Keep Us Strong WikiLeaks logo

Currently released so far... 97115 / 251,287

Articles

Browse latest releases

Browse by creation date

Browse by origin

A B C D F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Browse by tag

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
ETRD EAGR ETTC EAID ECON EFIN ECIN EINV ELAB EAIR ENRG EPET EWWT ECPS EIND EMIN ELTN EC ETMIN EUC EZ ET ELECTIONS ENVR EU EUN EG EINT ER ECONOMICS ES EMS ENIV EEB EN ECE ECOSOC EK ENVIRONMENT EFIS EI EWT ENGRD ECPSN EXIM EIAD ERIN ECPC EDEV ENGY ECTRD EPA ESTH ECCT EINVECON ENGR ERTD EUR EAP EWWC ELTD EL EXIMOPIC EXTERNAL ETRDEC ESCAP ECO EGAD ELNT ECONOMIC ENV ETRN EIAR EUMEM ENRGPARMOTRASENVKGHGPGOVECONTSPLEAID EREL ECOM ECONETRDEAGRJA ETCC ETRG ECONOMY EMED ETR ENERG EITC EFINOECD EURM EENG ERA EXPORT ENRD ECONEINVETRDEFINELABETRDKTDBPGOVOPIC EGEN EBRD EVIN ETRAD ECOWAS EFTA ECONETRDBESPAR EGOVSY EPIN EID ECONENRG EDRC ESENV ETT EB ENER ELTNSNAR ECHEVARRIA ETRC EPIT EDUC ESA EFI ENRGY ESCI EE EAIDXMXAXBXFFR EETC ECIP EIAID EIVN EBEXP ESTN EING EGOV ETRA EPETEIND ELAN ETRDGK EAIDRW ETRDEINVECINPGOVCS EPEC ENVI ELN EAG EPCS EPRT EPTED ETRB EUM EAIDS EFIC EFINECONEAIDUNGAGM EAIDAR ESF EIDN ELAM EDU EV EAIDAF ECN EDA EXBS EINTECPS ENRGTRGYETRDBEXPBTIOSZ EPREL EAC EINVEFIN ETA EAGER EINDIR ECA ECLAC ELAP EITI EUCOM ECONEFINETRDPGOVEAGRPTERKTFNKCRMEAID EARG ELDIN EINVKSCA ENNP EFINECONCS EFINTS ECCP ETC EAIRASECCASCID EINN ETRP EAIDNI EFQ ECOQKPKO EGPHUM EBUD ECONEINVEFINPGOVIZ ENERGY ELB EINDETRD EMI ECONEFIN EIB EURN ETRDEINVTINTCS EIN EFIM ETIO ELAINE EMN EATO EWTR EIPR EINVETC ETTD ETDR EIQ ECONCS EPPD ENRGIZ EISL ESPINOSA ELEC EAIG ESLCO EUREM ENTG ERD EINVECONSENVCSJA EEPET EUNCH ECINECONCS ETRO ETRDECONWTOCS ECUN EFND EPECO EAIRECONRP ERGR ETRDPGOV ECPN ENRGMO EPWR EET EAIS EAGRE EDUARDO EAGRRP EAIDPHUMPRELUG EICN ECONQH EVN EGHG ELBR EINF EAIDHO EENV ETEX ERNG ED
KMDR KPAO KPKO KJUS KCRM KGHG KFRD KWMN KDEM KTFN KHIV KGIC KIDE KSCA KNNP KHUM KIPR KSUM KISL KIRF KCOR KRCM KPAL KWBG KN KS KOMC KSEP KFLU KPWR KTIA KSEO KMPI KHLS KICC KSTH KMCA KVPR KPRM KE KU KZ KFLO KSAF KTIP KTEX KBCT KOCI KOLY KOR KAWC KACT KUNR KTDB KSTC KLIG KSKN KNN KCFE KCIP KGHA KHDP KPOW KUNC KDRL KV KPREL KCRS KPOL KRVC KRIM KGIT KWIR KT KIRC KOMO KRFD KUWAIT KG KFIN KSCI KTFIN KFTN KGOV KPRV KSAC KGIV KCRIM KPIR KSOC KBIO KW KGLB KMWN KPO KFSC KSEAO KSTCPL KSI KPRP KREC KFPC KUNH KCSA KMRS KNDP KR KICCPUR KPPAO KCSY KTBT KCIS KNEP KFRDCVISCMGTCASCKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KNNB KGCC KINR KPOP KMFO KENV KNAR KVIR KDRG KDMR KFCE KNAO KDEN KGCN KICA KIMMITT KMCC KLFU