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Thailand's Defeat of Its Communist Party

The catalyst for undertaking the writing of this article was a 2004 conversation with retired police Major General Ari Kaributra, retired police Lieutenant General Vudhi Sucharitakul, and retired police Major General Uthai Asavavilai. All agreed that the story of how Thailand defeated its Communist insurgency should be told. What followed was a series of discussions and debriefings between 2004 and 2006. No official documents, Thai or U.S., were used in assembling the article. But the result reflects the recollections of General Ari, who was the architect of the strategy to defeat Communism in Thailand and two of his key subordinates who participated in executing the program. The discussions were in the Thai language, and I attempted to capture the nuance, as well as the facts in English. Any shortcomings in the article are my responsibility. I was assigned to the U.S. mission to Thailand during the period 1973–1979, and have remained in occasional contact with Ari, Vudhi, and Uthai since that time.