In the following months there was considerable discussion in the press about Russia and the possible implications of developments in that country for Siam. Early in September, for example, Thai mai published an article describing the horrors of the Russian system wit specific emphasis given to the destruction of religion, and it was implied that similar things might happen in Siam as communism was being spread around the world by agents in the pay of Moscow In a similar vein, the Bangkok Times claimed that Russia and the Third Internat oral were at work in Siam. Sayam num reported a story appeared in Si krun one of its rivals, which talked o of new ideas" in Russia, and suggested that this view reflected govern ment thinking." Another newspaper, the Bangkok Daily Mail, while not specifically talking about conmunism, intimated that the govern ment was conducting itself in a dictatorial manner, and claimed that the pu lic was kept in the dark about its intentions.