KMSG KSEC KUM KCUL KMNP KSMT KCOM KOMCSG KSPR KPMI KRAD KIND KCRP KAUST KWAWC KTER KCHG KRDP KPAS KITA KTSC KPAOPREL KWGB KIRP KJUST KMIG KLAB KTFR KSEI KSTT KAPO KSTS KLSO KWNN KPOA KHSA KNPP KPAONZ KBTS KWWW KY KJRE KPAOKMDRKE KCRCM KSCS KWMNCI KESO KWUN KPLS KIIP KEDEM KPAOY KRIF KGICKS KREF KTRD KFRDSOCIRO KTAO KJU KWMNPHUMPRELKPAOZW KEN KO KNEI KEMR KKIV KEAI KWAC KRCIM KWCI KFIU KWIC KCORR KOMS KNNO KPAI KBWG KTTB KTBD KTIALG KILS KFEM KTDM KESS KNUC KPA KOMCCO KCEM KRCS KWBGSY KNPPIS KNNPMNUC KWN KERG KLTN KALM KCCP KSUMPHUM KREL KGH KLIP KTLA KAWK KWMM KVRP KVRC KAID KSLG KDEMK KX KIF KNPR KCFC KFTFN KTFM KPDD KCERS KMOC KDEMAF KMEPI KEMS KDRM KEPREL KBTR KEDU KNP KIRL KNNR KMPT KISLPINR KTPN KA KJUSTH KPIN KDEV KTDD KAKA KFRP KWNM KTSD KINL KJUSKUNR KWWMN KECF KWBC KPRO KVBL KOM KFRDKIRFCVISCMGTKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KEDM KFLD KLPM KRGY KNNF KICR KIFR KM KWMNCS KAWS KLAP KPAK KDDG KCGC KID KNSD KMPF KPFO KDP KCMR KRMS KNPT KNNNP KTIAPARM KDTB KNUP KPGOV KNAP KNNC KUK KSRE KREISLER KIVP KQ KTIAEUN KPALAOIS KRM KISLAO KWM KFLOA
PHUM PINR PTER PGOV PREL PREF PL PM PHSA PE PARM PINS PK PUNE PO PALESTINIAN PU PBTS PROP PTBS POL POLI PA PGOVZI POLMIL POLITICAL PARTIES POLM PD POLITICS POLICY PAS PMIL PINT PNAT PV PKO PPOL PERSONS PING PBIO PH PETR PARMS PRES PCON PETERS PRELBR PT PLAB PP PAK PDEM PKPA PSOCI PF PLO PTERM PJUS PSOE PELOSI PROPERTY PGOVPREL PARP PRL PNIR PHUMKPAL PG PREZ PGIC PBOV PAO PKK PROV PHSAK PHUMPREL PROTECTION PGOVBL PSI PRELPK PGOVENRG PUM PRELKPKO PATTY PSOC PRIVATIZATION PRELSP PGOVEAIDUKNOSWGMHUCANLLHFRSPITNZ PMIG PREC PAIGH PROG PSHA PARK PETER POG PHUS PPREL PS PTERPREL PRELPGOV POV PKPO PGOVECON POUS PGOVPRELPHUMPREFSMIGELABEAIDKCRMKWMN PWBG PMAR PREM PAR PNR PRELPGOVEAIDECONEINVBEXPSCULOIIPBTIO PARMIR PGOVGM PHUH PARTM PN PRE PTE PY POLUN PPEL PDOV PGOVSOCI PIRF PGOVPM PBST PRELEVU PGOR PBTSRU PRM PRELKPAOIZ PGVO PERL PGOC PAGR PMIN PHUMR PVIP PPD PGV PRAM PINL PKPAL PTERE PGOF PINO PHAS PODC PRHUM PHUMA PREO PPA PEPFAR PGO PRGOV PAC PRESL PORG PKFK PEPR PRELP PREFA PNG PGOVPHUMKPAO PRELECON PINOCHET PFOR PGOVLO PHUMBA PRELC PREK PHUME PHJM POLINT PGOVPZ PGOVKCRM PGOVE PHALANAGE PARTY PECON PEACE PROCESS PLN PRELSW PAHO PEDRO PRELA PASS PPAO PGPV PNUM PCUL PGGV PSA PGOVSMIGKCRMKWMNPHUMCVISKFRDCA PGIV PRFE POGOV PEL PBT PAMQ PINF PSEPC POSTS PHUMPGOV PVOV PHSAPREL PROLIFERATION PENA PRELTBIOBA PIN PRELL PGOVPTER PHAM PHYTRP PTEL PTERPGOV PHARM PROTESTS PRELAF PKBL PRELKPAO PKNP PARMP PHUML PFOV PERM PUOS PRELGOV PHUMPTER PARAGRAPH PERURENA PBTSEWWT PCI PETROL PINSO PINSCE PQL PEREZ PBS

