Peace and War
1931-1941
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United States Government Printing Office
WASHINGTON: 1943
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLICATION 1983
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FOREWORD
On January 2, 1943, the Department of State released a publication entitled “Peace and War: United States Foreign Policy, 1931-1941”, containing references to a number of documents concerning the conduct of the foreign relations of the United States during that ten-year period. It was stated at the time that these documents would be published later. They are accordingly published herein, together with a reprint of the publication released on January 2. The present publication presents a record of policies and acts by which the United States sought to promote conditions of peace and world order and to meet the world-wide dangers resulting from Japanese, German and Italian aggression.
July 1, 1943
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I THE FATEFUL
DECADE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
II JAPANESE CONQUEST OF MANCHURIA 1931‑1932 . . . . . . . . . . 4
Attack of September 18,
1931 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
"Non-Recognition"
Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 5
Ambassador Grew's Report
on Japanese Military Spirit . . . . 6
Condemnation of Japanese
Aggression . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
III DISARMAMENT DISCUSSIONS 1932-1934 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Statement of February
1932 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Proposal of May 16,
1933 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 9
Statement of May 22, 1933
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Japanese Denunciation of
Naval Treaty of 1922 . . . . . . . . 12
IV WARNINGS OF DANGER 1933-1935 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Secretary Hull's
Conversation With the German Ambassador. . . 13
Consul General
Messersmith's Report From Berlin . . . . . . . 13
President Roosevelt's
Address of December 28, 1933 . . . . . 14
Acting Commercial Attaché
Miller's Report on the Nazis . . . 15
Reported German-Japanese
Entente . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Addresses by Secretary
Hull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Relations With Japan—1934
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Defeat of Proposed
Adherence to World Court . . . . . . . . . 21
Warnings February—June
1935 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Proposed Arms Embargo . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Neutrality
Legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 24
Montevideo Conference . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
National Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
V ITALIAN CONQUEST OF ETHIOPIA 1935—1936 . . . . . .
. . . . . . 29
Italian Preparations for
War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Outbreak of War . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Secretary Hull's
Conversation With the Italian Ambassador . . 32
VI DEVELOPING DANGERS 1936—1937 . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 34
Warnings by President Roosevelt
and Secretary Hull . . . . . . 34
Civil Conflict in
Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 36
Addresses by President
Roosevelt and Secretary Hull . . . . . 37
Japanese Expansion and
Attitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
London Naval Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
German-Japanese
Anti-Comintern Pact . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 40
Inter-American Peace
Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 41
National Defense . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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VII JAPANESE ATTACK ON CHINA 1937 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
National Defense . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Marco Polo Bridge
Incident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 45
Secretary Hull's Statement
of Principles . . . . . . . . . . 45
Offer of Good Offices . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
President Roosevelt's
"Quarantine" Address . . . .
. . . . . 49
Brussels Conference . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Panay
Incident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 52
VIII EUROPEAN CRISIS 1938 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
United States
Rearmament . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 54
German Occupation of
Austria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
56
Secretary Hull's Address
of March 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Increased Tension in
Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Munich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 59
Return of United States
Ambassador From Germany . . . . . . . 60
Lima Conference . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
IX EUROPEAN WAR 1939 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 62
United States
Rearmament . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 62
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
and Albania . . . . . . . . . . . 63
President Roosevelt's
Appeal to Hitler and Mussolini . . . . 64
Neutrality
Legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 65
August Crisis . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
War . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Panama Conference . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
X EUROPEAN WAR 1940
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
President Roosevelt's
Address to Congress January 3 . . . . . 71
Visit of Under Secretary
Welles to Europe . . . . . . . . . . 71
German Invasion of Denmark
and Norway . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Efforts To Keep Italy out
of the War . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
German Invasion of the Low
Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
United States Aid to
Opponents of Force . . . . . . . . . . . 76
French Appeal to the
United States . . . . . . . . . . . . .
