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...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 Thanom Kittikachorn reaffirmed the "urgent necessity" of strengthening Thailand's U.S.-equipped armed forces...
...forces. Alastair Buchan of London's Institute for Strategic Studies points out that there are more military men acting as political leaders than at any time in the 20th century." He cites Pakistan's President Mohammed Ayub Khan, Burma's Ne Win Thai land's Thanom Kittikachorn, Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser Algeria s Houan Boumedienne, Saigon's Nguyen Cao Ky, France's Charles de Gaulle and such nonprofessional but militaristic figures as Cuba's Fidel Castro and Indonesia's Sukarno...
Nonetheless, the $70 million investment in the northeast has bought the government of Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn time in which to take further steps toward progress. The belief that the government really means to help them is spreading among the northeasterners. Villagers in provinces where rural development work has not begun are asking local officials when their turn will come. Indeed, when the Interior Minister, General Prapas Charussatira, visited the town of Nongkhai to initiate an aid program, he was welcomed as a bearer of good omens. On the day of his arrival, Mekong fishermen netted...
Subversion, Communist variety, was also taken up by Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn. "Those who talk about U.S. withdrawal from Viet Nam," said he, "are those who do not share the responsibility." A stirring appeal for U.S. commitment in Asia came from Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman, who said: "We in Thailand have no place to retreat to, so we will make our first stand and our last stand here." But he was optimistic: "If we draw up a balance sheet of our strengths and weaknesses and those of our antagonists, we would find it very much in our favor...
...Premier Thanom also eased another Sarit repression: out of Lardyao Prison came 15 Thai journalists who had been jailed for far-left political sympathies. Thanom can afford to be confident. Thailand today is Southeast Asia's stablest country, both politically and economically. A "constituent assembly" is currently drafting a new constitution, and Thanom is planning to hold parliamentary elections some time next year to set up a new civilian regime. Whatever the election outcome, to most Thais the voting will be an anticlimax after the election of Pook...