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File: 950901_95754629.txtMEDIA REACTION: TRAVEL ADVISORY - GULF WAR; IRAQ: CAMBODIA; BURMA 1. ALTHOUGH EXTENSIVE WIRE SERVICE REPORTING ON THE GULF WAR CONTINUES, COMMENTARY ON THE GULF WAR IS LIGHT IN THE THAI PRESS FEB 8. 2. SECURITY SITUATION. ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY, THE NATION, QUOTES FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN SAKTHIP KRAIRIKSH AS SAYING "THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT CANNOT STOP ISSUING TERRORIST ALERTS IN THAILAND BECAUSE THE WARNING IS CONDUCTED ON A NON-DISCRIMINATORY BASIS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TO ALERT U.S. CITIZENS OF POSSIBLE DANGER." THE BANGKOK POST REPORTS THAT "THE TERRORIST ALERT IS STILL IN PLACE, NOT ONLY IN THAILAND BUT ALSO IN OTHER COUNTRIES. FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN SAKTHIP KRAIRIKSH YESTERDAY MET U.S. INFORMATION SERVICE DIRECTOR DONNA MARIE OGLESBY, WHO SAID THE U.S. WOULD COORDINATE WITH THAILAND BEFORE RELEASING ANY TERRORISM-RELATED NEWS." SIMILAR REPORTS APPEARED IN MAJOR THAI LANGUAGE DAILIES, SIAM RATH, MATICHON, DAILY NEWS, NEAO NA, AND BAN MUANG, AS WELL AS ON PRIME TIME EVENING NEWS PROGRAMS FEB 7. THE BANGKOK POST REPORTS THAT "THE PAKISTANI EMBASSY IN BANGKOK HAS ASKED THE FOREIGN MINISTRY TO INVESTIGATE A FORGED LETTER PURPORTING TO BE FROM THE EMBASSY AND URGING ALL PAKISTANIS IN THAILAND TO MAKE FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE IRAQI CAUSE IN THE GULF WAR." 3. COMMENTARY ON THE WAR. THE NATION CARRIES AN OP-ED PIECE BY ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTER ANN DANAIYA USHER. REPORT READS "THE PROSPECTS OF TOXIC GAS EMISSIONS AND RADIOACTIVE FALL-OUT FROM ALLIED BOMBING OF IRAQI INDUSTRIAL FACTORIES AND NUCLEAR REACTORS HAVE ADDED TO THE FEAR THAT THE GULF WAR MAY TRIGGER AN UNPRECEDENTED GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CALAMITY. THESE, COUPLED WITH PREDICTIONS OF THE WAR'S ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE PERSIAN GULF ECOSYSTEM AND OF REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE, HAVE PROMPTED EMINENT INTERNATIONAL SCIENTISTS TO CALL ON THE U.N. TO DEMAND AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE TO SAVE THE WORLD FROM HIGH ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS. THE DEMAND FOR AN EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY WAS MADE BY DR. ABDULLAH TOUKAN, SCIENCE ADVISOR TO KING HUSSEIN OF JORDAN AT THE END OF JANUARY. IT HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY DR. CARL SAGAN OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY, DR. PAUL CRUTZEN OF THE MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE, JOE FARMAN, DISCOVERER OF THE OZONE HOLE FOR THE BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY, NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE DR. BERNARD LOWN AND SEVERAL OTHERS AROUND THE WORLD. " COMMENTARY IN THE THE ELITE THAI LANGUAGE DAILY, SLAM RATH, OBSERVES THAT "RECENTLY, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ASSOCIATION OF YOUNG THAI MUSLIMS CALLED ON THE IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO THAILAND AND DONATED MONEY CONTRIBUTED BY YOUNG THAI MUSLIMS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO HELP SADDAM PAY FOR THE COST OF WAR AGAINST U.S. I WONDER WHAT THE YOUNG MUSLIMS WERE THINKING ABOUT. WHILE OTHER GROUPS OF MUSLIMS WERE PRAYING FOR A CEASEFIRE, THIS GROUP WENT OUT TO ASK FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUPPORT WAR." COMMENTARY CONCLUDES "I THINK IF THEY WANT TO DO IT RIGHT THEY SHOULD CHANGE THEIR NATIONALITY TO IRAQI AND VOLUNTEER TO FIGHT." 