Volume 22, December, 1976 Thailand, Page 28103
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Dec 1976 - Coup in Bangkok-" National Administrative Reform Council" seizes Power - Mr Thanin Kraivchien becomes Prime Minister
At 6 p.m. on Oct. 6 a group of 24 officers of the high command of the three armed services seized power, calling themselves the "National Administrative Reform Council" (NARC). The junta included Admiral Sa-ngad Chaloryu, who had been appointed Defence Minister on the previous day [see above], as chairman; Air Chief Marshal Kamol Dejatungka, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and C.-in-C. of the Air Force, as vice-chairman; General Kriangsak Chamanan, Deputy Supreme Commander, as general secretary General Boonchai Bamrungpongse, the former Army C.- in-C.; General Sirm Na Nakorn, the newly-appointed Army C.- in -C.; Admiral Amorn Sirikaya, the Navy C.-in-C.; General Srisuk (or Sisuk) Mahintharathep, Director-General of Police General Pralong Veerapreeya; Lieut.-General Yod Dhephasdin Na Ayuthaya, Assistant Army C.-in-C.; Major-General Aroon Thawasin, commander of the 1st Infantry Division, 10 other generals, two other admirals and two other air ...

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