Singapore, Nov. 29.
Reinforcements which the Japanese have landed in Indo-China in the past few days and which, according io reports, were the signal for Mr. Cordell Hull's interrupWon of the Washit gion talks, consist: incipally of aircraft. Reuter's learns from a ly now it is doubted whether' the actual number of Japanese troops in the French colony is more than 50, 60.000. Until about a month ago, the Japanese had only some 100 aircraft in south Indo-China, it is stated. In the last few days, the number is believed to have been brought up to at least 500.
Most parts of south Indo-China were under flood waters until a month ago. Since the rains stopped, however, armies of Indo-Chinese coolies have been used by the Japanese to modernize and enlarge aerodrome sites. It is still felt in well-informed circles here that the Japanese are not immediately in a position and internal against k. ffih-column "But:
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