Earlier, it was said, French of~ ials arrested two automobile toads of Japanese, including eight emeers, the same ares, The Japanese were returned to" Saigon under cecort, It wag reported, 'The' intercepted etier revealed that the Japanese planned to stage a political coup d'etat by overthrow= ing the existing Bangkok regime and installing a war party, those who were alleged to have read the letter told United Press.
The letter was said to have explained to the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha figent that the real assignment of the four Japanese was to organize the coup d'etat and engineer me stallation of a pro-Japanese Government, "Agents of the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, informed circles told. the United' Press, were acting as part of 'a large espionage organization, in-eluding "natives and Wang Ching-wel men, operating in the French colony.
"The Japanese air line which was suspended by the French was a new one and connected Hanoi with Bang~ kok via Tourane and Saigon, The remaining line, also Japanese operat ed, still penniis travel, however, There were nearly 30 persons on the tour with Gen. Sumita who were prevented from reaching the Cambodia and Laos military zones, was said—United Press,
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