Thailand has long been an important diplomatic ally of the United States as well as a willing host to overt and clandestine U.S. operations beginning with the Cold War and continuing through to the so-called War on Terror.

Both the number of documents which mention Thailand and the number which originated the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok are in the highest fifth of all documents on WikiLeaks.

In concrete terms, this means that there are 3,516 cables which mention Thailand, and 2,941 which originated at the embassy in Bangkok (75 classified as ‘secret,’ 1343 classified as ‘confidential,’ and 1523 that were ‘unclassified’).

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