Mekong Project Could Bring Prosperity and Peace
Bangkok hosts the Mekong Project a major UN backed effort by 23 nations to dam the Mekong river for irrigation power and fisheries. Dr C Hart Schaaf leads promotion hoping for 1 billion dollar package with Pa Mong dam and Cambodia projects to deliver a decade of operation and regional prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mead
Laos
Thailand
Grand Coulee
Aswan
Nam Pung
World Bank
United States
R. A. Wheeler
UN ‘Wheeler
Harza Engineering Co
Chicago
Bureau of Reclamation
C. Hart Schaaf
Land
Cambodia
Vietnam
Schaaf
Japan
Macow
Pa Mong
Sambor
Tone-Sap
Cambodia Great Lake
Colorado
China Policy Seen As Tragedy by SEATO Viewers in Bangkok
SEATO analysts in Bangkok depict China’s foreign policy as a tragedy for a nation of nearly 800 million, arguing Beijing pursues ideological expansion at the expense of regional development. They warn internal opposition grows as China promotes external revolutionary aims. The piece surveys Burma and Indonesia as key cases shaping SEATO’s view of regional threats and potential shifts toward the West.
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John Riddick
Bangkok
SEATO
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Asia
China
China Watchers
North
Burma
Thailand
Ne Win
Southeast Asia Pact Sustains Growth Amid Cold War Struggles
A Bangkok bureau report traces SEATO's resolve since 1954 amid Vietnam conflict, Thai and U.S. commitments, and regional shifts. It covers Indonesia under Suharto, Malaysia under Tunku Abdul Rahman, Singapore’s industrial push, Cambodia's Sihanouk, and broader Southeast Asian dynamics including insurgencies, economics, and foreign aid.
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Bangkok
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
West
Suharto
Sukarno
U.S
Japan
Congress
Indoeesia
Java
Indonesia
Borneo
Malaysia
Britain
Malaya
Sabah
Sarawak
Thailand
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Europe
Singapore
Southeast Asia
Lee Kuan Yeu
Hong Kong
Lee
Cambodia
Sihanouk
Vietnam
United States
Asian Highway links vast land area and trade routes
The Asian Highway project of the UN's ECAFE aims to connect 7,000 miles of land routes from the South China Sea to the Turkish border. By 1960s end it was 92 percent complete with two-lane asphalt surfaces. Ahmad leads efforts to promote road, rail, and tourism development across Afghanistan, Iran, Vietnam, and beyond, highlighting economic gains and regional integration.
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Bangkok
South China Sea
United Nations
Djarkata
Indonesia
Bazargan
Iran
Singapore
Vientiane
Laos
Economic Commission For Asia and the Far East
ECAFE
M.S. Ahmad
C. Edgar Goyete
Tucson
Tecomel
Ahmad
Afghanistan
Tehr
Kabul
Delhi
Kathmandu
Rangoon
Saigon
Vietnam
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Mekong
Arizona
Economic Commission of Asia and the Far East
Tibet
Johnson
Johns Hopkins
TVA
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Thak Laoce
Nam Pong
Dr. Schaaf
Laois
United Nations Security Council
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
France
Pakistan
Philippines
Council of Ministers
Wellington
Thanat Rusk
Thanat Khoman
Dean Rusk
Thanom Kittikachorn
Lyndon B. Johnson
America
NATO
Secretariat
Kashmir
India
Tehran
Paris
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