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1941

JANUARY '41


NAZI-SOVIET RELATIONS, 1939-1941
Documents from the Archives of the German Foreign Office
JAPANESE FIELD SERVICE CODE ADOPTED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT
January 8, 1941
REFUGEE PROBLEM IN FRANCE A NOTE SENT BY SECRETARY OF STATE CORDELL HULL TO GASTON HENRY-HAYE, FRENCH AMBASSADOR
January 9, 1941
ADDRESS OF PRINCE FUMIMARO KONOYE, PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, DELIVERED BEFORE THE 76TH SESSION OF THE IMPERIAL DIET
Tokyo, Japan, January 21, 1941
ADDRESS BY FOREIGN MINISTER OF JAPAN, YOSUKE MATSUOKA, DELIVERED BEFORE THE 76TH SESSION OF THE IMPERIAL DIET
Tokyo, Japan, January 21, 1941
TEXT OF SPEECH BY CHANCELLOR ADOLF HITLER, AT BERLIN SPORTS PALACE
January 30, 1941

FEBRUARY, '41


YOSUKE MATSUOKA JAPAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER'S ADDRESS AT OPENING OF THAI-FRENCH INDO-CHINA BORDER DISPUTE, MEDIATION CONFERENCE
Tokyo, February 7, 1941
SPEECH BROADCASTED BY PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL
February 9, 1941
"Give us the tools, and we'll finish the job."
SPEECH DELIVERED BY PREMIER BENITO MUSSOLINI
Rome, Italy, February 23, 1941
SPEECH BY CHANCELLOR HITLER
Delivered at Munich, Germany, February 24, 1941

MARCH, '41


EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR, CHARLES ARSÈNE-HENRY AND YOSUKE MATSUOKA, JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER
Tokyo, March 11, 1941
MEDIATION TERMS OF THE THAI-FRENCH INDO-CHINA BORDER DISPUTE
March 11, 1941
CHANCELLOR HITLER'S MEMORIAL ADDRESS
Berlin, Germany, March 16, 1941
RIBBENTROP GREETED MATSUOKA
Berlin, March 27, 1941

APRIL, '41


ADOLF HITLER'S ORDER OF THE DAY CALLING FOR INVASION OF YUGOSLAVIA AND GREECE
Berlin, April 6, 1941
MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO KING PETER II OF YUGOSLAVIA
April 8, 1941
PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL REVIEWED THE WAR BEFORE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
London, England, April 9, 1941
JOINT RSOLUTION OF THE U.S. CONGRESS REAFFIRMING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE MONROE DOCTRINE
April 10, 1941
SOVIET-JAPANESE NEUTRALITY AND DENUNCIATION.
POPE PIUS XII'S EASTER MESSAGE
Vatican City, April 13, 1941
TEXT OF PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S MESSAGE TO THE YUGOSLAV PEOPLE
April 13, 1941
STATEMENT OF YOSUKE MATSUOKA, JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER, UPON HIS RETURN TO TOKYO FROM EUROPE
April 22, 1941
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT ON THE WAR IN GREECE
April 25, 1941
PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S BROADCAST "REPORT ON THE WAR"
April 27, 1941

MAY, '41


ADDRESS BY CHANCELLOR ADOLPH HITLER TO REICHSTAG
Berlin, Germany, May 4, 1941
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT ON THE UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD THE FRENCH REPUBLIC
May 15, 1941
MARSHAL PETAIN'S SPEECH TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE
Vichy, France, May 15, 1941
RADIO ADDRESS BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE, CORDELL HULL
Broadcast from Washington, May 18, 1941
VICE PREMIER DARLAN'S BROADCAST TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE
Vichy, France, May 23, 1941
PROCLAMATION OF UNLIMITED NATIONAL EMERGENCY (U.S.)
May 27, 1941
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S BROADCAST
Washington, D. C., May 27, 1941
ANTHONY EDEN'S, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GREAT BRITAIN, SPEECH ON BRITISH WAR AIMS
Excerpts from a talk at The Mansion House, London, May 29, 1941.

