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...Foreign Office to demand of Foreign Minister Matsuoka what he meant by letting down Japan's Axis partner while that partner was trying to promote a Russo-Japanese non-aggression pact. Yosuke Matsuoka mumbled an "explanation to the press." He had referred to the Thailand-French Indo-China dispute, which Japan was already mediating. "Of course," added the flustered Foreign Minister, "Japan would be happy to mediate any dispute if the opportunity presented itself, but the entertainment of such a peaceful desire was something different from making a specific offer to mediate the European...
...Overthrew the pro-Vichy colonial government of Indo-China...
Where would it start? When would it start? were the questions men asked each other from Wales to New South Wales. In the Balkans they even set a date: Feb. 25. That is also the date the Thailand-French Indo-China armistice is to expire, by which time Japan was expected to have French Indo-China in her clutches. By then, too, the moon would be dark over the English Channel. If nothing happened by the end of February, those who expected attack might relax-something Hitler, Mussolini, Konoye & Co. may have been counting...
...Japan will not disturb the waves of the Pacific, but if strong pressure is applied she will be compelled to take certain measures." For the chauvinists, Tokyo Kokumin shrilled that U. S. activity in the Pacific was "approaching a state of war." For the realists, Japanese correspondents in French Indo-China stated: "Japan will move against Anglo-American interests in the Orient and the Dutch East Indies, first attacking Singapore...
...reliable Occidental informant, said that "a Japanese battle fleet" was concentrated off Haiphong, Indo-China, yesterday, but that "nothing was known of the reasons" for the demonstration...