POSSIBLE SOVIET LINK WITH THE COUP ATTEMPT OF 29 JUNE 1951BUP

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 27, 1999
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 5, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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~:,uBJECL Possible Soviet Link with ffejN AT A
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1.. Before World War II Suphat Sukonthapirom1- became friendly with a Thai named
Chinda Chintanaseri2 who was then writing articles for the newspapers
Fri. chimi t and Su herb Burnt.
2. Towards the middle of 1949, Suphat who was then working at the Bank of
Ayuthia, Ltd. in Bengkok, mentioned to Chinda that his salcry was in-
sufficient for his needs. Implementing his promise to help Suphat
augment his Income, Chinda supplied him with translation work for the
Soviet Legation Information Bureau by which he earned from 500 to 600 baht
per LLOnth.
3. In due course Suphat received an invitation to the celebration of the
anniversary of the October Revolution at the Soviet Legation on 7 November
1.951 where Chinda Introduced him to Usachev, the Charge d'Affaires, and
other Legation officials. A month or two later, at Chinda's suggestion,
It was agreed that Sunhat would do his work at the Legation instead of at
Since t:-en he has done translation work at the Soviet Legation two or three
tires a week and has also been teaching the Thai lanpiage to Smirnov who,
in addition to his other duties', is the editor of the Soviet News Bulletin.
Occasionally the two enrage In political discussions which are often based
on articles in the English lan(!uage newspapers, Lie and The Bangkok Post.
Suphat works in a small bare room customarily used for language lessons,
the second room on the right on entering the Legation, to which he is
escorted by the guard stationed at the retain entrance. During his occupancy,
the door is kept closed. Suphat has met no one with the exception of the
guard and a woman who appears to be a receptionl at, and he has never been
allowed 4-n any other part of the building. Since starting work there he
3.as received rnnnt3rly cash payments ranging from 800 to 1,200 baht per
month.
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6., His :Last visit to the Legation took place on 19 Tr'ly '951, the dNr before
his arrest by the T t Police, and his last known visit prior to the
abortive coup :gas on 14 June
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I'vo days before Thai T4 vy Dky, ii11)50, )unhat, seeH g tickets for the de,nce,
was advietel byr a naval officer rm ed V1.*Y- 4er fo obtain t1Fem from Lt. ?".anal
Ch zrubhav4 TTherpafter these two became friend.' an.1 mgt f'ron t.1 ne to time
in the even'. n at one another"s hone. After 1 eov$.ng the Lotion on the
t?veninng of 14 June, Suphat gent directly to Maws' house where he remained
itti:l a late hour.
A naval cif*?3.e ^5 iiIi7. f cQted in the coup attempt confer ed that the plotters
were us 5.sng ^unhat as a chann+-1 of c oma?.muni cat inn -: i th ? he Soviet Legation,
,e also staf.ed that the so-riets sere : ass!-r nx^o ^ inla to tT a Navy through
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P'gets were nrt known to " e* Police nrior to SuohatO arrest.
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