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1942


JANUARY


DECLARATION BY UNITED NATIONS
(Subscribing to the Principles of the Atlantic Charter, January 1, 1942)


THE ANNUAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
Delivered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 6, 1942
MOLOTOV'S NOTE ON GERMAN ATROCITIES IN OCCUPIED SOVIET TERRITORY

TEXT OF RESOLUTION ON GERMAN WAR CRIMES SIGNED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF NINE OCCUPIED COUNTRIES
London, January 12, 1942
INTER-AMERICAN POLICY
(Excerpts from Under-Secretary of State Sumner Welles' Address at Rio de Janeiro, January 15, 1942)
ADDRESS BY SUMNER WELLES, UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE AT THE THIRD MEETING OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 24, 1942
PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
January 27, 1942
PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS (AND RESULT OF VOTE OF CONFIDENCE)
January 29, 1942
TEXT OF SPEECH BY CHANCELLOR ADOLF HITLER AT BERLIN SPORTS PALACE
January 30, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S ADDRESS ON HIS 60TH BIRTHDAY
January 30, 1942

FEBRUARY


CHANCELLOR ADOLF HITLER'S ORATION AT THE FUNERAL OF REICH MINISTER DR. FRITZ TODT
February 12, 1942
PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S BROADCAST ON THE STATE OF THE WAR
February 15, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S BROADCAST TO CANADIANS
February 15, 1942
PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S REPORT TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON THE WAR (regarding escape of Scharnhorst and Gneisenau)
February 17, 1942
PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL'S SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE OF A TRAILER CANTEEN PRESENTED BY AUSTRIANS IN BRITAIN TO THE W. V. S. (WOMEN'S VOLUNTEER SERVICE)
February 18, 1942
FORMATION OF THE NEW BRITISH WAR CABINET
February 19, 1942
GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S MESSAGE TO THE INDIAN PEOPLE (Excerpt)
February 21, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S BROADCAST ON WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY
February 22, 1941
TEXT OF JOSEPH STALIN'S ORDER OF THE DAY ON THE 24TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RED ARMY
February 23, 1942
TEXT OF THE ANGLO-AMERICAN MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT
Signed in Washington on February 23, 1942, by Sumner Welles, Acting Secretary of State, and Viscount Halifax, British Ambassador
DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL (WAR SITUATION, Ministerial Changes)
February 24, 1942
RELATIONS WITH THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AT VICHY
(Released to the press February 27.)

MARCH


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S BROADCAST ON THE 9TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NATIONAL FARM PROGRAM
March 9, 1942
PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS OF SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS' MISSION TO INDIA
March 11, 1942.
CHANCELLOR ADOLF HITLER'S "MEMORIAL DAY" ADDRESS
March 15, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT ON "ARMY DAY"
March 20, 1942
PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL'S ADDRESS TO THE CENTRAL COUNCIL OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY
March 27, 1942.
STATEMENT AND DRAFT DECLARATION BY HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT WITH CORRESPONDENCE AND RESOLUTIONS CONNECTED THEREWITH (Sir Stafford Cripps' Mission to India)
March 30, 1942

APRIL


UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD FRANCE AND THE FRENCH PEOPLE
April 13, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S INFORMAL REMARKS TO MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE PAN AMERICAN UNION
April 14, 1942
CHANCELLOR ADOLF HITLER RECEIVED ADDITIONAL POWER FROM THE REICHSTAG
April 26, 1942
CHANCELLOR ADOLF HITLER'S ADDRESS TO THE REICHSTAG
April 26, 1942
TEXT ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA OF THE ORIGINAL "QUIT INDIA" RESOLUTION DRAFTED BY MOHANDAS K. GANDHI AND REJECTED BY THE ALL-INDIA CONGRESS WORKING COMMITTEE IN FAVOR OF THE MODIFIED VERSION SUBMITTED BY PANDIT JAWAHARLAL NEHRU.
April 27, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
April 27, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S BROADCAST TO THE NATION
April 28, 1942

