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-, / J!l'• I I ! i I t -··-. S E C R E T -- . THAIL.'WD : MONARCHY : ·THE SUCCESSION ++THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS SENSITIVE INFORMATION++ .· THE QUESTION -OF .WHO WILL SUCCEED' l<i'+NG-BHUMIPOL TO THE THRONE OF . THAILAND IS EXTREMELY SENSITIVE AND TREATED VERY CIRCUMSPECTLY BY . 'l;'HAIS AMONG THEMSELVES. IN ADDITION TO.ALL DISCUSSION BEING . ILLEGAL, DISCUSSION OF THESUBJECT WITH FOREIGNERS-IS WIDELY CONSIDERED INAPPROPRIATE. IT. IS THEREFORE DIFFICULT TO COME BY AUTHENTIC INFORMATIONWHICH THROWS LIGHT ON HOW THE BALANCE OF . FORCES MAY SHAPE UP WHEN THE TIME COMES, THE SUCCESSION IS A HIGHLY-SENSITIVE AND COMPLEX ISSUE IN THAILAND, ANDAN IMPORTANT ONE IN VIEW OF THE UNIFYING ROLE PLAYED BY THE MONARCHY IN THAILAND DURING THE PAST THIRTY YEARS OR SO. 2~.- - . i- THERE IS NO AU;OMATIC RIGHT ·oR PATTERN OF SUCCESSION DISCERNIBLE IN THE HISTORY OF THE THAI MONARCHY. THE CURRENT SITUATION IS THAT THE PRIVY COUNCIL MAKES ITS CHOICE AFTER TAKING JNTO ACCOUNT THE-KNOWN WISHES OF THE PREVIOUS MONARCH. KING BHUMIPOL IS UNDERSTOOD TO HAVE DESIGNATED AT DIFFERENT TIMES BOTH .HIS .. SECOND CHILD I. THE CROWN PRINCE MARA VAJIRALQNGKORN' AND. ALSO HIS THIRD CHILD, PRINCESS .MARA CHAKRI SIRINDHORN.AS POSSIBLE SUCCESSORS.. THEIR . TITLES· IN THAI INDICATE 'fHIS .. THE ~LDEST 1 . PB.I~CESS UBOL RATANA, WAS RULED OUT 'AFTER MARRIAGE TO AN AMERICAN, WHEREAS THE YOBNGEST,. PRINCESS CHULA!BHORN IS NOT VIEWED WITHIN THE COUNTRY AS A POSS~BLE CONTEN:DEit. / . 3. MOST OF THE ADVANTAGES WOULD.LIE NORMALLY WITH THE CROWN · PRINCE IN ANY SUCH. CONTEST, DESPITE SIRINDHORN.'B POPULARITY WITHIN THE COUNTRY AND HER RECORD OF DEVOTION TO DUTY IN THE INTERESTS OF THE THAI STATE. 4. OPEN UNSIGNED LETTERS DENOUNCING THE CROWN PRINCE AND HIS CONSORT HAVE BEEN CIRCULATING WIDELY IN J?ANGKOK DURING RECENT WEEKS. THE QUEEN IS ALSO SUBJECT TO CRITICISM IN THESE LETTERS. / i . -·-· ; _··-.~ :.·· .. _ ·:· ': - ·-- . ':..:..:: - . ...... "·'_- I ~ ... ~ .. THE LETTERS ARE WELL-rWR ITTEN IN. THE T~AI, ALTHOUGH HIGHLY DEROGATORY. THEY ARE CIRCULATING AMONG A BROAD RANGE OF-SECTORS OF THAI SOCIETY, INCLUDING BUREAUCRATS, UNIVERSITY.STUDENTS, BUSINESS.:.PEOPLE AND PROS'riTUTES, COPIES ARE IN SOME CASES BEING. LEFT AT BUS-STOPS FOR PEOPLE TO READ. DISTRIBUTION OF THE LETTERS, AND DISCUSSION ABOUT THEIR CONTENTS, HAVE TAKEN PLACE DISCREETLY. ,.\ WE UNDERSTAND TMT ANY. PEOPLE FOUND WITH COPIES O.R DISTRIBUTING 1 COPIES ARE BE.!NG SEVERELY PUNISHED BY THE THAI POLICE , , \. 