751G.92/6: Telegram
The Minister in Thailand (Grant) to the Secretary of State
[Received 11:35 a.m.]
64. The Japanese Chargé d’Affaires has called on me and made inquiry as to whether the Thai Government had communicated with my Government in regard to Indo-China. I answered in the affirmative. He then asked me categorically what the Thai Government wanted to know of my Government. I replied that he should place his inquiry before the Thai officials. Two conclusions may be drawn, it would appear; 1, the Japanese, who I understand, have recently increased the personnel of their military attaches here, have an excellent espionage service, and 2, there is no direct collusion so far between the Thai and the Japanese in the matter of the proposal of the former that the Thai territories ceded to France in Indo-China shall be returned to Thailand in the event of a Japanese invasion of Indo-China. The Thai mission headed by the Deputy Minister of Defense and Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Army48 left yesterday for Japan via Indo-China where, it was stated in the local press, they will meet important members of the Indo-China Government.
- Col. Luang Prom Yodhi.↩