Office of the Historian

U.S. INTEREST IN THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STABILITY, MILITARY STRENGTH, AND INTERNATIONAL ORIENTATION OF THAILAND1

1. For previous documentation, see Foreign Relations, 1955–1957, vol. XXII, pp. 807 ff. Documentation on Thai relations with Cambodia and Thai concern over the situation in Laos is printed in volume xvi.

487. Telegram From the Embassy in Thailand to the Department of State

Bangkok, June 6, 1958—7 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.551/6–658. Confidential; Priority.

488. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Thailand

Washington, June 6, 1958—8:20 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.551/5–3158. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Wile; cleared with ICA, DLF, and the Export-Import Bank; and approved by Robertson. Repeated to CINCPAC for POLAD.

489. Letter From the Ambassador in Thailand (Johnson) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Robertson)

Bangkok, June 11, 1958.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.551/6–1158. Secret.

490. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Thailand

Washington, June 23, 1958—8:22 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.551/6–2358. Confidential; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Bushner, cleared by Kocher, and approved by Robertson. Repeated to CINCPAC exclusive for Admiral Stump and for POLAD.

491. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Thailand

Washington, June 28, 1958—8:17 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.551/6–2858. Confidential; Priority; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Bushner; cleared with the Department of Defense, ICA, DLF, Export-Import Bank, and Walter Reed Hospital; and approved by Secretary Dulles. Repeated to CINCPAC for POLAD.

492. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Thailand

Washington, June 28, 1958—8:18 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.551/6–2858. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Bushner; cleared with the Department of Defense and the Office of the Special Assistant for Mutual Security Affairs in the Department of State; and approved by Robertson. Repeated to CINCPAC for POLAD.

493. Telegram From the Embassy in Thailand to the Department of State

Bangkok, June 30, 1958—4 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.551/6–3058. Confidential. Repeated to CINCPAC, Saigon, Phnom Penh, Kuala Lumpur, Rangoon, Manila, Vientiane, and Chiengmai.

494. Telegram From the Embassy in Thailand to the Department of State

Bangkok, July 2, 1958—1 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.551/7–258. Confidential; Limit Distribution. Repeated to CINCPAC and to CINCPAC for POLAD.

496. Telegram From the Embassy in Thailand to the Department of State

Bangkok, October 20, 1958—11 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.00/10–2058. Secret; Niact. Repeated to Saigon. Secretary of Defense McElroy was then in Saigon en route to Bangkok. Telegram 956 from Bangkok, October 23, reported on Sarit’s meeting with McElroy and Johnson in which Sarit raised the question of possible Thai requests for further U.S. aid. (Ibid., 611.92/10–2358)

Sarit flew to London in early August. He stayed in England until his return to Bangkok on October 19.

497. Memorandum From the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (Cumming) to the Acting Secretary of State

Washington, October 20, 1958.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.00/10–2058. Secret.

498. Memorandum From the Director of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs (Kocher) to the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Parsons)

Washington, October 21, 1958.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.00/10–2158. Secret. Drafted by Bushner.

499. Telegram From the Commander in Chief, Pacific’s Political Adviser (Steeves) to the Department of State

Pearl Harbor, October 11, 1958—11:10 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.00/10–2258. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Bangkok.

500. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Thailand

Washington, November 6, 1958—7:52 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.00/11–558. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Bushner, approved by Alfred leS. Jenkins and Kocher, and approved by Parsons.

501. Telegram From the Embassy in Thailand to the Department of State

Bangkok, November 10, 1958—6 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.00/11–1058. Confidential. Repeated to Saigon, Phnom Penh, Vientiane, Rangoon, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Taipei, Hong Kong, Chiengmai, and CINCPAC.

502. Telegram From the Embassy in Thailand to the Department of State

Bangkok, November 11, 1958—5 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.00/11–1158. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution.

503. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Thailand

Washington, November 13, 1958—8:33 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.00/11–1358. Confidential; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Bushner, cleared by Jenkins and Kocher, and approved by Robertson.

504. Telegram From the Embassy in Thailand to the Department of State

Bangkok, November 18, 1958—3 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.00/11–1858. Confidential; Limit Distribution.

505. Telegram From the Embassy in Thailand to the Department of State

Bangkok, December 13, 1958—1 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.00/12–1358. Confidential; Limit Distribution.

506. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Thailand

Washington, December 17, 1958—6:36 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central files, 292.51G22/12–1558. Secret. Drafted by Bushner; cleared by Jenkins, Kocher, and Richard R. Brown, Director of the Office of Refugee and Migration Affairs; and approved by Parsons. Also sent to Saigon and Kuala Lumpur and repeated to Manila, Phnom Penh, Rangoon, Vientiane, and New Delhi.

507. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Embassy in Thailand

Paris, December 18, 1958—8 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.00/12–1858. Confidential. Repeated to the Department of State as Secto 30, which is the source text. Secretary Dulles was in Paris for the Ministerial Session of the North Atlantic Council.

508. Telegram From the Embassy in Thailand to the Department of State

Bangkok, December 22, 1958.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.5/12–2258. Unclassified; Priority.

509. Telegram From the Embassy in Thailand to the Department of State

Bangkok, December 22, 1958—5 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.551/12–2258. Confidential; Limit Distribution. Repeated to CINCPAC and CINCPAC POLAD.

510. Telegram From the Embassy in Thailand to the Department of State

Bangkok, December 23, 1958—5 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.92/12–2358. Confidential.

511. Telegram From the Embassy in Thailand to the Department of State

Bangkok, January 29, 1959—noon.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.03/1–2959. Secret; Limit Distribution.

512. Telegram From the Embassy in Thailand to the Department of State

Bangkok, January 29, 1959—5 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.03/1–2959. Secret; Limit Distribution.

513. Telegram From the Embassy in Thailand to the Department of State

Bangkok, February 12, 1959—10 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.5–MSP/2–1259. Secret. Also sent to CINCPAC for POLAD.

514. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Robertson) to the Acting Secretary of State

Washington, February 13, 1959.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.03/2–1359. Confidential. Drafted by Bushner.

515. Telegram From the Embassy in Thailand to the Department of State

Bangkok, March 3, 1959—noon.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.5–MSP/3–359. Secret. Also sent to CINCPAC.

516. Telegram From the Embassy in Thailand to the Department of State

Bangkok, April 10, 1959—8 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.5–MSP/4–1059. Official Use Only.