Browse by classification

Community resources

courage is contagious

Viewing cable 01HOCHIMINHCITY632, PROMINENT BUDDHIST MONK SETS DEADLINE IN SHOWDOWN WITH AUTHORITIES

If you are new to these pages, please read an introduction on the structure of a cable as well as how to discuss them with others. See also the FAQs

Understanding cables
Every cable message consists of three parts:
  • The top box shows each cables unique reference number, when and by whom it originally was sent, and what its initial classification was.
  • The middle box contains the header information that is associated with the cable. It includes information about the receiver(s) as well as a general subject.
  • The bottom box presents the body of the cable. The opening can contain a more specific subject, references to other cables (browse by origin to find them) or additional comment. This is followed by the main contents of the cable: a summary, a collection of specific topics and a comment section.
To understand the justification used for the classification of each cable, please use this WikiSource article as reference.

Discussing cables
If you find meaningful or important information in a cable, please link directly to its unique reference number. Linking to a specific paragraph in the body of a cable is also possible by copying the appropriate link (to be found at theparagraph symbol). Please mark messages for social networking services like Twitter with the hash tags #cablegate and a hash containing the reference ID e.g. #01HOCHIMINHCITY632.
Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
01HOCHIMINHCITY632 2001-05-25 02:05 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Consulate Ho Chi Minh City
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

250205Z May 01

2001HOCHI00632 - UNCLASSIFIED
 
 
 
                           UNCLASSIFIED     PTQ5446

PAGE 01        HO CHI  00632  01 OF 02  250207Z 
ACTION EAP-00   

INFO  LOG-00   AID-00   AMAD-00  CIAE-00  COME-00  SRPP-00  EB-00    
      UTED-00  H-01     TEDE-00  INR-00   IO-00    L-00     NSAE-00  
      OIC-02   OPIC-01  PRS-00   P-00     SP-00    SS-00    STR-00   
      TEST-00  TRSE-00  USIE-00  PRM-01   DRL-02   G-00     NFAT-00  
      SAS-00     /007W
                  ------------------F08428  250208Z /38    
FM AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5100
INFO AMEMBASSY HANOI PRIORITY 
AMEMBASSY TOKYO 
AMEMBASSY BEIJING 
AMCONSUL HONG KONG 
USMISSION GENEVA 
ASEAN COLLECTIVE
USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI
JICPAC HONOLULU HI
SECDEF WASHDC
DIA WASHDC
NSC WASHDC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HO CHI MINH CITY 000632 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
STATE FOR EAP/BCLTV AND EAP/PD/JMARTIN 
STATE ALSO FOR DRL/IRF 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
PAGE 02        HO CHI  00632  01 OF 02  250207Z 
CINCPAC FOR FPA 
SECDEF FOR ISA/EA/LSTERN 
DEPTTREAS FOR AJEWELL 
USDOC FOR 4431/MAC/AP/OKSA/HPPHO 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM VM RELFREE HUMANR
SUBJECT: PROMINENT BUDDHIST MONK SETS DEADLINE IN SHOWDOWN WITH AUTHORITIES 
 
