Cablegate: Hanoi to Participate in Us-Thailand Arf Stabilization And
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RR RUEHCHI RUEHCN RUEHDT RUEHHM
DE RUEHHI #0967 2320355
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 190355Z AUG 08
FM AMEMBASSY HANOI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8332
INFO RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH 5038
RUEHZS/ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM COLLECTIVE
RUEHBK/AMEMBASSY BANGKOK 6432
RHHMUNA/USPACOM HONOLULU HI
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
UNCLAS HANOI 000967
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL EAID ARF MARR KCRS
SUBJECT: HANOI TO PARTICIPATE IN US-THAILAND ARF STABILIZATION AND
RECONSTRUCTION WORKSHOP
REF: STATE 86278
(SBU) On August 15, Poloff met Ton Thi Ngoc of the Vietnamese
Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) Asean Department to deliver
Reftel points on Hanoi's participation in the U.S.-Thailand ARF
stabilization and reconstruction workshop in Bangkok. Ngoc said the
MFA will send one diplomat to this workshop. As stabilization and
reconstruction are emerging issues in Southeast Asia, this MFA
official will "actively participate" in the sessions, Ngoc relayed.
MICHALAK