIVY COUNCIL CHAIR [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador paid a series of New Year's-related calls on influential Thai figures, including Privy Council Chair GEN Prem, Privy Council member ACM Siddhi, and former PM Anand, to discuss the year ahead. Abhisit's performance, issues related to the royal family, and challenges posed by [...] | 2010-01-25 07:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PREL PGOV TH |
10BANGKOK197 | A/S SHAPIRO VISIT: BILATERAL TIES AND DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary. During a January 13-15 visit, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro met with a wide range of military and civilian government officials to discuss U.S.-Thai relations, Thai views of strategic challenges, and RTG plans to deploy a battalion of peacekeep [...] | 2010-01-25 09:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH |
10BANGKOK198 | THAI-CAMBODIAN SPAT: THAI RANGERS CLASH WITH [...] (C) Summary: Thai rangers clashed January 24 with Cambodian troops in area east of the Preah Vihear temple. The clash apparently occurred near where Cambodian troops had engaged in illegal logging inside Thailand earlier in January. There were no reports of casualties. Local Thai and Cambodi [...] | 2010-01-25 09:57:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB |
10BANGKOK206 | THAILAND: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) Per reftel request, below is Post's draft of the 2010 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Thailand. We also e-mailed a Microsoft Word version to EB/IFD/OIA (David J. Ahn and Thomas J. Walsh),per reftel instructions. 2. (U) Begin text: Chapter 6: Investment Climate --------------- [...] | 2010-01-26 01:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KIPR OPIC KTDB USTR TH |
10BANGKOK207 | THAILAND: NO STANDARDS WHEN IT COMES TO "OWNING" [...] (U) Summary: In recent weeks, the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD, or "red-shirts") has targeted Privy Councilors Surayud Chulanon and Prem Tinsulanonda and their alleged encroachment on protected national parks to highlight the issue of illegal land holdings in Thailand, [...] | 2010-01-26 02:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
10BANGKOK209 | BANGKOK ENGAGES MEDIA AND PUBLIC ON HAITI [...] Summary: Post engaged local Thai audiences in a variety of ways to counter any possible misperceptions, inaccuracies and misinformation regarding U.S. relief efforts for Haiti. The centerpiece of the outreach was a roundtable for Thai journalists held by the Ambassador on Thursday, January 21 [...] | 2010-01-26 04:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KDEM OIIP HA TH |
10BANGKOK210 | SUSPECTED VIOLATION OF ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT BY [...] (C) Summary. Post believes that the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has violated the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) by transferring Pratt & Whitney F100 engines to Samsung Industries in the Republic of Korea and Bet Shemesh Industries in Israel for overhaul and repair, prior to return to Thaila [...] | 2010-01-26 09:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS ETTC TH |
10BANGKOK211 | THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES OPPOSITION PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on opposition Puea Thai party Chair GEN Chavalit Yongchaiyuth January 26 to discuss the Thai political year ahead, the relationship between Thaksin, his Puea Thai party, and the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD),and the agenda that [...] | 2010-01-26 09:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
10BANGKOK226 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ADMIRAL WILLARD [...] (C) Admiral Willard, Embassy Bangkok welcomes you to Thailand. Despite ongoing domestic political challenges, Thailand's adherence to democratic values should not go unrecognized. That a full range of actors in the Thai political scene can openly and vigorously debate policies and the state [...] | 2010-01-27 10:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH |
10BANGKOK227 | THAILAND: DEMOCRATS OPPOSE CHARTER CHANGES [...] (U) Summary: The Democrat Party MP caucus voted on January 26 to oppose the proposal by the five junior members of the governing coalition to amend the constitution. The coalition partners had proposed altering the articles dealing with the parliamentary electoral system (Article 94) and parli [...] | 2010-01-27 11:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
10BANGKOK233 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the 3 individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the bel [...] | 2010-01-28 10:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
10BANGKOK234 | Baby Steps Toward the Resolution of the Map Ta Phut Impasse [...] (SBU) Summary: While the Royal Thai Government has made some progress towards the resolution of the Map Ta Phut impasse, the end is not yet in sight. Some of the necessary guidelines that will enable companies to comply with Article 67 of the Thai Constitution have been established; however, u [...] | 2010-01-28 10:13:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ELAB SENV TH |
