S.E.A.T.O. COUNCIL MEETS
N.Z. Not Represented In Bangkok (Rec. 10 p.m.) BANGKOK, April 7. The S.E.A.T.O. Council’s permanent representatives met for the first time today to begin to implement proposals made at Bangkok in February to stop the expansion of communism in South-east Asia. The press was excluded from the meeting and no statement was issued but diplomatic sources said delegates had made recommendations on how the council’s work was to be carried out. They emphasised the informality of the meeting. Delegates also welcomed a speech made by Mr Menzies, the Australian Prime Minister, on April 1, outlining the military aid Australia was going to give South-east Asia to combat communism.
New Zealand, which has no direct diplomatic representation in Bangkok, was not represented at the meeting. Siam’s delegate was a senior Foreign Office official. Other countries—the Philippines, Pakistan, the United States, Britain, France and Australia—were represented by their heads of mission.
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Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27629, 9 April 1955, Page 7
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