FRENCH IN BANGKOK
CONCESSIONS TO THAILAND URGED THREATENING PREPARATIONS. REPORTED IN MESSAGES FROM HONG KONG. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 9 a.m.) BANGKOK, October 4. The French community at Bangkok has sent a message to the Vichy Government appealing to yield to Thailand’s request for territorial readjustments in Indo-China which were under consideration long before France was involved in her present difficulties. Messages from Hong Kong say that Thailand is massing planes and troops on the north-eastern frontier of Indo-China. PLANES FIRED ON RIVAL CONCENTRATIONS ON BORDER. (Received This Day, 9 a.m.) SHANGHAI, October 4. Defending forces fired at Thailand planes reconnoitring the Indo-China border. Thailand has sent 50 planes to the border, while the French are concentrating war material. Both countries are evacuating civilians from the borders.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 October 1940, Page 5
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