390.1115A/57: Telegram
The Minister in Thailand (Grant) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 17—1:30 p.m.]
125. In view of rumors concerning evacuation of Americans from the Far East, the state of political tension here which at any moment may result in open antagonism toward Americans as a result of our policy of the strict maintenance of the status quo in Indochina and the recent embargo on airplanes purchased by Thailand, and the effect of the evacuation of the family of the representative of the Standard-Vacuum Oil Company in Bangkok, I would appreciate receiving from the Department telegraphic advice in regard to the policy to be adopted in Thailand in regard to American citizens who total approximately 175 including children. The majority of these are missionaries. Meanwhile I am having informal conversations with a small group of representative American citizens for the purpose of making preliminary plans for a possible emergency. The feeling against the United States because of our Indochina policy which runs counter to Thai territorial aspirations and especially because of the stopping of the airplanes at Manila is growing.