Tuesday, June 12, 2012

President Nixon 1969 Thailand


After a five and a half hour stop-over in Vietnam President Nixon landed in Thailand on 7/30/69 to speak with the King. The Thai military were a strongest allies in the fight against communism. The president was escorted to the airport by Thailand's King Phumiphol prior to his departure for New Delhi, India. A crowd of about 500 persons gathered at the airport to see off the President of the Free World.

This photo thanks to www.2bangkok.com

Notice Nixon didn't put his wife in the photo.

What red-blooded American would? Bangkok was Bangkok even back then.

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