There is. therefore. cause for concluding that the Thai Government has largely itselfand not external forcesto blame for the disaffection that exists in the country and particularly in the northeast. The northeast region has long been a problem for Thai authorities. Geographically remote from Bangkok. It has been ignored by the capital. Economically backward its inhabitants have a lower standard of living than their fellow Thais. A large number of the inhabitants of the region are culturally Laotian. and some 50.000 Vietnamese refugees of the FrenchIndoChinese war also live there. Terrorism began in 1964 and has increased since then. Six persons were killed in 1964. 30 in 1965. and there have been over 70 political murders this year.
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