Word: indo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...those brave days, Bao Dai (meaning: The Great Protection) was hereditary emperor of the Annamites in French Indo-China. But in August of 1945 he ran into a bird too big for him-Communist Ho Chih-minh. Elected President of the new Viet Nam Republic, Ho Chih-minh arranged for Bao Dai's prompt abdication, kept him prisoner for some months and then packed him off to China. Since then, the Great Protection has spent his time roaring about Hong Kong on a motorcycle and awaiting a "summons from the Annamite people...
...route-the North Atlantic-the American lines were still well in front. The Pacific Ocean was still an American lake. But over the land mass of Asia, the British, Dutch and French lines were pressing hard; Air France has just opened a new run to Hong Kong from French Indo-China; the British Overseas Airways Corp. has added a leg to Ceylon from Karachi...
...scarcely two years later, German men were being actively recruited for military service in at least two of the occupation zones. At Horcheim near Coblenz, the French opened a Foreign Legion recruiting station, invited German veterans between the ages of 19 and 35 to join up for service in Indo-China (war criminals and former SS men were not welcome...
...wealthy merchant's son, Malraux in his youth went off on an archeological mission to Indo-China. There, he discovered his sympathy for the underdog, helped the colonial rebels against French imperialism. Later, as a member of the Canton Committee of Twelve, he helped the Kuomintang and Communists revolt. All along, he had a romantic streak and a deep concern for the individual, which foreshadowed his later stand against Communism's robot ranks...
Tunisia. The French record in North Africa was, on the whole, far better than in Indo-China, but the future of North Africa-France's overseas granary-worries the French as much or more. In Tunisia the nationalist Destour Party threatened a one-day general strike this week in "mourning" for the 66-year-old tie with France. Destour Leader Salah Ben Youssef wants total independence, a Tunisia tied to the Arab League, and full membership in U.N. Sorbonne-trained, and often in French prisons for nationalist activity, Ben Youssef says: "In prison you have got nothing...