REF: A. HCMC 0603  B. HANOI 1208  C. HCMC 0456 
 
1. (U) SUMMARY: ON MAY 21, THICH QUANG DO SENT A LETTER TO 
GOVERNMENT LEADERS IN HANOI URGING THEM TO ISSUE A 
DOCUMENT ALLOWING UBCV PATRIARCH THICH HUYEN QUANG TO 
RETURN TO HCMC.  IN THE LETTER, DO SAID THAT IF THE 
DOCUMENT WAS NOT ISSUED BY JUNE 7, HE WOULD GO TO QUANG 
NGAI PROVINCE (WHERE QUANG IS BEING HELD UNDER CONDITIONS 
RESEMBLING HOUSE ARREST) AT THE HEAD OF AN UNAUTHORIZED 
UBCV DELEGATION TO BRING QUANG BACK TO HCMC.  ALSO ON MAY 
21, DO REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH A SUMMONS TO APPEAR BEFORE A 
DISTRICT PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE.  HE HAD RESPONDED TO AN 
EARLIER SUMMONS ON MAY 18.  AT THAT MEETING, THE PEOPLE'S 
COMMITTEE HAD WARNED HIM STRONGLY NOT TO CARRY THROUGH 
WITH HIS PLANS TO GO TO QUANG NGAI (REF A.)  END SUMMARY. 
 
2. (U) THICH QUANG DO SENT A LETTER TO GOVERNMENT LEADERS 
ON MARCH 29, URGING THAT THEY ISSUE AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT 
THAT WOULD ALLOW THICH HUYEN QUANG TO RETURN TO HCMC. 
(QUANG HAS RESIDED AT A PAGODA IN QUANG NGAI PROVINCE 
SINCE 1982 AND IS RESTRICTED FROM TRAVELING ELSEWHERE.) 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
PAGE 03        HO CHI  00632  01 OF 02  250207Z 
IN HIS LETTER, DO NOTED THAT QUANG, WHO IS 83 YEARS OLD, 
IS IN DETERIORATING HEALTH.  HE ALSO NOTED THAT IN 1997, 
POLICE IN QUANG NGAI READ TO QUANG A DECISION THAT HIS 
OFFICIAL TERM OF ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION HAD CONCLUDED. 
(NOTE: THE POLICE WOULD NOT, HOWEVER, GIVE HIM A COPY OF 
THAT DOCUMENT, AND SEVERAL DAYS LATER THEY RETURNED WITH 
FORMS FOR HIM TO REGISTER HIS RESIDENCE IN QUANG NGAI AS 
HIS OFFICIAL PERMANENT RESIDENCE.  QUANG REFUSED TO SIGN 
THOSE FORMS.  END NOTE.)  BECAUSE OF THAT, ACCORDING TO 
DO, THERE IS NO LEGAL BASIS FOR QUANG'S CONTINUED 
DETENTION IN QUANG NGAI.  DO SAID THAT IF HE RECEIVED NO 
REPLY TO HIS LETTER BY JUNE, HE WOULD GO HIMSELF TO QUANG 
NGAI TO BRING QUANG BACK TO HO CHI MINH CITY. 
 
