Anglo-Thai Non-Aggression Pact
It was concluded as part of the British policy, which was to refrain from resisting by force the actions of the Japanese Empire in East Asia, as Thailand was about to become Japan's ally.This policy became evident in the so-called Craigie-Arita formula of July 1939, by which the British government refrained from open opposition to Japanese military actions in China.On 18 July 1940 the British government accepted the Japanese demands for closing the Burma Road for three months to prevent war supplies to China.During the battle of France (May–June 1940), the British government became extremely cautious in this policy, and concluded that pact with Bangkok so as not to antagonize Tokyo.Article 2 provided for the termination of the pact if the British or the Thai governments committed an act of aggression against a third party.