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Died. General Phao Sriyanond, 52, one of a triumvirate that toppled the Thailand regime in 1947 (a second member, Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat, still rules the country), who frequently consulted astrologists while enhancing his twin sources of Siamese power-at least 20 prosperous business ventures, a 40,000-man national police force more powerful than the army; of a heart attack; in exile in Geneva...
...prince in Vientiane cannot tell a Red from a banyan tree. Several leaders of Laos' 28,000-man army - armed, trained and paid by U.S. aid-support Phoumi's right-wing rebellion. Also working for the general is the fact that he has had help from Marshal Sarit, strongman of the neighboring kingdom of Thailand, whom he calls uncle (actually, he is a first cousin once removed). Vientiane gets all its fuel and most of its food from Thailand, and Sarit has in effect imposed a blockade simply by closing the border across the Mekong River from Vientiane...
...aftermath of the U2, the U.S. heard some wails from the fainter-hearted citizens of allied nations that U.S. bases might attract Russian rockets. But last week a refreshing note came from an unexpected quarter. Said Thailand's Premier Sarit Thanarat to reporters: "Thailand is the pivot of the free-world alliance in Asia. If one of our neighbors becomes dominated by Communists, rocket bases will be an absolute necessity." Tough Field Marshal Sarit named no names, but his message was obviously meant for Laos and, especially, Cambodia, whose Prince Sihanouk has been busily courting the Chinese Communists...
...good standing of SEATO. Thailand has not yet asked for U.S. rocket bases nor have they been offered. Militarily, rockets are probably not the appropriate answer to Communist penetration in a small neighboring nation. But the U.S. State Department, weary of hearing only the sound of complaints, found Sarit's voice a pleasant change. Said Sarit: "We are prepared to meet steel with steel anytime...
Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat, after he seized full power in Thailand late in 1958, announced bluntly: "They must go, and they must go soon." But who would take the Vietnamese refugees? Laos did not want them. Neither did South Viet Nam's President Ngo Dinh Diem, who feared loss of face if the refugees-mostly northerners, and Communist-indoctrinated-should reject an invitation from him. At this point, North Viet Nam's Communist Boss Ho Chi Minh offered to take in the refugees. And after the usual hard bargaining, an agreement was reached between the Communists and Thailand...