77
Fall of France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 78
Monroe Doctrine . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
XI DEFENSE MEASURES OF THE UNITED STATES 1940 . . . . . . . . . 80
President Roosevelt's
Request for 50,000 Planes . . . . . . . 80
Secretary Hull's Address
of June 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Habana Conference . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
"We Cannot Pursue
Complacently the Course of Our Customary
Normal Life" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 83
Exchange of Destroyers for
Bases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Treaty of Alliance Between
Germany, Italy, and Japan . . . . 84
Secretary Hull's Address
of October 26 . . . . . . . . . . . 85
President Roosevelt's
"Arsenal of Democracy" Address
. . . . 86
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XII RELATIONS WITH JAPAN 1938-1940 . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 88
Principles of United
States Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . .
88
"Moral
Embargoes" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
United States Protest
December 31, 1938 . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Notice of Termination of
Commercial Treaty With Japan . . . . 90
Secretary Hull's
Conversations With the Japanese Ambassador . 91
Status of Netherlands
Indies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Instruction to Ambassador
Grew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Temporary Closing of the
Burma Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Report From Ambassador
Grew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Japanese Penetration Into
Indochina . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Restrictions on Exports to
Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
XIII EUROPEAN WAR 1941 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 99
The Four Freedoms . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Lend-Lease Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 100
Invasion of Greece and
Yugoslavia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Greenland Agreement . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Secretary Hull's Address
of April 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Unlimited National
Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 106
Policy Toward France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
The Robin Moor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 109
German Attack on Russia .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Agreement With
Iceland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 111
Atlantic Charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Aid to Russia . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Battle of the
Atlantic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 113
Revision of the Neutrality
Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
"We Americans Have
Cleared Our Decks and Taken Our Battle
Stations" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 117
XIV DISCUSSIONS WITH JAPAN 1941‑PEARL HARBOR .
. . . . . . . . . 118
Secretary Hull's Statement
on Japanese Aggression, January 15 118
Report That Japan Might
Attack Pearl Harbor . . . . . . . . . 118
Arrival of Ambassador
Nomura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Exploratory Conversations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Japanese Proposal of May
12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
United States Proposal of
June 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Report of Japanese Plan To
Attack Russia . . . . . . . . . . 123
Japanese Occupation of
Southern Indochina . . . . . . . . . . 123
Freezing of Japanese
Assets in the United States . . . . . .
126
Japanese Proposal of
August 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
United States‑British
Collaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Warning to Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Proposed Meeting of
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Konoye . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Japanese Proposal of
September 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
133
Ambassador Grew's Report
That War Might Be "Inevitable" . . . 136
Kurusu Sent to Washington
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
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XIV Discussions WITH JAPAN 1941‑PEARL HARBOR‑Continued.
Japanese Proposal of
November 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
139
United States Memorandum
of November 26 . . . . . . . . . . . 141
"Japan May Move
Suddenly" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Reported Japanese Troop
Movements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
President Roosevelt's
Message to the Emperor of Japan . . . . 147
Pearl Harbor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 147
War With Japan, Germany,
and Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
XV UNITED NATIONS
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
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DOCUMENTS
1 The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State,
September 22, 1931 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
2 Memorandum Handed by the Secretary of State to the Japanese
Ambassador (Debuchi), September 22, 1931 . . . . . . . . . . 156
3 The Secretary of State to the Consul at Geneva (Gilbert),
October 9, 1931 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
4 The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Japan (Neville),
October 20, 1931 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
5 The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Forbes),
January 7, 1932 . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 159
6 The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Forbes),
February 1, 1932 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
7 Address Delivered by the Honorable Hugh S. Gibson, of the
United States Delegation, at the General Disarmament
Conference, Geneva, February 9, 1932 . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
