[11] Ho Chi Minh visited northern Thailand the following year, attempting to organize soviets in local Vietnamese communities.

[11] In the aftermath of the Siamese revolution of 1932, conservative Prime Minister Phraya Manopakorn Nitithada accused his political opponent Pridi Banomyong of being a communist, with his government passing the Anti-communist act of 1933, which criminalized communism.

[15] During the course of the Korean War, the CPT continued to stockpile weaponry in rural areas and make general preparations for armed struggle.

The shipment, originally supplied to the US-supported Royal Lao Armed Forces, was instead sold to smugglers who in turn traded the weapons to the CPT.

[4] The second half of 1965 was marked by a further 25 violent incidents,[4] and starting in November 1965, CPT insurgents began undertaking more elaborate operations, including an ambush on a Thai police patrol outside Mukdahan, at that time in Nakhon Phanom Province.

The statement marked an escalation of violence in the conflict, and in early April 1966 rebels killed 16 Thai soldiers and wounded 13 others during clashes in Chiang Rai Province.

[11] Despite five insurgent attacks on the bases used by the United States Air Force in Thailand, American involvement in the conflict remained limited.

Government forces became involved in the conflict, destroying a number of villages and resettling suspected communists, providing new recruits for the CPT.

[1] In February and August 1967, the Thai government conducted a number of counter-insurgency raids in Bangkok and Thonburi, arresting 30 CPT members including secretary-general Thong Chaemsri.

[11] In late 1972, the Royal Thai Army, police, and volunteer defence forces committed the Red Drum killings of more than 200[14] (unofficial accounts speak of up to 3,000)[17][18] civilians who were accused of supporting communists in Tambon Lam Sai, Phatthalung Province, southern Thailand.

[14][19] It was only one example "of a pattern of widespread abuse of power by the army and enforcement agencies"[20] during the brutal anti-communist operations of 1971–1973 that took an official death toll of 3,008 civilians throughout the country[14] (while unofficial estimates are between 1,000 and 3,000 in Phatthalung Province alone).

The order significantly contributed to the decline of the insurgency, as it granted amnesty to defectors and promoted political participation and democratic processes.