Gen. Nishihara said yesterday that he was ready to leave for Haiphong and Tokyo if negotiations here broke down completely as a result of the new Japanese ultimatum. "The Japanese evacuation today does not mean that a real crisis has now been reached as it might grow worse," he said, He announced that lig was leaving Hanoi today and that if the negotiations reached a stage where "I think there is no hope, I will leave for sistence that new military ant economic accords with Japan should respect the independence and integrity of Indo-China and French sovereignty over that colony, Agreement Expected The "strong invitation" received from Tokyo, it was said, urged that the negotiations be terminated "very soon." French officials here did not confirm reports that the Japanese note had been in the form of an ultimatum set to expire at midnight.
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