Manila, Sept. 6. TUBE Japanese Military Mission and the French authorities in Hanoi have signed an agreement permitting the Japanese: transit troops across Indo-China, authoritative reports reaching here from Hanoi said today.
Foreign reports that Japanese troops had already started landing in Indo-China could not be confirmed in any official quarters.
There were no messages from Hanoi regarding the landing of Japanese troops, but informed quarters pointed out that even if the Japanese had actually started entering Indo-China there probably would be no direct reports from Hanoi because of an airtight censorship instituted in all principal points in the French Colony.
Precautionary military measures have been enforced in" Indo-China, Hanot reports said, Although official Hanoi despatches have said that a diplomatic agreement in principle regarding certain Japanese demands had been "reached in Tokyo. and Vichy "between the Japanese and French Governments, "the "methods! of putting the agreement into effect} were being discussed at Hanoi.
'OMmeial quarters in Hanoi "today admitted tension existed on Monday because of an ultimatum presented Major-General Issaku Nishihara, head of the Japanese Mission, but the atmosphere returned to normal the following day when the Japan ese did not insist that the French bow to their demands,
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