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| 03HANOI1043 | MONITORING VISIT TO KY SON PHASE II PROJECT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Much to the relief of district officials and following extensive delays, the UNODC-funded Ky Son Phase II is up and running. Agriculture and livestock models -- the focus of the USG assistance to this project -- are being implemented in a number of communes dispersed around [...] |
2003-04-29 05:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PGOV EAID LA VM UNODC CNARC |
| 03HANOI1063 | NAM CAN BORDER OPEN FOR BUSINESS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Vietnam - Laos Nam Can border crossing in Nghe An province opened to foreigners in January 2003. There appears to be a frenzy of building activity in and around the border, but cross border traffic remains modest. Smuggling of drugs and other contraband in the border are [...] |
2003-05-01 23:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR SOCI PGOV ETRD ECON EAID LA VM CNARC |
| 03HANOI1504 | LARGEST DRUG BUST EVER IN VIETNAM [...] (U) SUMMARY. In what Vietnam's state-controlled media reported as the "largest single heroin seizure ever" in Vietnam, Quang Tri provincial counternarcotics police seized approximately 40 kilograms of heroin entering Vietnam in a truck near the Lao Bao border crossing. Five people are under [...] |
2003-06-17 06:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PREL PINS LA VM CNARC |
| 03HANOI1885 | LARGEST DRUG BUST EVER IN VIETNAM (PART II) [...] (U) SUMMARY. Some of Vietnam's state-controlled media have reported that a second comprehensive search of the same truck seized on June 9 led to the recent discovery of another 33 kilograms of heroin, in addition to the 40 kilograms uncovered during the first inspection. A senior [...] |
2003-07-24 00:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PREL PINS LA VM CNARC |
| 03RANGOON1252 | BURMA: SUMMIT FEVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A MOFA official told us that the GOB will host a "major" (by Burmese standards) summit the first week of November. Thai, Lao, and Cambodian heads of government will meet with their SPDC counterpart to pursue the Thai-led "Economic Cooperation Strategy (ECS)." According to MOFA s [...] |
2003-10-01 08:05:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BM CB TH LA IN |
| 04HANOI2608 | "BANDIT" GROUPS RAID NEAR LAOS BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary: We have confirmed reports of clashes between Vietnamese Border Army troops and small groups of armed Hmong in western Nghe An province that have left two dead since late July. The GVN published the story in the newspaper but has declined to discuss it with us. End Summary. [...] |
2004-09-17 09:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ASEC LA VM ETMIN |
| 04HANOI377 | MFA GOALS FOR 2004 AND BEYOND [...] (SBU) Summary. MFA Policy Planning Department Deputy Director General Bui Thanh Son, in a meeting with Pol/C on February 10, reiterated Vietnam's commitment to moving forward on U.S.-Vietnam relations "in all fields, including military" in 2004. He pondered about the possibility of a bilat [...] |
2004-02-11 10:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP CH LA CB VM ASEAN |
| 04NEWDELHI7053 | LOOKING AHEAD TO ASEAN: INDIA ENGAGES EAST ASIA [...] (C) Summary: The GOI has engaged actively with East Asian capitals prior to the November 30 ASEAN Plus One Summit in Laos. India's two-track approach to these states--multilaterally through organizations like ASEAN, and bilaterally--exemplifies New Delhi's strategy of expanding economic and [...] |
2004-11-05 05:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TH VM BM LA KS JA IN ASEAN |
| 04ROME1641 | HMONG RESETTLEMENT: LOW PRIORITY FOR ITALY AND EU [...] (C) MARCO DELLA SETA, MFA SOUTH EAST ASIA OFFICE DIRECTOR STATED THAT ALTHOUGH THE GOVERNMENT OF ITALY IS AWARE OF THE INTERNAL RESETTLEMENT PROBLEM OF THE HMONG PEOPLE AND THE "FAR FROM SATISFACTORY" HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN LAOS, HE DOES NOT FORESEE THE ITALIANS OR THE EU TAKING ANY ACTION A [...] |
2004-04-26 15:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREL LA IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04THEHAGUE1021 | DUTCH SUPPORT EU PRESSURE ON LAOS [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A demarche to Eric Verwaal, Head of the Southern Asia and Oceania Division, and Hein Copper, Laos Desk Officer. The GoNL maintains concern about the human rights situation in Laos, and is prepared to support EU action on ref A if the presidency puts forth a proposal. [...] |
2004-04-23 06:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL EAID LA NL |
| 05BANGKOK3850 | AMCITS RELEASED IN LAOS HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE IN BANGKOK [...] (U) SUMMARY: Three US citizens, recently detained in Vientiane after trying to assist with the surrender of approximately 170 Hmong and Khmu in Laos, held a press conference on June 9 describing the events of June 4 and 5 (Reftels). Ed and Georgie Szendrey gave an emotional account of their " [...] |
2005-06-10 08:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF CASC TH LA HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 05BANGKOK608 | THAI MFA AND THE NORTH KOREAN IN VIENTIANE [...] (C) On January 24, Polcouns sought clarifications regarding the Royal Thai Government (RTG) positions in the matter of An Kyong-Su, the North Korean asylum seeker in Embassy Vientiane, from MFA's Paisit Boonparlit, Director for Political Affairs in the Americas Department, and Suraphan Boonyam [...] |
2005-01-24 11:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV ASEC TH DPRK LA |
| 05BANGKOK656 | NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKER IN VIENTIANE [...] (C) Summary and comment. UNHCR/UNDP cannot issue a travel document for North Korean asylum seeker Anh, but is prepared to assist in resolving this case in terms of providing transportation within Thailand, housing, and other assistance agreed upon by concerned governments. ICRC Bangkok repre [...] |
2005-01-25 10:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREF PREL KN KS LA TH DPRK |
| 05BANGKOK6653 | THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Haslach and Mr. Herbert from October 27-29 2. (U) We understand that travelers made Hotel reservations at: Conrad Hotel, All Seasons Place 87 Wireless Road, Bangkok Tel: (66-2) 690-9999 Fax: (66-2) 690-9000 3. [...] |
2005-10-21 02:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA LA TH |
| 05BANGKOK690 | ICRC AND NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKER IN VIENTIANE [...] (C) Fred Grimm, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Regional Delegation, told Embassy Bangkok today that ICRC is not/not willing to issue a laissez-passer (LP) to North Korean asylum seeker An Kyong Su. Grimm said that, after consultations with both the ICRC representa [...] |
2005-01-27 00:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREF PREL KN KS TH DPRK LA |
| 05BANGKOK7191 | UPDATE ON OPTIONS FOR THE PETCHABOON HMONG [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 11. 2. (C) Summary. During a November 15 meeting, UNHCR Deputy Regional Representative Raja Panday stated that he had made a new proposal to the Thai government on resolving the situation of the Petchaboon Hmong. The proposal is that the Th [...] |
2005-11-18 07:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL TH LA |
| 05BANGKOK752 | DPRK ASYLUM SEEKER -- MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) In response to reftel, Refcoord informed UNHCR Chief Protection Officer Kirsten Young on January 27 of the latest developments in the case of DPRK asylum seeker Anh and asked what assistance UNHCR would be able to provide in the resolution of this issue. Reiterataing earlier commitments m [...] |
2005-01-28 07:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL ASEC KN KS LA TH DPRK |
| 05BANGKOK7920 | STATUS OF MISSING HMONG CHILDREN REMAINS UNCLEAR [...] (C) Summary. The current location and status of the 29 Lao Hmong children and teens reported arrested last month remains unclear. A National Human Rights Commission official believes that the children remain in immigration detention in Nong Khai, Thailand, while second hand reports from the L [...] |
2005-12-30 06:39:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PREF PREL PHUM TH LA KTIP |
| 05BANGKOK802 | AMBASSADOR-FM SURAKIART ON NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKER IN VIENTIANE [...] (C) On January 28, while in Phuket for Thai-hosted conference on a tsunami early warning system (EWS), the Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Surakiart about Ahn Kyong Su, the North Korean asylum seeker in Embassy Vientiane. The Ambassador noted that the Lao government would not allow tra [...] |
2005-01-31 10:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM ASEC KS KN TH DPRK LA |
| 05CHIANGMAI173 | MAE RIM HMONG LINKED TO LAOS, U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Lost in the bigger news of over 6,000 Hmong seeking refuge in Petchabun province, a much smaller group has settled into a former resort in Mae Rim, north of Chiang Mai. With one exception, Thai media have been silent on these 42 Hmong, reportedly part of a group with connections to [...] |
2005-07-19 09:14:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF TH LA PGOV PHUM PINR |
| 05CHIANGMAI187 | HMONG U.S.-THAI-LAO LINKS UNDER INCREASED SCRUTINY [...] (sbu) Summary. Thai authorities in Bangkok and Chiang Mai are showing increasing concern over the activities of former American citizen Willis Bird Jr. and a group of Hmong who have settled near Mae Rim, 20 kilometers north of the provincial capital. Despite finding only two illegal Hmong d [...] |
2005-08-11 03:08:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PREF TH LA |
| 05NEWDELHI2141 | STRONG INDIAN VIEWS ON EAST ASIA SUMMIT [...] (C) In the strongest language we have heard so far from the GOI on the East Asia Summit (EAS), MEA Joint Secretary (Southeast Asia) Mitra Vashishta asserted that if India is left out, New Delhi will resort to "other means." Meeting with PolCouns and Poloff on March 17, she insisted on a stat [...] |
2005-03-21 13:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BM CB LA VM IN ARF |
| 05RANGOON1198 | ASEAN PERSPECTIVES ON BURMA: PART II [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassadors of Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, like their ASEAN colleagues (ref A) encourage U.S. engagement with the Burmese regime, but share generally negative views on the current situation and prospects for progress in Burma. Of this group, only the Thai [...] |
2005-10-21 09:29:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TH LA CB ECON EINV BM ID VN |
| 06BANGKOK1215 | SENATOR FEINGOLD'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER KANTATHI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a February 20 meeting with Senator Russell Feingold (D-WI), Thai Foreign Minister Kantathi Suphamongkhon discussed the ongoing violence in southern Thailand; ASEAN; the U.S.-Thai FTA; China; and perceptions of the U.S. Senator Feingold emphasized the strong nature of the U [...] |
2006-02-28 23:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL TH US FTA ASEAN LA BM IZ |
| 06BANGKOK1343 | AMBASSADOR RAISES MISSING HMONG MINORS [...] (C) Summary. During a March 3 meeting with Thai FM Kantathi Suphamongkol, the Ambassador raised the issue of the missing Hmong minors. He encouraged Kantathi to respond to the Lao argument that the Thai needed to take the next step and provide the Lao with basic facts about the deporation of [...] |
2006-03-03 10:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL TH LA |
| 06BANGKOK1970 | UNHCR DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER MEETING WITH THAI [...] (C) Visiting UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner Wendy Chamberlin briefed Ambassador on her March 31 meeting with Thai National Security Council chief General Winai Phattiyakul and MFA Permsec Krit Ganjana-Goonchorn regarding the missing Hmong minors. Following up on her March 29 meetings with Lao [...] |
2006-04-03 09:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PREF KCRM TH LA |
| 06BANGKOK5061 | REPORTS OF THAI DEPORTATION OF HMONG GROUP [...] (SBU) Embassy received reports August 16 from an NGO worker and a Hmong-American contact that some of the approximately 270 Hmong detained at seven police stations in Petchaboon Province for illegal entry into Thailand had been moved to the Lao border. 2. (SBU) A Thai Immigration official i [...] |
2006-08-18 08:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM TH LA |
| 06BANGKOK555 | THAI AGREE TO TAKE BACK HMONG DEPORTEES [...] (C) Summary: NSC Secretary-General Winai Phattiyakul told Ambassador on January 30 that Thailand would permit the return of the 27 Hmong currently imprisoned in Laos. General Winai reviewed with the Ambassador procedures that the Thai side would find acceptable; all of these appear to us c [...] |
2006-01-30 11:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL TH LA |
| 06BANGKOK6907 | DEPORTATION OF 54 HMONG TO LAOS [...] (SBU) Summary. Thai officials did not respond positively to reftel demarche expressing opposition to the possible deportation to Laos of a group of Hmong held in Thai detention in Nong Khai. UNHCR told the RTG that is also opposes deportation and warned of a formal protest and press reports [...] |
2006-11-15 23:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL TH LA |
| 06BEIJING24127 | PRC SATISFIED WITH PRESIDENT HU JINTAO'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Chinese President Hu Jintao's November 15-20 state visits to Vietnam and Laos succeeded in strengthening Beijing's relationship with these two socialist neighbors, according to MFA officials and third-country diplomats. In Hanoi, Hu pledged support for Vietnamese efforts to enter [...] |
2006-11-28 11:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ENRG CH VM LA |
| 06BRUSSELS493 | DEMARCHE TO EC ON HMONG CHILDREN [...] (SBU) PRM Assistant delivered reftel A. talking points and met with the European Commission's, South East Asia Administrator at DG RELEX, Ulla Olsson, on February 9. Olsson admitted that she had only become aware of the situation concerning the Hmong children about a month ago. She indicated t [...] |
2006-02-13 16:49:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | LA PHUM PREF PREL TH USEU BRUSSELS |
| 06CHIANGMAI208 | BREAKFAST IN NAN, DINNER IN DIEN BIEN PHU [...] Summary: Nan, a remote northern province that suffered through some of the fiercest fighting during Thailand's communist insurgency in the 1960s and 1970s, now aims to become northern Thailand's "door to Indochina". Situated on the shortest route between Hanoi and Bangkok, local officials [...] |
2006-11-30 06:26:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON LA VM TH |
| 06HANOI244 | A/S HILL DISCUSSES BURMA, CAMBODIA, LAOS, CHINA [...] Summary: In a frank lunch meeting January 13 with visiting EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill, senior GVN diplomats said that Vietnam is worried about China's increasing influence in Southeast Asia, particularly Burma, Cambodia and Laos, and urged the United States to engage more wit [...] |
2006-02-06 06:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CB BM LA VM |
| 06LAPAZ1706 | JAPANESE AND CHINESE AMBASSADORS ON BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary: Acting Ecopol Chief met the Chinese and Japanese ambassadors in Bolivia June 20 and 21. The ambassadors shared concerns about the GOB's economic policies, which they said are having a chilling effect on foreign investment. Both ambassadors indicated that their governments are ta [...] |
2006-06-23 15:38:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL OTRA SNAR ETRD LA XK CH JA |
| 06PANAMA1233 | PANAMA: REACHING OUT TO ASIAN MISSIONS [...] (SBU) Following up on A/S Shannon's visit to Asia, we reached out to our Chinese, Japanese, and South Korean counterparts to discuss issues of common concern in Panama. While the three Asian missions share a strong focus on developing their countries' commercial and business interests in Panama, t [...] |
2006-06-23 16:15:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | OTRA PREL ETRD ECON LA XK CH JA KS |
| 06PRAGUE822 | CZECH GOVERNMENT APPROVES MILITARY DEPLOYMENT TO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-20 12:19:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPPS PREL EZ LA |
| 06QUITO1578 | ECUADOR: ASIAN DIPLOMATS EAGER FOR DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Our recent outreach to diplomatic counterparts from China, Japan and Korea found them highly aware of USG coordination efforts (described RefTel), and eager to engage in dialogue about the political and economic situation in Ecuador and the region. In deference to USG concerns [...] |
2006-06-27 21:11:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON LA CH JA KS EC |
| 06ROME626 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO DISCUSSIONS ON INCIDENT [...] Summary: In discussions over the past week, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer Juan Lubroth and Senior Operations Officer Cristina Amaral updated us on FAO activities to combat Avian Influenza (AI). FAO senior management is acting to remove management constraints by: a) instituting a special wai [...] |
2006-03-01 16:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO BG BM CB EG ID KE LA ML NI VM FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA |
| 06SEOUL4382 | ROKG WELCOMES USG SUPPORT ON ECLAC MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-27 05:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON ECLAC KS LA |
| 06TOKYO1894 | WHA ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON: YOUR VISIT TO [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo welcomes your coming visit. You will arrive in Japan at a time when our relationship is as good or better than it has ever been; the government is eager to expand its special relationship with the United States. Japan and the U.S. share many commonalities in our relations w [...] |
2006-04-07 12:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | OTRA PREL ETRD ECON LA XK JA |
| 06TOKYO1959 | WHA A/S SHANNON'S APRIL 10 CONSULTATIONS WITH MOFA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Japan's top priority in Latin America is to revitalize its economic relationship, MOFA Latin American Affairs DG Sakaba told WHA A/S Shannon April 10. Sakaba said policy mistakes by Latin American governments over the past 10-15 years have lead to widening income gaps, a broad d [...] |
2006-04-11 23:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON XR CH LA XK JA |
| 06TOKYO1960 | WHA A/S SHANNON'S APRIL 10 CONSULTATIONS WITH MOFA [...] (C) Summary: Over a April 10 working lunch, MOFA Latin American DG Sakaba told visiting WHA A/S Thomas Shannon that Japan will not interfere in the extradition process between Chile and Peru on former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori. Japan is interested in exploring possible ways to pa [...] |
2006-04-11 23:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON TW XR CH KS LA JA XK |
| 06TOKYO2008 | WHA A/S SHANNON'S APRIL 10 CONSULTATIONS WITH MOFA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Continuing April 10 consultations, MOFA Latin American DG Sakaba told visiting WHA A/S Thomas Shannon that Japan was waiting for a positive response from Bolivian President Morales. Its three "issues" with Brazil were the status of Japanese-Brazilians in Japan, ethanol imports an [...] |
2006-04-13 06:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD EINV APECO ENRG XR XK LA CH |
| 06TOKYO2058 | WHA A/S SHANNON'S APRIL 11 MEETING WITH METI DG [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan is happy with the results of its free trade agreement (FTA) with Mexico and expects rapid progress in FTA negotiations with Chile, METI Trade Policy DG Kitamura told WHA A/S Shannon April 11. Little enthusiasm for a trade deal with Brazil and its MERCOSUR partners exist [...] |
2006-04-17 07:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EINV APECO XR XK LA CH JA |
| 06TOKYO2059 | WHA A/S SHANNON'S APRIL 11 MEETING WITH JAPANESE [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese companies see potential for investment in Latin America, particularly in the areas of minerals, energy, and food, Japanese business representative told WHA A/S Shannon on April 11. Noting the success of the Japan-Mexico free trade agreement, they hoped the Japanese [...] |
2006-04-17 07:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD ECON EINV APECO XR XK LA CH JA |
| 06TOKYO2061 | WHA A/S SHANNON'S APRIL 11 MEETING WITH MOFA [...] (C) Summary. During a April 11 meeting with WHA A/S Shannon, MOFA Economic Cooperation Bureau DDG Sugita discussed Japan's ODA efforts in Latin America. He described difficulties increasing aid to the region due to Japan's traditional focus on Asia and poverty-alleviation efforts in Africa. [...] |
2006-04-17 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EINV EAID APECO XR XK LA CH |
| 06TOKYO2440 | CORRECTED COPY: JAPAN-KOREA-CHINA TALKS ON LATIN [...] (C) Summary. In strategic bilateral talks on April 26 with China on Latin American and Caribbean Affairs, followed by China-Japan-Korea Consultations on the same subject: -- China stated its desire to double trade with the region by 2010; -- China described its policy as based on three pi [...] |