4. CAMBODIA. THE INDEPENDENT ENGLISH DAILY, THE NATION, REPORTS THAT THE GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID "PRINCE NORODOM RANARIDH IS TO VISIT THAILAND AND DISCUSS THE CAMBODIAN PEACE PROCESS WITH PRIME MINISTER /****** BEGINNING OF SECTION 002 ******/ CHATICHAI CHOONHAVAN ON MONDAY... THE SPOKESMAN DID NOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT THAILAND WOULD ORGANIZE AN SNC MEETING IN BANGKOK GIVEN THAT THE LEADERS OF ALL CAMBODIAN FACTIONS WOULD BE IN BANGKOK NEXT WEEK... MEANWHILE, THE TRIPARTITE COALITION FIGHTING PHNOM PENH ISSUED A STATEMENT YESTERDAY SAYING IT AGREED TO PARTICIPATE IN AN SNC MEETING IN JAKARTA." A SIMILAR REPORT APPEARS IN THE BANGKOK POST. 5. BURMA. THE REGIONAL NEWS SECTION OF THE BANGKOK POST CARRIES A REPORT READS "ALL BURMESE LIVING ILLEGALLY IN THAILAND MUST REPORT TO THE INTERIOR MINISTRY'S DISPLACED PERSONS CENTER BEGINNING ON APRIL 1, TO BE SENT TO A HOLDING CAMP IN RACHABURI." (0005M) OGLESBY ADMIN BT #5432 INFODATE: 0 Filename:95754629 PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 54629 GENDATE: 950629 NNNN TEXT: ENVELOPE CDSN = LGX570 MCN = 91039/09324 TOR = 910390843 PTTUZYUW RUEKJCS5432 0390841-UUUU--RUEALGX. ZNR UUUUU HEADER P 080841Z FEB 91 FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC INFO RUEADWD/OCSA WASHINGTON DC RUENAAA/CNO WASHINGTON DC RUEAHQA/CSAF WASHINGTON DC RUEADWD/PTC WASH DC RHLBAAA/USCINCSO QUARRY HEIGHTS PM RUEOFAA/COMJSOC FT BRAGG NC//J2// RUEORDF/DIRAFMIC FT DETRICK MD//IS// RUCQVAB/USCINCSOC INTEL OPS CEN MACDILL AFB FL RUEOAYB/FSTC INTEL OPS CHARLOTTESVILLE VA RUEALGX/SAFE P 080834Z FEB 91 FM AMEMBASSY BANGKOK TO RUEHIA/USIA WASHDC PRIORITY 8998 RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9508 INFO RUHQHQA/USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI RUEHGO/AMEMBASSY RANGOON 3023 BT CONTROLS UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 BANGKOK 05432 USIA USIA FOR EA, P/F, P/P, P/M, B/FN, P/GF, P/PFF, P/P, P/FW, P/G, P/RC, R, VOA, VOA/BRF, VOA/BXN, TV/WS; INFO EA SECSTATE FOR EAP/P, EAP/TB, EAP/VLC, PA USCINCPAC FOR USIA ADVISOR E.O. 12356: N/A /*********** THIS IS A COMBINED MESSAGE ************/ BODY SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: TRAVEL ADVISORY - GULF WAR; IRAQ: CAMBODIA; BURMA 1. ALTHOUGH EXTENSIVE WIRE SERVICE REPORTING ON THE GULF WAR CONTINUES, COMMENTARY ON THE GULF WAR IS LIGHT IN THE THAI PRESS FEB 8. 2. SECURITY SITUATION. ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY, THE NATION, QUOTES FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN SAKTHIP KRAIRIKSH AS SAYING "THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT CANNOT STOP ISSUING TERRORIST ALERTS IN THAILAND BECAUSE THE WARNING IS CONDUCTED ON A NON-DISCRIMINATORY BASIS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TO ALERT U.S. CITIZENS OF POSSIBLE DANGER." THE BANGKOK POST REPORTS THAT "THE TERRORIST ALERT IS STILL IN PLACE, NOT ONLY IN THAILAND BUT ALSO IN OTHER COUNTRIES. FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN SAKTHIP KRAIRIKSH YESTERDAY MET U.S. INFORMATION SERVICE DIRECTOR DONNA MARIE OGLESBY, WHO SAID THE U.S. WOULD COORDINATE WITH THAILAND BEFORE RELEASING ANY TERRORISM-RELATED NEWS." SIMILAR REPORTS APPEARED IN MAJOR THAI LANGUAGE DAILIES, SIAM RATH, MATICHON, DAILY NEWS, NEAO NA, AND BAN MUANG, AS WELL AS ON PRIME TIME EVENING