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...Died. Direck Jayanama, 62, Thai patriot, Deputy Premier in 1946-47 and seven-time Cabinet minister, who during his service as Foreign Minister in World War II managed with great sangfroid to butter up Thailand's Japanese masters while at the same time holding a top post in the resistance movement against Japan, early in 1945 led a secret mission to Ceylon to confer with the Allied command about organizing a Free Thai uprising, and was later awarded the U.S. Medal of Freedom; of stomach cancer; in Bangkok...
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