The French were returning to IndoChina under strange auspices. The Chinese, who dislike European colonization in Asia, were taking over the northern part of the country from the Japs. The British, who used to look upon France as their chief colonial rival, occupied Saigon in the South. The U.S. was helping both British and Chinese occupation forces.
A token French force accompanied the British, the Chinese had agreed to let 5,000 French soldiers enter with their occupation army, and 2,200 more French troops were on their way from Marseille. Whether they would be...
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