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...positions around the headquarters of the National Security Command in Bangkok, and Thais were told to listen for a special radio announcement. The news: Thailand's three-year-old constitution and the Parliament had been summarily abolished and replaced by a military-dominated junta headed by Premier Thanom Kittikachorn. Members of Parliament were allowed to collect $257.14 each in pay and allowances due them...
...surface tranquillity, the coup imposed harsh military rule, complete with martial law, a provision for summary execution, and a prohibition of political gatherings of more than four persons. The new regime is virtually identical with the clique that controlled the former government. Besides amiable, soft-spoken Premier Thanom Kittikachorn, the junta includes tough, earthy Praphas Charusathien, who, as commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army, is the most powerful man in the country. Among the members of the Cabinet who are at least temporarily out of a job: Thanat Khoman, a brilliant but unpopular Foreign Minister who helped forge...
There was no indication of a major switch in Thailand's close relationship with the U.S. But Premier Thanom did not telephone U.S. Ambassador Leonard Unger to explain the reasons for the coup until the announcement was already being broadcast to the nation. Only later that night did Thanom drop in at the royal palace to inform King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit...
Royal Astrologers. In Thailand, precise times for major events are determined by the royal astrologer. Twenty years ago, a Buddhist monk told Thai Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn that he would serve as Premier three times; he is currently in his third term. Thus when a family astrologer recommended a shift in living quarters to avoid inauspicious influences, Thanom and his family forthwith vacated the official residence for nearly a year...
...THAILAND: In warless Bangkok, his last stop, Agnew for the first time was able to relax. Unencumbered by heavy security, he signed autographs for children at his hotel, attended a state dinner in the prescribed open-necked, shortsleeved sports shirt, and, beer in hand, chatted amiably with Thai Premier Thanom Kittika-chorn. But the casualness masked serious business. The Thais are concerned about the military and economic effects of American withdrawal: of the 45,000 Americans, mostly airmen, stationed there, 10,000 are to be pulled out by next year. The Thais, professing full agreement with the Nixon Doctrine, urged...