with the Japanese acc "certain military privileges interpreted here today as an [ance in principle of an's demand for the passage of troops through Indo-China.
The resumption of negotiations in Hanoi today between Major-General Issaku Nishihara, head of the Japanese Mission, anq Governor-General Jean Decoux indicated that the French authorities in Indo-China were attempting to limit the movements of Jo ese troops in Indo-
China to certain are:
Informed quarters firmly believed that Indo-China was not prepared to resist the Japanese and that Japanes troops would actually be landed in Indo-China on Friday. September Gen. Nishihara was reported to have informed Hanoi that Japanese troops t entering Indo-China on was reported to have been informed on September 1 by Vichy that France was according anese "c under ce Government and which w Without awaiting for negotiations, the Japanese military mission insisted on the signing of the agreement before midnight; September The Japanese demanded the right of passage for troops across Indo-China without previous discussion and under conditions irreconcilable with the French Government's stipulations. The Indo-China Government decided on Monday that it could not accept the terms of the Japanese ultimatum, according to a communique issued in Saigon.—United Press.
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