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Apparently feeling that any change would be for the better, even if it brought back Phibun, the Siamese accepted his coup calmly. From Bangkok a TIME correspondent cabled typical man-in-the-street comment: "It is our lot to cooperate always with a coup."
Phibun's tone was equally calm. When ex-Premier Thamrong-Nawasawat last week came out of his monastic sanctuary, Phibun told him, "Please go home and live happily ever after."