US embassy cable - 05BANGKOK3829

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 BANGKOK 003829 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/BCLTV, L/EAP, L/PM, PM/ISO, INR AND DRL 
PACOM FOR FPA HUSO, JIATF/WEST FOR COMMANDER BUSCH 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: MASS, MARR, MOPS, PREL, PHUM, TH, HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING 
SUBJECT: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: 
 DIILS:  COMBATING TERRORISM:  HUMAN RIGHTS AND 
HUMANITARIAN LAW AWARENESS AND CCMR:  CIVIL MILITARY 
RESPONSE TO TERRORISM 
 
REF: A. JUSMAG-THAI MEMO AND E-MAILS DATED 2 MAY 
     B. 4 MAY AND 11 MAY 2005 
     C. STATE 021314 - GUIDANCE 
     D. 03 STATE 34981 - GUIDANCE 
 
1.  This is an action request. 
 
2.  JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State 
Department complete human rights vetting for units that have 
been selected to participate in the following courses and to 
meet internal DOD advance deployment deadlines, they have 
requested that the review of human rights reports and files 
be completed ASAP.  The DIILS course is part of Post's 
efforts to improve human rights training for senior, junior 
and enlisted Thai military personnel, especially those who 
will be deploying to southern Thailand. 
 
--  DIILS: Combating Terrorism:  Human Rights and 
Humanitarian Law Awareness, MTT Course from 16 - 20 May in 
Bangkok Thailand scheduled from 18 July to 23 Sept. 2005. 
 
--  CCMR:  Civil Military Response to Terrorism, MTT Course 
from 18 - 20 July 2005 in Bangkok, Thailand. 
 
 
3.  The Embassy possesses no credible evidence that any of 
the units listed below in paragraph four have committed gross 
violations of human rights.  Please advise whether the 
Department has any relevant information on the units listed 
below. 
 
4.  Participants in the Exercise are as follows: 
 
Directorate of Join Operations (J3) Royal Thai Supreme Command 
--  Directorate of Joint Operations 
--  Directorate of Joint Logistics 
--  Directorate of Joint Combined Exercise Planning Office 
--  Armed Forces Education Department 
--  Peacekeeping Operation Center (PKO) 
--  Doctrine Development and Evaluation Division 
--  Exercise Control Division 
--  Adjutant General Department 
--  Strategic Research Institute 
 
Ministry of Defense 
--  Judge Advocate General's Department 
--  Office of the Permanent Secretary 
--  Plans and Policy Division 
 
Royal Thai Army, RTA 
--  Assistant of Operations Section, 2nd Calvary Division 
King's Guard 
--  Operations Division, 1st Army Area 
--  Army Infantry School, Infantry Center 
--  Army Calvary School, Saraburi 
--  Army Artillery School, Lop Buri 
--  Army Engineer School, Ratchaburi 
--  Education Division, NCO Academy 
--  Special Warfare School, Special Warfare Center, Lop Buri 
--  Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy, Nakorn Nayok 
--  Royal Military Academy 
--  Army CGSC, Institute for Advance Military Studies 
--  Army Police Academy 
--  Military Police School, Provost Marshall General 
--  Legal Office, 4th Army Area 
--  2nd Army Area 
--  1st Army Area (S2) 
 
Royal Thai Navy (RTN) 
--  1st Naval Area Command, Royal Thai Fleet 
--  2nd Naval Area Command, Legal Division 
--  3rd Naval Area Command, Legal Division 
--  Naval Riverine Division 
--  Coat Guard Command, Royal Thai Fleet 
--  Naval Education Department 
--  Naval Administration Department, Legal Division 
--  Navy Special Operations Department 
--  Royal Thai Marine Corps, Legal Division 
 
Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) 
--  RTAF Institute of Higher Education, Air Education 
Training Command 
--  RTAF Air Academy 
--  Directorate of Education and Training 
--  Directorate of Civil Affairs 
--  Directorate of Air Operations 
--  RTAF Security Force, Air Combat Command 
--  Directorate of Administrative Services, Legal Division 
BOYCE