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...islands or other possessions of the conquered nations for itself. Its position would be that the fate of such possessions should be decided "by and among all the republics of this hemisphere." If a Monroe Doctrine operated in Asia, it would mean that in deciding the fate of Indo-China, all the Asiatic countries would confer. Said Steve Early, summing up the President's view: "The same procedure follows also with respect to Europe and to other parts of the world-that all European and Asiatic countries confer and make these decisions-not just one conquering power...
These declarations coincided with military and politico-military action. Ostensibly the action was intended to finish off the long resistance of China (see p. 20) by cutting off China's Burmese and Indo-Chinese sources of military supply. But the bigger aim was terribly clear. Pressure was applied at every nerve centre of foreign interests...
France, now conveniently supine in Europe, was selected for the first attack. Fortnight ago French Indo-China agreed to make an absolute stop to military traffic into China, even agreed to let Japanese inspectors come in and see that the stoppage was total. Last week the "inspectorate," consisting of a score of eager little penetrators, flew happily to Indo-China and began supervising customs...
...make doubly sure of IndoChina's good faith, part of Japan's South China Fleet formed a ring around the port of Haiphong "to watch for the time being." Troops billeted on Nanning closed in on the Indo-Chinese border, and fresh forces were concentrated on Hainan Island...
Britain. In Tokyo, Vice Foreign Minister Masayuki Tani called on British Ambassador Sir Robert Leslie Craigie. He demanded that British authorities in Burma emulate the discretion of their Indo-Chinese neighbors by stopping munitions traffic. The British Government "found it difficult to make a prompt reply." By way of pressure, Japanese troops formed a tight landward ring around Hong Kong. The British prepared to resist. Hong Kong officials, archives and non-combatants were evacuated to Singapore and Manila...