CONDITIONS IN SIAM
Japanese Made Inroads Into Resources LONDON, September 4. Siam is in ntied of rehabilitation every bit. as much as Burma. A correspondent wlio has been in Bangkok says that the Japanese removed every lorry they couid lay their hands on and also made vicious inroads into the country’s resources. Half the livestock has been driven oft or destroyed. ... Politically, Siam'realizes that she did Britain a bad turn when she Allied herself with the Japanese, and she has never expected that Britain would "fall on her neck,” but she has faith in British Justice and goodwill.; • — A military mission from bEAG is expected at Bangkok within the next day or so to discuss with the Siamese Government the disarming of the Japanese and the evacuation of 20.000 prisoners ot war.
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Dominion, Volume 38, Issue 289, 5 September 1945, Page 7
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132CONDITIONS IN SIAM Dominion, Volume 38, Issue 289, 5 September 1945, Page 7
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