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Prince Buu Lee, former president of the Vietnam Govern- ment, hands over a box containing parchment sod state seals to the new President, Nogdinh Diem, his successor ---Express

Photo.

B.O.T. To Consider.

Return Of

Jap Trade Marks

Small Skirmish

Led To All-Out Operations

London, July 21.

The seven-year Indo China war, which cost tens of thousands of lives and made millions home- less, began as a small, unimpressive skirmish between the French and Vietminh in the strategic port of Haiphong in December 1946.

But its origins go back much further than that to the Japanese occupation in World War Two.

In 1940 France, defeated in Europe, was forced to negotiate an agreement with Japan, allowing the Japanese to use northern Indo-China (Tonkin) as a base in their war against the Chinese.

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Gradually the Japanese

the French March, 1948, Lended control over all Indo-asked Bao Dal to become chief China and on March 9, 1945, of state and offered his govern- they overthrew the French ud- ment "Independence within the the French ministration and named Emperor framework Boo

Пal head of the puppet Union" in a bid to win popular

support.

statc.

During the wor A resistance movement against Japan, camo into being. It was largely eam. posed of the Vicminh-Leaguo for the Independence of Vietnam --with some Free French lenders and a handful of British and American Helson ofcers.

This force was supplied with American equipment by General Claire Chennault's China-based United States Air Force planes.

On August 8, 1945, shortly before the end of the orld War the Vietminh called T an in- surrection

soon captured Hanoi.

and

TONKIN SEIZED

But still they could not bring

Ho to battle,

In December 1949, the com- plexion of the war changed. Mno iriumphant Chinese Tse-tung Communist leader, overthrow the Chinese Nationalists and reached the Indo-Ching border. Three thousand tons of supplies a month were terried over the border to Ho's men, who grow bolder in their sallies against French posts.

In October, 1950, the Viet- minh wiped out a line of French forts along the Chinese border. ald, which Later they seized compictadespile American control in Tonkin and set up

was beginning to pour in, and of the French the remnants their

government with Moscow-trained Ho Chi-minh, a forces were in retreat towards

Hanol. professional revolutionary, อย President of Vietnam,

London, July 20. The Board of Trade announced here today that the British Government had decided to con-ber 2 sider the return to their owners of more than 100 Japanese trade marks seized during the war.

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France replied by sending ace commander General Jean de Luttre de

10 Tassigny

Indo- China.

General de Tassigny halted the Vietminh offensive 25 miles from Hanol in January, 1951,

Emperor Bao Dui was ousted and Ho trošt over a republic which

included the Tonkin and Annom areas in the north and Cochin China In the south.

Tho independence of the of Vict- "Democratic Republic nam" was declared on Septem- PILLBOX DEFENCE

He was unable to win back The French Government, with only 3,000 troops in the terri- the lost autposts but ringed the vital Tonkin "ricebowl" with a tory in 1948, could not afford a clash with Ho's forces and was chain of concrete pillboxes. forced to compromise.

He also laid the foundations In a convention signed with of a Vietnamese national army His troops. Ho In March, 1040,

France to help French

Re- death from cancer in January, recognised

a bitter blow to the within the French Union and French: the Indo-China federation.

The new French loader. "These marks remained On

In return Ho agreed that General Henri Navarre, con- the register during the war in French troops should remain in ceived the "Navarre Plan" the names of the Japanese Indo-China and replace Chiang This aimed to break the mili- prietors and have since been

Kai-shek's units in the north, tory strength of the Vietminh vested in the custodian of He allowed the French into his once and for all by forcing

property for

General Glap into a major battle capital, Hanoi.

instead of his customary "hit and run" tactics.

A statement by the Board, announcing this, said the return of each trade mark would be considered on its merits and that British and Allied firms would have the opportunity of protesting.

"Vietnamese

The statement said: "At they marks, the proprietors of which public" as an autonomous state 1952, was

outbreak of war with Japan in were Japanese crcmies. 1941, there were a hundred or so trade marks on the United Kingdom register of trade

1n

No Peacetime Commander Of EDC

enemy

British and other Ailled In- terests, it is

to now intended clear the register of such of

England. Subject to the protection of:

turn most

ON MERITS

"The marks will be treated

consider each case on its merits

and makes no general promise that any particular mark will be cancelled or returned."