2006-05-02 09:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EIND ETRD XR XK LA KS CH JA |
| 06TOKYO860 | JAPANESE QUESTIONS ON HMONG CHILDREN [...] (U) Action request: see paragraph three. 2. (C) Post conveyed reftel talking points February 16 to MOFA Asian Affairs Bureau First Southeast Asia Division Principal Deputy Director Atsushi Kuwabara. Kuwabara responded that the Japanese embassy in Vientiane was aware of the problem and [...] |
2006-02-16 08:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL LA TH JA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1437 | FOLLOW UP ON HMONG MINORS ISSUE [...] (C) Begin Summary. Per Ref A, ECONOFF delivered talking points to Laos Desk Officer at the UN Department of Political Affairs (UNDPA). Reponse was that a request for a high-level visit to Laos was made by the UN Country Team and remains "under serious consideration." No decision has yet been [...] |
2006-08-01 14:47:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM LA UNICEF |
| 06USUNNEWYORK374 | HMONG CHILDREN: UNICEF HITS IMPASSE [...] (C) Summary: USUN econoffs met February 23 with UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Kul Gautam to review ways to break the current impasse over reunification of 27 Hmong refugee children incarerated in Laos whose parents remain in Thailand (reftels). Gautam noted there would be no movement withou [...] |
2006-02-27 20:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF UNICEF LA TH |
| 06VIENNA387 | DEMARCHE ON HMONG CHILDREN: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-08 16:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL LA TH EUN AU |
| 06VIENTIANE1141 | A SAD ANNIVERSARY: WHERE ARE THE 26 CHILDREN AS WE [...] (U) This message contains an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph 16. 2. (C) Summary: The case of the 26 missing children has been unresolved since December 2005. Since then, there have been rumors that the children may have been secretly deported back to Thailand or ev [...] |
2006-11-28 08:03:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KWMN LA PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TH |
| 06VIENTIANE1232 | REPRESENTATIVE MCCOLLUM MEETS VICE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Representative Betty McCollum of Minnesota, in her first visit to Laos, pressed Vice Foreign Minister Phongsavath to accept more of a role for NGOs, to take advantage of international respect for the ICRC by allowing it to monitor the situation of the Hmong within Laos, to resolve [...] |
2006-12-29 05:40:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID LA OREP PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TH |
| 06VIENTIANE1234 | REPRESENTATIVE MCCOLLUM MEETS LAO VICE PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Representative Betty McCollum pressed Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad for more cooperation on dealing with unexploded ordnance, education, and health care and effectively used her attendance at Christmas Mass to indicate the importance of freedom of religion to the United [...] |
2006-12-29 05:49:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID LA OREP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG TH |
| 06VIENTIANE298 | DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES' LAO VISIT [...] (C) UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Wendy Chamberlin's March 28-30 visit offered some promise of a positive resolution to Laos' continued detention of 27 Hmong deportees. Chamberlin met with Politburo member Pany Yathoteu, and ethnic Hmong, and with Deputy Foreign Minister Phongsava [...] |
2006-03-30 06:53:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KCRM TH LA |
| 06VIENTIANE302 | THE LAO COMMUNIST PARTY'S GAME PLAN [...] (C) Summary: The Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) -- the ruling Communist Party -- has absolute confidence in its ability to govern Laos well into the future. The Party believes that it is responsible for economic gains over the past decade, not comprehending that much of that progress w [...] |
2006-03-30 09:28:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV SOCI LA |
| 06VIENTIANE306 | NEW CENTRAL COMMITTEE LINEUP [...] LTG Choummaly Sayasone (3) Present position: Lao State Vice President (since 2001), Party Secretary General Previous position: -- Deputy Prime Minister -- Minister of National Defense -- Vice Minister of National Defense Age: 69 Date of birth: June 3, 1936 Place of birth: Attapeu Province [...] |
2006-03-31 08:29:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR LA |
| 06VIENTIANE307 | ADB EXAMINES ITS OPTIONS IN A DONOR-DRIVEN ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary. As part of a new Country Strategy and Program (CSP), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to re-vamp and trim its lending and granting policies for Laos. This is partly in response to criticisms of ADB projects from development partners, but mostly due to ADB guidelines for conti [...] |
2006-03-31 09:13:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PGOV PHUM ECON LA |
| 06VIENTIANE311 | CHRISTIANITY IN THE LAO CONTEXT [...] (C) Summary. In a late February visit, DRL/IRF analyst Dr. Clarissa Adamson met with religious leaders and government officials to press for greater religious freedom and the release of four religious prisoners. Noting the slow pace of progress in Laos, Bishop Khamse of Vientiane,s Catholic [...] |
2006-04-03 09:09:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI KIRF LA |
| 06VIENTIANE312 | LAOS' NEW PARTY SECRETARY-GENERAL CHOUMMALY [...] (C) The 8th Party Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) elected Choummaly Sayasone as its new Secretary-General on March 21. Choummaly has been a fixture in the Central Committee for more than two decades, but remains one of the least-known of the senior leaders. A long-tim [...] |
2006-04-03 09:53:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL LA |
| 06VIENTIANE316 | AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL INFO ON LOCATION OF MISSING [...] (C) Amnesty International analyst Brittis Edman (please protect), in Thailand recently to gather details about the deportation and subsequent disappearance of the 27 Hmong, called us from Bangkok March 30 to report on her visit to Petchaboon province, where she met with family members of the c [...] |
2006-04-03 10:50:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF KCRM TH LA |
| 06VIENTIANE321 | MORE DETAILS ON LOCATION OF MISSING HMONG CHILDREN [...] (C) Embassy spoke to two sources today who provided additional details about the location of the missing group of 27 Hmong deported from Thailand (reftel). Although there are inconsistencies between the two reports, together they lead us to believe that the 22 girls in the group are likely stil [...] |
2006-04-04 10:39:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM PREL KCRM TH LA |
| 06VIENTIANE326 | MINE AWARENESS DAY: LAO UXO NATIONAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY OFFICIALLY OPENS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-06 08:09:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KHDP LA |
| 06VIENTIANE331 | GOL HOLDS UP US-FUNDED NGOS' MOUS [...] (SBU) The DCM met with MFA Deputy Director General of the International Organization Phonesavanh on April 5 to raise our concern about the delays in approval of MOUs for several USAID-funded NGO projects. The DCM pointed out that these MOUs have been pending for over two and half years and [...] |
2006-04-07 09:04:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM LA |
| 06VIENTIANE332 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: LAO WEEKLY REPORT NO.27 [...] (U) During the visit of Dr. Nabarro, FAO Representative Leena Kirjavainen on behalf of Lao Agriculture Minister Siene announced to the donors that Dr. Webster's group had found the H5N1 virus in some Vientiane ducks. Although the Minister has not heard this directly from Dr. Webster, he said [...] |
2006-04-07 09:57:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO ECON SOCI PREL LA KFLU |
| 06VIENTIANE335 | SCENESETTER FOR DAS ERIC JOHN'S VISIT TO LAOS [...] (C) You are visiting Laos at a time when Lao-U.S. relations are at their lowest ebb since 1999, when two Lao-Americans disappeared on the border between Laos and Thailand. The Lao government's detention of 27 Hmong deported from Thailand in December has much to do with the strain, but there a [...] |
2006-04-10 04:25:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LA |
| 06VIENTIANE360 | REPORTS OF MASSACRE OF HMONG CIVILIANS IN NORTHERN [...] (U) Suggested press guidance is provided at the end of this cable. 2. (C) Two separate Hmong sources have provided details of an alleged attack by Lao People's Army (LPA) forces against an insurgent group in northern Vientiane Province in which 26 people, almost all women and children, were [...] |
2006-04-20 09:25:00 | Embassy Vientiane | SECRET | PINR PINS PHUM PREL LA |
| 06VIENTIANE364 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: LAO WEEKLY REPORT APRIL 21 [...] (SBU) AI in Ducks: New information from Dr. Webster provided in a summary of a manuscript being submitted to "Nature" indicates that the number of H5N1 infected ducks his project documented in Laos exceeded 30. These findings resulted from a joint project between St. Jude Hospital and that [...] |
2006-04-21 06:29:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON SOCI PREL LA |
| 06VIENTIANE367 | LAO MFA REACTS TO MASSACRE REPORT [...] (C) This morning PolOff passed on to MFA's Human Rights Unit details from unclassified sources of the reported massacre of 26 Hmong civilians April 6 in northern Vientiane province (reftel). We encouraged the Lao government to take the reports seriously, emphasizing that they came from a numbe [...] |
2006-04-21 08:42:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PHUM PREF PREL LA |
| 06VIENTIANE386 | DAS ERIC JOHN VISIT: PREDICTABLY, LAO MFA DENIES [...] (C) During his April 25-26 visit to Vientiane for ASEAN-related meetings, DAS Eric John met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Somsavat Lengsavad, who categorically denied Laos faced any human rights problems in the areas of religious freedom or treatment of the ethnic Hmong minor [...] |
2006-04-27 10:03:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL TH LA |
| 06VIENTIANE390 | AS HMONG INSURGENT NUMBERS DECLINE, GOL UPS THE [...] (C) Since early March, Lao People's Army (LPA) forces have conducted a dry season mopping-up operation against remnant insurgents, leading to numerous civilian casualties. Sustained military pressure in Bolikhamsai province has decimated insurgents there, with hundreds of mostly women and chil [...] |
2006-04-28 08:57:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PHUM PREF PREL LA |
| 06VIENTIANE396 | LAO GOVERNMENT REPORT ON INTERVIEW WITH 22 HMONG [...] (C) Embassy has come by a copy of a Lao government report on the interrogation of 22 female members of the group of 27 Hmong deported from Thailand in December. Because of its style and content, we believe the document to be authentic. The hand-written report provides brief biographical backgr [...] |
2006-05-02 09:16:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PHUM PREF PREL KIRF TH LA |
| 06VIENTIANE400 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: LAO WEEKLY REPORT MAY 3 [...] (SBU) Possible Human Case: We have heard from the Australians of a possible human AI case in Houaphan Province (near Vietnam). Embassy's CDC representative is checking with the UN agencies and GOL on this. 2. (SBU) Announcing AI in ducks: The GOL finally notified the OIE of Dr. Webster' [...] |
2006-05-03 09:14:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON SOCI PREL KFLU LA |
| 06VIENTIANE404 | LAO RESPONSE ON PSI INITIATIVE [...] (C) Embassy demarched the MFA's International Organizations Department on March 31 and again on May 4 regarding the PSI initiative, conveying the talking points contained in reftel. International Organizations Director Saleumsai Kommasith told us that the GoL was "closely following" discussio [...] |
2006-05-04 09:32:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PHSA PGOV PREL KNNP LA |
| 06VIENTIANE405 | THE EU AND THE WAGES OF FECKLESS AID IN LAOS [...] (C) Summary: Feckless aid has long provided a life-line to the Lao government, despite its failure to meet conditions set for certain projects and its regular violations of human rights. Major donors such as the Japanese look set to continue to bankroll the regime unconditionally, and the EU [...] |
2006-05-04 09:42:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV PHUM LA |
| 06VIENTIANE413 | AMBASSADOR RAISES HMONG MASSACRE WITH VIENTIANE [...] (C) Amnesty International has issued a statement condemning the April 6 killing by Lao soldiers of Hmong civilians in northern Vientiane province (ref A). Ambassador called on Vientiane province's Governor May 4 to discuss the killing; the Governor professed ignorance of the event but at least [...] |
2006-05-05 09:48:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PHUM PREF PREL LA |
| 06VIENTIANE433 | HOW TO RUN AN ELECTION IN A ONE-PARTY STATE [...] (C) Communist Party members dominated the slate of candidates in the April 30 National Assembly elections: only two candidates of the 175 standing were "independents," and that by a stretch of imagination. The government touted the improved qualifications of the 115 newly-elected representati [...] |
2006-05-15 09:18:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LA |
| 06VIENTIANE434 | THREAT TO DEPORT LAO HMONG GROUP FROM PETCHABOON [...] (C) Summary: Several sources reported to us over the weekend that Thai authorities had arrested a group of 24 Lao citizen ethnic Hmong in Petchaboon province on May 11 and had threatened to deport them to Laos. According to these sources the Hmong were "remote people" who had fled Laos as a r [...] |
2006-05-15 10:13:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM PREL KIRF TH LA |
| 06VIENTIANE443 | PROSPECTS FOR A JOINT DEMARCHE ON MISSING HMONG [...] (C) The "like-minded" Embassies in Vientiane have agreed that a joint demarche to the Lao government on the missing Hmong children should be the next step in ongoing efforts to secure the release of the group. The decision whether to deliver the demarche will depend on the outcome of ongoing [...] |
2006-05-17 10:07:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KIRF TH LA |
| 06VIENTIANE447 | DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY: LAOS REWRITES ITS [...] (C) Laos isn't unique among countries whose governments rewrite history to serve their own ends, but the Communist leadership here has taken the process to its extreme. The Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) has concocted a black-and-white version of the recent past that is designed pure [...] |
2006-05-19 04:30:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PGOV PINR LA |
| 06VIENTIANE463 | LAO RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF NAM [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-26 06:17:00 | Embassy Vientiane | SECRET | PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR LA |
| 06VIENTIANE489 | LAO REACTION TO U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel announcement orally to Director-General of Europe-Americas Department Southam Sakhonhninhom this afternoon, emphasizing the need for the GoL to issue a public statement of support for the U.S. initiative and to use whatever contacts it might have with the Irania [...] |
2006-06-01 07:59:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LA |
| 06VIENTIANE492 | LAO PRESS CONFERENCE ON HMONG MASSACRE DIRECTLY [...] (C) In a hastily organized press conference this afternoon, MFA's Press Spokesman called allegations of a massacre of Hmong civilians April 6 (reftels) a fabrication, and directly accused the Ambassador of having "threatened a high-ranking government official" during the course of an (actually [...] |
2006-06-01 11:18:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PHUM PREL LA |
| 06VIENTIANE496 | PLANS FOR JOINT DEMARCHE ON MISSING HMONG CHILDREN [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see para 11. Summary ------- 2. (C) With no sign of the Lao intending to release the 26 Hmong children held since December, the "like-minded" group in Vientiane plans to jointly demarche the Lao government as soon as modalities can be arranged, perhaps a [...] |
2006-06-02 04:47:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF TH LA |
| 06VIENTIANE500 | MORE ON MISSING CHILDREN [...] (C) Further to our cable earlier today regarding the joint demarche on the missing Hmong children (reftel), this afternoon UNDP ResRep Finn Reske-Nielsen informed us that UN New York had urged him to be "pro-active" about the case, and agreed to have him write the Foreign Minister to solicit a [...] |
2006-06-02 09:40:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV KIRF TH LA |
| 06VIENTIANE509 | ROK EMBASSY ASKED TO APPROACH GOL ON 10 DPRK [...] (C) Summary: The ROK Foreign Ministry has asked its Embassy in Vientiane to approach the GoL to seek a "humanitarian" solution for 10 DPRK citizens currently imprisoned in Luang Prabang province. The ROK Embassy intends to raise the case of these 10 with the Deputy Foreign Minister, but -- lik [...] |
2006-06-06 09:08:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KN LA |
| 06VIENTIANE512 | LAO MFA ON TIP REPORT FOR LAOS [...] (C) Ambassador briefed MFA's Europe-Americas Department Director-General Southam Sakhonnhinhom today on the TIP report for Laos, conveying the talking points and Action Plan contained in refs A and B. 2. (C) Southam, who had already read the TIP Report for Laos and ref talking points we had [...] |
2006-06-06 09:42:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL KTIP LA |
| 06VIENTIANE519 | SURRENDER, FLIGHT OR DEATH -- THE HMONG "REMOTE [...] (C) Summary: More than 600 Hmong "remote people" have turned themselves in to Lao authorities since mid-2005, but the GoL has not permitted international access to any of their resettlement areas; their welfare and condition are unknown. Other Hmong have gone to Thailand, accounting in part fo [...] |
2006-06-07 09:51:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PREF PREL LA |
| 06VIENTIANE526 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY "ELECTS" A NEW PRESIDENT AND [...] (C) Summary: In its inaugural session June 8, the newly-elected National Assembly selected a new President, Vice President and Prime Minister and approved the Prime Minister's cabinet. Party Secretary Choummaly Sayasone takes over as President of Laos, while former PM Bounnyang Vorachit has be [...] |
2006-06-08 10:21:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL LA |
| 06VIENTIANE536 | LAO RELEASE 10 NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKERS AND TWO [...] (C) Summary: The South Korean Embassy has told us that the Lao police in Luang Prabang had released 10 North Korean asylum seekers and their two South Korean escorts detained since last week (reftel). The two South Koreans have already departed Laos for Thailand; the 10 North Koreans are in Vi [...] |
2006-06-12 10:02:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KN LA |
| 06VIENTIANE542 | LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON JOINT DEMARCHE ON HMONG [...] (C) The like-minded missions and UN will seek to deliver their joint demarche on the missing Hmong children by the end of June, with the UN playing the coordinating role. The group awaits the outcome of a UN coordination meeting to be held tomorrow to determine the timing of the demarche. The [...] |
2006-06-14 09:31:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL KIRF LA |
| 06VIENTIANE544 | LAO MFA COMMENTS ON NAM/G-77 UN REFORM [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-15 04:27:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC UNGA PREL LA |
| 06VIENTIANE561 | MURDER OF HMONG MAN IN SAISOMBOUN -- ANOTHER CASE [...] (C) Summary: The murder of a Hmong farmer outside of Muang Cha, the capital of the former Saisomboun Special Zone, on June 8 appears to have been an example of local police eliminating a perceived security threat. Unusually, the government has gone out of its way to report that the motive for [...] |
2006-06-22 07:54:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL LA |
| 06VIENTIANE564 | USTR VISIT TO LAOS [...] Summary. On June 21 and 22 USTR Director for Southeast Asia and Pacific, David Bisbee, met with GoL officials from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MIC), Customs and Tax Officials from the Ministry of Finance (MoF), the IPR officers in the Science, Technology and Environment Section in t [...] |
2006-06-22 09:48:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR EFIN LA |
| 06VIENTIANE565 | REAFFIRMING THE "SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP," NEW LAO [...] (C) Summary: In his first major act since taking office Jun 8 (reftel), newly-selected President Choummaly Sayasone traveled to Vietnam June 19-22, meeting with the senior Vietnamese leadership. Almost immediately after his return to Laos, the President will turn around to travel to Beijing. T [...] |
2006-06-23 01:34:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CH VM LA |
