with French until March; these then numbered 30,000 and considerable proportion probably retained their arms and are at large. Viet Nam government has at least nominal control of armed gendarmerie and civil guard recruits; gendarmerie in 1942 numbered about 5,000. 8. Viet Nam republic likely have little administrative ability. Lack means communication make it difficult for it control even Annam. Organisation which has set itself up in South Indo-China seems be working certain extent independently of central republican government and is equally ineffective.