The Japanese Imperial Headquarters announced at 11 o'clock this morning that Japanese troops began entering French Indo-China at an undisclosed hour this morning.
Indicating considerable confusion in official quarters here over the events in Indo-China, the first announcement issued by the Imperial Headquarters said that Japanese troops had begun to enter Indo-China at 430: pin. yesterday. This announcement was later altered to state that the entrance of Japanese troops into Indo-China beger at an "undisclosed hour today The Imperial Headquarters announcement said some points of the invasion operations had been dispute ed between the Japanese and French authorities.
"However, it is expected that the Japanese advance toward the northern border of Indo-China will be completed without serious dificulties," the announcement said.
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