5 . THE LET'TERS ARE SIGNIFICANT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS: THEY QUESTION THE SUITABILITY .OF THE" CROWN PRINCE AND HIS • CONSORT TO BE THE FUTURE KING ANDQUEEN OF THAILAND AND RAISE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SUCCESSION;~- - . I -· THEY AR.E HIGHLY DEROGATORY ABOUT MEMBERS OF AN INSTITUTION WHICH IS'GENERALLY THE OBJECT OF EXTREME RESPECT (AND AN . IMPORTANT UNIFYING INSTITUTI.ON) 'IN f'HAILAND; . AND · THEY Aim BEING WIDELY READ WI'l'HIN THAI SOCIETY. -· ~'/, . 6.c_ THE STYLE AND'CONTENT.OF THE-LETTER~·TEND TO SUGGEST THAT ·--:-. THE DOCUMENTS HAVE ORIGINATED FROM NEAR THE PALACE lTSELF. MANY OF ·'THE~ ALLEGATIONS APPEAR TO HAVE AT LEAST AN 1 ELEMENT OF PLAUSIB:Z:LITY. TWO RUMOURS CONCERNING THE ORIGIN OF'THE LETTERS .ARE T~T TH~Y MAY~HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY PEOPLE CtOSE TO FORMER PRIME. MINISTER·AND PRIVY COUNSELLOR GENERAL PREM TINSULANONDA, OR BY PEO~Lg CLOSE TO PRINCESS. SIRil:lDHORN. i··. j .\\ I 7-. THE LETTERS HAVE PROBABLY BEEN PROMPTED BY· A RECENT ·CAMPAIGN . TO SEEK PUaLIC ACCEPTANCE FOR THE CROWN· PRINCE'S NEW WIFE, FOWJ\.LLY ·__ REFERRED • 'l'O;.AS THE- ROYAL CONSORT MOM SUJARINEE MAHIDOL NA 1 .· - ,,.AYUTTHAY]\.- (THE TITLE MOM IS BESTOWf;D, UPON .THE COMMONER WIFE ·op A PRINCE AND CAN BE TRANSLATED AS PRINCESS. ) .' THE CROWN PRINCE MARRIED SUJARINEE EARLIER THIS YEAR AFTER BEING GRANTED A.DIVORCE FROM HIS FIRST WIFE. PRINCESS SOAMSA.WALI. THE ROYAL CONSORT HAS .. S.INCE BEEN GIVEN PROMINENT COVERAGE II~ Tl-ii:; P~ESS Oi'-1 A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS WHEN.' APPEARING WITH THE CROWN PRINCE AND 'l1HEIR FIVE CHILDREN AT OFFICIAL CEREMONIES. THE PICTURES HAVE CAUSED ·.DISCOMFORT IN SOME CIRCLES OF THAI SOCIETY,! As MANY CONSIDER THAT SUJ"ARINEE IS UNSUI'rABLE TO BE A FUTURE QUEEN. ·· ( SU,TARINEE IS A FORMER ACTRESS, AND 'l'HERE ARE ALLEGATIONS TB.AT SHE ·~WORKED AS A , HIGH-CLASS CALL-GIRL BEFORE. BECOMING ASSOCIATED WITH· THE. CROWN •- .PRINCE. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE CROWN PRINCE'S FORf<fER WIFE', .. tv SOAMSOWALI, WAS A PRINCESS TN HER. OWN RIGHT - ';['HE DAUGHTER OF THE f __ ~·-----~!!~E~_' S ELDER BROTHER - AND RECEIVES, PUBLIC SUPPORT AND SYMPATHY.}: ) . ..,. ··--- ·------·-··- . 8 · THE LETTERS APPEAR TO HAVE TAPPED INTO UNDERLYING QUES'TIONS !I-BOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE CROWN PRINCE TO BE KIN'G. HIS RECENT MARRIAGE TO SUJARINEE HAS BEEN ·viEWED SCEPTICALLY ... THE LETTERS I ALSO MENTION A.PROPHECY DATING BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF.THE ·CURRENT c· c CHAKRI DYNASTY WHICH FORECAST THAT THERE WOULD ONLY BE 9 KINGS IN THE DYNASTY. TJiE PRESENT KING IS THE NINTH. THIS PROPHECY IS .