| 06VIENTIANE596 | THE GREAT LAND GRAB [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic development is spurring a land grab in broad areas of the country, and the poorest Lao are paying the price. What is feeding the frenzy is a boom in the mining industry and in agricultural commodities, principally rubber and eucalyptus. Foreign investment projects are [...] |
2006-06-30 06:10:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PHUM EAGR PREL LA |
| 06VIENTIANE632 | MOVING LAOS INTO CHINA, TRUCK BY TRUCK [...] (SBU) Summary: Laos has mineral resources and China wants them. A regional mining conference in Vientiane shows the deep penetration of the Chinese into the mining sector, and the GoL's preferential treatment of its Chinese investors. Anxious to attract the investment, the Lao have little capa [...] |
2006-07-07 03:01:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EMIN ENRG ETRD LA |
| 06VIENTIANE636 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH LAO WOMEN'S UNION [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador met with newly-elected Lao Women's Union (LWU) President Sisay Leudetmounsone July 6 to discuss Embassy cooperation with the LWU across a range of issues. The LWU has played a prominent role on TIP issues, and Ambassador used the occasion to explain Laos' recent Tier [...] |
2006-07-07 06:33:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KWMN LA |
| 06VIENTIANE646 | LAO PRESIDENT PAYS HOMAGE TO CHINA [...] (C) During his June 27-July 2 visit to China, Lao President Choummaly met with the senior Chinese leadership and signed an agreement for a low-interest loan for 280 million Yuan (about $35 million) that we understand will be used in part to fund the purchase of construction equipment. The Chin [...] |
2006-07-10 09:15:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL LA |
| 06VIENTIANE655 | LAO REFUSE JOINT DEMARCHE, LIKE-MINDED GROUP LOOKS [...] (C) The Lao Foreign Minister has refused to receive a joint demarche on the missing children, the GoL saying the President's June 22 letter to the UN Secretary General provided the government's final word on the matter. The UN's Department of Political Affairs (DPA) was not pleased with that r [...] |
2006-07-13 09:26:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL KIRF TH LA |
| 06VIENTIANE660 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES MISSING CHILDREN WITH MFA [...] (C) As a follow-up to the July 13 like-minded group meeting on the missing children (reftel), this morning Ambassador met with MFA Europe-Americans Department DG Southam Sakhonnhinyom to convey our continued concern about the children's situation. Ambassador first reminded Southam of the case [...] |
2006-07-14 04:37:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF KIRF PREL TH LA |
| 06VIENTIANE670 | GOL PURSUES REMAINING INSURGENTS [...] (C) Summary: In spite of the onset of the rainy season, Lao military forces are pressing remaining insurgent pockets, especially in Bolikhamsai province. Those groups left in the forest are dispersed in the remotest areas, suffering from possible starvation as LPA forces cut them off from food [...] |
2006-07-18 07:56:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PINS PREL LA |
| 06VIENTIANE674 | TAKE ALL THE TREES, PUT 'EM IN TREE MUSEUM: [...] (U) Summary: Laos' hardwood forests are rapidly being depleted ravaged by timber interests from three adjacent economies, with Japan and China as the largest final destination markets. The GoL does not have the capability or the will to manage the country's natural resources responsibly. So-ca [...] |
2006-07-19 06:56:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENIV ETRD PGOV LA |
| 06VIENTIANE696 | PROBABLE OUTBREAK OF AVIAN FLU IN LAOS [...] Post has received information from FAO regarding a probable outbreak of Avian Influenza in Dong Bang Village, Xaythang District, about 20 kilometers north of Vientiane City, in Vientiane Province. The outbreak was reported to FAO and WHO on July 14, but information was withheld from the wider [...] |
2006-07-25 08:11:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON KFLU PREL SOCI LA |
| 06VIENTIANE756 | FOLLOW UP ON HMONG MINORS ISSUE - EMBASSY [...] (C) Post highly appreciates the efforts of the Department and USUN to engage UNICEF and UNDPA on behalf of the captive Hmong children in Laos. UNICEF's assertion that their Vientiane RESREP has left for East Timor is not correct, as she visited us as recently as last Friday and told us she wou [...] |
2006-08-11 04:31:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM LA UNICEF |
| 06VIENTIANE757 | LAOS WEEKLY AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORT [...] Summary: The GoL says it has succeeded in controlling AI - the kind of statement that suggests that they do not fully appreciate the seriousness of the situation. Public reporting on AI has improved somewhat, due to GoL nervousness about recent outbreaks, but the fact is the response was too li [...] |
2006-08-11 07:48:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO ECON SOCI PREL KFLU LA |
| 06VIENTIANE894 | CASE OF 26 MISSING HMONG CHILDREN STILL OF CONCERN [...] (C) This cable requests the Department pass an action request to Embassy Luxembourg; please see paragraph 14. It also has kudos for USUN and Embassy Sweden which we request the Department pass on; please see paragraph 15. 2. (C) Summary: &Like-minded8 senior diplomats met to discuss the c [...] |
2006-09-14 10:42:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KWMN LA PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG UNDP |
| 07ANKARA1350 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUROPEAN DEPUTY ASSISTANT [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to European Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew J. Bryza. Your Control Officer for Ankara is Political Officer, Anthony Renzulli. He can be reached at Embassy: 011-90-312-4576-7178; Home: 011-90-312-442-1804; Cell: 011-90-554-671-4877. [...] |
2007-06-01 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TU LA NO |
| 07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN191 | BRUNEI UNLIKELY TO JOIN VIETNAM PHYTOSANITARY PROGRAM [...] DCM DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS ON JUNE 28 TO HAKASHAH SAMAD, SPECIAL DUTIES OFFICER, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE (MOFAT). SAMAD HAD PREVIOUSLY INDICATED TO US THAT BRUNEI WOULD LIKELY NOT BE ABLE TO SEND ANY PARTICIPANTS TO THIS PROGRAM. AS MOST KEY MOFAT TRADE OFFICIALS ARE IN CAIRNS F [...] |
2007-07-06 09:00:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAGR PREL ASEAN BX CB ID LA MY RP SN TH |
| 07BANGKOK1891 | PRM DAS RYAN'S MARCH 23-26 VISIT TO THAILAND [...] (C) Summary. During a March 23-26 visit, RTG officials told PRM DAS Kelly Ryan that the Lao Hmong issue, including the group in detention in Nong Khai, was deadlocked. The issue was complicated by a number of factors, and the RTG needed additional time to talk with the Lao government. The T [...] |
2007-03-30 08:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL TH LA BM |
| 07BANGKOK2140 | THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: MICHAEL HEERSCHAP [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael Heeschap and Sara Mayfield from May 1 through June 1, 2007. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at: -- Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel, 494 Rajadamri Road Tel: 66-2-254-1234 Fax: 66-2-254-6308 Room rate is USD 146 (taxes and [...] |
2007-04-12 09:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT AINR TH CB JA KS LA |
| 07BANGKOK2251 | PETCHABOON HMONG PROPOSAL PRESENTED TO THAI [...] (SBU) Summary. UN and interested country Ambassadors on April 19 presented a multi-part proposal to address the Petchaboon Hmong situation to the Thai MFA PermSec. The PermSec expressed appreciation for the proposal which he said would be discussed at an upcoming senior-level RTG interagency [...] |
2007-04-23 01:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM LA TH |
| 07BANGKOK2594 | UNHCR'S FELLER READOUT ON VISITS TO THAILAND AND LAOS [...] (SBU) Summary. UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner Erika Feller told the Bangkok diplomatic corps on May 3 that she thought a Thai-Lao solution to the issue of the 155 Nong Khai Hmong might be possible soon if the concerns of the two sides were addressed. She stated that she believed both sides [...] |
2007-05-09 23:35:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL TH LA |
| 07BANGKOK270 | HMONG REFUGEE DEMARCHE RESPONSES [...] (C) Post has drawn on reftel demarche to press RTG officials on the pending Hmong deportations. Post has raised these concerns regularly with MFA and security force officials involved in this issue, and continues to do so. In addition, following the receipt of reftel, Charge d'Affaires wrote [...] |
2007-01-12 09:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF TH LA |
| 07BANGKOK3207 | THAILAND DEPORTS ANOTHER GROUP OF HMONG [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 7. 2. (C) Summary. Thai police on June 9 deported 161 Hmong from four jails in Petchaboon Province to Laos. It is unclear what degree of force may have been used during this action. Embassy has requested the RTG to look into an NGO report [...] |
2007-06-11 10:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM TH LA |
| 07BANGKOK3499 | AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 22 DISCUSSION WITH PM SURAYUD [...] (C) Prime Minister Surayud appears confident that Thailand is on track for elections in late November. In a June 22 discussion as I accompanied him to Nakorn Si Thammarat province, Surayud told me he believes the constitution's second draft will address public criticisms directed at the first [...] |
2007-06-25 10:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC ECON EINV ETRD LA TH |
| 07BANGKOK360 | CONTINUING DEADLOCK ON PETCHABOON HMONG [...] (C) Summary. The recent arrest and threatened deportation to Laos by the RTG of 152 Lao-Hmong is a reflection of the larger, and so far intractable Petchaboon Hmong situation. A sizeable majority of the approximately 7,500 Hmong at Petchaboon are likely from Laos. Most have gone to the Petc [...] |
2007-01-18 09:54:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM TH LA |
| 07BANGKOK3755 | EMBASSY DISCUSSIONS WITH RTG ON HMONG AND NORTH [...] (C) Summary. During a July 2 discussion with MFA PermSec, Ambassador encouraged RTG establishment of a screening mechanism for all Lao Hmong asylum seekers and movement of the Nong Khai Hmong to a more suitable location. The PermSec responded that the RTG was in a standoff with the Lao gover [...] |
2007-07-09 08:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL TH LA KS KN |
| 07BANGKOK5436 | EMBASSY BANGKOK REQUEST FOR FY08 JIATF WEST SUPPORT [...] (SBU/NF) This is a request for U.S. DoD operational support under section 1004, National Defense Authorization Act of 1991 as amended, for FY 2008 JIATF West training and construction support to Thai counterdrug law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and Thai military units with counterdrug roles. [...] |
2007-10-16 10:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR MOPS TH LA KCRM |
| 07BANGKOK5595 | LAO HMONG IN THAILAND: MATERIAL SUPPORT WAIVER [...] (SBU) On October 26, RefCoord delivered the demarche on the Lao Hmong material support waiver to Ittiporn Boonpracong, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ittiporn was accompanied by Phantipha Iamsudha, Acting Director, MFA Social Divis [...] |
2007-10-30 09:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM TH LA |
| 07BANGKOK596 | THAI MOVE TO DEPORT HMONG LAO FROM NONG KHAI BUT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 10. 2. (C) Summary. On January 30, the RTG attempted to refoule the 156 Lao Hmong at the Nong Khai detention facility. The male members of the group resisted deportation and a stand-off ensued that lasted most of the day. The Embassy, as w [...] |
2007-01-30 11:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM TH LA |
| 07BANGKOK816 | UPDATE ON HMONG REFUGEES AT NONG KHAI [...] (C) There has been no RTG movement on the 153 Lao Hmong refugees currently in detention in Nong Khai after the refugees' own resistance and international opposition stopped their deportation to Laos on January 30. The RTG has not indicated whether it will allow those Hmong already approved fo [...] |
2007-02-09 07:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM TH LA |
| 07BEIJING6899 | OCTOBER 30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points at the October 30 MFA Press Briefing: -- China has expressed its "strong dissatisfaction" and opposition to Canada's hosting of the Dalai Lama. Canada should correct its actions to avoid further damage to bilateral ties. -- Japan's actions against Chinese activists near the Dia [...] |
2007-10-30 09:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH LA KN KS KZ JA VE CA IR |
| 07CHIANGMAI107 | "TARNISHED EAGLE" AFTERMATH SEEN AS EASING PETCHABUN REFUGEE [...] (U) Summary. Thai security officials see the June 4 arrests of former Laotian Gen. Vang Pao and his associates in the US as likely to have positive effects on the protracted problems of Hmong refugees and anti-Vientiane Hmong along the Thai-Lao border. End summary 2. (C) National Inte [...] |
2007-06-13 01:43:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PREF TH LA |
| 07CHIANGMAI157 | BURMESE ARMY MUTINIES REPORTED [...] (C) Three Burmese Army divisions have reportedly refused to carry out orders from army central command to fire on demonstrators, according to several northern Thailand-based sources. These units are: -- the 33rd Division, based in Meiktila (near Mandalay); -- the Mandalay Division comman [...] |
2007-09-28 10:03:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM MARR MOPS TH BM LA |
| 07CHIANGMAI200 | LOCAL MOI OFFICIAL ADMITS RAIDS IN CHIANG RAI TARGET PPP AND [...] (C) Raids in Chiang Rai Province in October and November by military and police officials targeted "old power" and vote buying, Association of Kamnan (local government leaders) and Village Heads of Northern Thailand President Inwan Bangnguen told Consulate staff on a Dec. 5 trip to Chiang Rai. [...] |
2007-12-18 04:05:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PINS TH LA CH |
| 07CHIANGMAI50 | TEST DRIVING THE THAILAND-YUNNAN HIGHWAYS [...] Chinese government officials and Mekong region diplomats tested two alternate north-south routes between China and Thailand March 6-10 by driving from Jinghong in Yunnan Province to Chiang Rai via Burma and back through Laos. Although the road under construction through Laos is generally con [...] |
2007-03-15 07:22:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON TH BM CH LA |
| 07HANOI687 | UPDATE ON OUTBREAK COMMUNICATION STRATEGY IN VIETNAM AVIAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam (GVN) has a comprehensive prevention and control approach for avian and pandemic influenza (AI) based on a national surveillance system in the developing world context. The approach integrates both animal and human health sectors. The GVN leader [...] |
2007-04-12 00:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU KPAO SENV OCII AJ CB CA CH EG IN ID LA MX |
| 07HANOI90 | GVN REPORTEDLY DOES NOT WANT U.S. RESETTLEMENT FOR [...] (C) Summary: According to UNHCR, the GVN does not object to the third-country resettlement of the 42 Vietnamese Hmong in Thailand. However, the GVN has caveated its position by requesting that UNHCR not resettle the Hmong in the United States for fear of creating a draw for more Hmong to leav [...] |
2007-01-16 08:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF TH LA VM |
| 07HOCHIMINHCITY164 | SENIOR OFFICIAL DISCUSSES TERRORISM CONCERNS [...] (S/NF) GVN and Communist Party advisor Vo Viet Thanh told Poloff that the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) is concerned about what it sees as new external efforts to radicalize Vietnam's Muslim community. (Numbering between 50 and 80 thousand, Vietnam's Muslims are centered in the coastal pr [...] |
2007-02-15 09:14:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PINR CH CB LA VM |
| 07PHNOMPENH1189 | DAMMING THE MEKONG: HYDROPOWER'S HIGH PRICE [...] (SBU) Summary. Existing and planned hydropower projects along the world's eighth largest river reflect the development dilemma of cheaper, low-polluting power vs. healthy fisheries and the interests of downstream communities. Villagers along eastern Mekong tributaries in Cambodia complained [...] |
2007-09-17 10:12:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ENRG EIND SENV VM LA CH CB |
| 07PHNOMPENH1347 | CAMBODIA DEMARCHE ON HMONG AND MONTAGNARD [...] (SBU) On October 25, Deputy Chief of Mission Piper Campbell met with Ministry of Interior Cambodian National Police General Commissioner Hok Lundy to deliver the demarche on Hmong and Montagnard "material support" exemptions (ref B), following up with a letter to Hok Lundy. Post also deliver [...] |
2007-10-30 09:27:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KJUS CVIS CB LA VN |
| 07THEHAGUE446 | EMBASSY THE HAGUE RESPONSE ON GLOBAL ROAD SAFETY [...] The GONL has organized a full agenda for the 2007 Global Road Safety Week (April 23-27), primarily focusing on public awareness and road safety among young people between the ages of 4 and 24. On April 23, the Dutch will hold a news conference during which they will present the 2006 road saf [...] |
2007-03-14 09:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AF AID AMCHAMS AMED CA EU IO LA PA PAHO |
| 07TOKYO5343 | JAPANESE PM FUKUDA MEETS WITH MEKONG REGION LEADERS [...] (C) Economic and infrastructure development cooperation figured prominently in PM Yasuo Fukuda's November 20 meeting with the leaders of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. PM Nguyen Tan Dzung, PM Bouasone Bouphavanh and PM Hun Sen welcomed Japan's efforts to develop two regional East-West Corridors [...] |
2007-11-27 05:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VM CB LA JA |
| 07USUNNEWYORK1209 | 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador Joan Plaisted, who served as Senior Area Adviser for East Asia and the Pacific to the 62nd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (U) Support from East Asian and Pacific Island (EAP) countries was essential for achieving U.S. objectives in this 62nd UN [...] |
2007-12-26 16:13:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | BP BX CB CH ECON FJ FM ID JA KR KS LA MG |
| 07VIENTIANE110 | DIPLOMATIC TOUR OF RESETTLED HMONG; WHERE ARE ALL [...] (C) Summary: An MFA-led February 8 tour of one Hmong area near Vientiane proved little about the situation of resettled Hmong in Laos -- especially former insurgents. Only one family of five from the group of 52 economic migrants had been returned to the well-to-do area visited. However the [...] |
2007-02-12 10:33:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KWMN LA PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TH |
| 07VIENTIANE12 | REPRESENTATIVE MCCOLLUM MEETS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: During her first visit to Laos, Representative Betty McCollum met with a series of senior Lao National Assembly (NA) officials, including Madame Pany Yathotu, NA Vice President as well as member of the ruling party's Politburo, members of the NA,s Foreign Affairs Committee, and th [...] |
2007-01-08 10:31:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | LA OREP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG SOCI TH |
| 07VIENTIANE133 | LAOS INSTITUTES "SLOWDOWN" FOR NEW MINING APPROVALS [...] In a press conference Friday February 16 the vice-president of the Committee for Planning and Investment (CPI), Mr. Bounthavy Sisouphantong, announced a "slowdown" in the approval of new mining concessions. He also indicated the Government of Laos (GOL) would be developing new technical guid [...] |
2007-02-16 10:15:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EMIN KIDE LA |
| 07VIENTIANE137 | SEAS-2007 BULLETIN NO. 2 - NOMINATIONS DUE 20 FEB 07 [...] (U) Embassy Vientiane is pleased to nominate Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Europe and Americas Department Director General (DG) Southam Sakonhninhom to attend this course. Our alternate candidate is Mr. Khamvone Phanouvong, MFA Asia-Pacific and Africa Department Deputy DG. Their personal [...] |
2007-02-20 10:20:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL LA |
| 07VIENTIANE139 | CORRUPTION IN LAOS: THE CLOSER YOU LOOK, THE [...] (C) Summary. Corruption in Laos is endemic. At a recent governance and anti-corruption workshop in Vientiane, sponsored by the World Bank, donor and non-governmental organization (NGO) representatives met to discuss the current situation. While there are some positive trends, such as the w [...] |
2007-02-20 10:34:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV KFRD CASC SNAR LA |
| 07VIENTIANE143 | 2007 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW:POST RECOMMENDATION FOR [...] (SBU) Post recommends that the Lao PDR not be designated as a country of special concern under Special 301 due to absolutely low levels of piracy, past actions taken by the IPR authorities, and the elevation of the Science, Technology and IPR Office to the status of a ministry, which may enhan [...] |
2007-02-22 09:12:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID KIPR LA |
| 07VIENTIANE144 | UNHCR AND ICRC REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Bangkok-based representatives of both UNHCR and ICRC to review the recent spurt of issues relating to the problems the Government of Laos (GOL) has with its Hmong minority. Both UNHCR and ICRC help hold keys to resolving Hmong issues, from the decades-old [...] |
