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Viewing cable 06SAOPAULO1019, EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC: COUP IN THAILAND; SAO PAULO

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06SAOPAULO1019 2006-09-21 10:45 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Sao Paulo 
VZCZCXYZ0001
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHSO #1019 2641045
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 211045Z SEP 06
FM AMCONSUL SAO PAULO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5797
INFO RHEHNSC/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 6852
RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO PRIORITY 7445
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC 2575
 
UNCLAS SAO PAULO 001019 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD 
 
DEPT PASS USTR 
 
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC: COUP IN THAILAND; SAO PAULO 
 
 
"Coup in Thailand" 
Leading national circulation daily liberal Folha de S. Paulo (9/21) 
editorialized: "The coup d'tat in Thailand is not a surprise.  For 
months there were rumors in Bangkok that the military might 
overthrow Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.... His 'mistake,' which 
seems to have irritated the military command and caused the crisis, 
was to try to increase his influence in the Armed Forces by 
promoting some young officials who were his friends.... The only 
good news about the coup is that there have not been casualties so 
far. It is deplorable that after 15 years, a period in which 
democracy seemed to be finally established in Thailand, the country 
is once again facing the problems of a coup d'tat. If Thaksin was 
really unworthy to occupy the post, he should be removed by 
elections or by the institutions, not by a general's ambition." 
McMullen