Word: bangkok
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Bangkok, Thailand [Siam], Nov. 13, 1940 (U.P.)-Appointment of Premier Major General Luang Pitul Songgram as supreme commander of the armed forces of Thailand, effective immediately, by King Ananda Mahidol was announced today by the Council of the Regency...
...Bangkok, Thailand, July 29, 1941 (U.P.)-Premier Luang Pitul Songgram was named Supreme Commander of Thailand's armed forces today with the ranks of Field Marshal. Admiral of the Fleet and Air Marshal. Hitherto those posts were held only by sovereigns...
...Bangkok, Nov. 15, 1941 (U.P.)-The King today named Premier Luang Pitul Songgram supreme commander of Thailand's armed forces, indicating the seriousness with which the present situation in southeast Asia is viewed...
While Japanese soldiers in French Indo-China made ugly faces across the border at Thailand, the U.S. decided that Bangkok was no place for a noncareer diplomat, hastily picked one of the ablest (and homeliest) career men in its Far Eastern diplomatic service to replace the Alabama politico who has been U.S. Minister there since...
...Envoy Extraordinary & Minister Plenipotentiary to Bangkok is keen, spare, mild-mannered Willys Ruggles Peck. His joints jut out like scaffolding joists. His Chinese-yellow skin is stretched tight over a shrunken skull. Peck is one of the most tactful, tightlipped, affable men in the State Department, with an Oriental knack for getting what he wants while he lets you think you are walking all over him. If anybody-can hold Thailand safe for democracy, Peck...