2007-02-22 09:29:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | LA PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG |
| 07VIENTIANE154 | GOVERNANCE, WOMEN'S ISSUES, AND IRI'S EFFORTS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Ms. Johanna Kao of the International Republican Institute (IRI) and embassy officers met with government officials, women's groups, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Laos from February 4 - 7. NGO representatives informed Ms. Kao of the difficult operating environmen [...] |
2007-02-23 10:07:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KWMN PREL PHUM SCUL SOCI EAID LA |
| 07VIENTIANE159 | NAS VIENTIANE: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON CONTINUING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Paragraph 6. 2. (U) Under the direction of the Lao National Commission for Drug Control and Supervision's (LCDC) Programme Facilitation Unit (PFU), opium treatment programs in Laos reduced the addict population by more than 80% in 5 years, based [...] |
2007-02-26 02:44:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR LA |
| 07VIENTIANE205 | LAO GOVERNMENT AGREES TO LET 21 HMONG GIRLS RETURN [...] (C) Summary: During bilateral talks in Luang Prabang on March 8, the Lao Foreign Minister told his Thai counterpart that twenty-one girls from the Petchabun settlement in Thailand had been &found8 living with relatives in Laos and would be allowed to return to their families if they wished. T [...] |
2007-03-13 11:07:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV PREL LA TH |
| 07VIENTIANE213 | DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM: INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-16 09:09:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER LA PREL |
| 07VIENTIANE219 | EAP/MLS DIRECTOR,S MEETING WITH MFA DIRECTOR [...] (C) Summary: Visiting EAP/MLS director Robert Rapson met with Europe and Americas Director General Southam at the foreign ministry. Both Rapson and Southam expressed general satisfaction about improving U.S.-Lao ties, despite what Southam characterized as ups and downs over the years. Raps [...] |
2007-03-19 09:20:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF CASC PHUM PGOV LA |
| 07VIENTIANE25 | NEW INFORMATION ON NORTH KOREANS DETAINED IN LAOS: [...] (C) Summary: South Korean Embassy Counsellor Lee told Poloffs January 11 that five North Korean refugees detained almost a month in northern Laos had been released by local authorities. The five are on their way to Vientiane from where the South Korean Embassy expects them to depart quietly t [...] |
2007-01-11 08:45:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KN KS LA PHUM PREF PREL SMIG |
| 07VIENTIANE288 | VIENTIANE DIPLOMATS DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of "like-minded" countries and international organizations in Vientiane, including the United States, EU, France, Australia, UNICEF, UNDP, and others, met to review recent events on the human rights front, including the recent visit by EU Parliamentarians to Laos. [...] |
2007-04-06 06:32:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS LA PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL TH |
| 07VIENTIANE290 | ILLICIT CASH COURIERS IN LAOS [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff met with Bank of Laos (BOL) Deputy Director General Mr. Leuane March 16, and NAS Director met with Lao Customs Deputy Director of International Relations Mr. Vongchan April 5 to discuss reftel and deliver nonpaper. DDG Leuane understands Financial Action Task Force (FA [...] |
2007-04-06 10:01:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN LE PREL PTER LA |
| 07VIENTIANE296 | MISDIRECTED MAIL COMPLICATES NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) Summary: South Korean Counsellor Miyon Lee told DCM April 9 that she was hopeful that three North Korean asylum seekers who have been detained in Laos since November 2006 would be released in the next day or two. The situation took a "tricky" turn, she said, when the Lao police misdirec [...] |
2007-04-09 11:04:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM LA KN KS |
| 07VIENTIANE300 | INTOLERANCE FOR CHRISTIANS PERSISTS IN LAOS [...] (SBU) Summary: Christians in Bolikhamsay Province's Nakun Village have faced pressure from local officials and have been "reeducated" numerous times as a result of their religious activities. Christians in Xunya Village, Luang Namtha Province, have reportedly been prevented from practicin [...] |
2007-04-10 09:59:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM SCUL SOCI EINV CASC PREL LA |
| 07VIENTIANE309 | HMONG-AMERICANS RECRUIT "TROUBLEMAKERS" FROM THAI [...] (C) Summary: Unidentified Hmong-Americans are said to be recruiting Hmong from the holding camp in Thailand's Petchabun Province to return to Laos to stage incidents apparently in support of the three-decade-old but failing Hmong insurgency. The Embassy is working to gather more information. [...] |
2007-04-17 08:52:00 | Embassy Vientiane | SECRET | ASEC LA PHUM PREF PTER SMIG TH |
| 07VIENTIANE310 | IOM's Return and Reintegration of Lao TIP Victims [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph nine. 2. (SBU) Summary: The International Office for Migration (IOM) signed a long-awaited Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of Laos (GoL) on February 27. Based on the MOU, IOM plans to be more active in capacity-bui [...] |
2007-04-17 09:39:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG PHUM SOCI ELAB KWMN PREL LA |
| 07VIENTIANE312 | AES MOVES FORWARD WITH INVESTMENT PROPOSAL FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph seven. 2. (SBU) Summary: Econoff met March 29 with AES representatives Flora Zhao and Jasper Camacho to discuss their proposal for a run of the river hydropower project on the Mekong River. AES submitted the proposal March 29 to the G [...] |
2007-04-17 09:54:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETRD EINV EWWT ECON SENV PREL LA |
| 07VIENTIANE316 | SUGGESTED 2007 BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FOR LAOS UXO [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. In 2006 PM/WRA requested post create suggested budgets for supporting the removal of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) in 2007 based upon a number of scenarios. One of those scenarios envisioned a 25% cut to the UXO budget for Laos in 2007. [...] |
2007-04-18 09:51:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | KHDP ECON PREL MASS LA |
| 07VIENTIANE323 | LAO GOVERNMENT MEETING ON NORTH KOREAN CHILDREN [...] (C) Summary: South Korean Embassy Counsellor Miyon Lee told us on April 19 that senior Lao government officials would soon meet to decide on the fate of three North Korean children who have been detained in Laos since November 2006. She said that the Lao have made it a condition of the chi [...] |
2007-04-19 10:15:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM PGOV LA KN KS JA |
| 07VIENTIANE325 | Anti-Trafficking in Persons Proposals for Laos [...] Following are the anti-trafficking in persons proposals received by Embassy Vientiane. In total, eleven completed proposals were submitted by four non-governmental organizations, two international organizations, and one for-profit Lao enterprise. The following organizations submitted proposa [...] |
2007-04-20 09:56:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG LA |
| 07VIENTIANE329 | NORTH KOREAN CHILDREN: INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION [...] (S) Summary: The South Korean Embassy continues to press the Lao government for the release of the three North Korean children detained in November. They are seeking a meeting with the Director General for Consular Affairs at the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who has expressed hope for a [...] |
2007-04-23 10:28:00 | Embassy Vientiane | SECRET | CASC PREF PGOV PHUM KN KS KPAO LA |
| 07VIENTIANE337 | NORTH KOREAN CHILDREN IN SOUTH KOREAN EMBASSY [...] (S) Summary: The South Korean Embassy confirmed that the three North Korean children who have been detained since November 2006 are in their custody and will leave Laos on the evening of April 25. It was the South Koreans, quiet efforts, rather than the NGO-generated flurry of publicity, t [...] |
2007-04-25 09:46:00 | Embassy Vientiane | SECRET | PREF PHUM PGOV KN KS LA |
| 07VIENTIANE338 | NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ: MAINTAINING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-26 04:09:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ LA |
| 07VIENTIANE341 | LAO SENIOR OFFICIAL DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Following up on the Ambassador's recent meeting with the Lao Front for National Construction (reftel), Poloffs met with recently-appointed Religous Affairs Khaophone Vannabout to seek updates on several outstanding cases. Khaophone provided an update on 12 detained Khmu who may [...] |
2007-04-26 10:01:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM SOCI PREL LA |
| 07VIENTIANE351 | PRESSING THE AES HYDROPOWER BID WITH SENIOR LAO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Committee for Planning and Investment (CPI) President Soulivong Daravong April 30 to continue her personal support for the bid by AES on the first run-of-the-river hydropower project on the Mekong River in Laos. Soulivong was clear that CPI had not made [...] |
2007-04-30 08:54:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ETRD EWWT LA PHUM PREL SENV EINV |
| 07VIENTIANE361 | SPECIAL 301 LAO PDR 2007: GOL PLEASED WITH DESIGNATION BUT [...] Summary: Nheune Sisavad, a senior Lao official who oversees intellectual property issues, expressed relief to the DCM that Laos is not on any Special 301 lists but said that it is important for Laos to strengthen its intellectual property rights (IPR) regime. He said that the National Assembl [...] |
2007-05-03 10:11:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAID KIPR LA |
| 07VIENTIANE364 | UNHCR'S ERIKA FELLER DISCUSSES HMONG ISSUES; LAO [...] (C) Summary: The visit of UNHCR's lead protection official, Erika Feller, haS provided insight into Hmong issues including what may happen to the 152 Hmong (plus three babies) being held in Thailand's Nong Khai Province. Unfortunately, we are concerned UNHCR may be overestimating the ability o [...] |
2007-05-04 09:32:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM LA |
| 07VIENTIANE366 | NEW GROUP OF NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES ARRESTED IN [...] (S) Summary: Activists from the Human Rights Without Frontiers organization confirmed the presence to EmbOff of a new group of nine North Koreans in detention in Vientiane. The activists were able to deliver food and medicine to the detainees. The South Korean Embassy says resolving the case [...] |
2007-05-07 07:43:00 | Embassy Vientiane | SECRET | PREF PHUM PGOV KN KS LA |
| 07VIENTIANE37 | REPRESENTATIVE MCCOLLUM VIEWS AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPARATIONS [...] (U) Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MIN) learned first-hand about Vientiane's main Mahasot Hospital during her recent visit to Laos. She discussed available and needed resources in recognizing suspect cases of human avian influenza (AI) and reviewed corresponding clinical case management practi [...] |
2007-01-16 08:07:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP TBIO KFLU AMED SOCI LA |
| 07VIENTIANE382 | UNHCR MEMBER VOTE: LAO POSITION [...] (C) Ambassador presented text of non-paper on upcoming UNHRC membership voting, including USG support for Slovenia and Bosnia as preferred members vice Belarus, to Lao Vice Foreign Minister Phongsavath Boupha on May 10. The Vice Foreign Minister said the Ministry would consider the U.S. posit [...] |
2007-05-10 10:04:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC LA |
| 07VIENTIANE383 | SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS LOOKING TO EXPAND IN LAOS [...] (C) Summary: The Seventh Day Adventists have had an active church in Laos since 1974. There are approximately 1,250 Adventists country-wide, with the largest concentration in Vientiane Municipality. With only one church structure, most Adventists in Laos meet in house churches. While the [...] |
2007-05-11 03:08:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM SCUL SOCI PREL LA |
| 07VIENTIANE390 | AES LOSES BID FOR MEKONG HYDROPOWER PROJECT IN [...] (C) Summary: CH Karnchang Public Company of Thailand (CK) was awarded the right conduct a feasibility study to develop a 1260 megawatt (MW) run of the river hydropower plant in Xayabury by the Government of Laos (GOL). According to an article in the Vientiane Times May 8, the GOL and CK signe [...] |
2007-05-11 08:58:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD EINV EWWT ECON SENV PREL LA |
| 07VIENTIANE397 | WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY: DCM DISCUSSES U.S. JOURNALISM AT [...] (U) SUMMARY: To mark World Press Freedom Day, the DCM spoke with a group of roughly 15 college students at the Lao-American Center on May 2 about the history of press freedom in the United States and the ethical dilemmas faced by media organizations. This was a timely subject, since the Lao N [...] |
2007-05-15 06:45:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB KDEM PGOV PREL KPAO LA |
| 07VIENTIANE407 | VIENTIANE EAC MEETING - RENEWAL OF PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-16 08:48:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER CASC LA |
| 07VIENTIANE411 | LAOS WILL CONSIDER ATTENDING JULY APHIS SEMINAR IN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-18 03:19:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID ETRD ASEAN PREL LA |
| 07VIENTIANE416 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL; HMONG ISSUES; ARF [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador used the opportunity of a farewell call on one of MFA's more sophisticated Vice Ministers, and the Lao Senior Official for ASEAN and ARF affairs, to present the most recent Department demarche on ARF issues. VFM Bounkeut expressed support for the USG ISM proposals, [...] |
2007-05-21 08:27:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KNNP LA PINR PREF PREL PTER ARF |
| 07VIENTIANE442 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALLS WITH SENIOR LAO [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's farewell calls with senior Lao officials were marked by appreciation for her role in moving the bilateral relationship forward on traditional areas of cooperation (MIA accounting, opium eradication, and unexploded ordnance removal) while breaking ground on new are [...] |
2007-05-26 09:06:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ETRD LA MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR |
| 07VIENTIANE449 | UNODC REPORTS SECURITY SITUATION IN NORTHERN LAOS [...] (C) Summary: The United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Representative in Vientiane, Mr. Leik Boonwaat, told NAS that, during his travel over the past few weeks, he had observed indications that the overall security situation in northern Laos was decaying. He said that a higher [...] |
2007-05-29 10:35:00 | Embassy Vientiane | SECRET | PGOV PTER SNAR ASEC LA |
| 07VIENTIANE451 | LAOS TO SUPPORT MR. ZOELLICK AS WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) Econoff met May 30 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of International Cooperation Director General Dr. Bountheuang Mounlasy to request that the Lao Government support Robert B. Zoellick as President of the World Bank (Reftel). After a brief discussion of Mr. Zoellick's quali [...] |
2007-05-30 09:38:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IBRD LA |
| 07VIENTIANE453 | LIKE-MINDED GROUP FAVORS INDIVIDUAL DEMARCHES ON [...] (C) Summary: At a May 30 meeting of representatives of like-minded countries, the Charge proposed a joint demarche requesting international access to recent Hmong returnees from Thailand per Ref A. The other embassy representatives agreed that these concerns should be raised with the Lao g [...] |
2007-05-30 10:23:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | LA PGOV PHUM PREF PREL TH GE |
| 07VIENTIANE454 | UPDATE ON PROTESTANTS IN BOLIKHAMSAI AND VIENTIANE [...] (C) Summary: There have been reports indicating that several ethnic Khmu Christians in Bolikhamsai Province's Nakun Village were forcibly moved May 15 to another village in the same district. The Lao Evangelical Church (LEC) has indicated that five heads of households were forced by local [...] |
2007-05-30 10:23:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM SCUL SOCI PREL LA |
| 07VIENTIANE476 | AUTHORITIES IN NORTHERN LAOS WORRIED ABOUT HMONG [...] (C) Summary: Vietnamese Hmong immigrants are resettling in northeastern Laos from Vietnam and are becoming a growing concern among local authorities trying to control one of Laos' most remote borders. The Government of Laos (GOL) has repatriated some recent arrivals but appears to lack the [...] |
2007-06-06 09:51:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | SMIG PGOV SNAR LA VM XC |
| 07VIENTIANE477 | GOL WORRIED ABOUT MARIJUANA TRAFFICKERS IN [...] (C) Summary: Provincial officials in Bolikhamxai Province are worried that they are losing control of eastern border districts to drug traffickers producing marijuana for commercial export. These districts are populated by upland minorities including Hmong and Khamu. The officials stated t [...] |
2007-06-06 09:59:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | LA PGOV SNAR VM |
| 07VIENTIANE483 | MAJORS LIST CERTIFICATION PROCEEDURES FOR LAOS FY [...] (SBU) Summary. While Laos continues to be a major producer of narcotics, it reduced opium production by approximately 69% between 2005 and 2006 and has achieved a 96% decline in overall opium cultivation from its recorded peak in 1989. Production is currently estimated to be below domestic [...] |
2007-06-08 06:43:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR LA |
| 07VIENTIANE487 | HMONG-AMERICAN LEADER PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO COUP [...] (S) Summary: The politics of the Hmong communtiies in both Laos and the United States are extremely complex. As a result, a conversation with even a well educated Hmong (or Hmong-American) leader involves exaggeration and guess work and often raises more questions than it provides answers. Neverthe [...] |
2007-06-11 10:55:00 | Embassy Vientiane | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC LA PGOV PREL PTER |
| 07VIENTIANE490 | 2007 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation [...] The Embassy is unaware of any changes to the below noted disputes since submission of the 2006 report. Please note the Embassy no longer has contact information for the Claimants. 2. a. Claimant A b. 1991 c. According to Claimant's attorney, Claimant asserts that he entere [...] |
2007-06-13 07:33:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ECON EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV PREL LA |
| 07VIENTIANE496 | ASSORTED LAO UXO NEWS FRAGMENTS [...] (U) Charge and econoff attended the annual UXO review meeting June 5, which addressed the 2007 workplans for the National Regulatory Authority (NRA) and UXO Lao. The meeting provided a useful synopsis of events in the Lao UXO sector in 2006 and presented the UXO goals of the Government of Lao [...] |
2007-06-14 09:03:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KHDP PARM EAID LA |
| 07VIENTIANE508 | READOUT FROM JAPANESE DCM ON LAO PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (C) Summary: Japanese DCM Kazuhiro Fujimura provided the Charge with an overview of the mid-May summit in Tokyo between the Lao and Japanese prime ministers. He said that the Japanese had pressed the Lao unsuccessfully at a meeting before the summit to support the UNGA human rights resolutio [...] |
2007-06-18 09:39:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LA JA KN |
| 07VIENTIANE52 | LAO VIEWS ON ASEAN'S CEBU SUMMITS [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA ASEAN Department Deputy Director General Songkane told P/E Chief the main Lao priorities at the recent ASEAN Summits in Cebu were to reinforce support for a proposed rail extension into Laos and for Lao hydropower projects. He welcomed a proposed third bridge across the Mek [...] |
2007-01-22 06:42:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ELTN ETRD LA PREL PTER SMIG |
| 07VIENTIANE524 | NEW TRANSPORTATION ARTERIES AND TRADE INITIATIVES [...] (SBU) Summary. New highways and trade initiatives may boost Laos' growth but will provide greater opportunities for illicit trafficking as well. With the opening of a Savannakhet, Laos-Mukdahan, Thailand bridge, the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) that transects southern Laos is now comp [...] |
2007-06-25 08:51:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECIN ELTN ETRD KCRM KHIV LA PGOV SNAR |
| 07VIENTIANE525 | LAO GOVERNMENT CAUTIOUSLY WELCOMES U.S. ARRESTS [...] (C) Summary: Lao government officials appear to have been pleased and surprised by the June 4 arrests of Hmong-American General Vang Pao and others on suspicion of plotting violent action aimed at overthrowing the Lao government. However, the Philippines Ambassador, who talked to Lao gover [...] |
2007-06-25 09:23:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ASEC CASC SCUL SNAR CH LA US |