10BANGKOK244 | THAILAND: PM'S DEMOCRAT PARTY IN SIMMERING LEGAL [...] (C) Even as the Democrat party struggles to manage the political fallout associated with spurning its coalition partners on the constitutional amendment push (reftel),another cloud looms on the horizon. The party stands accused by political opponents of running afoul of the Political Parties [...] | 2010-01-28 10:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
10BANGKOK248 | THAI TELECOMS: FINANCE MINISTER KORN'S PLAN TO BREAK THE 3G [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Thai government has repeatedly delayed the auction and licensing of third generation (3G) telecommunications services -- largely because of disagreements over how to deal with the two state-owned telecommunications operators, TOT and CAT, and the private providers that have c [...] | 2010-01-29 04:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV KIPR PREL TH |
10BANGKOK249 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the unit and the commander listed below, who has been selected to attend [...] | 2010-01-29 09:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
10BANGKOK255 | DASD SCHER ADDRESSSES ASEAN CENTRALITY, U.S. ROLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a January 21-23 visit, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia Robert Scher met with officials from the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss a variety of bilateral and regional issues. The centrality of [...] | 2010-01-29 11:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SMIG TH |
10BANGKOK259 | DASD SCHER ADDRESSSES ASEAN CENTRALITY, U.S. ROLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a January 21-23 visit, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia Robert Scher met with officials from the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss a variety of bilateral and regional issues. The centrality of [...] | 2010-02-01 06:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SMIG TH |
10BANGKOK269 | CHINA,S SUSTAINED, SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO COURT [...] (C) Summary: Thai contacts from government to academia see a decade-long Chinese romance of Southeast Asia, both through ASEAN and bilaterally, to have been successful in increasing Chinese influence during a period in which many believe that U.S. influence and prestige in the region has waned [...] | 2010-02-02 04:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SMIG TH |
10BANGKOK276 | EMBASSY ENGAGES THAI OFFICIALS ON SECOND BOUT [...] (C) Summary: Per reftel request, we briefed officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on January 27 and Office of the Attorney General (OAG) on February 1 about the existence of a second, sealed indictment and USG plans to submit an additional extradition request for Viktor Bout. The [...] | 2010-02-02 09:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN PGOV PREL TH |
10BANGKOK278 | THE CURSE OF THE BLUE DIAMOND: THAILAND INDICTS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the latest chapter of a two decade-long saga which has long soured Thai-Saudi relations, the Royal Thai Government (RTG) Office of the Attorney General on January 12 indicted five police officers in connection with the 1990 murder of a Saudi Arabian businessman with family ti [...] | 2010-02-02 10:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SA TH |
10BANGKOK281 | THAILAND: MINORITY COALITION PARTNERS SUBMIT [...] (U) Summary: The five junior partners in the ruling government coalition moved forward February 3 with filing a motion to change two provisions of the constitution, while continuing to profess their commitment to the coalition. The partners seek to alter the articles in the constitution that [...] | 2010-02-03 08:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
10BANGKOK283 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the below-me [...] | 2010-02-03 09:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
10BANGKOK286 | CHINA'S RISE AS THAILAND'S ECONOMIC PARTNER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the month of December 2009, China, for the first time, displaced the United States as Thailand's top export market. For the previous year as a whole, the U.S. barely held on to the number one position it has held for decades, but China is likely to overtake the U.S. in 2010. [...] | 2010-02-03 09:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PREL CH TH |
10BANGKOK287 | THAILAND: KING BHUMIBOL RESUMES A MORE VISIBLE [...] (C) King Bhumibol Adulyadej has actively presided over three separate swearing-in ceremonies at Siriraj Hospital since mid-January, dispensing philosophic advice to ministers and judges in public and the Prime Minister in private. In addition to swearing-in the five new cabinet members on Jan [...] | 2010-02-03 10:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR TH |
