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The global PR firm Edelman [9]'s six-month-long contract to help build international support for Thaksin Shinawatra [10], who was ousted in a September 2006 military coup, has been revealed as being worth $300,000. The contract is via Thaksin's law firm, Baker Botts. However, Edelman's success led to its Thai affiliate, Spindler & Associates (S&A), terminating [11] its relationship with the firm. The head of S&A is Julian Spindler, whose wife is Kanjana Spindler, the Deputy Secretary General to the military-installed Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont. The Thai newspaper The Nation reports [12] that Thaksin has also hired the U.S. law firm Barbour Griffith and Rogers [13], to "provide guidance and counsel with regard to Mr Thaksin's interest in Washington, DC, and abroad."
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[1] http://dev.prwatch.org/users/7/bob-burton
[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/public-relations/crisis-management
[3] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/democracy
[4] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/international
[5] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/lobbying
[6] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/public-relations
[7] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/us-government
[8] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdev.prwatch.org%2Fspin%2F2007%2F02%2F5784%2Fedelmans-contract-ousted-thai-leader-worth-300k&linkname=Edelman%27s%20Contract%20for%20Ousted%20Thai%20Leader%20Worth%20%24300k
[9] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Edelman
[10] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thaksin_Shinawatra
[11] http://nationmultimedia.com/2007/01/29/headlines/headlines_30025394.php
[12] http://nationmultimedia.com/2007/02/08/headlines/headlines_30026283.php
[13] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Barbour_Griffith_and_Rogers
[14] http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/0213edel_thaksin.htm