1973 Bangkok's first known meetings

"In Bangkok in 1971, two Americans of Irish descent - Jim L., a businessman with three years of sobriety, and Evelyn K., wife of a civil engineer under contract in Bangkok - team up to form an A.A. group. The next year they are joined by Jack B., a Redemptorist priest. In 1973, the three move their meetings from Evelyn's apartment to the Holy Redeemer Rectory and welcome new member Joanne - the wife of an American Embassy official - and George, a German-born U.S. military member. The stabilization of the Bangkok group soon gives rise to the founding of A.A. groups in Ubon and other Thai cities."

(AAWS Inc)