The Archive · 1941

New Border Reported

Commander Yasamura said Indo Ankara, It is pointed out here that the arrival of German forces in Bulgaria, although not officially confirmed, is only logical since the members of the Axis gain by extending: their frst line of defence as far as possible.

is considered certain that any ection of an aggressive nature, either by Great Britain or Turkey, would brit g forth an instantaneous reply from the Axis. This would be the case. for instance, should British troops land on Greek sail.

In other words, Britain is thus warn-to refrain from intervening in the Balkans, Greece is now isolated, and international observers believe thet the situation resulting from today's events will cause her to lend a more attentive ear to offers of a separate peace with Italy—Havas Telemondial, China would lose all Laos territory west of the Mekong river, three fourths of Kampongthom province in northern Cambodia and territory in southern Cambodia. The border in Cambodia will run through Battambang and Siemreap. he said.

The officer said he was not certain to the future status of Angkor. site of the famous ruins.

Commander Yasemura arrived in Saigon this morning after an inspection of the Laos-Cambodia frontier and told the United P: of developments efter he read cables to the Japanese miss on in Indo-China.

Meanwhile, crowds of- Frenchmen were waiting outside the newspapers for confirmation of the report which the newspapers, however, did not carry, Instead, the newspapers again published on their front pages an appeal for civil defence volunteers, 'A squadron of small Japanese warships arrived this morning in southern Indo-China waters—United Press.

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