8 The Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland
(Wilson), February 12, 1932 . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 164
9 The Secretary of State to the Chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Relations (Borah), United States Senate, February
23, 1932 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
10 The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State,
August 13, 1932 . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 173
11 Memorandum by the Secretary of State Regarding a
Conversation With the Japanese Ambassador (Debuchi),
January 5, 1933 . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 175
12 The Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland
(Wilson), February 25, 1933 . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 176
13 The Secretary of State to the Chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs (McReynolds), House of Representatives,
April 5, 1933 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 177
14 President Roosevelt to the Secretary of State, May 6,
1933 . 179
15 Message of President Roosevelt to the Congress, May 16,
1933 179
16 Memorandum by the Secretary of State to the Committee on
Foreign Relations, United States Senate, May 17, 1933 . . . . 183
17 Address Delivered by the Honorable Norman H. Davis,
Chairman
of the United States Delegation, at the General Disarmament
Conference, Geneva, May 22, 1933 . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 186
18 The Consul General at Berlin (Messersmith) to the Under
Secretary of State (Phillips), June 26, 1933
. . . . . . . . 197
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19 Memorandum by the Secretary of State Regarding a
Conversation With the German Ambassador (Luther),
October 9, 1933 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
20 Memorandum by the Secretary of State Regarding a
Conversation With the German Ambassador (Luther),
November 2, 1933 . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 193
21 The Consul General at Berlin (Messersmith) to the Under
Secretary of State (Phillips), November 23, 1933 . . . . . . 194
22 Statement by the Secretary of State at the Seventh
International Conference of American States, Montevideo,
December 15, 1933 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
23 Rights and Duties of States‑Convention Signed at
Montevideo,
December 26, 1933 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
24 Address Delivered by President Roosevelt at Washington,
December 28, 1933 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
25 Informal and Personal Message From the Japanese Minister
for
Foreign Affairs (Hirota) to the Secretary of State,
February 21, 1934 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
26 Informal and Personal Message From the Secretary of State
to the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (Hirota),
March 3, 1934 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
27 The Appointed Minister to Austria (Messersmith) to the
Under
Secretary of State (Phillips), April 21, 1934 . . . . . . . . 211
28 The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State,
April 25, 1934 . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 214
29 The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew),
April 28, 1934 . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 216
30 Address Delivered by the Secretary of State at Washington,
May 5, 1934 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
31 Memorandum by the‑Secretary of State Regarding a
Conversation
With the Japanese Ambassador (Saito), May 16, 1934 . . . . . 220
32 Memorandum by the United States Military Attaché, Berlin,
May 17, 1934 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 222
33 Memorandum by the Secretary of State Regarding a
Conversation
With the Japanese Ambassador (Saito), May 19, 1934 . . . . . 223
34 Statement by the Honorable Norman H. Davis, Chairman of the
United States Delegation to the General Disarmament Conference,
at a Meeting of the General Commission of the Conference, at
Geneva, May 29, 1934 . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 226
35 Address Delivered by the Secretary of State at
Williamsburg,
Virginia, June 11, 1934 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
36 The Consul at Berlin (Geist) to the Chief of the Division
of
Western European Affairs (Moffat), Department of State,
September 15,1934 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
37 The Ambassador in Italy (Long) to the Secretary of State,
September 28, 1934 . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 234
38 The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State,
December 27, 1934 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
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39 Statement by the Secretary of State, December 29, 1934 . . . 244
40 Message of President Roosevelt to the Senate,
January 16, 1935 . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 244
41 The Minister in Austria (Messersmith) to the Under
Secretary of
State (Phillips), February 8, 1935 . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 246
42 The Ambassador in Italy (Long) to the Secretary of State,
February 14, 1935 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
43 Address Delivered by the Secretary of State at New York,
February 16, 1935 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
44 Memorandum by the Minister to Austria (Messersmith)
Regarding a Conversation With the Ambassador in Germany
(Dodd), March 22, 1935 . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 255
45 Memorandum by the Secretary of State Regarding a
Conversation
With the German Ambassador (Luther), March 28, 1935 . . . . . 256
46 Address Delivered by the Secretary of State at New York,
June 12, 1935 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
47 Address Delivered by the Secretary of State at Ann Arbor,
Michigan, June 17, 1935 . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 258
48 The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Italy (Long),
August 18, 1935 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
49 "Neutrality Act" of August 31, 1935 . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 266
