SITUATION IN SIAM NOW SAID TO BE BACK TO NORMAL
(Rec. 9.40 a.m.) BANGKOK, February 28. A Government communique today claimed that the situation in Bangkok “has been speedily restored to normal,” after the week-end clash between army and navy groups. However, troops have been ordered to stand by for action in case of an emergency. Bangkok has remained peaceful in the last 24 hours, though two minor gun battles were reported The participants in these incidents have not been Police and military patrols have sealed off important Government offices and strategic zones. • An unconfirmed report says that four civilians died and several were wounded in the week-end shooting affray.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 1 March 1949, Page 5
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