3. (SBU) ON MAY 15, ANOTHER UBCV CONTACT TOLD POLOFF THAT 
QUANG'S HEALTH WAS INDEED DETERIORATING.  HE SAID THAT 
PERSONS IN GOVERNMENT BOTH IN HANOI AND HCMC ARE CONCERNED 
ABOUT POSSIBLE REPERCUSSIONS BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE 
VIETNAM SHOULD QUANG PASS AWAY WHILE IN DETENTION IN QUANG 
NGAI.  ACCORDING TO THIS CONTACT, SOME GOVERNMENT 
OFFICIALS WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEE QUANG RETURNED TO HCMC AS 
LONG AS HE RETURNED "QUIETLY."  THIS CONTACT SAID THE 
PROBLEM WAS THAT QUANG REFUSED TO GO TO HCMC WITHOUT AN 
OFFICIAL DOCUMENT ALLOWING HIM TO GO.  BUT THE GOVERNMENT 
IS HARD-PRESSED TO ISSUE AN OFFICIAL RELEASE DOCUMENT 
SINCE HE WAS NEVER OFFICIALLY CHARGED WITH OR TRIED FOR 
ANY CRIME. 
 
4. (U) A MAY 16 PRESS RELEASE BY THE PARIS-BASED UBCV 
INFORMATION SERVICE REPORTED THAT SECURITY POLICE IN QUANG 
NGAI ENTERED QUANG'S PAGODA IN APRIL AND TOLD HIM THAT 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
PAGE 04        HO CHI  00632  01 OF 02  250207Z 
"THE CIA IS GOING TO ASSASSINATE YOU."  A FEW DAYS LATER 
ON APRIL 15, THE POLICE TOLD HIM THAT IF HE WISHED TO BE 
RELEASED TO GO BACK TO HCMC, HE MUST FILE AN APPLICATION 
TO THE HCMC POLICE WHO ARRESTED HIM IN 1982.  ACCORDING TO 
THE LETTER, QUANG RESPONDED IN A LETTER SAYING, "I REFUSE 
TO FILE A REQUEST TO THE SAIGON POLICE, FOR I HAVE 
COMMITTED NO CRIME AND WILL ASK NO FAVORS."  (THICH QUANG 
DO TOLD POLOFF IN A PHONE CONVERSATION MAY 18 THAT QUANG'S 
REFUSAL TO APPLY FOR OFFICIAL PERMISSION TO GO TO HCMC 
DOES NOT MEAN HE WOULD REFUSE TO RETURN TO HCMC WITHOUT 
PERMISSION.) 
 
5. (SBU) AS REPORTED IN REF A, THE DISTRICT PEOPLE'S 
COMMITTEE WHERE THICH QUANG DO RESIDES IN HCMC CALLED HIM 
IN ON MAY 18 AND ISSUED A STERN WARNING FOR HIM NOT TO GO 
TO QUANG NGAI.  AFTER TWO HOURS OF DISCUSSIONS, THEY 
ALLOWED HIM TO RETURN TO HIS PAGODA, BUT TOLD HIM THEY 
WOULD SUMMON HIM AGAIN TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSIONS.  ON 
MAY 21, DO IGNORED A SUMMONS TO RETURN TO THE DISTRICT 
PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE.  HE THEN ISSUED ANOTHER LETTER 
PUBLICLY SETTING A DEADLINE, JUNE 7, FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO 
OFFICIALLY ALLOW QUANG'S RETURN TO HCMC. 
 
 
COMMENT 
------- 
6. (SBU) BASED ON THE UBCV CONTACT'S STATEMENTS IN 
PARAGRAPH 3 AND ON THE QUANG NGAI POLICE'S OWN STATEMENTS 
ON APRIL 15, IT APPEARS THAT THERE MIGHT BE THE SMALLEST 
GLIMMER OF AN OPPORTUNITY FOR QUANG TO RETURN TO HCMC 
"QUIETLY."  OTHER INDICATIONS, SUCH AS THE WARNING FROM 
THE DISTRICT PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE WHERE DO RESIDES, THE 
OUTRAGEOUS ASSERTION OF A CIA ASSASSINATION THREAT, AND 
PARTICULARLY DO'S PUBLICLY SETTING A DATE FOR A SHOWDOWN, 
MAKE CERTAIN THAT OPPORTUNITY IS TENUOUS AT BEST. 
 
RAY 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED