The Administration did have some latitude in determining how much assistance to suspend to
Thailand.6 Aid that could continue because of “notwithstanding” clauses was generally
humanitarian in nature—for instance, emergency food aid, international disaster assistance, and
migration and refugee aid. Military assistance programs, however, were suspended. Immediately
following the coup, the U.S. cut off $3.5 million in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) and
$85,000 in International Military Education and Training (IMET) funds. (In recent years,
Thailand has received approximately $1.3 million in IMET annually.7)