MAY


JOSEPH STALIN'S ORDER OF THE DAY ON "MAY DAY"
May 1, 1942
U.S. RESPONSE TO OCCUPATION OF MADAGASCAR BY THE BRITISH
May 4, 1942
VICE PRESIDENT HENRY G. WALLACE'S ADDRESS BEFORE THE FREE WORLD ASSOCIATION
May 8, 1942
VICHY VERSION OF TEXTS OF WEST INDIES NOTES and THE FRENCH REPLY
May 9, 1942.
PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S BROADCAST REPORT ON THE WAR
May 10, 1942
FIELD MARSHAL HERMANN GOERING'S SPEECH
May 20, 1942
TWENTY-YEAR MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
May 26, 1942
ADDRESS BY HIDEKI TOJO, PREMIER OF JAPAN, AT THE OPENING OF THE IMPERIAL DIET
Tokyo, May 27, 1942
PRESIDENT MANUEL AVILA CAMACHO'S WAR MESSAGE TO THE EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE MEXICAN CONGRESS
Mexico City, D. F. May 28, 1942
SUMNER WELLES, UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS AT THE ARLINGTON NATIONAL AMPHITHEATER
May 30, 1942

JUNE


DECLARATION OF WAR BY MEXICO ON GERMANY, ITALY AND JAPAN
June 1, 1942
RECOGNITION OF STATE OF WAR BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE GOVERNMENTS OF BULGARIA, HUNGARY, AND RUMANIA
June 2, 1942
PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS (LIBYAN OPERATIONS AND BOMBING OF GERMANY)
June 2, 1942
JOINT DECLARATIONS BY THE (U.S.) CONGRESS
June 5, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT ON THE USE OF POISON GAS
June 5, 1942
CONFERENCE ON FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
(A Declaration of the United Nations Conference on Food and Agriculture, June 8, 1942)
MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
Washington, D.C., June 11, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S BROADCAST TO THE NATION ON RUBBER
June 12, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S "FLAG DAY" ADDRESS
June 13, 1942
CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND MR. MOLOTOV
June 13, 1942
KING GEORGE II ADDRESSES THE U. S. CONGRESS
June 15, 1942.
MOLOTOV'S REPORT ON RATIFICATION OF THE ANGLO-SOVIET TREATY TO THE SUPREME SOVIET OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
June 19, 1942
PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S MESSAGE TO JOSEPH STALIN ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE GERMAN ATTACK UPON THE SOVIET UNION
June 23, 1942.
JOINT STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL AFTER CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, D. C.
June 27, 1941
ROOSEVELT TO PETAIN REGARDING THE UNITED STATES LANDINGS IN NORTH AFRICA, NOVEMBER 8, 1942 AND REPLY.
F. D. ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT ON NORTH AFRICAN policy, November 17, 1942 (From: Department of State Bulletin, Vol VII, p.935)

JULY


PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS (and results of Vote of Censure)
July 2, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S CABLEGRAM TO GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-SHEK ON THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACK ON CHINA BY JAPAN
July 4, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S "INDEPENDENCE DAY" STATEMENT
July 4, 1942
JOINT STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT AND THE KING OF GREECE
July 9, 1942
EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL AND PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT ON AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS FOR BRITISH RELIEF
July 9, 1942.
JAPANESE PREMIER HIDEKI TOJO REMARKS IN CABINET MEETING
July 14, 1942
STATUS OF FRENCH SHIPS AT ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT, SUMNER WELLES, UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE, IN PRESS CONFERENCE
July 14, 1942
CORDELL HULL, SECRETARY OF STATE BROADCAST TO THE WORLD
Washington, D. C., July 23, 1942
SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS REVIEW OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE ALL-INDIA CONGRESS
July 26, 1942
CORDELL HULL, SECRETARY OF STATE, STATUS OF AUSTRIA
July 27, 1942
JAPANESE PREMIER, HIDEKI TOJO'S BROADCAST ON THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE NATION'S TOTAL EFFORT IN THE PROSECUTION OF THE GREATER EAST ASIA WAR
Osaka, July 27, 1942

