FRENCH INDO-CHINA
SETTLEMENT WITH JAPAN TERMS OF NEW AGREEMENT TOKIO, September 27. The Foreign Office released a joint French and Japanese communique relative to the Indo-China agreement, under which the Japanese Government has given the French Government an assurance that it will respect the rights and interests of France in East Asia, especially the territorial integrity of French IndoChina and French sovereignty over all parts of the union of Indo-China, while the French Government agreed to afford the Japanese army and navy special facilities which are necessary for the prosecution of the latter’s military operations.
A message from Chungking says that minor clashes are taking place between Chinese and Japanese forces on the Kwangai-lndo-China border. It is reported from Kwangai that the Japanese casualties were 1,000 in the Dong Dang clash. A message from Hongkong states that the authorities refused clearances to British ships for Indo-China and recalled those that were en route.
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Evening Star, Issue 23693, 28 September 1940, Page 12
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153FRENCH INDO-CHINA Evening Star, Issue 23693, 28 September 1940, Page 12
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