INTO INDO-CHINA

Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 8, 9 July 1941, Page 6

INTO INDO-CHINA

HINTS BY SPOKESMEN

WOULD BE IN SECRECY

(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) (Rec. 11.30 a.m.) SHANGHAI, July 8. The Japanese army spokesman i said: "The United States did not i send forces to Iceland for a summer outing." . Asked about reports of the Japanese occupation of Indo-Chtaa, he replied: "Just as the United States did not announce the move into Iceland until it was accomplished, we cannot announce our future moves. He professed that Japan was greatly concerned at the possible passage of United States materials to Vladivostok. Both the army and naval spokesmen declined to say whether such vessels would be subject to search. They said: j "That is a question of the fundamental problems of Japan." The Associated Press of America says that this reply is seen as confirming the possibility of a Japanese move into Indo-China.

The military spokesman denied that Japan at present intended sending forces into the Netherlands East Indies, but said: "If ever it, does, the move will be as important as the United States occupation of Iceland, that is, as a stride towards war."