10BANGKOK298 | SCENESETTER FOR THE CSA-HOSTED VISIT OF THAI ARMY [...] (C) General Casey, the upcoming visit of Thai Army Commander General Anupong Paojinda will be an important occasion to demonstrate our appreciation for the U.S.-Thai relationship. Despite ongoing domestic political challenges, Thailand's adherence to democratic values should not go unrecogni [...] | 2010-02-04 05:35:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH |
10BANGKOK3 | PM ABHISIT AT THE ONE-YEAR MARK: A MOSTLY POSITIVE [...] (C) One-year into his term as Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva has lasted in office far longer than most political prognosticators ever thought possible. Through this sheer act of survival in the rough and tumble world of Thai politics, he has confounded his detractors and rebutted -- in the [...] | 2010-01-04 04:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
10BANGKOK310 | China's Role in Thai Education Growing, but not [...] (SBU) This is the third in a series of cables on China's influence in Thailand. 2. (SBU) Summary. The impact of China's efforts to increase its soft power in Thailand is evident in the field of education. The number of Thai students in China and of Chinese students in Thailand has increa [...] | 2010-02-04 23:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO SCUL PREL CH TH |
10BANGKOK319 | THAILAND: AMBASSADOR MEETS FORMER PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with former Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa on February 4 at Chart Thai Pattana party headquarters to review the latest political developments. Countering much press speculation, Banharn told the Ambassador he never expected the Democrat party to endorse the [...] | 2010-02-05 09:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR TH |
10BANGKOK320 | THAI FINANCE MINISTER REAFFIRMS TO AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: In a February 4 meeting, Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij reaffirmed to the Ambassador his personal commitment to working through economic and commercial issues of concern to the USG and U.S. businesses. Korn informed the Ambassador that draft customs law amendments may be presen [...] | 2010-02-05 10:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PREL KHLS EWWT TH |
10BANGKOK333 | Thailand: Use of Cell Phone While Driving Prohibited [...] In response to a demarche delivered per reftel, the Social Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided a non-paper on February 5, 2010, explaining Royal Thai Government activities with regard to cell phone use by drivers. In 2008, Thailand amended its Land Transport Act of 1979 to pr [...] | 2010-02-08 09:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EU SOCI UNDP UNGA TH |
10BANGKOK34 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the 3 individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the bel [...] | 2010-01-07 03:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
10BANGKOK340 | THAILAND: GOVERNMENT PREPARES FOR THE LATEST [...] (SBU) Summary: Posturing and positioning ahead of the latest "final battle" promised by anti-government red-shirt activists at the end of the month picked up pace the first week of February, as larger cracks emerged within the pro-Thaksin camp. Finance Minister Korn told Ambassador February 4 [...] | 2010-02-09 08:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
10BANGKOK344 | THAILAND: "LET THE MAGIC AMULET BREAK YOUR NECK" - [...] (C) Summary. Thai refusal to allow Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen to bring armed soldiers to visit Ta Muen Thom, border temple ruins long under Thai control, February 8 apparently led to Hun Sen's most recent scathing denunciation of Thai PM Abhisit, with the colorful insults dominating Tha [...] | 2010-02-09 11:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SMIG TH |
10BANGKOK35 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the below-me [...] | 2010-01-07 03:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
10BANGKOK360 | RELO BANGKOK REPORT ON ENGLISH-TEACHING IN THAILAND [...] (SBU) Summary. The Regional English Language Office (RELO) in Bangkok, consisting of a RELO and a RELO Assistant (LES),is actively engaged in a variety of programs aimed at improving the teaching and learning of English in SE Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Burma, Cambodia and Taiwan). A dive [...] | 2010-02-11 05:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TH KPAO OEXC SCUL |
10BANGKOK362 | THAILAND: EAP DAS MARCIEL ENGAGES RED-SHIRT [...] (U) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel met separately with the top strategists of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD, or "red-shirts") and a group which included PM deputy SecGen and Acting Government Spokesman Panitan on February 10 to discuss the state [...] | 2010-02-11 07:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
