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...improved the shoulders of its hairpin turns, the surface of its straightaways. The first day dawned cloudy-good luck again, for the Japanese had announced their determination to blast the road off its hills with bombs. During the day raiders came over from their new bases in French Indo-China, and here & there they found the little ribbon and snipped it. But 75,000 coolies were waiting for them, and wherever there was a direct hit, this incredible labor swarmed on to the road and repaired it in a matter of hours. The trucks moved...
Since 1863 Cambodia has been a protectorate of France within the jurisdiction of French Indo-China. But France has let Cambodia remain a kingdom. The present King, whose name is Préa Bat Samdach Préa Sisowath Monivong Chamcha-Vra-pong Harireach Barmintor Phouvanay Krayveofa Sulalay Préa Chan Crung Campuchéa Tippedey (Sisowath Monivong to his friends), is somewhat like the Little King of O. Soglow's cartoons: he likes to be everywhere at once, to do everything himself...
...received Admiral Jean Decoux, who as Governor General of Indo-China is actually his boss, to discuss the upstart claims against Cambodia by Thailand, lately Siam...
...note to an Eastern potentate and get presents, favors, concessions in return, meekly begged ratification of a non-aggression pact of a country whose name sounded and politics looked something like Toyland. Thailand ignored the request. Its Government at Bangkok grew insistent on the subject of its claims against Indo-China. It looked as if mighty France might have to give in to the aggression of an Eastern toyland. This week Prime Minister Luang Bipul Songgram said: "If force is inevitable, war will be waged with a minimum of bloodshed...
...Prompt reprisal for Japan's invasion of Indo-China came when the U. S.: 1. Embargoed scrap iron and steel exports to Japan. 2. Threatened war if Japan moved further in Indo-China. 3. Sent the whole U. S. Navy to the Pacific. 4. Suddenly cut off all U. S. exports to Japan. 5. Invited China to a war conference...