GOVERNMENT REPLY TO ECONOMIST STORY

The Bangkok Post carries a letter today from Thailand's Director General, Dept. of Information, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The letter is a response to an opinion piece in the April 16 edition of The Economist entitled "The trouble with the King" and is almost identical to that which appeared in The Economist last week.
That April 16 print edition of The Economist was not distributed in Thailand by the publishers because of the "sensitive" nature of coverage of the monarchy. Obviously not so sensitive as to be worthy of an official Government response now.