Fall, 1994, p. 22 "On the seas, one old French cruiser sank one-third of the whole Thai fleet ..., Strategic Thai victory and Japan, seeing that the war was turning against its pupil and ally, imposed its "mediation" between the two parties." (EN) Bernard B. Fall, Street Without Joy: The French Debacle in Indochina, Stackpole Books, 1994, ISBN0-8117-1700-3.