| 07VIENTIANE53 | REPRESENTATIVE MCCOLLUM'S DISCUSSIONS ON UNEXPLODED [...] (SBU) Summary: During her visit to Laos, Representative McCollum got a first-hand look at the problems related to unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Xieng Khouang province. She visited a hospital where UXO victims were being treated, a mine clearance site, and a school where children demonstrated mi [...] |
2007-01-22 08:13:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP MOPS PREL PHUM PGOV SCUL KFLU KHDP ECON LA |
| 07VIENTIANE556 | ICAO ASSEMBLY: NO RESPONSE FROM THE LAO GOVERNMENT [...] The Government of Laos (GOL) has not responded to any of the questions raised in either reftel. Post demarched Yakua Lopangkao, the Director General of Civil Aviation in Laos on June 19 and at his request also delivered the information contained in reftels to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs i [...] |
2007-07-10 09:42:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ETRD SENV LA |
| 07VIENTIANE558 | CABINET RESHUFFLE INCLUDES NEW FACE AT FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: In a cabinet reshuffle announced by the Prime Minister at the closing of the National Assembly, Finance Minister Chansy Phosikham was named to replace Somphet Thipmala as governor of Vientiane Province. Chansy's former deputy, Somdy Douangdy, became finance minister. Somphet b [...] |
2007-07-11 09:45:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON EFIN ENRG LA |
| 07VIENTIANE567 | POWER COMPANY RESPONDS TO CRITICAL REPORT AT THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 27-28 the Government of Laos (GOL) and the Nam Theun Power Company (NTPC) held the second annual Nam Theun II (NT II) stakeholders' meeting in Thakek, Laos to discuss the situation at the World Bank funded project. The GOL and NTPC provided a large amount of information, [...] |
2007-07-13 09:47:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ENRG EWWT ECON PREL LA |
| 07VIENTIANE598 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: PROMOTION OF STANDING COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-27 09:35:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM LA |
| 07VIENTIANE599 | TERRORISM FINANCE: TELLING LAOS ABOUT DOMESTIC [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-27 09:35:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN LA PREL PTER |
| 07VIENTIANE6 | MANAGING POSSIBLE DPRK REFUGEES IN VIENTIANE [...] (C) Summary: Following receipt of reftel, which outlines steps Embassy Vientiane should take if approached by a North Korean asylum seeker, DCM and Pol/Econ Chief met with Republic of Korea (ROK) Embassy Counsellor Miyon Lee. Ms. Lee provided updates on recent cases of North Korean asylum se [...] |
2007-01-05 08:33:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | LA PHUM PREF PREL SMIG TH |
| 07VIENTIANE600 | 62ND UNGA: REQUESTING INFORMATION ON LAO [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-27 09:35:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | LA OVIP PREL UNGA |
| 07VIENTIANE601 | ENSURING ROBUST IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSC-IMPOSED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-27 09:35:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP LA PARM PREL |
| 07VIENTIANE602 | PRESSING THE LAO FOR UNIVERSAL ADOPTION OF THE [...] (SBU) Charge and A/DCM met with Mr. Saleumxay Kommasith, Acting Director General, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), to deliver referenced demarche on July 25, 2007. Saleumxay said the issue of nuclear terrorism is new for the Government of Laos (GO [...] |
2007-07-27 09:35:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP LA MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER |
| 07VIENTIANE618 | DANCING WITH THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff accompanied Standing Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad, along with a group of senior diplomats, on a 36-hour set-piece "study tour" of two districts in Sayabouri province. Thanks to a focus on export crops, primarily corn, the districts appear to be doing well [...] |
2007-08-03 09:14:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EAID SENV LA |
| 07VIENTIANE639 | LAO MFA SPOKESMAN CONTINUES HARD LINE TOWARD HMONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Spokesman Yong Chanthalangsy showed no flexibility in Lao Government positions regarding the Lao Hmong in Thailand in a lengthy conversation with Pol/Econ Chief. Yong said the "humiliation" of the Lao officials involved in the failure to repatriate 150 Hmong from Nong Khai i [...] |
2007-08-10 10:51:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | LA PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
| 07VIENTIANE640 | "LIKE-MINDED" DIPLOMATIC GROUP DISCUSSES HMONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent meeting of the "like-minded" diplomatic group revealed a strong consensus in support of coordinated pressure on the Lao to improve conditions for the Hmong ethnic minority and to provide greater access to returnees and Hmong areas. The situations of the 5 boys from the g [...] |
2007-08-10 11:22:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | LA PGOV PHUM PREF PREL TH |
| 07VIENTIANE668 | VISIT TO LAOS OF STAFFDEL GUDES [...] (SBU) Visiting professional congressional staff members Scott Gudes and Dan Brandt visited Vientiane August 16-19. While in Vientiane they met with Vice Foreign Minister Phongsavath Boupha, who raised restrictions against Eximbank working in Laos, discussed financial reform in Laos with the [...] |
2007-08-21 10:02:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ETRD EINV KHDP PGOV OTRA LA |
| 07VIENTIANE676 | RHYTHM ROAD - VIENTIANE INTEREST [...] U.S. Embassy Vientiane is interested in hosting the Rhythm Road American Music Abroad tour by the urban music group Dana Leong Band. Post control officer is PAO Amy Archibald, at archibaldae@state.gov, 856-21-7214. Assisting FSN is Cultural Affairs Specialist ChanthanomeSydavanh, at Chanthan [...] |
2007-08-24 00:49:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL LA |
| 07VIENTIANE723 | UPDATE ON HMONG-AMERICANS TAKEN INTO POLICE CUSTODY IN LAOS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post continues to investigate the whereabouts of the three Hmong Americans who were taken into police custody on August 25. Both Lao and Thai immigration authorities have records indicating that the Americans departed Laos on August 29. During a trip to Xiengkhouang Province Se [...] |
2007-09-14 10:46:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC LA |
| 07VIENTIANE725 | MIL-MIL RELATIONS WITH LAOS: EXCHANGING DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Moving forward with the exchange of defense attaches during the coming year and training opportunities for Lao military personnel under the International Military Education and Training (IMET) and other programs were key topics discussed during the visit of DOD OSD-Policy Lao Des [...] |
2007-09-18 10:27:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID LA MARR MASS MOPS PREL |
| 07VIENTIANE767 | MFA ASEAN OFFICIAL DESCRIBES ACTIVE LAO ROLE ON [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Charge on Burma, Deputy Director General for ASEAN Songkane Luangmuninthone said that Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith had intervened with the Burmese Foreign Minister at UN Special Envoy Gambari's request to urge the Burmese to a [...] |
2007-10-12 09:48:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV LA BM ASEAN |
| 07VIENTIANE780 | PRIME MINISTER RAISES CONCERNS ON HMONG WAIVER [...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory call on Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, both the Ambassador and the Prime Minister expressed satisfaction with recent improvements in bilateral cooperation. The Prime Minister pressed for the lifting of restrictions on U.S. Export-Import Bank ope [...] |
2007-10-18 11:06:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN CVIS LA US BM ASEAN |
| 07VIENTIANE787 | DEMARCHE: HMONG "MATERIAL SUPPORT" EXEMPTION [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Assistant Foreign Minister Alounkeo regarding the Hmong material support exemption (Ref A) on October 22. Despite the Ambassador's reassurances that the waiver does not represent a [...] |
2007-10-23 10:10:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL KJUS CVIS PHUM LA TH |
| 07VIENTIANE788 | DEMARCHE TO LAO GOVERNMENT: U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (SBU) The Ambassador delivered Ref A demarche on Burma during an October 22 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Alounkeo Kittikhoun primarily devoted to the Hmong waiver issue (Ref B). He provided the Assistant Minister with the White House fact sheet, the text of the executive order, an [...] |
2007-10-24 08:45:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EFIN BM LA ASEAN |
| 07VIENTIANE789 | DEMARCHE: CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR UN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-24 09:55:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC LA |
| 07VIENTIANE800 | SIGNIFICANT HEROIN ADDICTION EMERGES IN LAOS FOR [...] (U) Summary: Heroin abuse has not been encountered among the Laotian people in the past, but so far in 2007, the principal Lao national drug abuse treatment center at Somsanga has admitted more than 50 acknowledged heroin addicts, at least seven of whom admitted to current injecting drug use. [...] |
2007-10-29 10:52:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV LA SNAR SOCI UNCRIME |
| 07VIENTIANE801 | LAOS PRESSES FOR LIFTING OF EXIMBANK LIMITATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The prohibition on EXIM Bank operations in Laos -- based on the characterization of Laos as a Markist-Leninist country -- is out of date and does not serve U.S. interests. GOL views the EXIM ban as inconsistent with the USG's economic policy toward Laos, highlighted by Congr [...] |
2007-10-30 02:07:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID EFIN PREL EINV LA |
| 07VIENTIANE802 | DEMARCHE (2ND REQUEST AND FOLLOW-UP): CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-30 04:17:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC LA |
| 07VIENTIANE806 | REQUEST INL APPROVAL FOR CONTRACT TO CONSTRUCT ATS [...] (U) Summary and Action Requested (see also para 9): This message requests INL/RM approval for NAS Vientiane to authorize RPSO Frankfurt to contract for design and construction of a drug abuse treatment clinic in Vientiane Province, Laos, specializing in treatment of addiction to amphetamine-t [...] |
2007-10-30 08:47:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ASUP LA |
| 07VIENTIANE816 | LAO FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lao Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Thongloun told the Ambassador on November 2 that had pushed Burmese Foreign Minister Win on the need for rapid movement forward on the "roadmap" process. According to Thongloun, Win said completion of the constitutional referendum, the f [...] |
2007-11-05 09:59:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | BM LA PGOV PREL |
| 07VIENTIANE820 | BURMA IN THE LAO NEWS, BUT NOT EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO SEE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-06 23:46:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PREL PGOV KPAO LA BM |
| 07VIENTIANE829 | SOUTH KOREAN DCM DISCUSSES NORTH KOREAN PREMIER'S [...] (C) Summary: The South Korean DCM told the DCM on November 9 that Lao officials had described the November 4-7 visit of North Korean Premier Kim Yong Il as very successful. The Lao Prime Minister praised North Korea's handling of Korean peninsula issues. Lao officials described Premier Kim [...] |
2007-11-09 11:10:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EINV LA KN KS |
| 07VIENTIANE836 | VIENTIANE FRAUD SUMMARY: Q4 FY 2007 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-14 10:44:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT LA |
| 07VIENTIANE839 | 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-15 09:28:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR LA |
| 07VIENTIANE840 | EXCHANGING DEFENSE ATTACHES WITH LAOS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-16 06:22:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | LA MARR MASS MOPS PREL APER |
| 07VIENTIANE85 | CONSIDERING "MATERIAL SUPPORT" FOR THE HMONG; LIST [...] (C) The issue of determining who provided "material support" in the case of the Lao Hmong is very complicated. Below (para 5), we provide the Embassy's list of bombings and other attacks in Laos during the past several years. In virtually all cases, the identities of the perpetrators are diff [...] |
2007-02-02 08:04:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC LA MOPS PGOV PREF PREL PTER |
| 07VIENTIANE854 | EXTRANCHECK: PSV AT LANG XANG MINERALS - LICENSE [...] Economic officer Joshua Archibald carried out the post-shipment export verification at Lane Xang Minerals in Savannakhet Province, Laos, on November 20, 2007. 2. Econoff met with Jukka Kortelainen, Copper Process Engineer at Lane Xang Minerals, for approximately 3 hours on November 20. M [...] |
2007-11-26 08:55:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC LA |
| 07VIENTIANE857 | LAOS: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] Summary: While the GOL has made great strides in getting its legal house in order to combat human trafficking, and has also make progress in protecting returning trafficking victims, it needs to do more to address the growing problem of internal human trafficking. Post does not have updated inf [...] |
2007-11-26 10:28:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL LA |
| 07VIENTIANE876 | International Education "Week" in Laos [...] Summary: Embassy Vientiane hosted a number of events to mark International Education Week throughout the month of November, including public speaking workshops, video presentations at the Faculty of Engineering, a lunch hosted by the Ambassador for National University deans and vice-deans, pres [...] |
2007-12-05 10:26:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL PREL LA |
| 07VIENTIANE888 | DPRK CITIZENS ENTER SWEDISH EMBASSY COMPOUND IN [...] (C//NF) On Friday, December 7, 2007, at approximately 1230 hrs. (Vientiane Time) Consular Officer Michael Scharding received a telephonic message from the Administrative Counselor at the Swedish Embassy in Vientiane - Birgitta Holmstrom. Ms. Holmstrom informed Mr. Scharding that, at approxim [...] |
2007-12-10 09:33:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL LA KN |
| 07VIENTIANE893 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SWEDISH CHARGE TO DISCUSS [...] (U) This is an action request: please see paragraph 14. 2. (C//NF) Summary: According to Swedish diplomats, the two North Koreans continue to insist that their intent is to seek asylum in the United States. While the ROK Embassy is prepared and able to assist them to travel to South Korea, [...] |
2007-12-11 11:49:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC PREL LA KN SW |
| 07VIENTIANE896 | UPDATE ON DPRK CITIZENS AT SWEDISH EMBASSY [...] (U) This cable includes an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary: Swedish Charge Aberg told the Ambassador that she and her colleague had met with a senior MFA official who suggested, as long as the North Koreans left Laos, that his government was not concerned about their [...] |
2007-12-12 10:04:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KN LA PREL SW |
| 07VIENTIANE897 | SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ADMIRAL KEATING [...] (C) I and the Vientiane Country Team are delighted to welcome you and your team to Laos. The Lao agreed to a far broader range of meetings with senior officials than they did for Admiral Fallon who visited in July 2006. I believe that they have made a strategic decision to begin a step-by-ste [...] |
2007-12-12 10:35:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | KPOW LA MARR MOPS OVIP PGOV PREL |
| 07VIENTIANE914 | PACOM ADMIRAL KEATING'S VISIT TO VIENTIANE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 14 visit to Vientiane, Commander of the Pacific Command Admiral Timothy Keating met with senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense, and National Assembly. At the Foreign Affairs Institute, he addressed students and took questions [...] |
2007-12-19 07:15:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHDP LA MARR MASS OVIP PREL KFLU CH |
| 07VIENTIANE925 | VIENTIANE APPLICATION FOR ECA PERFORMING ARTS INITIATIVE [...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: U.S. Embassy Vientiane requests ECA funding in the amount of $11,500 under the Performing Arts Initiative (PAI) for the Battery Dance Company (BDC) to travel to Vientiane for four days (April 19-23, 2008). The BDC will conduct an Asian regional tour with travel to South K [...] |
2007-12-27 09:55:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC OIIP SCUL KPAO LA |
| 07VIENTIANE926 | LAOS: ANNUAL UXO MEETINGS HIGHLIGHT U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-27 10:00:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KHDP PREL LA MASS |
| 07VIENTIANE928 | LAO DEFENSE MINISTER SPEAKS OUT AGAINST CHILD TRAFFICKING [...] Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Lieutenant General Douangchay Phichit spoke to a crowd of 1000 government officials and members of the public at an all-day event marking the International Day Against Child Trafficking on December 7. The Minister described Lao [...] |
2007-12-28 06:03:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG LA |
| 08BANGKOK266 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON NEW REFUGEE PROCESSING [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. Summary: Post has been informed that new legislation may affect the need for material support waivers for some Burmese and Lao-Hmong refugee populations, and could permit formerly-excluded combatants to be considered for resettlement a [...] |
2008-01-25 10:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL TH BM LA |
| 08BANGKOK3067 | LAO HMONG: THAI MILITARY PROMISES FIRST [...] (C) Summary. Senior Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) officials have offered new transparency on the 6,000 remaining Lao Hmong at the army-run camp in Petchabun province. In separate meetings with Ambassador and DCM, newly-appointed Supreme Commander General Songkitti Jaggabartra and Chief of [...] |
2008-10-10 09:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM TH LA |
| 08BANGKOK714 | A/S HILL AND FOREIGN MINISTER NOPPADON DISCUSS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama told visiting A/S Hill on February 29 that the situation in Burma represented his highest priority, and he hoped to energize ASEAN to help deal with the issue. A/S Hill described the importance of UN Special Envoy Gambari's mission and emphasized that prob [...] |
2008-03-07 04:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF ECON EINV ETRD TH BM LA |
| 08BANGKOK737 | MIXED SIGNALS ON HMONG REPATRIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Thai MFA provided a read-out on the February visits to Laos by the Thai Foreign Minister and Prime Minister. According to the Thai side, the Lao showed some flexibility on the ultimate solution to the problem posed by some 7800 Lao-Hmong illegally in Thailand, currently in [...] |
2008-03-10 03:54:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL TH LA |
| 08BANGKOK968 | LAO HMONG: THAI ARMY EXPLAINS POLICY, SIGNALS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Royal Thai Army revealed that it will seek Laotian Government agreement to a proposal to allow third country resettlement for the 153 Lao Hmong confined in an immigration jail in Nong Khai, Thailand. The proposal will be made by the Thai Prime Minster at a bilateral border [...] |
2008-03-27 10:34:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM TH LA |
| 08CHIANGMAI11 | BFIF REQUEST FOR CHIANG MAI, VIENTIANE, AND PHNOM PENH [...] The Greater Mekong Subregion's North-South and East-West corridors form a "golden gateway" linking southern China and all the countries of mainland Southeast Asia. This vast market provides significant opportunities for U.S. businesses. At the heart of the Greater Mekong Subregion are three U [...] |
2008-01-22 14:22:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO TH LA CB CH |
| 08CHIANGMAI185 | THE NORTH KOREA-THAILAND REFUGEE PIPELINE: A TALE OF TWO [...] (C) The number of North Koreans seeking resettlement to a third country via Thailand is expected to continue to rise, despite a drop in the number of North Koreans arrested in early 2008, according to officials in Chiang Rai Province, which borders both Laos and Burma. Though these same inter [...] |
2008-12-04 07:09:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM PINR BM LA CH KS KN TH |
| 08CHIANGMAI34 | THAI-LAO BORDER CHECKPOINT GIVES GLIMPSE INTO [...] (C) A visit to a small Thai-Lao border checkpoint revealed good cross-border cooperation, predictable trade patterns, and little or no illegal migration. However, the local Thai military commander reported that narcotics trafficking networks in the region were increasingly shifting their tran [...] |
2008-03-04 09:16:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PREF ETRD TH LA |
