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It was midnight in Hanoi and Admiral Jean Decoux, Governor General of French Indo-China, was in bed when Major General Issaku Nishihara, head of the Japanese military mission, arrived at his residence last week and demanded an immediate audience. "I am not getting up," shouted the irate Admiral. "If the Japanese want to declare war, they can do it tomorrow morning."
War was so close to French Indo-China last week that the thought of it no longer caused alarm. Japan, self-appointed guardian of "Greater East Asia," had left no doubt that she intended to fall upon the fat prey to the...
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