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Coup d’Etat In Thailand PRESSURE IN SOUTH INDO-CHINA (By Telegraph-Press Assn. Cop.vrlgbt.l (Received December 30, 7.5 p.m.) HONG KONG, Dec. 29. Authoritative sources in Hanoi allege that a Japanese plan has been disclosed for a coup d’etat in Thailand coincidental with increased Japanese pressure for bases in southern Indo-China. It is said that four Japanese en route to Bangkok on a goodwill mission had been instructed to organize the coup d'etat through the Thai army, which received 33 pursuit planes and 25 bombers from Japan early in December. The steamer Bangkok Mani is reported ,to be en route to Bangkok with 950 tons of munitions and guns. Another ship is said to be sailing from Japan shortly carrying tanks.
Japanese "tourists” in southern Indo-China are increasing rapidly and are seeking to penetrate the French military zones in Cambodia .and Laos.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 82, 31 December 1940, Page 8
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