A report from "Tokyo that all British subjects have received strict orders to have Saigon is not entirely correct, says Reuter's diplomatic correspondent, The truth is that some time ago British subjects in Indo-China who had no very prossing reasons for remaining In' the gpuntry were advised {0 Teaver ind therefore was not responsible for any decisions made by the Vichy Gov. ernment.
The announcement came os tension mounted here and the public wag still without oficial word as to whether not France hal rejected. Japan's mediation offer of the Thai-Indo-China border dispute, "No new development concerning negotiations has occurred since yes: terday," said Arip, "although a certain rumour is being spread from foreign: radios.
The news agency however, neither denied nor confirmed the "certain, rumour,"—that France had accepted Japan's offer,
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