50 Statement by President Roosevelt, August 31, 1935 . . . . .
. 271
51 The Ambassador in Italy (Long) to the Secretary of State,
September 10, 1935 . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 272
52 Statement by the Secretary of State, September 12, 1935 . .
. 274
53 The Ambassador in Italy (Long) to the Secretary of State,
September 13, 1935 . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 278
54 Statement by President Roosevelt, October 5, 1935 . . . . .
. 283
55 The Secretary of State to the United States Delegation at
Geneva, October 9, 1935 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
56 The Secretary of State to the United States Delegation at
Geneva, October 17, 1935 . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 284
57 Radio Address of the Secretary of State, November 6, 1935 .
. 285
58 Address Delivered by President Roosevelt at Arlington
National
Cemetery, November 11, 1935 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
59 The Minister in Switzerland (Wilson) to the Secretary of
State,
November 13, 1935 . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 291
60 Statement by the Secretary of State, November 15, 1935 . .
. 292
61 Memorandum by the Secretary of State Regarding a
Conversation
With the Italian Ambassador (Rosso), November 22, 1935 . . . 293
62 Statement by the Secretary of State, December 5, 1935 . . .
. 301
63 Memorandum by the First Secretary of the United States
Embassy
in Japan (Dickover), December 23, 1935
. . . . . . . . . . . 302
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64 Address Delivered by President Roosevelt Before the
Congress,
January 3, 1936 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
65 Memorandum by the Secretary of State Regarding a
Conversation
With the British Ambassador (Lindsay), January 22, 1936 . . . 308
66 The Minister in Switzerland (Wilson) to the Secretary of State,
January 27, 1936 . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 308
67 President Roosevelt to the President of the Argentine
Republic
(Justo), January 30, 1936 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
68 "Neutrality Act" of February 29, 1936 , . . . . .
