On The Alert In Siam
(REUTER.—N.Z.P.A.) (Rec. 10.0). BANGKOK, July 23. The Siamese Government has ordered all-out preparedness against an outbreak of Communist sabotage in Bangkok. Reports from the capital have indicated a Government fear of an uprising against the dictator, Phibun, by the services or the followers of the war-time "Free That” Movement led by Pridi Panomyong, who fled from the country at the time of Phibun’s coup last November. A senior police officer to-day said that the situation in Bangkok was about to reach • a crisis. Army Headquarters had placed all troops on the alert.
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Grey River Argus, 24 July 1948, Page 5
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