10BANGKOK366 | SOUTHERN THAILAND UPDATE: ROLE OF PARAMILITARY AND [...] (C) Summary: A variety of government, academic, and civil society contacts we engaged in Thailand's violence-affected southern provinces in late December presented consistent perceptions about the various paramilitary groups affiliated with military or interior/police structures and operating i [...] | 2010-02-11 08:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
10BANGKOK367 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor participated in a Thai Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) border trip to Chiang Mai, Jan. 11-13. Advisor met with Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTArF) Director, Department of Border Affairs, on Jan. 15 regarding December's International Border Interdiction Training (IBIT) in Mc [...] | 2010-02-11 08:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB |
10BANGKOK378 | THAILAND S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR THE 2010 [...] (SBU) Embassy Bangkok's grant review committee submits the following four proposals for consideration for the 2010 Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI) small grants initiative. Our first choice is an innovative and comprehensive economic empowerment program for women in Souther [...] | 2010-02-12 08:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO TH |
10BANGKOK379 | Thai Business Leaders Tell DAS Marciel that the Regional [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting hosted by Ambassador John for visiting DAS Scot Marciel, Thai business leaders expressed confidence in ASEAN as a stable business community and stressed the importance of the Greater Mekong Sub-region in U.S. foreign policy. They are not concerned about China's gro [...] | 2010-02-12 09:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP BTIO ECON CH BM TH |
10BANGKOK380 | THAILAND: VIEWS FROM THE RED HEARTLAND - STILL [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent swing through central Isaan, the northeast heartland of pro-Thaksin and red-shirt sentiment, revealed an interesting set of views on the key political, economic, and social issues facing Thailand, both in the short-term, with large-scale red-shirt protests expected in B [...] | 2010-02-12 10:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TH |
10BANGKOK381 | DAS MARCIEL ENGAGES THAI LEADERS ON BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary. EAP DAS and Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel engaged the Thai MFA PermSec and PM deputy SecGen, as well as several prominent Thai thinkers, on key regional and bilateral issues during his February 10 visit to Bangkok. Issues included regional architecture, U.S.-Thai rel [...] | 2010-02-12 10:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SMIG TH |
10BANGKOK384 | THAILAND: BANGKOK ON EDGE FOLLOWING BOMB SCARE, [...] (SBU) Summary: With Bangkok already tense following weeks of small-scale anti-government protests, two bombing incidents over the weekend served to further heighten anxieties in Thailand's capital. Late in the evening on February 13, a grenade exploded at a college near Government House with [...] | 2010-02-16 09:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
10BANGKOK385 | THAILAND PUSHES FOR USG ENGAGEMENT ON ASEAN [...] (SBU) MFA Department of ASEAN Affairs Counselor Suriya Chindawongse told PolOff and EXBS Advisor February 12 that ASEAN leaders had prioritized Connectivity, an ASEAN initiative established by heads of state and government in October 2009. Suriya told us that ASEAN would promote Connectivity [...] | 2010-02-16 10:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF ETTC CH JA TH |
10BANGKOK411 | ADMIRAL WILLARD'S VISIT TO THAILAND: IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) Summary. Senior Thai leaders stressed continued U.S. engagement in Thailand and assistance to the Thai military as extremely valuable during Admiral Willard's February 2-7 visit. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva highlighted his desire for continued strong U.S. engagement in Thailand and [...] | 2010-02-18 05:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF MARR MASS MCAP TH |
10BANGKOK413 | ADMIRAL WILLARD'S VISIT TO THAILAND: RTG FOCUSED [...] (C) Summary. Senior Thai leaders provided their view of the strategic goals for Thailand and the nations' goals for the future for PACOM Commander Admiral Willard during his February 2-7 visit. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva encouraged increased U.S. engagement in the region, particularly [...] | 2010-02-18 06:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF TH |
10BANGKOK414 | ADMIRAL WILLARD'S VISIT TO THAILAND: POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. During U.S. Pacific Command Commander Admiral Robert Willard's February 2-7 visit to Thailand in conjunction with the multilateral Cobra Gold exercise, Thai officials and political commentators expressed optimism that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva would be able to effectively [...] | 2010-02-18 06:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF TH |
