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 CIS NO: 77-H461-61
 TITLE: Human Rights in Thailand.
 SOURCE: Committee on International Relations. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: vi+104 p.
 DATE: June 23, 30, 1977
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 95-1              SUDOC: Y4.In8/16:H88/24
 ITEM NO: 1017
 LC CARD NO: 77-604196               MC ENTRY NO: 78-1076

 Hearings before the Subcom on International Organizations to examine
 conditions in Thailand, including alleged violations of human rights, since
 the Oct. 6, 1976 military coup.
   Appendices (p. 77-104) contain submitted State Dept answers to subcom
 questions, and "Thailand: Domino by Default?" William Bradley et al.,
 unpublished essay, 1977 (p. 80-104).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Human rights in Thailand
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND
     INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. HOUSE; CIVIL LIBERTIES; BRADLEY, WILLIAM
     ("Thailand: Domino by Default?"); FOREIGN.RELATIONS; THAILAND

 77-H461-61 TESTIMONY NO: 1         June 23, 1977 p. 2-37
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     MORELL, DAVID L. (lecturer, politics, Princeton Univ)
     MEACHAM, STEWART (former natl sec, peace educ, Amer Friends Service
        Committee)
 STATEMENTS: Implications of political developments in Thailand since 1976:
     history of political and social evolution in Thailand and influence of
     U.S. military and economic interests; review of alleged government
     repression, including imprisonment of dissenters, and suppression of
     free speech, the press, and union rights. (p. 2-23)
 DISCUSSION: Suggestions for U.S. policy to encourage reforms in Thailand.
     (p. 23-37)
 CONTENT NOTATION: Human rights in Thailand
 DESCRIPTORS: POLITICAL PRISONERS; FREEDOM OF SPEECH; LABOR UNIONS

 77-H461-61 TESTIMONY NO: 2         June 30, 1977 p. 39-49
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     OAKLEY, ROBERT B. (Dep Asst Sec, Bur of East Asian and Pacific Aff,
        State Dept)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Description of events surrounding 1976 coup;
     briefing on Thai human rights record; overview of U.S. policy toward
     Thailand.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Human rights in Thailand
 DESCRIPTORS: DEPARTMENT.OF.STATE

 77-H461-61 TESTIMONY NO: 3         June 30, 1977 p. 50-76
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     PUEY UNGPHAKORN (former rector, Thammasat Univ, Bangkok)
     THOMPSON, W. SCOTT (prof, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts
        Univ)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Charged Thai government violations of human
     rights; possibilities for civil war and Communist takeover; differing
     recommendations for U.S. policy toward Thailand; difficulties of
     preserving democracy and human rights in developing countries.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Human rights problems in Thailand
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (Human
     rights problems in developing countries)