The French further that these Thai movements, which they thought were motivated by Thai imperialism, constituted a direct threat to the security of Indo-China, and would link Thailand with Italy , Germany and Japan against the position in the Far East of all the European colonial powers.
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In his statement to the French Chamber of Deputies in 1938, Colonel Fernard Bernard, former President of the Franco-Siamese Boundary Commission, asked for arms and reinforcements in Indo-China, justifying his initiative in this manner:
The Victory of Japan over Russia produced a terrific effect at the time on the people of Asia, and we in Europe all felt the counter-blast. What would happen if tomorrow a minute country like Siam imposed her will upon France
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