Word: sarit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Feeling rose between the two countries, aggravated by the fact that Thailand is always accusing Cambodia of providing jungle bases for Communist guerrillas. Last fall the two nations severed diplomatic relations after Thailand's Soldier Premier Sarit Thanarit likened Cambodia's Prince Norodom Sihanouk to a pig. In a speech, Sihanouk retorted that though he might look like a pig, Sarit was a fatter pig. If soup were made of the two leaders, sneered Sihanouk, the soup made from Sarit would taste better...
...business. Asked what he thought of his assignment, Battalion Commander Lieut. Colonel Harold Adams answered curtly: "When the President tells us to go some place, we go." The marines were in Thailand not only by presidential order but at the invitation of the government of Premier Sarit Thanarat-the first time in 600 years that the Thais have asked foreigners in to help them defend their soil. Said a Thai Cabinet minister: "Persons with old-fashioned ideas may not like having foreign troops in Thailand, but in these times a country has to depend on collective security." Piling into Thai...
...legal rate; the price of rice has doubled; the price of fish, vegetables and oils has jumped even higher. These were the facts that sent Phoumi, Premier Boun Oum and a clutch of other top officials to Bangkok in a desperate search for help from Thailand's Marshal Sarit Thanarat...
...past, Sarit, Phoumi's older cousin, also challenged the Kennedy administration's plan for a neutral Laos, but now he has apparently changed his mind. Declared a Thai government spokesman even before Phoumi arrived: "The U.S. must have considered all reasons and circumstances before reaching such a decision . . . If evil consequences arise later, the U.S. will not ignore its responsibility and will help Laos...
...fact-finding missions to Viet Nam, Taylor's mission was to be the final, decisive survey of the situation before the U.S. decides what course to take to save its ally. Holed up in Bangkok at week's end for talks with Thailand's Premier Marshal Sarit Thanarat, who fears that his country may be next if South Viet Nam falls, Taylor did not wait for his scheduled return to the U.S. on Nov. 3, shot off his impressions to Kennedy with the promise of a more complete and detailed report later. Among Taylor's findings...