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On 24 June 1939 the President of the Council of Ministers issued a declaration that the name of the country, hitherto known as Siam, should henceforward be Thailand, and of the people and nationality, Thai.
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Thailand Statistical Yearbook 1969. National Statistical Office, Bangkok
Thailand Official Yearbook 1968. Government Printer, Bangkok
Varin, Manit (ed.), Thailand at a Glance. 4th ed. Thailand Information Service, London, 1969
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Paxton, J. (1976). Thailand. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271050_160
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