DEMANDS REJECTED

Three months later Ho arrived

to

But soon after the beginning of the campaigning season last

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these marks as need no longer in France to negotiate details of October, General Giap forestalled remain registered and to re-the convention and was received him by Infiltrating into Laps and

the

smaller two of the remainer to in Paris with military honours Cambodia,

for a visiting Indo-China slates which had the former Japanese proprietors usually reserved or their successors in title.

head of state.

been largely tree of Vietminh But Ho's demands for total in-sotivity.

"February the Vietminh dependence were rejected and he

Indo-China

men In "Iron Diviston" of 12,000 returned

appeared outside individually. The custodian willAugust after signing an uneasy suddenly

the main Luang Prabang, the Royal capl- compromise based on

tal of Laos. tenance of the status que

Meanwhile a Vietminh army

PROBED DEPENCES was recruited and trained under Ho's close friend, General Vo

They probed the defences, Nguyen Clap, a bitterly anti-fought sporadic actions, then just as suddenly swung north and on their first French former history teacher

the "human rea" assault on and an anti-Japanese guerilla March 13 hurled leader.

Then, in December 1940, two northern Indo-China fortress of

Dien Bien Phu. factors made war inevitable.

Admiral Thierry Dargentiau, Reinforced and supplied from

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Resident-General France's

In the air, she fortress' 12,000 men Indo-China, set up a

May 7 reparate held out until non-Communist government in the Vietminh overran their posi Cochin China, a move

of holsted over the fortress.

RE-REGISTRATION

Then

London, July 20, The Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, informed the House of

Commons today that there would be no com mander-in-chiet of the pro jected European Defence Com-

ace time. munity in peace

written answer to

The statement said that the In a question, Sir Winston said that Japanese proprietors of trade marks or their successors in title the division which the British Government plans to put at the should request the assignment of marks to them by the disposal of the European army the would in peace timo be under custodian. operational command of the

An opportunity would then be commander of the

fiven to "Brush and other EDC corps Allled intererts" to object to any which it was placed. The зле EDC corps commander, in turn, such assignment. would be responsible through the appropriate superior head-

attacked by Ho as promptly lone and the Vietminh flag was quarters to the Supreme Allied The statement added that if the March agreement. Fighting

French losses were estimated Commander, Europe, the Prime a prima facie case were made began and Ho took to the bills at 4,000 dead or wounded and Minister disclosed,

The Vietmizah out against the return of any with his army. War was da, and 8,000 prisoners. The British Commander-in- mark the custodian, falling an Ho declared that It will be long were believed to have suffered

between and dificult.”

18,000 Chief in Germany would con- acceptable agreemagit

cimunities, including 8,000 tinue to be responsible for the the parties conocínod, would

dead. administration and maintenance not assign the mark to

SPORADIO ATTACKS The day after the fail of Dien the division, he

former proprietor,

the Bien Phu, the Indo-China peaco By February, 1947, France-Presse.

The same applied if the mark french had pushed Ho's forces conference opened in Geneva. had been registered since from the Hanoi pron, The As the negotiations dragged on December 8, 1934.

A proprietor, refused

Vietminh, ll equipped, were M. Joseph Laniel's Government criven 500 miles back to the was defeated in Paris on a vote return of his mark could, how Chinese frontier by October. of confidence

Indo- over its over, apply to the Registrar o But the French falled to bring China policy. Trade Minks for a re-registra-

M.Perro Mendes » France tion.

main force to' basilo, i Ho'a then For The Registrar would

Parsa yen mainly supposed him?? and pledged consider cancelling the existing guerilla ghing weis "on-with, speace in a month or I resign

Vietmini with a dead line of July 20.- London, July 20. registration to allow the ap. sporadic attacks by

1Router. A British PECT, Lord | pileation to proceed.--Reuter. and French counter-attacles. Trofarne, suggested today that

of

Bald.--

ANGLO-AMERICAN ART BODY MOOTED

en Anglo-American, body should

be set up for joint ownership of works of art, and historical documents of priceless value to both countries.

He mid tho Government should consider forming such a body if it could not curb the 6ontinuing export of these valuable possessions to the United States

The surgeon was contained in a question Lærd Trefame, an Independent paar, give notice he would ask in the House of Lorda.

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