Hanoi, Mar. 2, Fifty Japanese nationals yesterday afternoon proceeded from Hanoi to. Haiphong, a reliable neutral source stated last night, Most observers believed French seceptance of the rropnsals was the only solution to the situation, since French military strength was considered too weak to fight the combined forces of Thailand and Japan.
Meanwhile, Vice-Admiral "Jean Decoux, Governor-General, refuced to be Interviewed and other Govern ment officials were silent when ques-tiened, 'A reliable and influential Frenchman close to the Japanese Mission Indo-China told the United Press Jananeze officers had told-him Jacan intended to take over Tonkin—United Press,
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