THAI STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST THANOM'S RETURN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S01932A000100120026-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 1, 1998
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: December 28, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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DATE: 28 DECEMBER 1974
THAI STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST THANOM'S RETURN
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ABOUT 10,000 STUDENT DEDMONSTRATMORS ARE STAGING A MASS
,RALLY IN BANGKOK TO PROTEST THE RETURN OF FORMER THAI PRIME
MINISTER THANOM KITTIKHACHON. THE STUDENTS ARE ACCUSING THE
GOVERNMENT OF COMPLICITY IN THANOM'S RETURN AND CALLING FOR HIS
TRIAL BY A PEOPLE'S COURT, BUT THEY HAVE NOT CONVEYED ANY FORMAL
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DEMANDS TO THE GOVERNMENT. THE RALLY HAS BEEN PEACEFUL THUS FAR.
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LATE TOMORROW BEFORE SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS FROM UPCOUNTRY CAN
ARRIVE OR BEFORE STUDENT LEADERS WOULD CONSIDER BEGINNING ANY
CONFRONTATION WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
THAI ARMY COMMANDER GENERAL KRIT, WHO HAS CUT SHORT HIS
'OVERSEAS TOUR, IS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE IN BANGKOK LATE TODAY.
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