JUNE, '41


SECRETARY OF STATE, CORDELL HULL, EXPLAINS THE U.S. ATTITUDE TOWARD FRENCH POSSESSIONS IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
June 2, 1941
MESSAGE TO THE GREEKS BROADCAST BY GREEK PREMIER, EMMANUEL TSOUDEROS
Alexandria, Egypt, June 5, 1941
SECRETARY OF STATE CORDELL HULL'S STATEMENT ON RELATIONS WITH THE FRENCH REPUBLIC
June 5, 1941
THE STATEMENT BY FRENCH AMBASSADOR GASTON HENRY-HAYE AT WASHINGTON
June 6, 1941
VICE PREMIER DARLAN'S SPEECH TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE
Vichy, France, June 10, 1941
PREMIER BENITO MUSSOLINI'S SPEECH BEFORE THE CHAMBER OF FASCES AND CORPORATIONS
Rome, Italy, June 10, 1941
DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL
June 10, 1941
FOURTEEN ALLIES VOW TO FIGHT UNTIL VICTORY IS WON
St. James's Place, London, Signed June 12, 1941
PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S SPEECH TO THE ALLIED DELEGATES
St. James's Place, London, June 12, 1941
SECRETARY OF STATE CORDELL HULL'S STATEMENT ON FRANCO-GERMAN COLLABORATION
June 13, 1941
TURKISH-GERMAN FRIENDSHIP TREATY, SIGNED IN ANKARA
June 18, 1941
HITLER'S EXPLANATION OF THE SOVIET INVASION,
JUNE 21, 1941
ADDRESS BY CHANCELLOR ADOLPH HITLER TO REICHSTAG
REICHFUEHRER ADOLF HITLER'S PROCLAMATION ON WAR WITH SOVIET UNION
June 22, 1941
STATEMENT BY JOACHIM VON RIBBENTROP, GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER, ON THE DECLARATION OF WAR ON THE SOVIET UNION
Berlin, June 22, 1941
FOREIGN MINISTER VYACHESLAV MOLOTOV'S BROADCAST ON THE OUTBREAK OF WAR WITH GERMANY
Moscow, June 22, 1941
MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S BROADCAST ON THE SOVIET-GERMAN WAR
London, June 22, 1941
ACTING SECRETARY OF STATE, SUMNER WELLES' STATEMENT ON THE GERMAN REICH'S ATTACK ON THE SOVIET UNION
Washington, June 23, 1941

JULY, '41


STATEMENT OF FOREIGN MINISTER, YOSUKE MATSUOKA, ON THE WORLD STATE OF EMERGENCY
July 2, 1941
SOVIET PREMIER STALIN'S BROADCAST TO THE PEOPLE OF THE SOVIET UNION
July 3, 1941
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S BROADCAST ON INDEPENDENCE DAY
Hyde Park, New York, July 4, 1941
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON U. S. OCCUPATION OF ICELAND
July 7, 1941
CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S MESSAGE TO FRIENDLY NATIONS
July 7, 1941
PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL IN HOUSE OF COMMONS ON U.S. TROOPS IN ICELAND
July 9, 1941


AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALISTIC REPUBLICS Moscow, July 12, 1941


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON EXTENSION OF SELECTIVE SERVICE TERMS OF SERVICE
Washington, D. C., July 21, 1941
ACTING SECRETARY OF STATE SUMNER WELLES' STATEMENT ON JAPANESE-FRENCH COLLABORATION IN INDOCHINA
July 24, 1941
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER FREEZING JAPANESE AND CHINESE ASSETS IN THE UNITED STATES
Hyde Park, N. Y., July 25, 1941
AGREEMENT BETWEEN JAPAN AND FRANCE PLEDGING MILITARY CO-OPERATION IN DEFENSE OF INDO-CHINA
Tokyo, July 29, 1941
POLISH-SOVIET UNION AGREEMENTS
Moscow, July 30, 1941
ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON PRICE CONTROL
July 30, 1941

AUGUST, '41


STATEMENT BY JAPANESE BOARD OF INFORMATION ON "REINFORCING JAPANESE FORCES IN INDO-CHINA"
Tokyo, August 1, 1941
EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN THE ACTING SECRETARY OF STATE SUMNER WELLES AND THE SOVIET AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES, CONSTANTINE A. OUMANSKY
August 2, 1941
MARSHAL PETAIN'S ADDRESS TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE
Vichy, France, August 12, 1941
"THE ATLANTIC CHARTER," JOINT DECLARATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF GREAT BRITAIN
August 14, 1941
JOINT MESSAGE OF ASSISTANCE TO THE SOVIET UNION FROM PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL
August 15, 1941
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON "THE ATLANTIC CHARTER"
August 21, 1941
PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S BROADCAST TO THE WORLD ABOUT THE MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
August 24, 1941
STATEMENT ON SENDING A (U.S.) MILITARY MISSION TO CHINA
August 26, 1941

SEPTEMBER, '41


CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S MESSAGE TO NATION ON THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MOUKDEN INCIDENT
September 18, 1941
INTER-ALLIED COUNCIL STATEMENT ON THE PRINCIPLES OF THE ATLANTIC CHARTER
London, September 24, 1941
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S "LIBERTY FLEET DAY" ADDRESS
Washington, D. C., Sept. 27, 1941
TEXT OF A LETTER FROM AMBASSADOR OF POLAND, JAN CIECHANOWSKI, TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE, CORDELL HULL, ON THE SUBJECT OF POLISH-SOVIET RELATIONS
September 29, 1941
PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S REVIEW OF THE WAR TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
September 30, 1941

