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...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...
...TIME, your reference to the Thais as the people who are unwilling to fight is hardly justified, but you are right in saying that we have a strong leader in Sarit Thanarat, and we really need one. The surrender to Japan in World War II did not have the consent of the majority of the people of Thailand. It came from the dictator [Pibulsonggram] who ruled the country at that time. You should have mentioned how admirably the brave Thai soldiers and the serious-minded Thai boy scouts sacrificed their blood in fighting the enemy in Southern Thailand until...
...headquarters for SEATO. Although the Thais are gentle people and not famous for stalwart struggle in the face of adversity (they surrendered to the Japanese with embarrassing speed in World War II, soon switched sides and happily declared war on the U.S.), they are bossed by tough Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat, who has built a strong 100,000-man army with the help of $550 million in U.S. aid. A popular dictator, Sarit made his country prosperous, faces no serious domestic discontent, and has kept his few domestic Communists well in hand...