US embassy cable - 05BANGKOK2796

UNCLAS BANGKOK 002796 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/BCLTV, L/PM, PM/ISO, INR AND DRL 
PACOM FOR FPA HUSO, JIATF/WEST FOR COMMANDER BUSCH 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: MASS, PREL, PHUM, TH, HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING 
SUBJECT: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR 
EXERCISE FUSION TORCH 05-2 
 
REF: A. STATE 058683 
 
     B. BANGKOK 1892 
     C. STATE 021314 - GUIDANCE 
     D. 03 STATE 34981 - GUIDANCE 
 
  1.  (U)  As authorized per Ref A, U.S. Embassy Bangkok 
verifies that the Department of State has reviewed its files 
and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross 
violations of human rights by any of the Thai units listed in 
Para 2, as of this date.  Embassy Bangkok's Political Officer 
Robert J. Clarke is the verifying officer for the Department 
of State. 
 
2.  Selected units are: 
 
A.  Naval Special Warfare Group, Seal Team 3, Sattahip, 
Thailand 
 
B.  Naval Special Warfare Group, Seal Team 1, Sattahip, 
Thailand 
 
C.  Narcotics Suppression Bureau Division 1, Sub-division 2, 
Chonburi, Thailand 
 
D.  Maritime Peacekeeping Operations Unit (MPKOU) (Formerly 
called the Mekong Riverine Operations Unit, MROU), Pathum 
Thani Training Cadre, Pathum Thani, Thailand 
 
E.  Naval Special Warfare Special Boat Unit Detachment 3, 
Sattahip, Thailand 
 
BOYCE