DIFFERENT RACES IN THAILAND
Thailand’s government consists solely of Thais, with no place for Chinese or Malays – the two biggest minority groups.
Communist penetration is already serious in the North Eastern provinces close to Laos, and potentially dangerous in the Northern hills, where 200,000 primitive tribesmen live. They’re now the target of a cautious “hearts and minds” campaign designed to win their support for the government in Bangkok. Just under half the tribesmen grow opium, and they are at the source of the opium trail which spreads out through Burma, Thailand and Laos to Hong Kong and Singapore and finally, to markets in Europe and the United States.