Thailand and Burma


423. National Security Decision Memorandum 329, Washington, May 5, 1976.

Scowcroft issued NSDM 329 outlining military and intelligence activities that the United States seeks to continue in Thailand.

Source: Ford Library, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H-69, NSDM originals [2 of 2], NSDM 316–NSDM 330. Top Secret; Sensitive. A copy was also sent to the Chairman of the JCS.


424. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, September 16, 1976, 3:30 p.m.

Scowcroft and Whitehouse discussed US-Thai relations and Thailand’s prospects.

Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversation, Box 21. Secret; Sensitive. Scowcroft saw a briefing memorandum, September 15, from Gleysteen before this meeting. (Ibid., Presidential Country Files for East Asia and the Pacific, Box 17, Thailand [19])


425. Telegram 28513 From the Embassy in Thailand to the Department of State, October 14, 1976, 1117Z.

The Embassy analyzed Thai politics.

Source: National Archives, Record Group 59, Central Foreign Policy Files. Confidential. Repeated for information to Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Rangoon, Tokyo, Singapore, CINCPAC Honolulu, Beijing, Vientiane, and CINCPAC for Polad.