11/01 Sat. Coast Guard is place under jurisdiction of Department of the
Navy for duration of national emergency.
11/03 Mon. Secretary of State announces German refusal to pay
compensation for ROBIN MOOR sinking.
11/06 Thu. German blockade runner ODENWALD disguised as United States
ship WILLMOTO is captured by cruiser OMAHA (CL-4) and
destroyer SOMMERS (DD-381) in Atlantic equatorial waters
11/08 Sat. United States Naval Operating Base, Iceland, is established.
11/10 Mon. First United States-escorted troop convoy (Rear Adm. A. B.
Cook), transporting more than 20,000 British troops, sails
from Halifax for the Far East.
11/14 Fri. Marines are ordered to leave Shanghai, Peiping, and Tientsin,
China.
11/17 Mon. Neutrality Act of 1939 is amended by Joint Resolution;
merchant ships can now be armed and enter war zones.
Saburo Kurusu, special Japanese envoy, arrives in Washington
and confers with the Secretary of State.
11/20 Thu. Ambassador Nomura presents Japan's "final proposal" to keep
peace in the Pacific.
11/21 Fri. Lend-Lease is extended to Iceland.
11/23 Sun. United States occupies Surinam, Dutch Guiana, pursuant to
agreement with the Netherlands government to protect bauxite
mines.
11/25 Tue. Japanese troop transports, en route to Malaya, are sighted
off Formosa.
11/26 Wed. Secretary of State submits final proposals to Japanese envoys
for readjustment of United States-Japanese relations.
11/27 Thu. Adm. H. R. Stark, Chief of Naval Operations, sends "war
warning" message to commanders of the Pacific and Asiatic
Fleets.
11/30 Sun. Japanese Foreign Minister Tojo rejects United States
proposals for settling Far Eastern crisis.