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Conversely, the Japanese have deliberately put themselves in a spot encircled by hostile possessions. The ABCD powers -American, British, Chinese, Dutch-surround Indo-China. The Japanese line of supply is now a 2,000-mile sea route from Cam-ranh Bay to Nagasaki, and U.S. planes, submarines and surface vessels operating from Manila could make it an uncomfortable route. To reach Indo-China the Japanese have to pass through one of two channels-the 150-mile channel between Formosa and the mainland or the 235-mile channel between Formosa and Luzon-where patrols can keep a good lookout...
...Amur River and Vladivostok. Hitler's public-address system in Vichy had been tested, echoed his every word with admirable fidelity. Steaming south, somewhere in the China Sea, were warships of Japan's Fleet, transports of Japan's Army, all provided with good charts of the Indo-China coast...
...loudspeakers rumbled out the most abject communiqué they had ever uttered. It began: "The Japanese Government Information Office published this morning the following declaration . . .", went on for seven paragraphs of pretty indirections. Japan and Vichy were in complete accord, had decided to "cooperate" in the "defense" of Indo-China...
...last week General de Gaulle's Free France assumed a new importance. The dwindling prestige of Vichy, which had fought Frenchmen and Britons in Syria but refused to fight Japanese in Indo-China, had run out. Officially, the U.S. made it clear that it considered Vichyfrance a partner in, not a victim of, Japan's aggression. Unofficially, restaurants began calling Vichyssoise "De Gaulle soup." There was no question of U.S. "recognition" of Free France, since Free France is not a government, but General de Gaulle's chief civilian aide, tall, gaunt René Pleven, was urging...
...Gaulle was not to blame for the failure at Dakar; news of his mission leaked out from a dinner in London, tipped the Germans off. But Dakar cost him prestige and French West Africa. In French Indo-China Governor General Georges Catroux took too long to make up his mind. By the time Catroux had decided to join De Gaulle, Vichy had replaced him with Admiral Jean Decoux, who last week handed the colony over to Japan (see p. 27). General Catroux hurried to London, tore three of the five stars from his sleeve and reported to De Gaulle...