AUGUST


JAPANESE PREMIER, HIDEKI TOJO BROADCAST TO THE JAPANESE EMPIRE
Tokyo, August 5, 1942
SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS STATEMENT ON INDIA
London, August 5, 1942
WILHELMINA, QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS ADDRESS TO CONGRESS
August 5, 1942
MOHANDAS K. GANDHI'S SPEECH (EXCERPTS) TO THE ALL-INDIA CONGRESS
Bombay, August 7, 1942
STATEMENT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ON THE SENTENCES OF EIGHT NAZI SABOTEURS LANDED BY SUBMARINE ON THE LONG ISLAND AND FLORIDA SHORES ON JUNE 13 AND 17, 1942
August 8, 1942.
LEOPOLD S. AMERY, BRITISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA BROADCAST London, August 9, 1942
ORDERS TO AMERICAN MILITARY FORCES IN INDIA
August 12, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT MESSAGE TO CONGRESS (Regarding Panama)
August 13, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE ATLANTIC CHARTER
August 14, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S "LABOR DAY" STATEMENT
August 19, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT ON PUNISHMENT OF WAR CRIMES
August 21, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S CABLEGRAM TO HIS EXCELLENCY GETULIO VARGAS, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF BRAZIL, ON DECLARATION OF WAR ON GERMANY AND ITALY BY BRAZIL
August 25, 1942
FORMER UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR JOSEPH C. GREW RADIO BROADCAST FROM WASHINGTON
August 30, 1942
CHANCELLOR ADOLF HITLER BROADCAST PLEA FOR WINTER AID
August 30, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S DEDICATORY ADDRESS AT THE NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER, BETHESDA, MARYLAND
August 31, 1942

SEPTEMBER


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT BROADCAST TO INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSEMBLY
September 3, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
September 7, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT BROADCAST TO THE NATION
September 7, 1943
ANNOUNCEMENT OF A CONFERENCE BETWEEN BRITISH AND AMERICAN OFFICIALS IN LONDON
September 8, 1942
PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL ADDRESSED THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN A REVIEW OF THE WAR
September 8, 1942
AMERICAN REPLY TO FRENCH PROTEST AGAINST BOMBINGS IN FRANCE
September 8, 1942
PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S TRIBUTE TO THE LATE DUKE OF KENT
September 9, 1942
PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S REPORT TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON THE POLICY OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN INDIA
September 10, 1942
JAPANESE PREMIER HIDEKI TOJO'S GRADUATION ADDRESS IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY, MANCHUKUO
September 25, 1942
CHANCELLOR ADOLF HITLER'S ADDRESS AT THE OPENING OF THE WINTER RELIEF CAMPAIGN
Berlin, September 30, 1942

OCTOBER


PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER PROVIDING FOR THE STABILIZING OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY
October 3, 1942
TWO LETTERS FROM PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT TO LEON D. HENDERSON, ADMINISTRATOR, OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION
October 3, 1942
LETTER FROM JOSEPH STALIN TO JOSEPH C. CASSIDY, ASSOCIATED PRESS REPRESENTATIVE
Moscow, October 3, 1942
FIELD MARSHAL HERMANN GOERING'S BROADCAST (EXCERPTS)
Berlin, October 4, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, MOBILIZATION OF COMMUNITY NEEDS
October 5, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT OF WAR CRIMES
October 7, 194:
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S BROADCAST TO THE NATION
October 12, 1942
PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL SPEECH AT EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
October 12, 1942
MARSHAL JAN CHRISTIAAN SMUTS'S ADDRESS BEFORE MEMBERS OF THE TWO HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT
October 21, 1942
GANDHI'S LATEST MESSAGE TO AMERICA
October 31, 1942

