Therefore, the Nixon administration successfully circumvented the Fulbright Amendment. In essence, not only would two Thai battalions that Ambassador Godley recommended to Washington in April 1970 come to Laos, but over 30 Thai infantry and artillery battalions would be rotated in and out of Laos during the next three years.81 It was to be Thailand’s largest expeditionary forces since the end of World War II. These troops were named Seua Pran forces, literally meaning ‘Hunter Tiger’.