Word: thailand
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...dramatic moment. Thailand had surrendered to the Japanese. In the Thailand Legation in Washington the brisk, round-faced Minister, Mom Raja-wongse Seni Pramoj, had to announce whether or not he surrendered...
...glossy-haired men arose and shouted in unison: Chai-yo! (Hurrah). They shouted it five times. For the Minister announced that, no matter what his Government said: "I have decided to work from now on for one thing and one thing only-the re-establishment of free and independent Thailand." The ornate, red-carpeted sitting room, dazzling with gold-silk furniture, pillars and goddesses, echoed with the Oriental cheers. When he finished his eloquent speech, the Minister selected a cigaret from the skull of a tiger whose open jaws were lined with gold, and ended solemnly, in English: "Gentlemen...
...Thailand's Premier, Luang Pibul Songgram, who sent, according to Domei, a congratulatory telegram to Japan's Premier Tojo on Japan's "splendid achievements in the first few days...
...invitation to Japan to change sides, join the U.S., Britain, The Netherlands, Russia, Thailand and China in a nonaggressive settlement...
...Eastern, headed by tall, grey Charles B. Rayner, for ten years Standard Oil manager in Java, The Netherlands East Indies and Thailand, later a Texas...