10BANGKOK43 | SCENESETTER FOR CONGRESSMAN FALEOMAVAEGA,S JANUARY [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Congressman Faleomavaega, Embassy Bangkok warmly welcomes your visit. You will arrive January 16 to a Kingdom of Thailand divided politically and focused inward, uncertain about the country's future after [...] | 2010-01-07 09:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
10BANGKOK432 | NGO Activist Believes Prevention is Key to Fight against [...] (SBU) Summary: An experienced NGO activist working in a Thai border area believes the only thing that has proven to work against trafficking in persons is prevention, i.e., keeping victims from getting involved in the first place. Once involved in trafficking, it is hard for victims to return [...] | 2010-02-22 10:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM KTIP TH |
10BANGKOK434 | DON,T CALL IT A COMEBACK: THAKSIN,S PARTY LOOKS TO [...] (C) Fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's Puea Thai political party appears poised to reassert its political pre-eminence in one of its traditional strongholds in Northeastern Thailand, aka Isaan. Unlike in central Isaan (REF B),and south-central Issan (REF C),where the trend [...] | 2010-02-23 00:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR TH |
10BANGKOK45 | SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHAPIRO [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Shapiro, Embassy Bangkok welcomes you to Thailand. Despite ongoing domestic discord and current inward focus, Thailand's strategic importance to the U.S. cannot be overstated. Your visit provides an opportunity to signal the United States' appreciation for the long-s [...] | 2010-01-07 10:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH |
10BANGKOK454 | HOW FAST IS BANGKOK SINKING? [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: With a decades-long history of land subsidence similar to that of New Orleans, rising sea levels now threaten the 12 million people of Bangkok with inundation by 2050. ESTHoff and Embassy Science Fellow met with various academic and government actors over several weeks to [...] | 2010-02-24 09:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG KGCC SENV EAGR ECON ETRD TH |
10BANGKOK456 | Asian Ministerial Continues Efforts to Prevent Extinction [...] (U) Summary: In a ministerial meeting hosted by Thailand and the World Bank's Global Tiger Initiative (GTI) last month, thirteen tiger range states issued a joint declaration to stem the alarming decline of tigers in the wild, through regional law enforcement and country action plans. They a [...] | 2010-02-24 10:29:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD ETTC ASEAN SAARC XC XE NP TH |
10BANGKOK46 | THAILAND: CABINET RESHUFFLE AS CENSURE DEBATE AND [...] (U) Summary: After months of speculation, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva seems set to initiate a minor government reshuffle of Democrat Party figures slightly more than a year after taking office in late December 2008. In the wake of Public Health Minister Witthaya Kaewparadai,s resignation [...] | 2010-01-07 10:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV TH |
10BANGKOK468 | THAILAND: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-25 06:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TH |
10BANGKOK470 | THAILAND: RED PLANS CRYSTALLIZE ON EVE OF THAKSIN [...] (C) The Thai Supreme Court will issue the much anticipated verdict in the Thaksin assets case February 26. The judgment itself remains an unknown, with most contacts anticipating either a partial or full seizure of the frozen 76 billion baht (more than $2 billion). However, the Thaksin-affili [...] | 2010-02-25 09:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR CASC TH |
10BANGKOK478 | THAILAND: GT200 BOMB DETECTOR FAILURE IGNITES [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva ordered a halt to RTG procurement of the GT200 explosive detection device on February 16, after tests conducted by the Ministry of Science and Technology determined the device was ineffective. The GT200 is used throughout Thailand by many agenci [...] | 2010-02-26 08:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TH |
10BANGKOK48 | Embassy Bangkok Welcomes Staffdel Steigleder [...] Post welcomes Staffdel Steigleder with regards to site visits to projects managed by the Department of Labor's International Labor Affairs Bureau that aim to improve worker rights and eliminate child labor. Control officer will be Lawrence Petroni (information below) who has been in touch wit [...] | 2010-01-08 03:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CB CH JA TH |
10BANGKOK481 | THAILAND: MFA ANTICIPATING OCTOBER ELECTIONS IN [...] (C) Summary. MFA Burma Unit Chief Arunrung Phothong Humphreys told us February 24 that the RTG still believed that Burma would hold elections in October of this year, despite some rumors that they would be held in May (reftel). The RTG intends to increase assistance to Burma for development a [...] | 2010-02-26 09:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SMIG TH BU |
