Bangkok, Nov. 29.
The High Command here today denied the French announcement that Thai planes had bombed Indo-Chin first in the present series of border clashes. The Thai air raids, they declared, were "retaliatory" action.
Meanwhile, Government officials maintained strict silence regarding the frontier situation. They declined to announce the objectives of bombings. The French community here tensely awaited news of the developments, The first French evacuees from the frontier areas were expected to arrive here tonight.
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