While the United States had no treaty commitments guaranteeing the observance of Indo-China's territorial integrity, other commitments virtually required the United Staes to use its influence to prevent Japan from obtaining naval and military concessions from Indo-China, they said.
Although the immediate objective of such bases might be the destruction of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's southern forces, they would also b useful in operations against the Ea: Indies and the Phillippines, the informed sources pointed out.
Military experts said that a Japan. ese base in Indo-China would hel neutralize the strategic importance of the Philippines as a United State emergency base for operations a a potential Far Eastern foe—United Press.
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