Word: indo-china
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...refuse to sell Japan more products than Japan could reasonably use for home consumption, since Germany, Japan's ally, was at war with The Netherlands. Furthermore, it was reasonable to subtract from Japan's usable quota the tin and rubber which Japan was getting from French Indo-China. It was reasonable, before accepting Japan's demands for increased immigration quotas, to ask Japan to fill the existing quota (which Japan had so far failed to do by 300 immigrants annually). Finally, it was reasonable to grant the Japanese permission to establish an airline from Tokyo to Batavia...
...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...