BANGKOK --- The connection between Thailand and the US has been strong for more than two centuries -- indeed Siam, as it was then, was the first Asian country to forge formal diplomatic relations with the United States. European countries like France, Portugal, Britain and the Netherlands arrived in Siam in the Ayutthaya era long before the first known American to visit -- a ship captain -- came ashore in 1818. Yet in diplomatic terms, Siam appears to have placed more confidence in the US than in other countries, appointing a former US diplomat to represent the Kingdom of Siam at the International Peace Court to conclude treaty negotiations with the West. Relationships were further cem...
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