NEWS PROGRAMS FEB 7. THE BANGKOK POST REPORTS THAT "THE PAKISTANI EMBASSY IN BANGKOK HAS ASKED THE FOREIGN MINISTRY TO INVESTIGATE A FORGED LETTER PURPORTING TO BE FROM THE EMBASSY AND URGING ALL PAKISTANIS IN THAILAND TO MAKE FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE IRAQI CAUSE IN THE GULF WAR." 3. COMMENTARY ON THE WAR. THE NATION CARRIES AN OP-ED PIECE BY ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTER ANN DANAIYA USHER. REPORT READS "THE PROSPECTS OF TOXIC GAS EMISSIONS AND RADIOACTIVE FALL-OUT FROM ALLIED BOMBING OF IRAQI INDUSTRIAL FACTORIES AND NUCLEAR REACTORS HAVE ADDED TO THE FEAR THAT THE GULF WAR MAY TRIGGER AN UNPRECEDENTED GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CALAMITY. THESE, COUPLED WITH PREDICTIONS OF THE WAR'S ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE PERSIAN GULF ECOSYSTEM AND OF REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE, HAVE PROMPTED EMINENT INTERNATIONAL SCIENTISTS TO CALL ON THE U.N. TO DEMAND AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE TO SAVE THE WORLD FROM HIGH ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS. THE DEMAND FOR AN EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY WAS MADE BY DR. ABDULLAH TOUKAN, SCIENCE ADVISOR TO KING HUSSEIN OF JORDAN AT THE END OF JANUARY. IT HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY DR. CARL SAGAN OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY, DR. PAUL CRUTZEN OF THE MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE, JOE FARMAN, DISCOVERER OF THE OZONE HOLE FOR THE BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY, NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE DR. BERNARD LOWN AND SEVERAL OTHERS AROUND THE WORLD. " COMMENTARY IN THE THE ELITE THAI LANGUAGE DAILY, SLAM RATH, OBSERVES THAT "RECENTLY, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ASSOCIATION OF YOUNG THAI MUSLIMS CALLED ON THE IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO THAILAND AND DONATED MONEY CONTRIBUTED BY YOUNG THAI MUSLIMS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO HELP SADDAM PAY FOR THE COST OF WAR AGAINST U.S. I WONDER WHAT THE YOUNG MUSLIMS WERE THINKING ABOUT. WHILE OTHER GROUPS OF MUSLIMS WERE PRAYING FOR A CEASEFIRE, THIS GROUP WENT OUT TO ASK FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUPPORT WAR." COMMENTARY CONCLUDES "I THINK IF THEY WANT TO DO IT RIGHT THEY SHOULD CHANGE THEIR NATIONALITY TO IRAQI AND VOLUNTEER TO FIGHT." 4. CAMBODIA. THE INDEPENDENT ENGLISH DAILY, THE NATION, REPORTS THAT THE GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID "PRINCE NORODOM RANARIDH IS TO VISIT THAILAND AND DISCUSS THE CAMBODIAN PEACE PROCESS WITH PRIME MINISTER /****** BEGINNING OF SECTION 002 ******/ CHATICHAI CHOONHAVAN ON MONDAY... THE SPOKESMAN DID NOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT THAILAND WOULD ORGANIZE AN SNC MEETING IN BANGKOK GIVEN THAT THE LEADERS OF ALL CAMBODIAN FACTIONS WOULD BE IN BANGKOK NEXT WEEK... MEANWHILE, THE TRIPARTITE COALITION FIGHTING PHNOM PENH ISSUED A STATEMENT YESTERDAY SAYING IT AGREED TO PARTICIPATE IN AN SNC MEETING IN JAKARTA." A SIMILAR REPORT APPEARS IN THE BANGKOK POST. 5. BURMA. THE REGIONAL NEWS SECTION OF THE BANGKOK POST CARRIES A REPORT READS "ALL BURMESE LIVING ILLEGALLY IN THAILAND MUST REPORT TO THE INTERIOR MINISTRY'S DISPLACED PERSONS CENTER BEGINNING ON APRIL 1, TO BE SENT TO A HOLDING CAMP IN RACHABURI." (0005M) OGLESBY ADMIN BT #5432 INFODATE: 0
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