Word: adulyadej
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King Bhumibel Adulyadej apparently persuaded the old regime's leaders to leave the country and warned them that they would turn Bangkok into a slaughterhouse if they brought additional troops to the capital to crush the revolt...
...close relationship with the U.S. But Premier Thanom did not telephone U.S. Ambassador Leonard Unger to explain the reasons for the coup until the announcement was already being broadcast to the nation. Only later that night did Thanom drop in at the royal palace to inform King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit...
Members of the Thai military elite conceal the exact time of their birth to prevent enemies from learning their weak spots by having accurate horoscopes cast. King Bhumibol Adulyadej is a thoroughly modern monarch, yet he does not set out on journeys without consulting an astrologer about the most auspicious departure time...
Continued Role. From Saigon the travelers went to Bangkok, where they were greeted by Thailand's Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn in a gilded, red-curtained hall of Government House. Later in their stay they had an audience with King Bhumibol Adulyadej in his lavishly landscaped palace. The Thais discussed recent strains in their country's relations with the U.S. and said that efforts to combat Communist insurgency in northeast Thailand were, in Thanom's words, having "rather satisfactory" results...
...major public events, the exact time was chosen by astrologers. They proclaimed 10:29 a.m. to be the most auspicious. At that precise moment, trumpets blared and a gold curtain in Thailand's National Assembly chamber parted to reveal King Bhumibol Adulyadej seated on a special gold en throne beneath the traditional nine-tiered umbrella. The King, wearing a white military dress uniform, sat silently while a court official read the royal proclamation. Then he slowly signed three copies of the document, handwritten by official scribes and stamped with the royal seal...