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The International Journal of the Royal Society of Thailand
Volume XII, 2020

Mahidol family in Paris at the Hotel Meurice, April 8 1934 (Source unknown)

7. The Visit to Europe in 1934 and King Prajatibok's Abdication
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King Prajatibok’s remarkable activities and sightseeing visits to numerous
places in many European countries lead to the hypothesis that King Prajatibok
actually did, at this time, not plan to abdicate in 1935. His Majesty came to this
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decision only once the situation was hopeless and the negotiations with the
Siamese government had failed without any compromise.

49 On the abdication of King Prajatibok, see also the annual report from 1935 by the German envoy
in Bangkok, Stoller, to the Foreign Ministry in Berlin, 31 January 1936, Bb. No. 136/36. In: BA,
R 901/65770. See also the political report by the German envoy Nord to the Foreign Ministry
in Berlin, 31 Oktober 1935, J. No. 1299-34 and from 7 November 1934, No. 1332/34. In: R 86066,
Politik 11, No.1, Siam. Quoted in: Volker Grabowsky, Universität Münster, revised essay for the
seminar “King Rama VII and the World”, Thammasat University, 15 January 2007, in: Sombat
Chantarawong, Nakarin Mektrairat, Prajak Kongkirati, 2008. The World and the Reign of King
Prajatibok, (footnote 7), 293
50 Another scholar, Theera Nutchpiem, claims that King Prajatibok had always had the firm
intention to abdicate. See: Theera Nutchpiem, 2015. Siamese Politics after the 1932 Revolution
from the Perpective of the West. In: Journal of the Historical Society, Issue 37, 160

46 A Modern Siam with Constitutional Monarchy - King Prajatibok, The Siamese
“Honourary Diplomat” in Europe 1934

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