Vichy, Sept. 23.
The military concessions granted by France to Japan under the agreement on Indo-China are of a temporary and exceptional nature and will remain in force only for the duration of the Sino-Japanese hostilities, M. Paul Baudoin, French For. eign Minister, declared here today when he made an historical outline of the Franco-Japarese agreement signed in Hanoi last Sunday.
When the armistice was signed between France and Germany, General Catroux, then Governor of Indo-China, decided to close the Indo Chinese border upon the request of the Japanese.
On July 10, M. Baudoin continued General Nishihara, head of the Japanese Mission to Indo-China, asked the authorities at Hanoi to allow Japanese troops to pass through Tongking province on their way to Yunnan, but this request was not accepted.
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