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06VIENTIANE496 2006-06-02 04:47 2011-08-30 01:44 CONFIDENTIAL Embassy Vientiane
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TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9968
INFO RUEHBK/AMEMBASSY BANGKOK 6604
RUEHHI/AMEMBASSY HANOI 2656
RUEHGO/AMEMBASSY RANGOON 2118
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RUEHOT/AMEMBASSY OTTAWA 1193
RUEHWL/AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON 0085
RUEHCHI/AMCONSUL CHIANG MAI 0392
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 0550
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0091
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 VIENTIANE 000496 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR EAP/MLS, DRL, PRM 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/02/2016 
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF TH LA
SUBJECT: PLANS FOR JOINT DEMARCHE ON MISSING HMONG CHILDREN 
 
REF: A. VIENTIANE 443 
 
     B. VIENTIANE 67 
 
Classified By: Ambassador Patricia M. Haslach, reason 1.4 (b) and (d). 
 
1. (U) This is an action cable. Please see para 11. 
 
Summary 
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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 as early as the 
week of June 12-16.  Timing is an important point: the Lao 
will announce cabinet changes June 10 and the Foreign 
Minister is almost certain to be replaced. The UN Secretary 
General wrote to the Lao President May 18 asking the Lao to 
return the children to Thailand; so far the Lao have not 
responded to the letter, but UNDP's ResRep will press for an 
answer. The Australians have redrafted talking points, while 
like-minded countries (with the EU embassies joining 
bilaterally) will seek permission to participate.  The group 
agrees that the demarche is the logical next step in pressing 
the GoL on the missing children, and that the pressure from 
the international community needs to be kept up.  Unless the 
Lao turn the children loose in the next week or two, the 
joint demarche looks set to go.  End summary. 
 
Like-minded meeting 
------------------- 
3. (C) The like minded group (U.S., France, Australia, 
Germany, Poland and UNDP) met June 1 at the invitation of the 
French Ambassador to discuss next steps on the missing Hmong 
children (ref A). The Swedes, who are normally part of the 
group, were unable to attend. To date there are still no 
signals that the Lao intend to release the group, in spite of 
the Thai government's handing over to the GoL two weeks ago 
details of the December 5 deportation; the Lao had been 
demanding that information as a first step in "locating" the 
children. 
 
4. (C) According to the French Ambassador, the details 
provided by the Thai were sparse, saying the group had been 
deported by "unnamed Thai officials" on December 5 at 
Thaphabat district in Bolikhamsai province, the Thai welcomed 
the children back, and the return must be done in a "secret" 
manner. The Lao reaction to the information was subject to 
interpretation: the French Ambassador, like us, believed the 
Lao were not satisfied with the amount of detail, for example 
wanting to know the names of the Thai officials responsible 
for the deportation. On the other hand, the Lao Press 
Spokesman had said the Thai details had been passed on to 
officials in the province where the children "went missing," 
implying they may have a plan in place to "find" the children 
and send them back to Thailand. The Lao also have a copy of 
the Thai immigration report, with names of Thai officials, 
handed by the Ambassador to the Deputy PM/Foreign Minister 
January 18 (ref B). 
 
5. (C) In another important development, the UNDP ResRep told 
the group that UN Secretary-General Annan had written to the 
Lao President May 18 noting the children's deportation to 
Laos and asking that the Lao locate the group and return them 
to their families in Thailand. (We have e-mailed a copy of 
the letter to EAP.) The UNSG also raised the case of the 
children with Thai PM Thaksin during the course of his recent 
visit to Bangkok, according to the ResRep. In addition, the 
ResRep noted that, per UNHCR in Bangkok, the Vietnamese 
Embassy here had recently spoken with the Lao MFA about the 
missing children, albeit without a positive response. 
 
6. (C) The Australians had raised the missing children during 
a recent, and long-delayed, meeting between the Ambassador 
and Foreign Minister. The Australian Ambassador referred to 
the meeting as largely a "diatribe" by the FM against the 
 
VIENTIANE 00000496  002 OF 003 
 
 
U.S., heavy on Cold War rhetoric and haranguing the U.S. for 
having "gone public" on the children.  Finally, our Embassy's 
Political Officer had spoken with the Vietnamese Embassy 
First Secretary earlier this week about the case, informing 
him that a copy of the Bolikhamsai province police report on 
the arrested children was "circulating" in the diplomatic 
community and was leading members of the community to believe 
the Lao were lying about their claim not to know where the 
children were. We assume this information will get back to 
the Lao via their friends the Vietnamese. 
 