NOVEMBER


TEXT OF SOVIET INVASION DECREE
Moscow, November 1, 1942
MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT TO MIKHAIL KALININ, PRESIDENT, PRESIDIUM OF THE SUPREME SOVIET OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
Washington, November 6, 1942
JOSEPH STALIN, PREMIER OF THE U.S.S.R. REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Moscow, November 6, 1942
JOSEPH STALIN, PREMIER OF THE U.S.S.R. ORDER OF THE DAY
Moscow, November 7, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT ANNOUNCING THE OPENING OF A SECOND FRONT IN FRENCH NORTH AND WEST AFRICA
Washington, November 7, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE
Washington, D. C., November 7, 1942
LIEUT. GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER'S PROCLAMATION TO THE FRENCH (English Translation)
Washington, D. C., November 7, 1942
CORDELL HULL, SECRETARY OF STATE STATEMENT COVERING BACKGROUND OF FRANCO-AMERICAN RELATIONS SINCE MAY, 1940
Washington, D. C., November 8, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT MESSAGE TO MARSHAL HENRI PETAIN
Washington, D. C., November 8, 1942
MARSHAL HENRI PETAIN'S REPLY TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S NOTE OF NOVEMBER 8, 1942
White House news release.
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO GENERAL FRANCISCO FRANCO BAHAMONDE, HEAD OF THE SPANISH STATE
Washington, D. C., November 8, 1942
VICE-PRESIDENT HENRY C. WALLACE ADDRESS BEFORE CONGRESS OF AMERICAN SOVIET FRIENDSHIP
New York, November 8, 1942
CHANCELLOR ADOLF HITLER SPEECH ON THE 19TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE "BEER HALL PUTSCH"
Munich, November 8, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO HIS HIGHNESS SIDI MONCEF PACHA BEY OF TUNIS
Washington, D.C., November 9, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO ADMIRAL JEAN PIERRE ESTEVA, RESIDENT GENERAL AT TUNIS, NORTH AFRICA
Washington, D. C., November 9, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT UPON TERMINATION OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE VICHY GOVERNMENT
Washington, D. C., November 9, 1942
HIS MAJESTY, KING GEORGE VI SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT
London, November 10, 1942
PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL SPEECH AT THE MANSION HOUSE
London, November 10, 1942
CHANCELLOR ADOLF HITLER'S APPEAL TO THE FRENCH ON THE ENTRY OF GERMAN TROOPS INTO UNOCCUPIED FRANCE
November 10, 1942
CHANCELLOR ADOLF HITLER'S LETTER TO MARSHAL PETAIN ANNOUNCING COMPLETE GERMAN OCCUPATION OF FRANCE
November 11, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S "ARMISTICE DAY" ADDRESS
Arlington National Cemetery, November 11, 1942
PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
November 11, 1942
LETTER FROM JOSEPH STALIN, PREMIER OF THE U.S.S.R., TO HENRY CASSIDY, ASSOCIATED PRESS REPRESENTATIVE
Moscow, November 13, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S ADDRESS ON THE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES
November 15, 1942
F. D. ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT ON NORTH AFRICAN policy, November 17, 1942 (From: Department of State Bulletin, Vol VII, p.935)
GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-SHEK MESSAGE TO THE FOURTH SESSION OF THE NEW YORK HERALD-TRIBUNE FORUM ON CURRENT PROBLEMS
November 17, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S ADDRESS TO THE CLOSING SESSION OF THE NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE FORUM ON CURRENT PROBLEMS
November 17, 1942
ADMIRAL JEAN DARLAN'S ADDRESS TO ALL FRENCH AT HOME AND ABROAD
Algiers, North Africa, November 20, 1942
SABURO KURUSU, FORMER SPECIAL AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES
Tokyo, November 26, 1942
CHANCELLOR ADOLF HITLER'S LETTER TO MARSHAL PETAIN ANNOUNCING DECISION TO OCCUPY TOULON
November 27, 1942
PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL BROADCAST
November 29, 1942

DECEMBER


BENITO MUSSOLINI, PREMIER OF ITALY SPEECH TO THE CHAMBER OF FASCI AND CORPORATIONS
Rome, December 2, 1942
STATEMENT BY THE NAVY DEPARTMENT ON THE ATTACK AT PEARL HARBOR ON DECEMBER 7, 1941
Washington, D. C., December 5, 1942
PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL SPEECH AT BRADFORD TOWN HALL
Bradford, England, December 6, 1942
GENERALISSIMO FRANCISCO FRANCO'S SPEECH TO FALANGIST PARTY COUNCIL PRAISING GERMAN, ITALIAN, AND SPANISH FASCISM
Madrid, December 8, 1942
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
December 24, 1942
VICE PRESIDENT HENRY A. WALLACE ADDRESS ON WOODROW WILSON'S BIRTHDAY
Washington, D. C., December 28, 1942

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