Although no official announcement has been forthcoming regarding the decisions reached at the conference. government quarter have made no attempt to minimize the importance of the meeting.
The Japanese press in the past two weeks has carried few details of the Franco-Japanese negotiations in Hanoi. The Japanese public is not aware that the negotiations have broken down and that Japanese nationals are being evacuated from Indo-China today.
The majority or reports ffo Indo-China published by the Japan ese press have been of an "educutional" nature, apparently Intended io impress upon the public the importance of Indo-China to Japan-United Press.
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