Thailand's Economic Nationalism(03)
The reason given was that the terrorist activities of the Chinese secret societies constituted a menace to public order. Phibunsonggram, in an interview with the press on November 3, 1939, tried to justify these measures.
The aim of the Thai government, he said, was not anti-Chinese or the like. Every possible means would be tried with a view to safeguarding the interests of those living peacefully and honestly in this “Land of the Free.”
The government would not relax its endeavors until the lawless element, he further stated, “which are the chief causes of these misunderstandings are suppressed, and until those honest and law-abiding Chinese could settle down peacefully and without threat of danger.”
However, the motives for Thai action against the Chinese were closely related also to Japanese aspirations. What the Thais called Chinese secret societies were in fact political movements set up to collect funds for China
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