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Thai silk entrepreneur Jim Thompson disappeared in Malaysia's Cameron Highlands in 1967 in one of Southeast Asia's largest land searches, yielding no trace.
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American businessman and Thai silk entrepreneur Jim Thompson disappeared in the Cameron Highlands of Malaysia on March 26, 1967, and despite a massive search effort, no trace of him was ever found.

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The claim accurately reflects the historical facts of Jim Thompson's disappearance, which remains one of Southeast Asia's most famous and extensive unsolved search-and-rescue cases.

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