OCTOBER, '41


W. AVERELL HARRIMAN, AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVE TO THE CONFERENCE OF UNITED STATES, GREAT BRITAIN, AND THE U.S.S.R.
Speech at the final meeting on October 1, 1941
HITLER'S ORDER OF THE DAY TO THE GERMAN TROOPS ON THE EASTERN FRONT
Issued October 2, 1941
TEXT OF THE DOCUMENT HANDED BY SECRETARY OF STATE HULL TO THE JAPANESE AMBASSADOR
October 2, 1941
MEMORANDUM OF A CONVERSATION BY SECRETARY OF STATE, CORDELL HULL, WITH THE MINISTER OF FINLAND, MR. HJALMAR J. PROCOPÉ
October 3, 1941
REICHSFÜHRER ADOLF HITLER'S BROADCAST TO THE GERMAN PEOPLE
Berlin, October 3, 1941
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S BROADCAST ON "THE COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION OF HUMAN NEEDS"
Washington, D. C., October 3, 1941
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S LETTER TO THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR CONVENTION
Seattle, October 7, 1941
LETTER FROM PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT TO PREMIER JOSEPH STALIN
October 8, 1941
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS URGING THE ARMING OF AMERICAN FLAG SHIPS ENGAGED IN FOREIGN COMMERCE
October 9, 1941
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT ON THE EXECUTION OF HOSTAGES BY THE NAZIS
October 25, 1941
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S "NAVY DAY ADDRESS" ON THE ATTACK ON THE DESTROYER KEARNEY
October 27, 1941
PARAPHRASE OF A LETTER FROM PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT TO PREMIER JOSEPH STALIN
Dated October 30, 1941

NOVEMBER, '41


THE REICH GOVERNMENT'S REPLY TO ROOSEVELT'S NAVY DAY SPEECH
Berlin, November 1, 1941
A PARAPHRASE OF THE REPLY OF PREMIER JOSEPH STALIN, DATED NOVEMBER 4, 1941, TO THE LETTER OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT OF OCTOBER 30, 1941
November 4, 1941
ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO THE DELEGATES OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION
Delivered in the White House and broadcast over a nation-wide hookup, November 6, 1941
JOSEPH STALIN'S SPEECH ON RED SQUARE ON ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION
November 7, 1941
SPEECH BY PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL AT THE MANSION HOUSE REGARDING INVOLVEMENT IN A US-JAPANESE WAR BY THE BRITISH
London, November 10, 1941
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S ARMISTICE DAY ADDRESS
Arlington Cemetery, November 11, 1941
MAJESTY, KING GEORGE VI, AT THE OPENING OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
November 12, 1941
MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL REVIEWS THE WAR IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
November 12, 1941
JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER TOGO SHIGENORI'S ADDRESS TO THE IMPERIAL DIET
November 17, 1941
THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS REPEALS OF THE 1939 NEUTRALITY ACT
November 17, 1941
UNITED STATES TROOPS SENT TO SURINAM (DUTCH GUIANA) TO GUARD BAUXITE MINES
November 24, 1941
SECRETARY OF STATE CORDELL HULL'S STATEMENT ON FINNISH-GERMAN MILITARY COOPERATION
November 28, 1941

DECEMBER, '41


HITLER ON PUNISHMENT OF OFFENDERS IN OCCUPIED TERRITORY,
DECEMBER 7, 1941
"Night-and-Fog Decree" (Nacht-und-Nebel Erlass).
CANADA DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN,
December 7, 1941
AUSTRALIA DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN
December 8, 1941
THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS DECLARES WAR WITH JAPAN
December 8, 1941
PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S BROADCAST ON WAR WITH JAPAN December 8, 1941
THE UNITED KINGDOM'S NOTIFICATION OF A STATE OF WAR WITH JAPAN December 8, 1941
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S ADDRESS TO CONGRESS
(Asking for a Declaration of a State of War between the United States and Japan, December 8, 1941)
CHINA'S DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST JAPAN, ALSO AGAINST GERMANY AND ITALY
December 9, 1941
THE GERMAN DECLARATION OF WAR WITH THE UNITED STATES
December 11, 1941
HITLER ANNOUNCED TO THE REICHSTAG THE DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST THE UNITED STATES
December 11, 1941
MUSSOLINI'S WAR STATEMENT
Rome, December 11, 1941
GERMANY, ITALY, AND JAPAN SIGN NEW PACT BARRING A SEPARATE PEACE WITH THE UNITED STATES OR GREAT BRITAIN
December 11, 1941
PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S REVIEW OF THE WAR TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
December 11, 1941
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S ADDRESS TO CONGRESS
(Requesting recognition of a State of War existing between the United States and Germany and the United States and Italy, December 11, 1941)
EAMON DE VALERA'S SPEECH ON EIRE NEUTRALITY CORK, IRELAND
December 12, 1941
JOSEPH GOEBBELS' PLEA FOR CLOTHING FOR TROOPS ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT, ALSO HITLER'S PROCLAMATION READ BY GOEBBELS
December 20, 1941
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE DIRECT COMMAND BY ADOLPH HITLER WITH HIS PROCLAMATION TO THE GERMAN ARMY
December 21, 1941
PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S ADDRESS TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
December 26, 1941


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