. . . . . . 313
69 Statement by President Roosevelt, February 29, 1936 . . . .
. 314
70 President Roosevelt to Mrs. William A. Becker, President
General, Daughters of the American Revolution,
April 20, 1936 . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 315
71 Statement by the Honorable Norman H. Davis, Chairman of the
United States Delegation, London Naval Conference,
May 13, 1936 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 317
72 Memorandum by the Secretary of State Regarding a
Conversation
With the Japanese Ambassador to Great Britain (Yoshida),
June 12, 1936 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
73 The Acting Secretary of State (Phillips) to the Diplomatic
and Consular Officers of the United States in Spain,
August 7, 1936 . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 322
74 Address Delivered by President Roosevelt at Chautauqua,
New York, August 14, 1936 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
75 Statement by the Department of State, August 22, 1936 . . .
. 329
76 Address Delivered by the Secretary of State at Washington,
September 7, 1936 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
77 Address Delivered by the Secretary of State at New York,
September 15, 1936 . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 333
78 The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State,
December 4, 1936 . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 340
79 Address Delivered by the Secretary of State at Buenos
Aires,
December 5,1936 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
80 Declaration of Principles of Inter-American Solidarity and
Cooperation, Buenos Aires, December 21, 1936
. . . . . . . . 352
81 Joint Resolution To Prohibit the Exportation of Arms,
Ammunition, and Implements of War From the United States
to Spain, January 8, 1937 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
82 Statement by President Roosevelt, January 8, 1937 . . . . .
. 354
83 "Neutrality Act" of May 1, 1937 . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 355
84 Memorandum by the Secretary of State Regarding a
Conversation With the Italian Ambassador (Suvich),
July 6, 1937 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 366
85 Memorandum by the Secretary of State Regarding a
Conversation
With the Japanese Ambassador (Saito), July 12, 1937 . . . . . 368
86 Statement by the Secretary of State, July 16, 1937 . . . . . 370
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87 Memorandum by the Secretary of State Regarding a
Conversation
With the Japanese Ambassador (Saito), July 21, 1937 . . . . . 371
88 The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State,
August 10, 1937 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
89 Press Release Issued by the Department of State on August
23,
1937 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 375
90 The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew),
September 2, 1937 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
91 Statement by President Roosevelt, September 14, 1937 . . . . 380
92 The Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland
(Harrison), September 28, 1937 . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 380
93 Address Delivered by President Roosevelt at Chicago,
October 5, 1937 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
94 Press Release Issued by the Department of State on October
6,
1937 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 387
95 The Secretary of State to the Honorable Norman H. Davis,
United States Delegate to the Conference at Brussels, October
18, 1937 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 389
96 Declaration Adopted by the Conference at Brussels on
November
15, 1937 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 390
97 Declaration Adopted by the Conference at Brussels on
November
24, 1937 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 393
98 The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew),
December 13, 1937 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
99 The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State,
December 14, 1937 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
100 Report of the
United States Delegate to the Conference at
Brussels (Davis), December 16, 1937 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
101 President Roosevelt
to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives (Bankhead), January 6, 1938 . . . . . . . . . 400
102 The Secretary of
State to the Chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs (McReynolds), House of Representatives,
January 8, 1938 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
103 Memorandum by the
Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation
With the German Ambassador (Dieckhoff), January 14, 1938 . . 402
104 Message of
President Roosevelt to the Congress,
January 28, 1938 . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 403
105 The Secretary of
State to the Honorable Louis Ludlow, House of
Representatives, February 10, 1938 . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 405
106 Address Delivered
by the Secretary of State at Washington,
March 17, 1938 . . . . . . . . , . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 407
107 The Secretary of
State to the Chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Relations (Pittman), United States Senate, May 12,
1938 . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 419
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108 Memorandum of a
Press Conference of the Secretary of State,
June 11, 1938 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
109 The Chief of the
Office of Arms and Munitions Control (Green),
Department of State, to One Hundred Forty‑eight Persons and
Companies Manufacturing Airplane Parts, July 1, 1938 . . . . 422
110 Memorandum by the
Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation
With the German Ambassador (Dieckhoff), July 7, 1938 . . . . 423
111 Memorandum by the
Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation
With the Canadian Minister (Marler), September 21, 1938 . . . 424
112 Press Release
Issued by the Department of State on September
26, 1938 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 425
113 Press Release
Issued by the Department of State on September
27, 1938 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 426
114 President
Roosevelt to the Ambassador in Italy (Phillips),
September 27, 1938 . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 427
115 President
Roosevelt to the Chancelor of Germany (Hitler),
September 27, 1938 . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 428
116 Memorandum by the
Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation
With the German Ambassador (Dieckhoff), September 28, 1938 . 429
117 Statement by the
Secretary of State, September 30, 1938 . . . 430
118 The Secretary of
State to President Roosevelt,
October 21, 1938. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
119 Address Delivered
by the Secretary of State at New York,
November 1, 1938 . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 432
120 Statement by
President Roosevelt, November 15, 1938 . . . . . 439
121 Declaration of
Lima" by the Eighth International Conference
of American States, December 24, 1938 . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
122 Declaration of American
Principles by the Eighth International
Conference of American States, December 24, 1938 . . . . . . 440
123 The Ambassador in
Japan (Grew) to the Japanese Minister for
Foreign Affairs (Arita), December 30, 1938
. . . . . . . . . 441
124 Address Delivered
by President Roosevelt to the Congress,
January 4, 1939 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
125 Message of
President Roosevelt to the Congress,
January 12, 1939 . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 451
126 Statement by the
Acting Secretary of State (Welles),
March 17,1939 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
127 Statement by the
Secretary of State, April 8, 1939 . . .
. . 455
128 President
Roosevelt to the Chancelor of Germany (Hitler),
April 14, 1939 . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 455
129 Address Delivered
by the Secretary of State at Washington,
April 25, 1939 . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 458
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130 The Secretary of
State to the Chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Relations (Pittman), United States Senate,
May 27,1939 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
131 Statement by the
Secretary of State, .July 1, 1939 . . .
. . 465
132 Memorandum by the
Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation
With the Japanese Ambassador (Horinouchi), July 10, 1939 . . 465
133 Message From
President Roosevelt to the Congress Transmitting
a Statement by the Secretary of State, July 14, 1939 . . . . 468
134 Press Release
Issued by the White House on July 18, 1939
. . 479
135 The Secretary of
State to the Japanese Ambassador
(Horinouchi), July 26, 1939 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
136 President
Roosevelt to King Victor Emmanuel of Italy,
August 23, 1939 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475