1. THE DAILY MIRROR 2. NEW BANGKOK NEWSPAPERS 3. THE THAI COMMERCIAL PRESS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005400600001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 20, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 7, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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lA The coznposinC staff of the Dail ;:_irror* threatened to strike on 3 July
1950 because of the demand by the-editor, Mom Chao Sophon Phradai, that
they take a 20 to 30 percent out in pay. 1:.eommittee representing the
composing str.ff demanded a full explanation as to why a cut in pay was
necessary and also demanded that the staff be paid the back salaries due
them. Sophon forestalled a strike temporarily by informing the committee
that he would attempt to borrow the money to oay the salaries in arrears.
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to collect back pay.
3. Luang Thawin ~etaphanitchakarn, manager of the Daily Mirror, has attempted
to improve the financial standing of the paper, He states that he has
lost approximately 80,000 baht, exclusive of his investment in the English
type for the Daily Mirror.
A new newspaper, the Bangkok Sun, has been rjgistered with Thai authorities,
but has not yet begun publication. k'rancis JJ, a former staff member of
Denocrac , is atte;pting to get the Bangkok Sun in publication, but has
had little success thus far. - '??
6. Representatives of .e Boon Haw*** will establish an English_langus.re news-
paper on 10 October 1950. Prr,sent plans call for an editorial staff made
up of Chinese and Australians, who will be brought to ban, ko: from Hong
Kong.
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