10BANGKOK483 | Thai Customs DG Tells Ambassador Reforms on Track [...] (SBU) Summary: The Thai Director General for Customs told the Ambassador that the first two phases of the Customs reform effort mandated by the Abhisit government have been approved by the Cabinet and that the crucial third phase, which will revamp the rewards system, has been drafted and will [...] | 2010-02-26 10:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PARM EWWT TH |
10BANGKOK61 | THAILAND: PM ABHISIT TAKES A STAND, FORCES DEPUTY [...] (C) Deputy Public Health Minister Manit Nopamornbodi tendered his resignation January 10 in the wake of a scandal involving planned procurement irregularities that already cost the Health Minster his job (reftel). The resignation represented a sharp about face for both Manit and his political [...] | 2010-01-11 11:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TH |
10BANGKOK62 | THAILAND: A TALE OF TWO BY-ELECTIONS: WIN SOME, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Thai political New Year began with two hotly contested by-elections that many observers suggested could help determine the political fortunes for the opposition Puea Thai and coalition Phumjai Thai (PJT) parties in the lead-up to the next round of elections. In the end, the [...] | 2010-01-11 11:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TH |
10BANGKOK80 | 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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the 3 individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the bel [...] | 2010-01-12 07:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH |
10BANGKOK86 | THAILAND TO PUSH FOR DIALOGUE IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with MFA Permanent Secretary Theerakun Niyom, the Ambassador reviewed U.S. policy towards Rangoon and emphasized the important role the RTG could play in encouraging broad and inclusive political dialogue in Burma. The Permanent Secretary expressed agreement, an [...] | 2010-01-12 10:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PREF TH BM |
10BEIJING162 | REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: COMPUTER [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Ministry of Public Security,s Cyber Security Department. They have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory infor [...] | 2010-01-22 06:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AFIN PTER KCRM SNAR TH CH |
10BEIJING182 | REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Ministry of Public Security. They have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on these individuals. [...] | 2010-01-25 06:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AFIN PTER KCRM SNAR TH CH |
10BEIJING446 | REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: POST BLAST [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Ministry of Public Security,s Public Order Control Department (POCD). They have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no der [...] | 2010-02-25 04:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AFIN PTER KCRM SNAR TH CH |
10BEIJING65 | U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U. S. [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (U.S. HHS) have a strong and valued partnership with China's Ministry of Health (MOH),Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) and Chinese Academ [...] | 2010-01-12 07:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TBIO SOCI CH GT KE EG TH KZ |
10BOGOTA93 | BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE: TAA 0361-04F AND TAA 4140-08D [...] (S//NF) Summary. Blue Lantern Officer consulted with the Defense Attache Office, US MilitaryGroup (MILGROUP),FBI and DEA regarding the accuracy of intelligence reports listed in ref A. DEA confirmed the derogatory information in ref A, linking Vertical de Aviacion to Helitaxi, [...] | 2010-01-27 18:09:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KOMC SNAR CO TH PM |
10CHENGDU44 | CHINA-ASEAN FTA START-UP: IMPACT ON YUNNAN PROVINCE MODEST [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Although Yunnan's overall foreign trade numbers declined by about 16 percent in 2009 because of the global financial crisis, its trade with the 10 member-nations of ASEA [...] | 2010-02-26 05:57:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN ETRD EINV ELTN CH VM LA BM TH |
10CHIANGMAI16 | KAREN STATE UPDATE [...] (C) According to the Karen National Union (KNU),which continues its armed struggle against Burma's military regime, it has agreed on the terms of a defensive military alliance with two other armed groups - the Kachin Independence Army (KIA-a ceasefire group) and Chin National Army. Talks aim [...] | 2010-02-19 08:03:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF MOPS MARR BM TH |
