JAPAN & THAILAND
REPORTS OF INCREASING PRESSURE MILITARY MANOEUVRES IN INDO-CHINA. ALLEGATIONS OF BRITISH MACHINATIONS. (Bv Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) NEW YORK, October 4. The Saigon correspondent of the Associated Press states that, there are indications that Japan is increasingdiplomatic pressure on Thailand. Japanese quarters in Saigon state frankly that the agreement with Thailand was one of the most important objectives in Japan’s southward march, and that it is hoped to achieve this in a peaceful manner. The Japanese in Indo-China today began military manoeuvres. It is disclosed that troops, tanks, and other equipment sufficient for a full-scale campaign are engaged. The Bangkok correspondent of the Tokio “Asahi Shimbun” states that Thailand is fast assuming a pro-Bri-tish colour because of British political machinations, with the result that intensified friction and strife between the country’s pro-British and pro-Jap-anese elements is occurring.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 October 1941, Page 5
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