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NATIVE UNREST IN INDO-CHINA

Serious Uprisings Reported (Received December 12, JO,BO p.is>) NEW YORK, December 11. Travellers- arriving at Manila from Saigon report serious native uprisings in Indo-China, intensifying the difficulties of the French in maintaining cotrol in* the face of Japanese pressure and hostilities with Thailand. At least 20 risings occurred within a radius of 100 miles at Saigon in the week ended November 25. Aeroplane!

Saigon, in the area where the uiM risings are reported, is in the •ontlH'l west of Indo-Qhina, near the mouth) of the Mekong river. The Bay of) Cara Ranh, the Indo-Chinese WV|L base, is about 200 miles north-weiw] of Saigon. A message publiahttll yesterday reported Japanese troiflri concentrations at Spratly hUMt J mid-way between North Borne* • and Cam Ranh Bay. It has been/ , suggested that this island could bo; used for a Japanese drive again* Cam Ranh'Bay or Saigon- Sayanf , naket. where serious fighting be* tween Thai and Indo-ChiHOOB troops has been reported, is on tho Mekong river, about J6O mil* north of Bassak. from Saigon bomb the trouble centre# every day. Two hundred natives wejr# shot at the Saigon airport on November 22. The French have imposed a censor* ship in order not to give the Japanese an excuse for sending troops. " c oord» ins to .a message from the Domei News Agency from Tokyo, however, MajorGeneral Pajshiro Sumita, the leader of the military mission in Indo-Cnina, going to Saigon to study conditmjmjftj southern Indo-China, where unrest is reported.

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Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23202, 13 December 1940, Page 9

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NATIVE UNREST IN INDO-CHINA Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23202, 13 December 1940, Page 9

NATIVE UNREST IN INDO-CHINA Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23202, 13 December 1940, Page 9

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