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Thailand, under a new, less antagonistic regime, welcomed the visit. The jovial Vietnamese were received at Bangkok airport with lilac-scented garlands called puang malais and elegantly chauffeured about town in capitalistic Cadillacs and Lincoln Continentals. There was even a cocktail party for Trinh, to which delegations from foreign embassies were invited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDOCHINA: The Two Hands Of Hanoi | 1/23/1978 | See Source »

...PROBLEM, of course, is to identify the guerrillas. Last week, the Interior Ministry's Under-Secretary of State Puang Suwannarath announced the government's new policy of not branding anyone a communist without investigating the situation. His statement alone pinpoints a serious problem for the Thais...

Author: By R. P. W. norton., | Title: Insurgency in Southern Thailand | 3/3/1971 | See Source »

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