SIAMESE COUP
OUTBREAK OF FIGHTING REPORTED SINGAPORE. Nov. 11 Fighting broke out yesterday morning between Siamese regular armed forces and the “ people’s resistance forces,” reports Reuter’s Bangkok correspondent in a batch of despatches received at Singapore after a ninehours’ delay. Lieutenant-general Phin Chunhawan, supreme commander and Bangkok area military commander, in announcing the fighting to the press, did not reveal the location or strength of the. forces involved or the outcome. It is understood that orders were flashed to garrisons throughout the country to be ready to march within 24 hours. „ , , A public relations officer at Bangkok revealed that Songgram yesterday received the British, .Chinese, and American Ambassadors.' ancl claimed that the talks were “ cordial.” The Acting Foreign Minister, Bisut Virajatej, announced that instructions had been forwarded to all Siamese diplomats abroad to carry om as usual.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26617, 13 November 1947, Page 7
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137SIAMESE COUP Otago Daily Times, Issue 26617, 13 November 1947, Page 7
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