- WIDELY KNOWN AND CARRIES CC: IDERABLE WEIGHT .ld~ONG THAIS ... TAKEN _ TOGETHER, THE INTENTION OF THE LETTERS COULD. BE INTERPRE'l'ED AS SEEKING TO STRENGTHEN PRINCESS SIRINDHbRN'S POSITION AS AN POSSIBLE SUCCESSOR TO THE THRON~. (THE SINGLE BRIEF MENTION OF PRINCESS . SIRINDHORN IN THE LETTERS IS POSITIVE.) ~ . · . 9; ~HE KING IS "CURRENTLY 66 YEARS OLD AND APPEARS TO Bg VIGOROUS AND IN GOOD HEALTH. NEVERTHELESS THE RECEN'r DEVELOPMENTS HAVE RAISED LEVELS -oF CONSCIOUSNESS OF HOW HIGH .THE S-TAKES COULD BE IN THE EVENTUAL SUCCESSION,/ . :-: . - ..... r I _. ._ l. "TO MY BELOVED FELLOW THAIS: ON 28 JULY 1994 THE THAI PEOPLE RECEIVED A GIFT FROM THE CROWN PRINCE, THE MAN WHO WILL INHERIT THE THRONE OF THAILAND AS THE lOTHI KING OF THE CHAKRI DYNASTY. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE THAI PEOPLE WHETHER THEY ARE PLEASED WITH THIS GIFT, WHICH THE CROWN PRINCE IN HIS FOOLISHNESS HAS GIVEN US, OR HAS HE GOT HIMSELF INVOLVED IN AN ILL-OMENED ACTION THAT WILL DESTROY HIS REPUTATION? THE IMAGE PRESENTED TO THE THAI PEOPLE IS OF A PROSTITUTE SEATED NEXT TO THE CROWN PRINCE, SURROUNDED BY THEIR FIVE CHILDREN. THE WHOLE GROUP APPEARED ILL AT EASE, BECAUSE THEY HAD NEVER BEEN SO PUBLICLY HONOURED BEFORE, PARTICULARLY THE MOTHER. LOOKING AT THEM, IT WAS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT THE MOTHER WAS IN CONTROL, WITH THE FATHER AND THE CHILDREN DOING HER BIDDING. ALL OF THE SENIOR OFFICIALS PRESENT LOOKED VERY UNCOMFORTABLE AT HAVING TO PUBLICLY SHOW RESPECT TO A PROSTITUTE WHO HAS BEEN ELEVATED TO A VERY HIGH POSITION IN THE ROYAL FAMILY. AND THE REALLY STRIKING THING ABOUT IT ALL IS THAT THIS DID NOT TAKE PLACE IN THEIR PRIVATE RESIDENCE, BUT IN THE DUSIT THRONE HALL, WHICH CLEARLY SHOWED THAT THEIR PUBLIC APPEARANCE WAS SUPPORTED AT THE VERY HIGHEST LEVEL IN CHITRLADA PALACE. THEY COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT OTHERWISE. AND THINGS GOT WORSE DAY BY DAY. THE PROSTITUTE AND HER CHILDREN VISITED SCHOOLS ~ND HOSPITALS UP-COUNTRY. AND I CAN TELL YOU NOW JUST HOW EVIL THIS WOMAN IS. THE PHRA YUPHARAT HOSPITALS WHICH HAVE BEEN BUILT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WERE BUILT WITH MONEY DONATED BY THE THAI PEOPLE TO MARK THE WEDDING BETWEEN THE CROWN PRINCE AND PRINCESS SOAMSWALI, BUT THIS PROSTITUTE GOT HER FOOLISH HUSBAND TO ORDER THE PICTURES OF PRINCESS