| 08CHIANGMAI52 | REGIONAL BUSINESS CONFERENCE ON LOGISTICS BRINGS TOGETHER [...] In an effort to promote development in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) logistics and transportation sectors and to underscore U.S. interest in deepening investment in the region, post hosted a conference on March 18-19 bringing together public and private sector representatives from across t [...] |
2008-03-28 09:40:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELTN ECIN ETRD EWWT PREL TH BM CH LA CB |
| 08CHIANGMAI91 | REDUCED BURNING LESSENED AIR POLLUTION DURING DRY SEASON [...] Chiang Mai's notoriously polluted dry season showed markedly improved air quality conditions from last year. Although the causes of March and April pollution remain the same (crop burning, forest fires, and vehicle emissions), government efforts to make the public more aware of the dangers of [...] |
2008-06-09 10:13:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON EAGR ECIN TH BM CH LA |
| 08MANILA2529 | STAFFDEL Branegan - Visit to the Philippines (Nov 10-14, [...] Embassy Manila welcomes Mr. James Branegan, professional staff member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Control officers for his visit will be Econ Officer, David Rovinsky, who can be contacted at: office (63 2) 301 2332, cell no. (63 917) 867 3521, home (63 2) 815 3862, e-mail: Ro [...] |
2008-11-07 08:01:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN RP HG LA |
| 08PHNOMPENH1003 | CAMBODIA'S RACE FOR HYDROPOWER CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) continues to pursue its hydropower potential with 22 ongoing and proposed projects. With primarily Chinese support, the RGC hopes to generate enough electricity to meet domestic needs and eventually profit from energy exportation. Donors [...] |
2008-12-18 09:04:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR ENRG EAID EIND VM LA CH CB |
| 08STATE123908 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR LAOS 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 below. These individuals are candidates for "Special Investigation Group Workshop on Pangolin and Big Cats." The In [...] |
2008-11-21 20:43:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PHUM PREL PGOV MARR KCRM LA |
| 08STATE128039 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR LAOS 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 below. These individuals are candidates for the "Tactical Safety and Planning" course hosted by International Law En [...] |
2008-12-04 21:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PHUM PREL PGOV MARR KCRM LA |
| 08STATE135299 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR LAOS 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 below. These individuals are candidates for the "Clandestine Lab Investigations/Chemical Control" course hosted by t [...] |
2008-12-30 23:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PHUM PREL PGOV MARR KCRM LA |
| 08STATE135300 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR LAOS 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 below. These individuals are candidates for the "Post Blast Investigations" course hosted by the International Law E [...] |
2008-12-30 23:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PHUM PREL PGOV MARR KCRM LA |
| 08STATE17870 | LIMITED PROGRESS TO DATE ON IMPLEMENTING CHANGES [...] Summary: In response to reftel, this message provides an update on the Administration's efforts to implement the changes to the Immigration and Nationality Act resulting from section 691 (Division J) of the Omnibus Appropriations Act for FY08 (Kyl/Leahy amendment). PRM met on February 21st w [...] |
2008-02-21 23:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | BM LA PREF PREL TH |
| 08TOKYO204 | JAPAN STRENGTHENING TIES WITH MEKONG REGION [...] (C) Summary. The Japanese Government plans to fund infrastructure and poverty reduction programs in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, including $20 million to develop poverty-stricken areas and another $20 million for construction projects on the two "East-West Corridors." Former Prime Minister Abe [...] |
2008-01-25 06:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TH CB BM LA VM JA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1173 | 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador Joan Plaisted, who served as Senior Area Adviser for East Asia and the Pacific to the 63rd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (U) To achieve U.S. objectives for the 63rd UN General Assembly (UNGA) session, East Asian and Pacific Islands support was [...] |
2008-12-16 00:34:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | BP BX CB CH ECON FJ FM ID JA KR KS LA MG |
| 08USUNNEWYORK895 | UN GENERAL DEBATE: BURMA, LIBYA, AND OTHERS [...] SUMMARY: During the morning UN General Assembly General Debate on September 29, Lao, Turkmenistan, Moldova, Liechtenstein, Singapore, Yemen, Jordan, Burma, Botswana, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Cote D'Ivoire, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Ecuador, and Denmark spoke. Speakers continued discussing the en [...] |
2008-10-01 19:00:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PBTS UNGA LA TX MD LS SN YM JO |
| 08VIENTIANE10 | WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE? [...] (U) Summary: The USG estimate of poppy cultivation in Laos for 2007 is 1100 hectares, down from 43,150 hectares in 1989. Laos, at one time the world's third largest producer of illicit opium, stands poised to end its tenure as a part of the golden triangle. After an investment of more than [...] |
2008-01-03 09:58:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID LA SNAR |
| 08VIENTIANE111 | LAOS: PLANS FOR FIVE LARGE DAMS ON THE MEKONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past year the Government of Laos has signed 5 Memoranda of Understanding with companies from China, Vietnam, and Thailand to develop large dams on the mainstream of the Mekong river where both banks are within Laos. Four of the dams are estimated to individually produ [...] |
2008-02-15 02:47:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ENRG EIND SENV BEXP LA VM CH CB |
| 08VIENTIANE114 | MINISTER OF COMMERCE WELCOMES U.S. INVESTMENT [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador paid his initial official calls on Minister of Industry and Commerce Nam Viyaketh, whose father, Samane Viyaketh, is #2 in the Politburo, and Governor of the Lao Central Bank Phouphet Khamphounvong on February 11. Minister Nam welcomed U.S. investment in Laos and [...] |
2008-02-15 08:38:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EINV EMIN ENRG PINR LA |
| 08VIENTIANE116 | DEMARCHE TO LAOS: HAGUE ADOPTION CONVENTION [...] The DCM called on MFA's Acting Director General for International Organizations Saleumxay Kommasith on February 14 regarding the Hague Adoption Convention. She informed Mr. Saleumxay that the U.S. has become a party to the convention and is encouraging the government of Laos (GOL) to consider [...] |
2008-02-19 00:29:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | KOCI CASC PREL LA |
| 08VIENTIANE143 | SOMALIA AND PIRACY, SEEKING VIEWS ON POSSIBLE UN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-29 03:14:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM LA PBTS PREL SO |
| 08VIENTIANE145 | EIGHTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT FOR LAOS [...] (SBU) Laos is overwhelmingly a sending country for trafficking, although on a small scale it is also a receiving country, with some domestic trafficking victims in the commercial sex trade. The vast majority of Lao who seek work abroad, including those who are victims of trafficking, go to Thai [...] |
2008-02-29 05:44:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF KFRD PREL LA |
| 08VIENTIANE149 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR LAOS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-04 01:30:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV OPIC USTR KTDB LA |
| 08VIENTIANE157 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HMONG ISSUES WITH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lao MFA Pres Department Director General Yong Chanthalangsy told the Ambassador that the 11 Hmong "voluntarily" returned from Thailand at the end of February are being held for "screening" preparatory to being allowed to return home or being resettled domestically. All are fine, [...] |
2008-03-11 03:21:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | LA PINR PREF PREL |
| 08VIENTIANE159 | LAOS INPUT FOR EISA REPORTS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-12 06:46:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG SENV ABER ABUD LA |
| 08VIENTIANE164 | 2008 FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT FOR LAOS [...] Following is the 2008 fiscal transparency report for Laos, as instructed in reftel. The Lao Government (GOL) budget, a summary of revenue and expenditure for the current fiscal year, and a projection for the following fiscal year are generally published by the Ministry of Finance (MOF [...] |
2008-03-13 10:33:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PREL LA |
| 08VIENTIANE168 | ATTENDANCE AT TRAINING ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-17 06:16:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ELAB LA OTRA PHUM |
| 08VIENTIANE180 | FRAUD SUMMARY-(VIENTIANE): Q1 FY 2008 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-20 10:22:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LA |
| 08VIENTIANE182 | UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 1803 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-21 09:06:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM IR LA |
| 08VIENTIANE183 | BURMA REFERENDUM: DEMARCHE TO LAO GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Charge delivered Reftel demarche to Deputy Director General for Asia and the Pacific Viroth Soundara on March 19. Mr. Viroth said that the GOL supports the roadmap process and will assess its success in creating a more representative system once it concludes. The Charge urged [...] |
2008-03-21 09:06:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM LA BM |
| 08VIENTIANE184 | APPLICATION FOR 2008 DENVER RESOURCE ECONOMICS COURSE [...] Per reftel, the following is Joshua Archibald's application for the 2008 Denver Resource Economics Course, PE-142, scheduled for July 7-11. Current Assignment: Economic/Commercial/ESTH/AID/UXO/ODC officer in Vientiane Laos until summer 2009. Phone: (856)-21-26-7156 (office) Mobile: (85 [...] |
2008-03-24 03:21:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | AFSI APER ENGR EMIN ECON LA |
| 08VIENTIANE202 | PLANNED CHINESE DEVELOPMENT IN VIENTIANE GENERATES [...] (C) Summary: A public controversy -- a rare thing in Laos -- is brewing over government plans to give a Chinese firm a large 1600-hectare concession near the revered That Luang monument close to the Vientiane city center. Although originally described as a location for 2,000-3,000 workers ( [...] |
2008-03-31 10:03:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EINV SOCI LA CH |
| 08VIENTIANE225 | HMONG PROTECTION ISSUES: CONVERSATION WITH THE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with MFA DG Yong Chanthalangsy (strictly protect) to raise the case of three missing Hmong Americans and to discuss the first group of 11 Hmong returned from Thailand at the end of February -- ten of whom are now resettled within Laos. The Ambassador pressed Yo [...] |
2008-04-10 10:34:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC FR LA PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
| 08VIENTIANE226 | GMS SUMMIT CELEBRATES IMPROVED REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The third Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Summit March 30-31 featured the meeting of all six GMS heads of state in Laos. The GMS leaders agreed to the "Vientiane Plan of Action for GMS Development," an ambitious 5-year plan with a reported $20 billion price tag. During the two h [...] |
2008-04-11 04:37:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PREL ETRD PGOV LA CH CM VN BM TH |
| 08VIENTIANE227 | REPATRIATION OF 67 HMONG FROM THAILAND [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-11 06:12:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | LA PHUM PREF PREL TH |
| 08VIENTIANE228 | MFA'S YONG DISCUSSES GOL EFFORTS TO END HMONG [...] (C) Summary: In an April 2 conversation with Poloff, MFA spokesman Yong Chanthalangsy, who oversees Hmong returnee issues within the GOL, discussed the remaining Hmong insurgent groups within Laos. He predicted that situation of the final two groups would be resolved within months, noting [...] |
2008-04-11 07:00:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV LA TH |
| 08VIENTIANE230 | HCOC - ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES TO [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-17 04:51:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KSCA LA MNUC PREL TSPA |
| 08VIENTIANE240 | FOOD PRICES IN LAOS: STICKY RICE PRICES REMAIN [...] Summary: Despite rising world prices for white rice, sticky (glutinous) rice, the primary rice variety eaten in Laos, has seen only moderate price rises this year. One notable aspect of Lao sticky rice prices has been their stability over the past several years despite inflation averaging 7 [...] |
2008-04-24 04:53:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL EPET LA |
| 08VIENTIANE241 | AMBASSADOR RAISES FOOD SECURITY; CHINESE DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: Topics at an April 10 Informal Quarterly Donors Meeting co-chaired by the Ambassador included food security in Laos, focusing on poor governmental policy choices in the often rice-deficient uplands areas, and the Chinese-financed development project at That Luang marsh (ref A). [...] |
2008-04-24 06:36:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EINV UN LA CN |
| 08VIENTIANE244 | NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) PREPARATORY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-25 09:05:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP LA MNUC PARM PREL |
| 08VIENTIANE246 | Education in Laos, Part I: The Primary Years [...] Summary. This cable is the first in a series examining the education system in Laos, from elementary through university and technical/vocational schools. Future cables will examine the problems faced by secondary schools, the limits of tertiary education, and the growing role of private scho [...] |
2008-04-25 09:34:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI LA |
| 08VIENTIANE255 | U.S. DEMARCHE ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-02 09:27:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP LA MNUC PARM PREL |
| 08VIENTIANE265 | DEMARCHE TO LAOS: BURMA REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: In response to delivery of Reftel demarche, a MFA official said that the GOL sees the referendum process in Burma as an internal affair, adding that the GOL hopes that the referendum and new constitution are successful. Asked whether the GOL has encouraged a more transparent p [...] |
2008-05-05 10:13:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LA BM |
| 08VIENTIANE266 | FOLLOWING UP ON THE ACTIVISTS FOR DEMOCRACY AND [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-06 01:16:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL LA |
| 08VIENTIANE267 | ACTION REQUEST ON U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-08 09:05:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EFIN ETRD KNNP LA TRGY |
| 08VIENTIANE272 | DEMARCHE TO LAOS: HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO CYCLONE [...] (C) Summary: According to an MFA official who traveled to Rangoon on May 7 with the Lao Vice Foreign Minister, Burmese officials expressed appreciation for Lao material assistance ($20,000 and three tons of food) and said that they would welcome more, but declined the GOL's offer to send an [...] |
2008-05-09 10:25:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL BM LA |
| 08VIENTIANE285 | IMF ANTICIPATES STRONG MACRO-ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF expects Laos's economy to continue to grow at a strong 8 percent annual rate, driven by mineral and electricity exports. Inflation is relatively low at 5 percent, but the IMF is concerned that the government is expanding commercial credit too quickly raising the specte [...] |
2008-05-16 08:07:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN ENRG LA PGOV |
| 08VIENTIANE291 | LAO GOVERNMENT ALLOWS BLANKET OVERFLIGHT CLEARANCES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Reversing a 33-year-old policy, Lao officials notified the Embassy on May 19 that they would grant blanket overflight clearances for U.S. planes providing humanitarian support for Burma. This is another in a series of positive developments in U.S.-Lao military-to-military ties [...] |
2008-05-21 09:23:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL EAID PGOV LA US BM |
| 08VIENTIANE297 | BURMA DONORS CONFERENCE: LAO FOREIGN MINISTER TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials view the Burmese government as having changed its attitude toward outside assistance as a result of the recent ASEAN meeting in Singapore. They expressed high hopes the May 25 Pledging Meeting in Rangoon will be effective in [...] |
2008-05-23 07:23:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM BM LA |
| 08VIENTIANE320 | UPDATE ON HMONG RETURNEES AND PHA LAK RESETTLEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA Spokesman Yong told Emboffs June 4 the 56 recent Hmong voluntary returnees from Thailand should finish processing and be sent to their home provinces soon. He said his video showing earlier returnees living peacefully in Laos was helping convince Huay Nam Khao camp residents [...] |
2008-06-05 09:02:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | LA PHUM PREF PREL TH |
| 08VIENTIANE338 | 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-12 07:47:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EINV ECON KIDE OPIC PGOV LA |
| 08VIENTIANE339 | 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] The Embassy is unaware of any changes to the below noted disputes since submission of the 2007 report. Please note the Embassy no longer has contact or biographical information for the Claimants. 2. a. Claimant A b. 1991 c. According to Claimant's attorney, Claimant A assert [...] |
2008-06-13 04:33:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EINV ECON KIDE OPIC PGOV LA |
| 08VIENTIANE355 | 837 HMONG RETURN FROM THAILAND [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 22, Thai authorities repatriated to Laos 837 ethnic Hmong who had been residing at the Petchaboun camp. According to Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials, they are currently in a temporary processing facility and most will soon be resettled in their home villages. [...] |
2008-06-23 11:17:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM LA TH |
| 08VIENTIANE360 | LAO OFFICIAL ANTICIPATES RAPID RESETTLEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary: The senior Lao official responsible for Hmong resettlement told the Ambassador that the 837 Hmong returned from Thailand on June 22 had proper shelter and food available at their temporary processing site and would begin returning to their villages next week. He claimed that the [...] |
2008-06-25 10:21:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC FR LA PGOV PHUM PREF PREL TH |
| 08VIENTIANE365 | LAOS: REVIEW FINDS NO GOODS PRODUCED WITH FORCED [...] SUMMARY: According to Lao government and industry as well as international organization and NGO sources, there is no evidence of forced or exploitative child labor in the production of goods in Laos. END SUMMARY 2. In response to reftel, the Embassy contacted Government of Laos (GOL) off [...] |
2008-06-27 09:50:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD ECON PHUM SOCI LA |
| 08VIENTIANE385 | DEMARCHE TO LAOS: SHAPING POST-CYCLONE ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The DCM delivered reftel demarche on July 2. In response, an official at the foreign ministry's Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Department noted that many of the principles set forth in the demarche were consistent with the conclusions of the UN-ASEAN-Burmese T [...] |
2008-07-07 09:11:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BM EAID LA PREL |
| 08VIENTIANE410 | MILITARY-TO-MILITARY RELATIONS WITH LAOS STEADILY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the past two years, military-to-military relations with Laos have progressed quickly, including a long-sought agreement to exchange defense attaches (DATTs) and the implementation of an International Military Education and Training (IMET) program. The IMET program began with a [...] |
2008-07-24 07:01:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL LA |
| 08VIENTIANE415 | NATURAL PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL TO LEAVE LAOS BY [...] (C) Summary: Natural Products International (NPI), a small American-owned company that has invested over $1.4 million since coming to Laos in 1997, and that in May secured a contract to produce all of the Corn-Soy Blend (CSB) for the World Food Program's (WFP) school feeding program in Laos [...] |
2008-07-28 09:22:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON KIDE PREL EAGR LA |
