740.0011 Pacific War/660: Telegram
The Consul at Hanoi (Reed) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 29—1:51 p.m.]
194. Although during the last few days there has been no great increase in the number of Japanese troops in Indochina the French military report that the number of planes has increased considerably during the same period, estimating somewhat over 300 Japanese planes in all of Indochina. Both civilian and military circles consider the situation in the Far East very grave, a number of these contacts making allusion to the charges referred to in the first paragraph of my telegram No. 187, November 25, 5 [6] p.m.
Sent to Cavite for repetition to the Department, Chungking, Peiping, Hong Kong. Shanghai please repeat to Tokyo. Repeated to Bangkok.