Although Japan's Canton Army had fen signs that it was 1g Indo-China in order to penetrate southwestern China in a drive to Chungking, there are indications that Tokyo is uncertain of Washington's attitude.
Hence, an immediate access to Indo-China's rich tin, coal, rice, Wolfram and tung oil stocks would be far more attractive than a new military adventure, 'Members of the Mission have re~ vealed that the Japanese requests to Indo-China include permission to transport' troops and supplies from Haiphong to Kunming, authority. to erect a radio transmitter in Hanoi to enable the Mission to keep direct contact with Tokyo and Canton, the expulsion of Chinese residing in Indo-China for tess than a decade, reduetion in taxes and. tariffs to enable Japanese merchants to establish firms Although Indo-China "invited" Japan six weeks ago to. send spectors to verify that the French had closed the "Haiphong-Kunming. railway to supplies for China, Japan sent a mission which continued. to. row and now exceeds 100, not count. ing the squadron of Japanese destroy= ers in Haiphong harbour.
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