Volume 13, March, 1967 Thailand, Page 21924
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Mar 1967 - U.S. Bombing Raids on North Vietnam from Thai Bases. - Build-up of American Forces in Thailand.
It was officially confirmed by U.S. and Thai spokesmen on March 9 that American planes based in Thailand were bombing targets in North Vietnam. According to press reports, this had been the case for more than two years but, in deference to Thai wishes, there had previously been no official confirmation on the American side.
The U.S. Ambassador in Bangkok, Mr. Graham A. Martin, had disclosed on Jan. 18, 1967, that the United States had over 35,000 troops in Thailand, of whom 8,000 were engaged on construction projects. Mr. Martin's statement was the first formal acknowledgment of the extent of the American military build-up in Thailand, on which official secrecy had hitherto been maintained in Washington and Bangkok.
Despite the official reticence, references to U.S. military activities in Thailand had repeatedly appeared during 1966 in the American and British Press. On Aug. 10 the Thai Prime Minister, Field-Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn, ...

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