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On 11 May, 1949, the President of the Council of Ministers issued a declaration that the name of the country, hitherto known as Siam, should henceforward be Thailand, and of the people and nationality, Thai.
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Books of Reference
Commercial Directory for Thailand. Bangkok. (Latest issue, 1949.) (Published by the Department of Commerce.)
Directory of Bangkok and Siam (Bangkok Times). Bangkok. Annual.
Report of the Financial Adviser, covering the years 1941 to 1950. Bangkok, 1951.
Crosby (Sir. Tosiah), Siam: Past and Future. London, 1945.
MacFarland (G. B.), Thai-English Dictionary. 2nd ed. Stanford, Cal., 1944.
Reeve (W. D.), Public Administration in Siam. London, 1951.
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Steinberg, S.H. (1953). Thailand. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270824_73
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