Joint demarche -- yes, but when? 
-------------------------------- 
7. (C) In view of the dilatory Lao reaction to the new Thai 
information, the group agreed that the joint demarche was 
called for, although timing was debatable, with the EU (as 
usual) making the strongest pitch for giving the Lao more 
time. Even the EU Charge came around and agreed, however, 
that the time had come to act. The group concluded that the 
demarche should be delivered "as soon as possible," meaning 
most likely the week of June 12-16, or as soon thereafter as 
MFA would grant a meeting. One complication was the likely 
cabinet shakeup expected for around June 10; the Foreign 
Minister was almost certain to be replaced, and any demarche 
after that date would be with a new FM (most likely Deputy 
Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith) who would be only vaguely 
familiar with the Hmong children issue. 
 
8. (C) In preparation for the demarche, the Australian 
Ambassador offered to provide a new set of draft talking 
points, while all those present who had not yet obtained 
permission to join the demarche (the Germans, Poles and 
French) promised to contact their ministries immediately.  We 
have incorporated the draft demarche points, at the end of 
this cable, for Department's clearance.  At the same time, 
the UNDP ResRep would seek to call on the GoL to encourage a 
formal response to the UNSG's letter, as the group felt an 
early response to this letter would provide a more tangible 
signal of Lao intentions regarding the missing children. 
 
Comment 
------- 
9. (C) In view of the Thai request that the return of the 
children should be done "secretly," it is possible there is 
some move in the works by the Lao to repatriate the children 
without our knowledge -- we are keeping our fingers crossed. 
However, our experience with the GoL leads us in the opposite 
direction. The hints coming out of the government that the 
Thai information was insufficient strongly imply they have 
yet again moved the goalposts. One thing is for certain: the 
Thai have done all that can reasonably be expected to 
accommodate the children's return. The Lao now bear all 
responsibility for resolving this. The joint demarche is the 
next step in reminding the GoL yet again that the entire 
international community (and not just the U.S., as the FM so 
fervently believes) cares about the welfare of the children. 
 
10. (C) One more thing: In a telling bit of hypocrisy from 
the GoL, the FM, who ironically heads the National Women and 
Children Commission, only two days ago briefed the press on 
the "bright future" for Laos' children.  He obviously wasn't 
counting among those children the 26 his government is 
holding incommunicado and under reportedly appalling 
conditions in Bolikhamsai and Phongsaly provinces.  End 
comment. 
 
Draft talking points 
-------------------- 
11. (C) Action request: Embassy requests Department's 
clearance of the following draft talking points for the joint 
demarche: 
 
-- 29 individuals were arrested in Petchabun province in 
Thailand late in November 2005.  They were reportedly held at 
Khao Khor District Prison before being transferred to 
 
VIENTIANE 00000496  003 OF 003 
 
 
immigration detention in Nongkhai Province. 
 
-- 27 of the original group, 26 of whom were then between the 
ages of 12 and 20, were subsequently illegally deported from 
Thailand to Bholikhamsai Province in Laos in early December. 
 
-- The Government of Laos has previously informed us that it 
is unaware of the whereabouts of the group, has initiated a 
search, and has sought further details, in particular of the 
16 girls and 5 boys 18 years old or younger, from Thailand. 
 
-- We understand that UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan wrote 
to H.E. President Khamtay Siphandone on 18 May expressing 
concern and asking that Laos work to ensure that the children 
are reunited with their families as soon as possible. 
 
-- We further understand Mr. Annan discussed the matter with 
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Bangkok on 26 May, and 
was assured that Thailand will accept the children back and 
has provided the requested information to Laos. 
 
-- We join the Secretary-General in urging the Government of 
Laos to resolve the matter, through renewed diplomacy and the 
early return of the children to Thailand.  We offer our 
assistance to the Government of Laos should it be needed. 
 
-- The international community accepts that the best means of 
assuring the early return of the children is through private 
diplomacy between Laos and Thailand, and not through 
international organizations or resort to public statements. 
 
-- That said, we cannot ignore the increased interest in the 
case by concerned communities and individuals within our own 
countries, and the prospect of increased public attention and 
calls for international action. 
 
-- We look forward to close cooperation and timely 
information as to the status of the group, especially the 
children, so that those now following the case within our own 
countries can likewise be informed. 
 
-- We make this demarche in the spirit of cooperation and 
frank and open exchange. 
 
 
 
HASLACH