State Of Emergncy In Bangkok
| BANGKOK, Feb. 22 (Rec 6 pm).— . A state of national emergency was ; declared in Bangkok yesterday, al- . legedly to combat the growing Communist menace in Siam. [ Political circles were surprised J that an emergency was not. pro- > 1 claimed until four days after Cabi- > net’s resolution approving the meas.l ure. Some circles attribute the deI lay to political opponents’ criticism »| of some of the measures proposed by ;, the Premier, Phibul Songkhram.- ‘ (Reuter).
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Wanganui Chronicle, 23 February 1949, Page 5
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