In the buoyant atmosphere following

In the buoyant atmosphere following the promulgation of the permanent constitution in December, Wichit believed that his opportunity to take on an active political role had arrived. At the beginning of January 1933, he joined some high-ranking officials from the old regime and together with a number of businessmen formed a new political body known as the Nationalist Association Although the formal leader of the Association was one Phraya Thonawanikmontri (Wisut Thonawanik), the son of a well-known merchant and who had studied lavy and commerce in the United States, Wichit was clearly the group's intellectual driving force and theorist." he official policy of the Association was virtually the same as that of the nationalist parties he had talked about in his book and, in fact, was little different from that put forward by the People's Party. The stated objectives of the Nationalist Association were: