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... British and French . The British could not be reached ; they were in the suburbs playing tennis . However , Rock's persuasive powers prevailed on the others . " There are enough petroleum products in the Pandacan area of Manila to ...
... British and French . The British could not be reached ; they were in the suburbs playing tennis . However , Rock's persuasive powers prevailed on the others . " There are enough petroleum products in the Pandacan area of Manila to ...
Page 42
... British fired the first shot ! The President's dilemma now becomes clearly apparent : The Japa- nese were about to attack the British and Dutch , which was known in Washington from intercepts of Japanese messages . Or perhaps the British ...
... British fired the first shot ! The President's dilemma now becomes clearly apparent : The Japa- nese were about to attack the British and Dutch , which was known in Washington from intercepts of Japanese messages . Or perhaps the British ...
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... British into firing that first shot : force them to attack the Thai near Singora as a counter move to a Japanese landing at Kota Bharu . The Thai would then re- quest Japanese aid . Some slant eye must have been reading the British mind ...
... British into firing that first shot : force them to attack the Thai near Singora as a counter move to a Japanese landing at Kota Bharu . The Thai would then re- quest Japanese aid . Some slant eye must have been reading the British mind ...
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