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Only two things were known about General Henri Eugène Navarre in Indo-China: 1) he was a cavalryman; 2) he was the intelligence officer who had divined the exact and detailed order of battle of the German army facing France in September 1939. After three weeks as commander in chief of the French Union forces in Indo-China, little more was known about him. A small, shy man. he appeared to detest ostentation and ceremony. He hardly showed himself to the troops, and he evaded newsmen. Once he got into the news by accident when Communists shot...
...Indo-China: "To hasten the end of the war by all means at our disposal," but not "a retreat that would be incompatible with . . . our dead...
Breaking Off. Before driving off in his dark green Cadillac, Norodom wrote a message to his "French friends." Said he: "I am anguished at having to break off relations with France.' All the nations of Asia have obtained full independence except for the three Associated States [of Indo-China]. I am convinced that Cambodia can become a great nation only if it attains total independence. France, by her behavior and her equivocation, gives us the impresson that she does not want to give Cambodia real independence, the only basis for agreement." In a long memorandum to the French High...
...Ending attacks on Indo-China and Malaya...
...sought increased aid for France in Indo-China...