 Decoux got a cold response from de Gaulle and was stripped of his powers as governor general but was ordered to maintain his post with orders to deceive the Japanese.Instead Decoux's army commander General Eugène Mordant () secretly became the Provisional Government's delegate and the head of all resistance and underground activities in Indochina.Mordant however was carelesshe was too talkative and had an inability to keep his preparations secret, so much so that the Japanese Kempeitai swiftly uncovered the plot against them and discussed the next move against the French.