Vichy, Jan, 11, 'The French line of defences in Indo-China is situated twenty miles behind the Thai border, and it is the ad. vanced posts in the "no man's land' between the border and the defence me that have had to bear the brunt of Thai attacks during the past few days, according to a semi-offclal comment released here today.
No attempt is being made here to minimize the situation along the Indo-China frontier, the comment added, but reports arriving here from Hanoi do not correspond with the informa: tion spread during the past few days by foreign sources.
Regarding the 'Thal alr force, it is stated that Thailand recently' purchased a number of planes of the 1atest type from abroad, and that it is against these modern planes that the French air force in Indo-China Is at present fighting.
This is but one of the forms of the ald that Thailand is receiving from abroad, it is stressed here—Havas.
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