10CHIANGMAI18 | "CREATIVE THAILAND" -- STRENGTHENING THE IT SECTOR AND [...] (SBU) In a February 18 meeting in Chiang Mai, the Ambassador gathered executives from U.S. information technology (IT) firms and officials from Thai government and public agencies for an informal discussion on opportunities and challenges for U.S. IT firms in Thailand. All of the firms clearl [...] | 2010-02-24 13:47:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EINT KIPR PREL TH |
10CHIANGMAI3 | NORTH KOREAN REFUGEE PIPELINE CONTINUES TO RUN THROUGH [...] (C) During a late 2009 trip to Thailand's northern province of Chiang Rai, contacts told us that: North Korean asylum seekers continue to enter the province at a rate of 350-400 per year, mostly in the March-May and October-November timeframes; field-level cooperation to intercept would-be arr [...] | 2010-01-11 09:06:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM SMIG CH KN KS TH |
10CHIANGMAI8 | ROUND-UP: PAD CANCELS RALLY; RED-SHIRTS SPLINTERING? [...] (SBU) On January 9, the generally pro-government Peoples' Alliance for Democracy cancelled a rally it planned to hold in Chiang Mai on January 16 in order to avoid violent clashes with anti- government red-shirts. Meanwhile, the localized reconciliation effort brokered by academics and priva [...] | 2010-01-15 14:09:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI ECON TH |
10HANOI5 | Bat Nha Wrap-up: VN government makes its case while Lang Mai [...] (C) Summary: For months, Lang Mai followers in Lam Dong province have been cajoled, harried, and harassed into dispersing to their home provinces throughout Vietnam. The last of the Lang Mai adherents -- a group of nine nuns -- left Phuoc Hue pagoda on December 29 in advance of the GVN-impos [...] | 2010-01-15 10:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL TH VM |
10PHNOMPENH103 | DAS MARCIEL REVIEWS U.S. POLICY WITH GOVERNMENT, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a wide range of meetings with Cambodian officials, opposition party members, NGOs and civil society, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Scot Marciel spotlighted stepped-up engagement by the United States in Cambodia while highlighting specific issue [...] | 2010-02-12 10:19:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS MARR TH CB |
10RANGOON76 | BURMA: IMPROVED TIP COOPERATION WITH NEIGHBORS [...] (C) The Government of Burma (GOB) is taking steps to improve anti-trafficking cooperation with its neighbors. In April 2009, Burma and Thailand signed a long-delayed Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Burma has expressed concern about the treatment of Burmese tr [...] | 2010-02-08 10:47:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM KTIP CH TH BM |
10STATE369 | (U) BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-9. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check on two amendments to previously approved Technical Assistance Agreements (TAAs). Post is requested [...] | 2010-01-04 21:34:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | CO ETTC KOMC PM SNAR TH |
89BANGKOK3838 | HUN SEN'S VISIT [...] SUMMARY: HUN SEN'S PRECEDENT SETTING VISIT TO BANGKOK REVEALED NO NEW PRK FLEXIBILITY ON THE KEY ASPECTS OF AN INTERNAL SETTLEMENT. HE REMAINS OPPOSED TO AND INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING FORCE AND TO SIHANOUK'S PROPOSALS. IN THEIR DISCUSSIONS WITH HIM, THE THAI APPARENTLY FOCUSED ON THE EXTE [...] | 1989-01-26 11:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CB TH |
92RANGOON2496 | CORRUPTION AND THE BURMESE JUNTA [...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT. 2. DURING A RECENT LENGTHY TALK WITH CHARGE, A LEADING THAI BUSINESSMAN WITH OVER 100 FISHING BOATS PLYING BURMESE WATERS PROVIDED CHAPTER AND VERSE ON CORRUPTION AMONG RANGOON'S RULING GENERALS. ADMITTING THAT HE PERSONALLY MULES IN ABOUT 50,000 DOLLARS IN CAS [...] | 1992-05-04 09:04:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EFIS BM TH |
93STATE377793 | WHITE PAPER ON LIBYA'S CHEMICAL WARFARE PROGRAM [...] (S) PRESENTED BELOW IN PARA 2 IS AN INTERAGENCY COORDINATED "WHITE PAPER" ON LIBYA'S CHEMICAL WARFARE (CW) PROGRAM. THIS PAPER IS UNCLASSIFIED AND IS TO BE PROVIDED TO THE ROYAL THAI GOVERNMENT FOR ITS USE. THE PAPER CAN BE USED BY THE THAIS IN HELPING TO PREPARE THE CASES AGAINST THE THRE [...] | 1993-12-16 18:47:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL CBW ETTC TH LY |
95PHNOMPENH152 | VIEWS OF HOR NAMHONG, CAMBODIAN AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE [...] C - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. FORMER SOC FOREIGN MINISTER AND PRESENT RCG AMBASSADOR TO PARIS HOR NAMHONG EXCHANGED VIEWS WITH THE AMBASSADOR JANUARY 11 DURING A VISIT TO PHNOM PENH. ALTHOUGH THEORETICALLY NEUTRAL POLITICALLY, HOR NAMHONG WITH HIS IMTIMATE INVOLVEMENT WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE FORMER REGIME [...] | 1995-01-11 09:26:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CB FR TH |
98BANGKOK4204 | THAI MFA COMMENTS ON TEA BANH, FOC, AND THE KHMER ROUGE [...] No summary [...] | 1998-03-31 00:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PREL MOPS KDEM CB TH |