IN INDO=CHINA

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21216, 12 September 1940, Page 8

IN INDO=CHINA

JAPANESE DEMANDS (Received Sept. 12, 3.15 p.m.) (Lnited Press Asn.—Elec. Tel. Copvrlght) SINGAPORE, Sept. 11 Arrivals from Indo-China report that the Japanese demands are: (1) Three air bases in Tongking, with 8000 personnel each. (2) The use of the Camranah Bay naval base. (3) The passage of 60,000 troops through Tongking. It is declared that the Governor. Admiral Decoux, is holding out against the Japanese but cannot do so much longer owing to pressure from the Vichy Government One report says that Admiral Decoux has already agreed to three aerodromes with 1000 personnel and the passage of 20.000 troops Another report is that Admiral Decoux has sent three telegrams to Piesident Roosevelt. The contents are unknown, but it is “believed that he pointed out Indo-ChinaV critical position especially as 95 per cent of the population is opposed to the Vichv Gaulle 1 ™" 1 iS £ ° r Gcllc ‘al Thera h LONDON, Sept. 11 T , h ”? have been a number of rethe authoritles of French Japan^ hma 3rG ***** ne g°tiating with The latest reports, however, state that the negotiations were broken off by the French authorities alter a small number of Japanese troops crossed .he frontier of French IndoChina.

No mention has been made of their being resumed.