SOAMSWALI REMOVED FROM'THE HOSPITALS AND REPLACED WITH ONES OF HERSELF. IT'S DISGRACEFUL. THIS IS THE TRUTH, AND ANYONE CAN SEE THE EVIDENCE OF IT. WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ARE THEY, IF THEY CAN DO SUCH THINGS? DON'T THEY REALISE THAT THEY CANNOT BECOME KING AND QUEEN WITHOUT THE RESPECT AND SUPPORT OF THE THAI PEOPLE? CAN THEY REALLY BE SO STUPID AS TO BELIEVE THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY RESPECT PEOPLE WHO BEHAVE IN SUCH A · WAY? IF THEY BECOME KING AND QUEEN, THEY'LL BE WORSE THAN EVER. WHAT CAN WE DO TO PREVENT "THE IDIOT AND THE HARLOT" FROM ATTAINING SUCH EXALTED RANK? MAY I TELL YOU A LITTLE ABOUT THEIR PREVIOUS BEHAVIOUR. YOU WILL PROBABLY ALL REMEMBER MID-1983, WHEN THE CROWN PRINCE ~AST IMAGES OF THE BUDDHA AND THE NUN KUAN IM, TO BE INSTALLED IN WAT , BAWORNIWET. INSTEAD OF INVITING HIS HOLINESS THE SUPREME PATRIARCH TO UNVEIL THESE SACRED IMAGES, THE IDIOT CROWN PRINCE ARRANGED FOR HIS MISTRESS, THE PROSTITUTE, TO PERFORM THE UNVEILING. EVERYONE WHO SAW THIS REPORTED ON TELEVISION AND IN THE NEWSPAPERS WAS ASTOUNDED, AS IT WAS AN EVIL DEED FOR WHICH THE PROSTITUTE MUST SURELY SUFFER RETRIBUTION. HER STUPID HUBAND WILL SUFFER RETRIBUTION TOO, BECAUSE HE ELEVATED HER TO HER PRESENT POSITION, IGNORING THE PUBLIC OUTRAGE. AND ONLY A FEW DAYS AFTER THAT INCIDENT, THIS SEX-CRAZED FOOL PICKED UP SOME WOMAN OFF THE STREETS NAMED MS EET AND INSTALLED HER IN HIS PRIVATE RESIDENCE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF SEXUAL DEBAUCHERY. HIS PROSTITUTE MISTRESS HAD SUFFERED HER JUST RETRIBUTION, AND A TERRIBLE ARGUMENT BETWEEN THEM ENSUED. THE PROSTITUTE MOVED OUT OF THE HOUSE, TAKING HER FIVE CHILDREN WITH HER, AND WENT OFF TO LIVE IN ENGLAND, TOGETHER WITH A POLICE OFFICER FROM THE ROYAL AIDE-DE-CAMP DEPARTMENT. AND AS SHE LEFT, HER PARTING WORDS WERE "IF YOU CAN DO IT, SO CAN I!" AND IF YOU TOUCH ME, I'LL KILL MYSELF, AS WELL AS POISONING ALL FIVE OF YOUR CHILDREN." THE SEX-CRAZED FOOL REMAINED WITH MS EET UNTIL .:;~93. IT WAS BECAUSE OF HIS ABNORMAL SEXUAL APPETITE THAT HIS MISTRESS HAD BEEN ABLE TO KEEP HIM UNDER HER CONTROL FOR SO LONG. EVEN WHEN HE DIVORCED PRINCESS SOAMSWALI IN PREPARATION FOR ELEVATING HIS MISTRESS TO BE HIS ROYAL CONSORT, HE WAS FOLLOWING HER ORDERS, AND HE WAS ALSO SUPPORTED BY HIS INHUMANE ROYAL MOTHER, WHO WAS QUITE PREPARED TO HELP HIM DIVORCE HIS LEGAL WIFE, EVEN THOUGH SHE HERSELF HAD ARRANGED THE WEDDING BETWEEN HER SON AND HER NIECE IN ORDER TO DRAW HIM AWAY FROM ANOTHER WOMAN WHO THE QUEEN DID NOT LIKE.