ATTEMPTED POISONING
THE PREMIER OF SIAM DRUG MIXED WITH FOOD (United Press Assn.— Elec. Tel Copyright) LONDON, Dec. 27 The Bangkok correspondent of Reuter’s reveals the third attempt in four years to poison the Prime Minister of Siam. Mr Pibul Songgram. It is stated that poison was mixed with food, temporarily affecting Mr Songgram ami his wife and daughter. The Foreign Secretary, Viscount Halifax, sent a telegram to Mr Songgram expressing alarm at the cowardly attempt and his pleasure at Mr Songgram’s escape.
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Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20690, 28 December 1938, Page 5
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