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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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