| 08VIENTIANE435 | MONITORING REPORT FOR G/TIP FY06 PROGRAM: WORLD VISION'S [...] SUMMARY: In response to G/TIP's request (ref A) post conducted a review of the G/TIP-funded World Vision "Voices of Victims: Youth-to-Youth Advisory System on Safe Migration" grant project. The project period is currently September 2007 to September 2009, though the project draws on FY06 funds [...] |
2008-08-06 09:21:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM LA |
| 08VIENTIANE441 | GOVERNMENT PRESENTS FY 2008-2009 BUDGET OUTLINE TO [...] (C) Summary. In a presentation to the National Assembly on July 7 the Minister of Finance laid out the Lao government's expectations for its FY 2008-2009 budget. The government projects a fiscal deficit 42% below that of the current fiscal year, thanks to revenues that are expected to climb [...] |
2008-08-08 06:24:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN LA |
| 08VIENTIANE458 | DISASTER DECLARATION FOR FLOODING IN LAOS [...] This is an action request. In view of the mounting reports of damage caused by flooding in Vientiane and various provinces in Laos and in response to the August 18, 2008, appeal of the Government of Laos to the international community for assistance, the Charge d'Affaires has determined that a [...] |
2008-08-19 10:16:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON SENV EWWT EAID CASC ASEC LA |
| 08VIENTIANE461 | LAO NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES NEW MEDIA LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Lao National Assembly (NA) approved a new law on the roles and responsibilities of the media during its July session by a vote of 101 to 2. The new media law codifies the powers of the Ministry of Information and Culture's Mass Media Department. It remains to be seen whethe [...] |
2008-08-21 10:09:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO LA SOCI SCUL |
| 08VIENTIANE465 | LAO OFFICIALS PREPARE TO ISSUE DECREE ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Lao Public Administration and Civil Service Authority (PACSA) is currently drafting a new decree on non-profit association (NPA) registration. The decree is expected to be submitted to the Prime Minister,s Office by the end of August. The creation of a standardized legal [...] |
2008-08-26 03:30:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL LA SOCI SCUL |
| 08VIENTIANE468 | LAOS AND U.S. HOLD INITIAL DISCUSSIONS ON REPATRIATION [...] (SBU) Summary: A three-member joint State/DHS(ICE) delegation traveled to Vientiane for "preliminary discussions" about the repatriation to Laos of Lao nationals and former Lao nationals. The Government of Laos (GOL) representatives agreed that they are obligated under international law to [...] |
2008-08-26 09:33:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CASC KCRM LA |
| 08VIENTIANE485 | U.S. AND LAOS CONTINUE PROGRESS IN THIRD BILATERAL DEFENSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bilateral military talks held at historic Lockwood Hall on Pearl Harbor August 14-15 confirmed progress in U.S.-Lao military relations and widened the range of activities the Lao will consider during the coming year. One key focus for both sides was the upcoming exchange of Defe [...] |
2008-09-04 03:03:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS EAID PREL LA |
| 08VIENTIANE508 | LAOS DEMARCHE: KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] (C) Embassy Vientiane approached the French and German missions September 11 regarding reftel. Neither was aware of the Serbian proposal nor had they received any instructions to approach the Government of Laos (GOL) on the issue. On September 12 Econoff spoke with Deputy Director General of [...] |
2008-09-12 06:47:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KVIR UN LA |
| 08VIENTIANE519 | Rear Admiral Burkhard Explores Initiating PACOM HIV/AIDS [...] SUMMARY: Rear Admiral (RADM) Thomas Burkhard, the Pacific Command (PACOM) Surgeon, visited Laos August 26-28 to discuss initiating U.S.-Laos military-to- military HIV/AIDS cooperation via PACOM endorsed PEPFAR (US Presidential Emergency Program for AIDS Relief) funding. Admiral Burkhard's visi [...] |
2008-09-22 06:02:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS EAID PREL TBIO KHIV LA |
| 08VIENTIANE525 | AMBASSADOR MARCIEL'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS WARMER [...] (C) Summary: Senior Lao foreign affairs, defense and law enforcement officials confirmed to EAP DAS Ambassador Scot Marciel their interest in expanding bilateral cooperation. Lao Commission for Drug Control and Supervision (LCDC) Chairman Soubanh Srithirath hailed a new spirit of results-ori [...] |
2008-09-23 09:44:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR SENV MARR LA |
| 08VIENTIANE562 | DASD CLAD VISIT TO LAOS CONTINUES MIL-MIL PROGRESS; LAO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: OSD's DASD James Clad may be the highest-ranking Pentagon policy official to have visited Vientiane since 1975. While senior DPMO officials involved in the MIA accounting process have visited regularly, Dr. Clad's visit sends another positive signal about the improving and broad [...] |
2008-10-16 08:04:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS EAID PREL LA |
| 08VIENTIANE569 | RADIOACTIVE SMUGGLING INCIDENT AT VIENTIANE, LAOS [...] Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftel that it has received a report indicating a potential incident of illicit trafficking in nuclear and/or radiological materials. This report came to the Embassy's attention via a phone call from the Australian owner of a lo [...] |
2008-10-20 05:10:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM KCRM PTER PREL ASEC LA |
| 08VIENTIANE578 | LAO GOVERNMENT INFORMED OF DEPLETED URANIUM [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Embassy Vientiane on October 23 spoke with Mr. Thammavong Phiphatsely to request he encourage his friend, the purported owner of the depleted uranium aircraft counterweight notified in ref. A and identified in ref. B, to turn th [...] |
2008-10-27 09:54:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC ASEC ENRG KCRM PARM TRGY LA |
| 08VIENTIANE579 | LAOS TO HOST REGIONAL RELIGIOUS CONFERENCE; NGO, DRL VISITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parallel visits by the Department's first Ambassador for Religious Freedom and a key DRL staff member helped promote the issue of religious freedom in Laos this past week. AMB (ret.) Robert Seiple brought an invitation from an NGO now headed by his son for Laos to host an intern [...] |
2008-10-27 10:30:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI LA VM |
| 08VIENTIANE593 | OFFICIAL CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] Embassy Vientiane has received a congratulatory letter to President-Elect Obama from Choummaly Sayasone, President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. We will pouch the original to S/ES-CR. Text of the letter with original capitalization follows. Begin text. His Excellency Barack Ob [...] |
2008-11-07 05:38:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC OVIP PREL LA |
| 08VIENTIANE61 | PACAF AVIAN INFLUENZA WORKSHOP FOR LAO MILITARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: U.S. Pacific Air Force (PACAF) medical specialists helped organize and funded a five-day "train the trainers" workshop on avian influenza (AI) rapid response for Lao medical personnel. More than seventy specialists -- including 35 from the Ministry of National Defense (MND) -- at [...] |
2008-01-24 08:42:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU LA MOPS PREL TBIO MASS |
| 08VIENTIANE611 | LAO MINIMALIST RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to MFA ASEAN Department Deputy Director General Kham-Inh Khitchadeth. He acknowledged the longstanding problems presented by Burma but pointed out that the "ASEAN approach" to dealing with problems -- including the principle of non-interference -- [...] |
2008-11-21 00:45:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | BM LA PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 08VIENTIANE612 | THE LAO SAPPHIRE INDUSTRY IN A NUTSHELL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Laos has significant gem resources, its sapphire industry remains paralyzed by a lack of capital and the technological expertise needed to develop it. A cumbersome bureaucracy and worries about corruption cause many foreign companies to avoid investing in long-term pr [...] |
2008-11-21 09:58:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ETRD PHUM PREL BM LA |
| 08VIENTIANE632 | BABY STEPS: U.S. SPEAKER BLONG XIONG OPENS SOME DOORS IN LAOS [...] SUMMARY. Blong Xiong, President of the Fresno City Council, participated in a U.S. Speaker program in Laos from November 17-21 that Post had planned to focus on local governance and constituent services in the United States for roundtables of smaller audiences from academic and administrative [...] |
2008-12-04 10:34:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | LA KPAO PREL |
| 08VIENTIANE645 | U.S. DEFENSE ATTACHE OFFICE OPENS IN VIENTIANE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The new U.S. Defense Attache (DATT) to Laos, LTC Jamie McAden, was warmly welcomed by senior Lao military and Foreign Affairs officials December 5 to mark the opening of the U.S. Defense Attache Office in Vientiane. This restores the bilateral defense relationship with Laos broken [...] |
2008-12-15 03:31:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | LA MARR MOPS PINR PREL MASS |
| 08VIENTIANE658 | FIRST DIPLOMATIC ACCESS TO HMONG RECENTLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pressure from the U.S. and like-minded members of the international community on the GOL to allow independent access to Hmong repatriated from Thailand has finally resulted in a significant step forward. On December 10, the MFA arranged for the Ambassador and other diplomats and [...] |
2008-12-18 10:36:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | LA PHUM PREF PREL SOCI TH |
| 08VIENTIANE662 | FINANCIAL CRISIS BEGINS TO ERODE PILLARS OF LAO [...] (U) Summary: The weak integration of the Lao banking system with the international financial system initially cushioned the impact of the global financial crisis on Laos--there are no tranches of subprime debt in the Lao central bank. However, as the non-financial downturn has spread global [...] |
2008-12-22 10:19:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD LA |
| 08VIENTIANE671 | LAOS: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] General Assessment Since 2002, the Government of Laos has consistently denounced international terrorism and expressed a willingness to cooperate with the international community on counterterrorism. While there are domestic opposition elements that have in the past employed terrorist tacti [...] |
2008-12-29 10:07:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC LA |
| 08VIENTIANE68 | CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN SOUTHERN LAOS ABATING [...] (U) Summary: The cholera outbreak in southern Laos that began in mid-December (reftel) appears to be abating. The director of the World Heath Organization's (WHO) office in Laos expressed appreciation for USG interest in assisting but said that no additional resources are necessary at this [...] |
2008-01-30 07:18:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS SOCI PREL AMED EAID LA |
| 08VIENTIANE88 | VIENTIANE ILLICIT DRUG SECTOR DONOR GROUP BEGINS [...] (SBU) In January the Vientiane Illicit Drug Sector Working Group (IDSWG) conducted its first semi-annual meeting for 2008. What was once the Vientiane Mini-Dublin Group has evolved IDSWG, a larger body that includes all of the drug sector donors in Laos. China, Korea, and the members of ASEAN [...] |
2008-02-08 10:13:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR XC LA |
| 08VIENTIANE89 | GOL SAYS COOPERATION WITH US ON COUNTER NARCOTICS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of the President's Office and Chairman of the Lao National Commission for Drug Control and Supervision (LCDC) Soubanh Srithirath to discuss counter narcotics and transnational crime cooperation. The Minister noted the marked improvement in the GO [...] |
2008-02-08 10:13:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR XC LA |
| 08VIENTIANE94 | SERIES OF BREAKTHROUGHS WITH LAO MILITARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador called on Ministry of National Defense (MND) Chief of Cabinet (Permanent Secretary) Brigadier General Sisophonh Bang-one-seng-det February 8 to deliver recently-received materials from the PACOM Chiefs of Defense Conference which BG Sisophonh had attended. At the [...] |
2008-02-11 10:21:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | LA MARR MASS MOPS PREL |
| 08VIENTIANE97 | LAOS: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS GRANT PROPOSALS FOR FY2008 [...] Embassy Vientiane recommends funding of the four proposals (two ESF and two INCLE) summarized in paragraph three, all of which address deficiencies identified in the Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Laos and the Interim Assessment. Only four proposals were submitted for this gran [...] |
2008-02-12 07:46:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG LA |
| 09BANGKOK1028 | LAO HMONG: THAIS OPEN INFORMAL DIALOGUE ON NONG [...] (C) On April 22, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs invited representatives from the four countries that have received UNHCR referrals of the 158 recognized refugees detained for over two years in the Nong Khai Immigration Detention Center - the U.S. (70 referrals), Australia (47), Canada (16) [...] |
2009-04-24 05:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM TH LA |
| 09BANGKOK1225 | LAO HMONG IN PETCHABUN: NGO PULLS OUT, ARMY [...] (C) Summary: NGO Doctors with Borders (MSF), the only outside organization in the military-run camp for Lao Hmong in Petchabun, announced its decision to case humanitarian assistance citing army interference in its work. There is clear evidence that Thai authorities are preparing to return a [...] |
2009-05-21 03:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL SMIG TH LA |
| 09BANGKOK1305 | AMBASSADOR RAISES SECURITY, REFUGEES, CUSTOMS, AND [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban assured the Ambassador that there would be no security problems during Secretary Clinton's July visit, in part because the authorities and local population in Phuket were sympathetic to the government. Suthep complained that former Prime Minister Th [...] |
2009-06-01 09:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PINS ECON ETRD TH BM LA |
| 09BANGKOK1340 | THAI SUPREME COMMANDER ASSURES AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) Summary. Thai Armed Forces Supreme Commander General Songkitti Jaggabartra told the Ambassador that the Thai military was in the lead for security arrangements for the upcoming ASEAN ministerial meetings and assured that security would not be a problem during the visit of Secretary Clinton [...] |
2009-06-03 10:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF KPKO MOPS TH SU UN LA |
| 09BANGKOK1485 | ENGAGEMENT ON LAO HMONG ISSUE YIELDS CONTINUED [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to Laos, Ravic Huso, met with Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) International Organizations Deputy Director General Ittiporn Boonpracong, and Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) Border Division Chief LTG Niphat Thonglek on June 11 and 12 to discuss the ongoing cu [...] |
2009-06-19 09:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF TH LA |
| 09BANGKOK1686 | LAO HMONG: CONGRESSIONAL STAFFDEL VISITS PETCHABUN [...] (C) Summary. A House Foreign Affairs Committee Staffdel visited Thailand July 2-4 in a fact-finding trip relating to Thai policy towards Lao Hmong detained in the army-run camp in Petchabun, and a smaller group of UNHCR-recognized refugees in an immigration detention center in Nong Khai, Thai [...] |
2009-07-14 07:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM SMIG TH LA |
| 09BANGKOK1728 | U.S.-MEKONG MINISTERIAL INVITATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-17 10:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | LA TH VN CB OPDC PREL |
| 09BANGKOK2041 | PRM PDAS WITTEN OPENS DOOR ON LAO HMONG IN THAILAND [...] (C) Summary. During a busy July 28-August 1 visit to Thailand, PRM PDAS Samuel Witten met with senior Royal Thai Government (RTG) civilian and military officials on the Lao Hmong issue, and toured the two sites in Thailand where a total of almost 5,000 Lao Hmong are being held. Witten push [...] |
2009-08-18 06:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM SMIG TH LA |
| 09BANGKOK2042 | FIRST U.S.-THAI-LAO DISCUSSION ON LAO HMONG IN [...] (C) DCM and RefCoord traveled to Petchabun on August 7 to participate in closed discussions with Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) Deputy Chief of Joint Staff General Vorapong Sa-nga-net, Director of Border Affairs Lt. General Nipat, and Lao counterparts Brigadier General Bouaxieng Champaphahn [...] |
2009-08-18 06:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM SMIG TH LA |
| 09BANGKOK2109 | LAO HMONG AT PETCHABUN: RECENT MOVEMENTS INCLUDE [...] (SBU) In an unusual early morning repatriation on August 18, 45 Lao Hmong men, women and children resident in the Petchabun camp were returned to Laos. Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) personnel involved in the movement told RefCoord that all departed voluntarily. The NGO Catholic Organization [...] |
2009-08-21 10:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM TH LA |
| 09BANGKOK2569 | LAO HMONG IN PETCHABUN: TENSIONS FLARE IN CAMP, [...] (SBU) On October 6 at approximately 7:30 pm local (Bangkok) time, a small group of Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) soldiers in the military-run camp for Lao Hmong in Petchabun fired their weapons in the air to disperse a crowd. Employees of an NGO in the camp described hearing (but not witnes [...] |
2009-10-07 10:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM SMIG TH LA |
| 09BANGKOK2724 | THAI ARMY: REMAINING LAO HMONG TO BE DEPORTED FROM [...] (C) Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) General Nipat Thonglek, head of the Thai delegation to the bilateral Thai-Lao committee handling the Lao Hmong in Petchabun, unexpectedly told Charge on October 26th that all remaining 4,221 Lao Hmong in the facility would be deported to Laos in early Novem [...] |
2009-10-26 11:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM SMIG TH LA |
| 09BANGKOK2842 | THAILAND AND LAO HMONG: PM ABHISIT PUSHES [...] (C) Summary. During a November 5 call by Peace Corps Director Aaron Williams on Prime Minister Abhisit, the Ambassador raised concerns regarding Lao Hmong in Petchabun and stressed the need for transparent processing of the "screened-in" Hmong. PM Abhisit told the Ambassador that he had push [...] |
2009-11-05 09:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM SMIG TH LA |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 09BANGKOK3179 | SCENESETTER: A/S SCHWARTZ VISIT TO THAILAND [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-17 08:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM TH LA |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 09BEIJING1379 | MAY 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Ma Ying-jeou Stop-Over, [...] Key points at the May 21 MFA press briefing: -- China continues to oppose official exchanges between other countries and the Taiwan authorities in accordance with the one China principle, and that position is unchanged. -- A statement on the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference posted on t [...] |
2009-05-21 23:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV CH DA BM CB LA VM |
| 09BEIJING2911 | PRC PROPOSES U.S.-PRC MEKONG DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: In recognition of increased U.S. engagement with Lower Mekong countries and China's ongoing development assistance to the region, China proposes an annual Mekong Dialogue within the Strategic and Economic Dialogue framework to coordinate development priorities and projects. Th [...] |
2009-10-20 10:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID SENV ECON CH JA XC CN VM LA BM CB |
| 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 |
| 09CHIANGMAI33 | FRANCE KEEPS CLOSE DIPLOMATIC LINKS WITH MEKONG REGION [...] (U) Summary: Public and non-profit links between France and member countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) underscore the close diplomatic links that France maintains on the Indochina peninsula. The GOF supports research projects that raise awareness about key Mekong regional issues i [...] |
2009-03-05 09:12:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN ELTN ETRD SENV TSPL PREL CH LA BM CB |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 09HOCHIMINHCITY533 | BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME, OR MAYBE NOT: THE LAOS-VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the bridges, the state-of-the-art tunnel, and the all-weather road that knit Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam together via the "East-West Economic Corridor" (EWEC) have been built, initial hopes for a surge in investment and trade along the route remain unfulfilled. For a n [...] |
2009-07-02 08:32:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV ELTN EWWT PREL PGOV LA VM |
| 09STATE60456 | LAOS -- 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 20:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG LA |
