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Viewing cable 08HOCHIMINHCITY459, HCMC OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY GOES FORWARD AS PLANNED

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08HOCHIMINHCITY459 2008-05-02 10:04 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Consulate Ho Chi Minh City
VZCZCXRO3821
PP RUEHCHI RUEHDT RUEHNH
DE RUEHHM #0459 1231004
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 021004Z MAY 08
FM AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4443
INFO RUEHHI/AMEMBASSY HANOI PRIORITY 3047
RUCNASE/ASEAN MEMBER COLLECTIVE
RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING PRIORITY 0047
RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY 4667
UNCLAS HO CHI MINH CITY 000459 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/MLS AND DRL/AWH 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM PGOV PREL CM VM
SUBJECT: HCMC OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY GOES FORWARD AS PLANNED 
 
REF: A) HANOI 503 AND PREVIOUS B) HCMC 443 C) HANOI 0184 
 
1. (SBU) Summary:  Despite heavy traffic snarls and reports of 
potential protests, the Olympic torch relay wound through HCMC 
on the advertised route without diversion on April 29. 
According to observers, the police presence was notable but not 
as heavy as at other international locations.  Youth activists 
failed to show up for a planned protest in front of the HCMC 
Opera House.  A few land rights protesters and members of 
blogger Dieu Cay's "Freelance Journalists Club" reported being 
detained by police but were released after the torch relay was 
over.  In Hanoi, a handful of activists who attempted to stage 
demonstrations downtown were detained on April 29, including 
Bloc 8406 activist and writer Nguyen Xuan Nghia, who was 
released on May 2.  A planned demonstration in front of the 
Chinese Embassy never materialized amidst tight security.   End 
summary. 
 
2. (SBU) The Beijing Olympic torch relay moved through HCMC on 
April 29 as scheduled, using the same route previously 
publicized in local press reports.  The procession began at the 
Opera House in the heart of HCMC and wound its way through 
downtown districts to a sports stadium near the airport for the 
closing ceremony.  Among senior GVN leaders attending were 
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan, HCMC People's Committee 
Chairman Le Hoang Quan and Deputy Foreign Minister Vu Dung.  The 
deputy of the Beijing Olympics Organizing Board, Li Binghua, and 
the Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam, Hu Qiangwen, also attended. 
Eyewitnesses said traffic became snarled after police blocked 
off intersections along the relay route twenty minutes before 
the ceremony, resulting in thirty minute to one-hour delays for 
HCMC commuters in some gridlocked districts. 
 
3. (SBU) While police were clearly present on city streets and 
near the start and end points for the relay ceremony, security 
was not as heavy as it appeared to be in other international 
locations that featured groups of guards flanking the torch all 
along the route.  Official press reports and local observers 
cited 'hundreds' to 'thousands' of cheering well-wishers lining 
the relay route and filling the stadium to watch the closing 
ceremony. 
 
Would-Be Demonstrators Detained Briefly 
--------------------------------------- 
4. (SBU) Some Democratic Party of Vietnam (DPV) activists tried 
to get groups of students and land protesters to stage a 
demonstration in front of the Opera House, but the students did 
not show up.  Three land protesters were detained by police two 
hours before the ceremony began, but were released after the 
relay ended.  Four members of blogger Dieu Cay's Freelance 
Journalists Club were detained on April 28 and released at 
midnight on April 29 (Ref B).  Dieu Cay remains in custody on 
charges of tax evasion, and a lawyer named Le Tran Luat has now 
offered to represent him pro bono in any subsequent trial.  DPV 
leader Tran Khue said he received a police summons on April 28, 
but did not go to the police station and did not venture out 
during the torch relay ceremony.  Dissident Dr. Nguyen Dan Que 
said he also stayed at home, but noted several extra 
plainclothes policemen posted outside his residence that day, as 
did UBCV monk Thich Khong Thanh. 
 
5. (SBU) In Hanoi, there were reports of a handful of 
demonstrators being detained on April 29, including writer and 
Bloc 8406 activist Nguyen Xuan Nghia.  Nghia has reported 
regular surveillance and harassment from police, and was 
prevented from attending the funeral of Hoang Minh Chinh in 
February (Ref C). Nghia was reportedly released on May 2. A 
planned demonstration in front of the Chinese Embassy never 
materialized, most likely because of heavy security posted 
there.  Both posts are still in the process of confirming 
detentions and releases, but most detentions appear to be 
temporary. 
 
6. (U) This cable was coordinated with Embassy Hanoi. 
 
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