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1 FD-350 thew, 7-16-63) (Mount Clipping in Spoce Below) —_— —_—. A growing disafiection for Americans in Thailend, ot Wenced by a recent anti-American editorial in die newspaper ‘Siam Rath, is just one indication of a reappraisal of Thai policy in dhe national self-interest, according to Russell Johnson, American Friends Service Com:nituce representative who re- cently returned fiom an investigatory visit to Southeast Asia. niai newspapers, he noted, are under government contro) } + In South Vicinam, which he visited for the tenth time, he {ound a gencral {celing of hopelessness amnong tht people and a “widespread acquiescence” to the National Liberation Frorft One effect of the worsening sistation in the cities, he offen: says, has beew that “entreprencurs who have been making moncy as a result of the war are caught in the middle.” One Catholic Vietnamese priest, appalled by the warfare, told the AFSC visitor that “Communism . . . in its worst form... couldn't possibly be as destructive as this.” _—— : . ? : COPIES DESTROYED . +n jwDmTr 2 6 AUG 23 1973 EXCL - WF - 3-5/4 lindicate poge, name of newspaper, city and state. p.140-"Pricnds —Journal" Philadelphia, 1 pate; 3/15/68 Edition: VOL.14,No. Author: Editor: Frances Wil] Tite: Browin