Bangkok, Jan. 9.
Thailand authorities handed over to {the French Legation, " French negro soldier who was taken prisoner together with a French officer in the Aranya sector near the Cambodia border, it was announced here today.
Both' the officer and negro soldier were brought to Bangkok on January but the officer will not be surrendered, it was stated.
Thai officials said the purpose of handing over the negro was to prove the French Acting Minister, Int. Roger Garreau that negroes ' are among French troops in Indo-China giving the lo" to the French envoy's recent assurances to the Thal Foreign Office that French troops didn't Include negroes—Domel.
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