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.

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

Bangkok, April 22, 1959—6 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 292.51G22/4–2259. Confidential. Repeated to Saigon and Tokyo.

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

Bangkok, May 19, 1959—7 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 292.51G22/5–1959. Confidential. Repeated to Saigon, Seoul, and Tokyo.

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

Bangkok, May 28, 1959—1 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.00/5–2859. Secret; Noforn; Limit Distribution. Repeated to Hong Kong.

521. Airgram From the Embassy in Thailand to the Department of State

Bangkok, June 12, 1959.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 292.51G22/6–1259. Confidential. Repeated to Saigon, Rangoon, and Vientiane.

522. Letter From the Ambassador in Thailand (Johnson) to the Director of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs (Kocher)

Bangkok, June 29, 1959.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 892.53/6–1959. Secret; Official–Informal.

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

Bangkok, July 28, 1959—3 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 292.51G22/7–2859. Confidential. Repeated to Saigon, Rangoon, Vientiane, Phnom Penh, and Tokyo.

524. Telegram From the Embassy in Burma to the Department of State

Rangoon, August 5, 1959—9 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 292.51G22/8–559. Confidential. Repeated to Bangkok.

525. Note From the Acting Secretary of State to the Thai Ambassador (Visutr Arthayukti)

Washington, August 6, 1959.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 411.9241/7–1759. No classification marking.

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

Bangkok, August 14, 1959—6 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 292.51G22/8–1459. Confidential. Repeated to Rangoon, Saigon, Tokyo, CINCPAC for POLAD, Vientiane, Phnom Penh, Kuala Lumpur, and Manila.

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

Bangkok, August 18, 1959—9 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 292.51G22/8–1859. Confidential. Repeated to Rangoon, Saigon, Tokyo, Vientiane, Phnom Penh, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, and CINCPAC for POLAD.

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

Washington, August 18, 1959—1:42 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.11/8–1859. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Anthony C. Swezey; cleared by Assistant Secretary Parsons, Clement Conger of the Protocol Staff, and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Robert Murphy; and signed by Acting Secretary Dillon.

529. Telegram From the Embassy in Vietnam to the Department of State

Saigon, August 29, 1959—noon.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 292.51G22/8–2959. Confidential. Repeated to Bangkok.

530. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Vietnam

Washington, August 31, 1959—8:40 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 292.51G22/8–2959. Confidential. Drafted by Swezey; cleared by David M. Bane, Director of the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs; and approved by Daniel V. Anderson, Director of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs. Repeated to Seoul, Tokyo, Bangkok, and CINCPAC for POLAD.

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

Washington, September 9, 1959—8:29 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.5–MSP/9–959. Secret; Priority. Drafted by C. Richard Spurgin in SEA, cleared with FE and U/MSC, and approved by Clifford C. Matlock, Special Assistant for Economic Affairs in the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs.

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

Washington, September 14, 1959—9:25 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 292.51G22/9–459. Confidential. Drafted by Swezey, cleared with SEA and FE, and approved by Parsons. Repeated to Saigon and CINCPAC for POLAD.

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

Bangkok, September 17, 1959—6 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 292.51G22/9–1759. Confidential. Repeated to London and Saigon.

534. Despatch From the Embassy in Thailand to the Department of State

Bangkok, October 20, 1959.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.90/10–2059. Secret.

535. Letter From the Ambassador in Thailand (Johnson) to Prime Minister Sarit Thanarat

Bangkok, November 7, 1959.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.5–MSP/11–1059. Confidential. The source text is a copy transmitted as an enclosure to despatch 290 from Bangkok, November 10.

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

Bangkok, November 13, 1959—11 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.5–MSP/11–1359. Secret. Repeated to CINCPAC for POLAD.

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

Bangkok, November 24, 1959—6 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 292.51G22/11–2459. Confidential. Repeated to Saigon, CINCPAC for POLAND, Vientiane, Phnom Penh, Kuala Lumpur, Rangoon, Tokyo, and Seoul.

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

Washington, November 30, 1959—7:16 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 292.51G22/11–2459. Confidential. Drafted by Swezey, cleared by Anderson and Steeves, and approved by Parsons. Repeated to Saigon and CINCPAC for POLAD.

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

Bangkok, December 4, 1959—11 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 292.51G22/12–459. Confidential. Also sent to CINCPAC for POLAD and repeated to Saigon, Vientiane, and Phnom Penh.

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

Bangkok, January 9, 1960—8 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.5–MSP/1–960. Confidential.

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

Bangkok, January 17, 1960—1 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.5–MSP/1–1760. Confidential. Repeated to Phnom Penh, Vientiane, Saigon, New Delhi, and CINCPAC for POLAD.

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

Washington, February 3, 1960—6:21 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.5–MSP/1–2960. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Robert G. Cleveland; cleared with SEA and FE and with ICA, U/MSC, and the Department of Defense; and approved by Parsons. Repeated to CINCPAC for POLAD.

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

Washington, February 13, 1960—5:11 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.5–MSP/1–2960. Confidential. Drafted by Brand of DLF; cleared by Avery F. Peterson and with the Department of the Treasury and the Export-Import Bank; and approved by Dillon.

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

Bangkok, February 19, 1960—11 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.5–MSP/2–1960. Confidential.

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

Bangkok, March 1, 1960—11 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.5–MSP/3–160. Confidential.

546. Telegram From the Department of State and the Development Loan Fund to the Embassy in Thailand

Washington, March 11, 1960—11:27 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 792.5–MSP/3–1160. Confidential. Drafted in DLF and cleared with FE and E.