DEMANDS ON INDO-CHINA.
THAILAND PRESSES CLAIMS
HANOI, Sept. 28. Thailand has renewed her demands on Indo-China. A Thailand plane machine-gunned police forty miles inside the border at Moughtadeua. The local French said the Thailand demands should be discussed with Vichy instead of Hanoi. The Japanese have occupied the Dosom shore batteries which protect Haiphong, thus securing their first naval base in Indo-China. The French authorities said that it was a minor incident and was unlikely to have repercussions.The Japanese have established their headquarters -in the Sino- American South-western Transportation Company, which previously imported American trucks tor China. It is estimated that 1000 new trucks which were awaiting delivery have now been confiscated.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 259, 30 September 1940, Page 7
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112DEMANDS ON INDO-CHINA. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 259, 30 September 1940, Page 7
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