THAILAND: S.E.A.T.O.'S NEW HEADQUARTERS OPENS IN BANGKOK

Record ID: 565967

  • Title: THAILAND: S.E.A.T.O.'S NEW HEADQUARTERS OPENS IN BANGKOK
  • Date: 9th September 1967
  • Summary: 1. LS EXTERIOR BUILDING 0.03 2. CU NAME PLAQUE 0.06 3. LS EXTERIOR BUILDING 0.12 4. MS SEATO OFFICIALS 0.14 5. MLS RAISING OF FLAGS (SIX SHOTS) 0.33 6. MS SAME OFFICIALS SALUTING 0.38 7. LS FRONT VIEW OF BUILDING 0.40 8. MLS KING ARRIVES ON FOOT AND ENTERS BUILDING 0.51 9. MS CUTAWAY 0.54 10. MLS LT.GEN. VARGAS SPEAKS (TWO SHOTS) 0.59 11. MS KING SPEAKS (TWO SHOTS) 1.05 12. MLS OFFICIALS 1.07 13. MS KING PRESSES BUTTON TO RELEASE BALLOONS 1.12 14. LS BALLOONS SKYWARDS 1.15 15. MS BUILDING 1.16 16. MS KING CUTS RIBBON 1.23 17. MS KING MEETS OFFICIALS 1.39 Initials CAR/VS/CA/YA/RBI Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 24th September 1967 13:00
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  • Location: BANGKOK, THAILAND
  • Country: Thailand
  • Reuters ID: LVADUJIP7WI7AYTARJLNYODSDJNK
  • Story Text: THE CONTINUED DEFENCE OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA IS ASSURED. THIS ASSURANCE WAS SEEN IN BANGKOK YESTERDAY (FRIDAY) WHEN THE SOUTH-EAST ASIA TREATY ORGANISATION (SEATO) CELEBRATED ITS 13TH ANNIVERSARY BY OPENING ITS NEW ONE MILLION DOLLAR HEADQUARTERS.

    SEATO MEMBER NATIONS ARE AUSTRALIA, BRITAIN, FRANCE, NEW ZEALAND, PAKISTAN, THE PHILIPPINES, THAILAND AND THE UNITED STATES.

    THE NEW HEADQUARTERS IS A FIVE-STOREY BUILDING, SIMPLE IN DESIGN. IT STANDS ON A 12-ACRE LAND AND IS CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING 250 SEATO MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL AND MILITARY STAFF WITH ROOM TO SPARE.

    THE LAND WAS GIVEN BY THE THAI GOVERNMENT AND EACH MEMBER COUNTRY CONTRIBUTED TO THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION. EACH MEMBER HAS ALSO MADE A DISTINCTIVE CONTRIBUTION TO ITS DECORATION AND FURNISHINGS.

    KING BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ OF THAILAND OFFICIATED AT THE CEREMONY.

    SEATO SECRETARY-GENERAL, LIEUTENANT GENERAL JESUS VARGAS OF THE PHILIPPINES SAID THE NEW HEADQUARTERS PROVED OF THE ALLIANCE ROLE AS A DETERRENT TO AGGRESSION IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD.

    THE KING SAID SEATO WAS SET UP WITH THE FIRM OBJECTIVE OF PRESERVING SECURITY AGAINST EXTERNAL AGGRESSION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE SOUTHEAST ASIA REGION.

    HE ADDED THAT IT WAS ALSO FORMED WITH THE AIM OF ACCELERATING ITS PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT IN VARIOUS FIELDS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN REGIONAL STABILITY.
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