1.
SV FREDERICK (AUSTRALIA) ARRIVING
0.07

2.
SV EVENOU (FRANCE) ARRIVING
0.12

3.
SV PHIPPS (NEW ZEALAND) DITTO
0.17

4.
SV KHAN (PAKISTAN) DITTO
0.22

5.
SV SANTOS (PHILIPPINES) DITTO
0.27

6.
SV CHULLASAPYA (THAILAND) ARRIVES
0.31

7.
SV SIR VARYL (BRITAIN) (2 SHOTS)
0.37

8.
SV FELT (U.S.A.)
0.44

9.
LV GUARD OF HONOUR
0.47

10.
LV MILITARY ADVISERS IN GROUP
0.50

11.
LV FLAGS RAISED
0.54

12.
LV ADVISERS SALUTE (2 SHOTS)
0.59

13.
SV PAN..GROUP
1.06



Initials IT/S/RM/ES



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Background: MILITARY ADVISERS OF THE SOUTH-EAST ASIA TREATY ORGANISATION (SEATO) MET IN BANGKOK ON TUESDAY (OCT.29) TO BEGIN THEIR HALF-YEARLY CONFERENCE.THEIR TASK WAS TO REVIEW SECURITY PROBLEMS OF THE TREATY AREA AND DISCUSS DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT.

BEFORE GOING INTO A CLOSED TWO-DAY SESSION, THE ADVISERS CALLED ON THE THAI PRIME MINISTER, FIELD MARSHAL SARIT THANARAT, AND THEN ATTENDED A FLAG-RAISING CEREMONY.

REPRESENTING THE EIGHT MEMBER NATIONS OF SEATO WERE: AIR MARSHAL SIR FREDERICK SCHERGER (AUSTRALIA), VICE-ADMIRAL JULES RICHARD EVENOU (FRANCE), REAR ADMIRAL P.PHIPPS (NEW ZEALAND), AIR MARSHAL M.ASGHAR KHAN (PAKISTAN) LT.GENERAL ALFREDO M.SANTOS (PHILIPPINES), AIR CHIEF MARSHAL DAWEE CHULLASAPYA (THAILAND), ADMIRAL SIR VARYL BEGG (BRITAIN) AND ADMIRAL H.D.FELT (UNITED STATES).THE THAI MILITARY ADVISER, AIR CHIEF MARSHAL CHULLASAPYA, ACTED AS CHAIRMAN AT THE MEETING.