| 09STATE77666 | (U) LAOS: RESPONSE TO GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE KEENLY INTERESTED IN ASSESSING LAOS'S VULNERABILITY TO FOREIGN ECONOMIES AND THE LIKELIHOOD THAT VIENTIANE IS ACTIVELY MANAGING ITS EXPOSURE TO CHINA, THAILAND, AND VIETNAM. ECONOMIC REPORTING ON LAOS'S BUDGET DIFFICULTIES AND GROWTH PROSPECTS PROVIDED US WITH A [...] |
2009-07-24 20:19:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ECON EFIN EINV PREL LA |
| 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 |
| 09USUNNEWYORK1129 | 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador Joan Plaisted, who served as Senior Area Adviser for East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) to the 64th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). 2. (U) EAP countries in general welcomed the new era of U.S. engagement and partnership this 64th General Assemb [...] |
2009-12-18 01:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | BP BX CB CH ECON FJ FM ID JA KR KS LA MG |
| 09VIENTIANE112 | CHINA'S DOMINANT INVESTMENT PRESENCE IN NORTHERN [...] (C) Summary: Chinese investment, and often demographic presence, in the northern Lao provinces of Oudomxay, Luang Namtha, and Bokeo dominates visitors' impressions and still appears to be growing rapidly. While many local government officials are clearly sensitive to the appearance of being [...] |
2009-03-06 09:32:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | CN ECON ETRD LA PREL EINV |
| 09VIENTIANE113 | CORRECTED COPY - COKE PREPARING RETURN TO LAOS [...] (SBU) On March 3 econoff met with Bjorn Jensen, Director of Strategic Planning for Coca Cola in Southeast and West Asia and Ernest Bower, founder and previous head of the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council, who is currently a partner in a Washington-based consulting firm. According to Mr. Jensen, C [...] |
2009-03-11 06:30:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PREL LA |
| 09VIENTIANE12 | OPPOSING IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP: LAO RESPONSE [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel points to MFA International Organizations Director General Saleumxay Kommasith (protect), who was very familiar with the issue. DG Saleumxai advised that Laos supported the South Korean candidacy throughout the Asia Group deliberations. When a consensus choice could n [...] |
2009-01-08 09:05:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IR LA PREF UN |
| 09VIENTIANE120 | LAOS AND U.S. DISCUSS BASIC PROCEDDURES FOR LAO [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-13 07:36:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC KCRM LA PREL |
| 09VIENTIANE138 | DEMARCHE TO LAO MFA: DEFENDING THE AUTHORITIES OF [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-25 07:24:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PHUM LA BM |
| 09VIENTIANE168 | INFORMING LAO MFA: USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-06 08:37:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | LA PHUM PREL |
| 09VIENTIANE179 | IMF LOWERS ESTIMATE OF 2009 LAO GDP GROWTH TO 4.5% [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 11 a visiting IMF team told a donor group that the IMF now projects 2009 Lao GDP growth at 4.5%, down from about 7% in 2008, due primarily to slowdowns in mining, hydropower, and construction. The budget deficit is expected to increase from 2% to 5% of GDP; the Governm [...] |
2009-04-10 06:48:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PREL LA |
| 09VIENTIANE184 | DEMARCHE TO LAO MFA: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-20 08:56:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | LA PHUM PREL |
| 09VIENTIANE202 | DEMARCHE TO LAO MFA: ADB CAPITAL INCREASE [...] Econoff delivered points in ref A to MFA Department of Economic Affairs Director General Latsamy Keomany. Mr. Latsamy agreed the planned 200% general capital increase was a good idea, and also agreed anti-corruption measures were useful, although hard to implement. Mr. Latsamy promised to s [...] |
2009-04-29 07:07:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID ADB LA |
| 09VIENTIANE227 | DEMARCHE TO LAO MFA: URGING AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S [...] (SBU) A/DCM met with MFA ASEAN Department Deputy Director General Kham-Inh Khitchadeth May 14 to deliver subject demarche. Neither DDG Kham-Inh nor his Director General had been available earlier in the week. By the time the meeting took place, media reports had begun to circulate that Aung [...] |
2009-05-13 09:47:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | BM LA PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 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 |
| 09VIENTIANE249 | FRAUD SUMMARY-(VIENTIANE): SPRING 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Vientiane is a medium fraud level post, with significant percentages of immigrant visa (IV) cases returned and a very large number of nonimmigrant visa (NIV) cases refused. The Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) in Vientiane currently consists of one full-time Locally Employed Staff (LE [...] |
2009-05-26 10:59:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LA |
| 09VIENTIANE251 | LAOS TO SUPPORT KOSOVO WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] On May 22 the Embassy contacted the Ministry of Finance's Deputy Director General of External Finance, Dr. Bounleua Sinxayvoravong. He confirmed that Laos had completed the necessary paperwork and would submit a yes vote for Kosovo's membership in the World Bank. HUSO [...] |
2009-05-27 05:07:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL KV LA |
| 09VIENTIANE260 | CORRECTED COPY: VIENTIANE K-1 FIANCE VISA VALIDATION STUDY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Vientiane's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) conducted a validation study of 209 issued K-1 visas from 2004. FPU confirmed fraud in 14% of the sample population. The highest fraud group derived from male beneficiaries, beneficiaries from remote, rural provinces, and petitioners and be [...] |
2009-06-01 11:02:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS KFRD LA |
| 09VIENTIANE263 | LAOS:WILL CONSIDER SUPPORTING U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] Per reftel request, on June 3 econoff met with the MFA's UN Division Director Viengsavanh Sipraseuth. Ms. Viengsavanh indicated that she would be in touch with the Lao UN mission to discuss the election and that the Government of Laos was interested in supporting its friends and partners. Al [...] |
2009-06-02 10:43:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA LA |
| 09VIENTIANE264 | LAOS: IMF HINTS AT POSSIBLE MACROECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 27, a visiting IMF Article IV team briefed interested donors. While not changing their projected 2009 growth rate from 4.5%, the team noted that the Government of Laos (GOL) must make tough choices in the next 18 months to avoid putting macroeconomic stability at risk. [...] |
2009-06-02 10:44:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EAID PREL LA |
| 09VIENTIANE268 | LAO DEFENSE ATTACHE TO ARRIVE WASHINGTON, D.C. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New Lao Defense Attache COL Kenekeo Pholsena is scheduled to arrive in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, June 6, 2009, to take up his post as the first Lao Defense Attache in the United States since the 1975 change of government in Laos. COL Kenekeo is an important choice: he is a [...] |
2009-06-03 10:56:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | LA MARR MASS PINR PREL |
| 09VIENTIANE29 | CODEL FALEOMAVAEGA IN LAOS FOR APPF MEETS LAO [...] (C) Summary: U.S. House Asia Subcommittee Chairman Faleomavaega, in Vientiane to attend the 17th Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) reviewed the U.S.-Laos bilateral relationship with the Lao Prime Minister, Acting Foreign Minister, and Deputy National Assembly Speaker. In each of his thr [...] |
2009-01-16 10:31:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD LA OREP PARM PREL |
| 09VIENTIANE291 | Lao Government Issues Long-Awaited Decree on Associations [...] (SBU) Summary. The Prime Minister's Office has officially released the text of the new decree on the formation of non-profit associations in Laos, opening the door for Lao-run civil society organizations to register legally. Issued on April 29th, the decree will permit the formation of non-pro [...] |
2009-06-18 09:39:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SCUL LA |
| 09VIENTIANE293 | IRF VISITS PROVINCIAL LAOS TO GAUGE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (SBU) Summary: In May, DRL Office of International Religious Freedom (DRL/IRF) officer traveled with PolOff through three northern provinces - Luang Prabang, Oudomxay, and Luang Namtha - to assess religious freedom conditions. Predictably, the further away the officers traveled from Vientiane [...] |
2009-06-19 05:07:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI LA |
| 09VIENTIANE294 | LAOS CONSIDERING JOINING INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE [...] Embassy spoke with a wide range of officials in the Government of Laos (GOL) regarding potential membership in the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). According to Mr. Khamphinh Philakon, the officer in the MFA's Department of International Organizations responsible for overseeing [...] |
2009-06-19 07:25:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV LA |
| 09VIENTIANE295 | LAOS: FOOD SECURITY TIED TO IMPROVING NUTRITION [...] Summary: Per reftel, DCM discussed U.S. food security goals with acting Director General Tieng Boupha of the MFA. Mr. Boupha noted that achieving food security is critical for Laos to achieve its own development goals and anticipates the Government will support the new U.S. initiative. A Sen [...] |
2009-06-22 02:35:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID PREL LA |
| 09VIENTIANE306 | LAOS: PM TALKS ECONOMY AT OPENING OF NATIONAL [...] Prime Minister (PM) Bouasone Bouphavanh's address at the opening of the National Assembly (NA) on June 22, attended by the Ambassador, focused on Laos' economic situation in light of the global economic crisis and widespread flooding that hit Laos in August 2008. Of note was the PM's declarat [...] |
2009-06-25 10:22:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EAID PREL LA |
| 09VIENTIANE312 | GOL TO CARRY OUT RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER UNSCR 1874 [...] (C) On June 29, Assistant Foreign Minister (and ASEAN Senior Official for Laos) Alounkeo Kittikhoun told Ambassador that Laos will, of course, carry out its obligations under UNSCR 1874, including a report to the Security Council on what actions Laos has taken. Ambassador delivered the points [...] |
2009-06-30 10:40:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE PHUM KN BM LA |
| 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 |
| 09VIENTIANE389 | SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR WEBB'S VISIT TO LAOS [...] (SBU) You come to the Lao People's Democratic Republic as the bilateral relationship continues to broaden beyond anything seen since the Communist Pathet Lao came to power in 1975. Your visit will be interpreted by the Lao government (GOL) as further evidence of U.S. interest in positive engag [...] |
2009-08-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD MARR LA |
| 09VIENTIANE406 | SENATOR JIM WEBB'S VISIT TO LAOS [...] (C) GOL interlocutors warmly welcomed Senator Jim Webb,s August 12-14 visit to Vientiane. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith discussed GOL views of Burma and asked that the U.S.-Lao comprehensive bilateral dialogue be raised to a higher level. Senator Webb also he [...] |
2009-08-20 10:58:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | BM ECON ETRD EXIM LA PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 09VIENTIANE419 | GOL PLEDGES REINFORCED COOPERATION RE AFRICAN [...] (C) Summary: In an August 26 meeting, Minister to the President's Office Soubanh Srithirath, who is also Chairman of the Lao National Commission on Drug Control and Supervision (LCDC), told Ambassador that LCDC has been directed to reinforce its cooperation with U.S. DEA and the U.S. Embassy [...] |
2009-08-28 08:42:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM LA PREL SNAR |
| 09VIENTIANE424 | UPDATE - ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSON EFFORTS IN LAOS [...] The GOL, limited by resource constraints, continues to encourage anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) efforts by the international organizations and NGOs. The UN helps coordinate anti-trafficking efforts with donor partners, and several UN agencies and NGOs provide training, education, outreach [...] |
2009-09-01 08:36:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB ECON KTIP LA |
| 09VIENTIANE469 | DISASTER DECLARATION FOR FLOODING IN LAOS [...] This is an action request. In view of the mounting reports of damage caused by flooding in Attapu, Xekong, and Saravan provinces in Laos and in response to the September 30, 2009, appeal of the Government of Laos to the international community for assistance, the Ambassador has determined tha [...] |
2009-10-01 09:56:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON SENV EWWT EAID CASC ASEC LA |
| 09VIENTIANE474 | FRAUD SUMMARY-VIENTIANE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-06 08:51:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LA |
| 09VIENTIANE495 | POSSIBLE URANIUM SMUGGLING INCIDENT IN NORTHERN [...] (C) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftel that it has received a report indicating a potential incident of illicit trafficking in nuclear materials. This report came to post's attention via a conversation with the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) represent [...] |
2009-10-19 10:28:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BM KCRM KNNP LA MNUC PARM PREL PTER |
| 09VIENTIANE509 | LAOS TAKES NOTE OF U.S. PRIORITIES FOR UNGA THIRD [...] (C) On October 26, Poloff briefed Saleumxay Kommasith, Director General, Department of International Organizations, MFA, on USG priorities for UNGA's Third Committee session, per reftel. 2. (C) Saleumxay explained that the GOL generally does not favor country-specific resolutions on human r [...] |
2009-10-26 11:36:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL LA |
| 09VIENTIANE594 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL FALEOMAVAEGA VISIT TO LAOS [...] (SBU) You come to the Lao People's Democratic Republic after a year of increased international attention to Laos, and as the bilateral relationship continues to broaden beyond anything seen since the Communist Pathet Lao came to power in 1975. Your visit will be interpreted by the Lao governme [...] |
2009-12-30 11:49:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD MARR LA |
| 09VIENTIANE63 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR LAOS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-09 00:44:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV KTDB LA OPIC USTR |
| 09VIENTIANE66 | LAOS: STILL SEEKING GOL INTERAGENCY CONCURRENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 6 the Ambassador met with Minister of Transport and Public Works Sommad Pholsena, who emphasized his commitment to securing Government of Laos (GOL) approval for a bilateral civil aviation agreement negotiated in October 2008. The Minister confessed the still unsat [...] |
2009-02-10 06:55:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR PREL LA |
| 09VIENTIANE67 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR LAOS [...] The Lao government is open to foreign investment as a matter of policy. It allows 100% foreign ownership of investments. The overall investment climate is poor but improving. Laos rates very low in international indices of transparency and ease of doing business. 2. The economic reform [...] |
2009-02-10 07:56:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV OPIC USTR KTDB LA |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 10CHENGDU46 | YUNNAN'S BORDER TRADE: HEKOU AND MOHAN GEAR UP FOR INCREASED [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (U) Summary: Yunnan's main land ports with Vietnam and Laos -- Hekou and Mohan -- are both preparing for significant increases in trade and travel flows with the January 1, 2010 entry- [...] |
2010-02-26 08:08:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL KTIP CH VM LA BM |
| 10RANGOON103 | BURMA: ATTACK ON POLICE PATROL IN GOLDEN TRIANGLE [...] (SBU) A variety of Burmese exile and Thai media outlets reported February 22 that Burmese police were attacked on February 20 while on boat patrol on the Mekong River along the Burma-Thailand-Laos border. 2. (C) Post's Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Attache confirmed that on February [...] |
2010-02-24 10:55:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV PINR KCRM LA BM |
| 10VIENTIANE91 | BURMA CONCERNED OVER POSSIBLE WA LINKS TO LAO [...] (C) On the margins of a February 19 law enforcement and coordination meeting, a Burmese diplomat volunteered to DCM that the Burmese Minister of Public Security will visit Laos the week of February 22-26. Primary focus of the Minister's visit will be a 1-2 day trip to a large casino in Bokeo [...] |
2010-02-22 10:03:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM SNAR BM LA |
| 10VIENTIANE97 | UN SYG ENGAGEMENT ON PROTECTION OF HMONG POCS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The US, along with like-minded countries, has sought the cooperation of the Lao government to allow third-country resettlement of 158 ethnic-Hmong Lao citizens identified as POCs by the UNHCR prior to their forced repatriation from Thailand on December 28, 20 [...] |
2010-02-25 10:42:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL UN LA |
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JP JS JSRP JUAN JULIAN RENE KIRCHOFF JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEANE KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRD KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREISLER KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL</
AA AADP AALC ABDALLAH FETHI ABDULHADI ABDULRAHMEN ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACBAQ ACCELERATED ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFAF AL HOURANI AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHAN AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENCIES AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGRI AGRIC AGRICULTURE AGS AGUILAR AGUIRRE AHMED AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL ALAB ALAMI ALANAZI ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALIREZA ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOUNI ALOW ALOWAR ALVAREZ AM AMAT AMB AMBASSADOR AMCHAM AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANDREW LEE WATKINS ANET ANTITERRORISM ANTOINE GHONDA ANTONIO ANTXON AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASSSEMBLY ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BAYS BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BELLVIEW BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIDOON BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRITNEY BRITNY BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BURNS BUSH BUY AMERICA BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENSUS CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHAVEZ CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHR-1 CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRISTINA CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CUSTODIO CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYNTHIA CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMARCHES DEMETRIOS DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPORTATION DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DUNCAN CAMERON DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECHEVARRIA ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUARDO EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG [+] ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET [+] EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD [+] ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC [+] ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT [+] EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIGUEROA FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRANCISCO VILLA URBALEJO FRAZER FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GANGS GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATES GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GOMEZ GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GREGG RENE WALTER GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HAMID KARZAI HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HECTOR HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRQEGION IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JABER JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEAN-PIERRE BEMBA JEFFERY JEFFREY JENDAYI JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHANNS JOHN JOHN BOEHNER JOHNNIE JONATHAN CHAMAN JOSE ANGEL ALZUGUREN PERURENA JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JULIAN RENE KIRCHOFF JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEANE KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRD KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREISLER KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL</