ATTACK ON GOVERNMENT BY PRO-PHIBUL ELEMENTS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000200470008-4
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 1998
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: January 7, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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COUNTRY Slant
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U e i3udget GozmS.tte+s Qf the House of Elders in a memorandum
attached to the report of the committee. Three members of the
committee a Lt. Gen, 1angkorn Promyothi, Major Savek Nirandorn
and Group Capt. Thian Kenradomying were all former followers of
Marshal Pibul Songgr . The SeerOtsry of the committee who helped
draft the scathing memorandum was Nai Aroon Saongsawan Vatana?
AssisthnW-Sberetary of the' Constitutional Front Party. Chairman
of the oommittee, Dr. Thong Pleo Cholaplum- and the Minister of
Finance, Wichit bulithanon,, another member, did not vote for the
memorandum to the budget report.
The memorandum was a six-point attack on the present government.
Administratively it proposed the dissolution of the Ministries
of Commerco and Public Health, their work to be taken over by
the Departments of Finance and Interior. The memorandum charged
that government offices were greatly overstaffed and budgets were
padded. Further,. It charged an excessive number of missions had
been sent abroad and attacked the low caliber of sin-dents sent
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1. An attempted attack'on the present government was made by members
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3. The memorandum died a legislative death as Parliament adjourned
31 December 1946.
Sentiment in Pangkok has been openly expressed desiring the return
of Marshal Pibu]. to power to put the country into shape, He made
a public denial in the 1 January edition of SRIKRVNG of any intention
to reenter politics*
comment: Lt, Cen. Y gcorn Promyrothi is a non.-active
member of the t enersl~a?~'he ae s ' n er of the Interior
under Marbhal Pibul, After the war he was held as a war criminal
suspect, but was released by the general Dika Court ruling the
War Crimes Act was retroactive and therefore unconstitutional.
Ma it Save Wirandorn (previously reported as Nirananda) held
the Pu+s t onn a e,crotary to the Regent until 16 August 1944. He
worked with Marshal Pibu]. to prevent the fall of the Pibul govern.
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