- Title: THAILAND: BANGKOK: COMMONWEALTH TROOPS ARRIVE FOR SEATO EXERCISE.
- Date: 29th May 1963
- Summary: 1. LS EMPIRE GANNET COMING IN TO BERTH 3 ft 2. MS TROOPS ON BOARD 6 ft 3. MS TROOPS 8 1/2 ft 4. MS FIELD GUN ON BOARD 10 1/2 ft 5. MLS VEHICLES 13 1/2 ft 6. LS CRANE AT WORK 20 1/2 ft 7. CU THAT ARMY OFFICER TALKS TO COMMONWEALTH SOLDIER 23 1/2 ft 8. MLS UNLOADING OF FIELD GUN 28 ft 9. MS COMMONWEALTH SOLDIER 29 1/2 ft 10. LS UNLOADING OF TRAILER (2 SHOTS) 34 1/2 ft 11. MS COMMONWEALTH TROOPS ON WHARF 39 ft Initials CAR/S/MK/GAP/AMR Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 13th June 1963 13:00
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- Location: BANGKOK, THAILAND
- Country: Thailand
- Reuters ID: LVABOB94U2L5GO9F87309VLR86C2
- Story Text: THE EMPIRE GANNET, A BRITISH TROOPSHIP, BROUGHT TO BANGKOK, THE CAPITAL OF THAILAND, ON MAY 28, SOME 102 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TROOPS FOR THE SOUTH-EAST ASIA TREATY ORGANISATION (SEATO) EXERCISE.
THE TROOPS ARE FORM AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND BRITAIN - PART OF THE SEATO TROOPS, WHO WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE EXERCISE TO BE HELD NEXT MONTH IN THE NORTHEAST OF THAILAND.
WITH THEM CAME 127 VEHICLES AND TRAILERS TOGETHER WITH OTHER EQUIPMENT TO BE USED IN THE EXERCISE NAMED "THANARAT", WHICH WAS NOT DESIGNED AS A RESPONSE TO THE PRESENT SPECIFIC SITUATION (THE LAOS CRISIS).
ALTHOUGH EXERCISE THANARAT IS EXPECTED TO BE CONCENTRATED IN THE SAME NORTHEAST REGION, IT WILL ASSEMBLE SO SIZEABLE A FORCE, THAT IT WILL RANGE OVER MORE THAN HALF THE COUNTRY.
THAILAND AND THE UNITED STATES, CO-SPONSORS OF THE EXERCISE, WILL PROVIDE MORE THAN NINETY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE MANPOWER.
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