If Japan could get control of Thailand's entire rubber and tin output it would improve the nation's economic position to a great extent, "With the powerful Mitsui and Mitsubishi interests eager to increase their operations in Thailand it is natural for the government to support them in every possible way. How far they are prepared to go remains to be seen, Japan has made much of her friendship for Thailand and recently was the arbiter in a dispute between and French Indo-China.
apparently now has become a Vichy-recognized protector of Indo-China in a move regarded by the United States as one of "conquest." She may extend to Thailand the same kind of "protection" afforded Indo-China, If "Protection" Is Spurned...
It Thailand wants none of that sort of protection the Japanese could make an issue out of the activities in Tokyo of Phya Sry Senna, Thai minister, The Japanese have been building up a quiet campaign against Senna saying he is of Chinese descent and entirely unsympathetic with Japan's friendly intentions, The Japanese are resentful at restrictions which have kept their people out of the East Indies and
said this vas a short-sighted policy the, Philippines. One Japanese writer because "development works at certain area have proved successful only through Japanese ingenuity -and endurance,"
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