London, July 16.
Japan is planning early action to assist her Axis partners, according to diplomatic quarters which said that reports reaching them today increasingly indicated such a move.
Some observers believe that the variety of regarding the direction of the Japanese move indicates they are Japanese trial balloons ^o test American and British reactions before finally deciding which line to take. The majority of British commentators, however, pick Indo-China as the first objective with possible further moves from there.
The "Daily Herald" reported that Japan was planning to "lease" air and naval bases in southern Indo-China,
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