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Save for Britain and France, the only European nations in the alliance, the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization was virtually solid in its support of the U.S. "Only those on the side of the aggressors are against this move," said Thailand's Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman. "The sinews of war must be destroyed." Added Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Narciso Ramos: "About time...
...come here to band ourselves against any people or nation," asserted Thai Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman last week to some 80 delegates from Japan, Malaysia, Nationalist China, Australia, New Zealand, South Viet Nam, the Philippines, Thailand and South Korea. Rather, their purpose in gathering in flag-festooned Seoul was, he said, "an alliance for the advancement and prosperity of our peoples...
...Moslem nations only three glowing days together to resolve most of their differences, agree on "practical steps to restore friendly relations," and call off the three-year war that had given all of Southeast Asia the jitters. "It is a moving spectacle," beamed Thailand's Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman, who had sponsored the talks, "to see estranged friends shake hands again and even embrace...
...Thanat Khoman, 52, the brilliant civilian Foreign Minister, who has represented the Thais for 20 years around the world, notably in Washington and at the U.N. Of Chinese ancestry, Thanat (pronounced Tah-not) speaks five languages, has played a key role in mediating the Malaysian-Indonesian dispute in recent weeks, ranks as anti-Communist as any statesman in Asia...
Ball Deferred. In Thailand, Humphrey inspected the ornate wats (temples) and expertly demonstrated the wai-the traditional Thai greeting that consists of a slight bow with palms pressed together at the chest. Visiting the impoverished, Red-infiltrated northeast of Thailand, Humphrey told Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman: "You have some fine country here. It looks like Minnesota." His main aim in Bangkok was to assure the Thai government that the Administration's new emphasis on social goals in Southeast Asia portended no diminution of the military effort to repel Communist aggression. The joint communique issued by Humphrey and Prime Minister...