Word: buri
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Chiang Mai. A large new military airstrip is under construction at Khon Kaen, and two strips are being readied to handle anything up to giant B-52 bombers. Not long ago, a 130-man U.S. Army Special Forces team quietly moved from Okinawa to set up headquarters at Lop Buri. If it ever comes to widening the war, Thailand would be an excellent staging area for interdiction of the Ho Chi Minh trail...
...Communists, outlawed trade with Red China. Helped by more than $750 million in U.S. aid, he stabilized the economy, achieved a hefty trade balance, and socked away more than $500 million in foreign-exchange reserves that encouraged foreign investment and industrial expansion. The U.S.-built Friendship Highway, from Sara Buri to Korat, facilitated the movement of crops to market, and the government began an agricultural diversification program to lessen dependence on rice, Thailand's single cash crop...
...BURI Philadelphia