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Pridi Banomyong’s escape from Siam, November 1947

Before dawn on November 19, 1947, Siam’s Senior Statesman Pridi Banomyong arrived at the Bangkok residence of British naval attache Captain Stratford Hercules Dennis. Pridi was wearing a naval uniform and thick spectacles, and had further disguised his appearance by growing a moustache and removing his false teeth.

The mystery of Leo W. Hurrah

While digging through some old newspapers this afternoon researching #thaistory, I stumbled upon the tale of Lleieusszuieusszesszes Willihiminizisteizzi Hurrizzissteizzi. I first found him in an Associated Press story from September 24, 1925, also published in the New York Times the following day: A Siamese arsonist from Folsom, California, with the name of Lleieusszuieusszesszes Willihiminizisteizzi Hurrizzissteizzi, who was being deported …

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