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Documents resulting from the 1922 Washington Conference:

The "9 Power Treaty"
Treaty between the United States of America, Belgium, the British Empire, China, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and Portugal, Signed at Washington February 6, 1922

The Treaty Relating to the Use of Submarines and Noxious Gases in Warfare
Treaty between the United States of America, the British Empire, France, Italy, and Japan, Signed at Washington, February 6, 1922

CONFERENCE ON THE LIMITATION OF ARMAMENT,WASHINGTON,
NOVEMBER 12 1921-FEBRUARY 6, 1922.
Treaty Between the United States of America, the British Empire, France, Italy, and Japan, Signed at Washington, February 6, 1922.

Resolutions Adopted by the Conference


SOME DOCUMENTS RELEVANT TO THE ALLIANCE
OF GERMANY, JAPAN, AND ITALY
DURING WORLD WAR II.

(1) German-Japanese Agreement and Supplementary Protocol, Signed at Berlin, November 25, 1936 (Anti-Comintern Pact)

(2) Protocol Concluded by Italy, Germany, and Japan, at Rome, November 6, 1937

(3)Summary of the Three-Power Pact Between Germany, Italy, and Japan, Signed at Berlin, SEPTEMBER 27, 1940. (THE TRIPARTITE PACT)


Document on German Foreign Policy, 1918-1945 (PDF)\


Documents on the Events Preceding the Outbreak of the War. (PDF)

German Foreign Office.


The Hitler Jugend (PDF)

SHAEF G-2


JAPAN-MANCHOUKUO PROTOCOL
SIGNED ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, 1932, AT SINKING


The Imperial (Japanese) Rescript Relating to Withdrawal from the League of Nations
Proclaimed on March 27, 1933.


Plan Red, US Invasion Plans for Canada


THE BRITISH WAR BLUE BOOK
DOCUMENTS CONCERNING GERMAN-POLISH RELATIONS AND THE OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1939


DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS (1938-1939)
(Also known as The French Yellow Book)


President Roosevelt to the German Chancellor Hitler

Washington, September 26, 1938


The German Chancellor Hitler to President Roosevelt

Berlin, September 27, 1938

Received September 26—9:14 PM


President Roosevelt to the German Chancellor Hitler

Washington, September 27, 1938—10:18 PM


NAZI-SOVIET RELATIONS, 1939-1941
Documents from the Archives of the German Foreign Office


HITLER'S DECREE ON COMMAND OF THE WEHRMACHT, FEBRUARY 4, 1938


The Munich Agreement

Winston Churchill

October 5, 1938. House of Commons


The Defence of Freedom and Peace (The Lights are Going Out)

Winston S. Churchill

Broadcast to the United States and to London, October 13, 1938.


THE WESTERN GUARANTEE OF POLISH INDEPENDENCE, MARCH 31, 1939


Soviet Peace Efforts on the Eve of World War II (PDF)


Ourselves and Our Aims

Anthony Eden

May 6, 1939


THE ITALO-GERMAN ALLIANCE, MAY 22, 1939
[Volkischer Beobachter, May 23, 1939.]


It Won't Work Itself

IT IS DICTATORSHIP, ALL THE WAY, OR IT IS LIBERALISM. WHICH?

By W. W. WAYMACK, Editor, Des Moines, Iowa, Register and Tribune

Commencement Address at Morningside College, June 6, 1939


Democracy Faces Its Oldest Problem

WILL AMERICAN ENTERPRISE CONTINUE TO MEET IT?

By O. J. ARNOLD, President, Northwestern National Life Insurance Company and Vice-President, United States Chamber of Commerce

Before a Joint Meeting of the Cleveland Association of Life Underwriters and Cleveland Chamber of Commerce

Cleveland, Ohio, June 30, 1939


New Problems in National Affairs

WE MAY BE ABLE TO LAUGH LATER

Address by ERNEST K. LINDLEY, Washington Correspondent for Newsweek Author of Syndicated Column on National Affairs

Delivered at Institute of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, July 3, 1939


Totalitarians and the Democracies

TWO AND TWO MAKE FOUR

By HUGH S. JOHNSON, Editorial Commentator for Scripps-Howard Newspapers and radio; formerly Administrator, National Industrial Recovery Administration; Member, War Industries Board Delivered at Institute of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, July 4, 1939


The Conflict of Generations in Contemporary Europe

FROM VERSAILLES TO MUNICH

By DR. SIGMUND NEUMANN, Associate Professor of Government and Social Sciences, Wesleyan University; Director, Academy of Adult Education, Berlin, 1930-1933; Author and Lecturer Delivered at Institute of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, July 5, 1939


Our Foreign Policy

WE MUST NOT PERMIT OURSELVES TO BE STAMPEDED

By THEODORE ROOSEVELT, JR., Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1921-1924; Governor General of the Philippine Islands, 1932-1933

Delivered at Institute of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, July 6, 1939


War and the Democracies

AMERICA SHOULD TAKE THE LEAD

By WILLIAM R. CASTLE, former Under Secretary of State and former American Ambassador to Japan

Before the Institute of Public Affairs of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, Virginia, July 8, 1939


Successes and Failures of the League of Nations

A JUDGE, A LEGISLATOR AND A POLICEMAN ARE NECESSARY

By DR. MAX HABICHT, Member of Secretariat of the League of Nations; Counsel for European Legal and Financial Matters; Lecturer and Writer on International Relations, Duxbury, Massachusetts. Delivered at Institute of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, July 10, 1939


The Relative Position of the Individual Under Democratic and Totalitarian States

EFFICIENCY IS THEIR GOD

By MAJOR GENERAL J. G. HARBORD, Chairman of the Board, Radio Corporation of America Delivered at Institute of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, July 11, 1939


The Corner Stone of Our Foreign Policy

THE QUESTIONS OF PEACE AND NEUTRALITY

By CORDELL HULL, Secretary of State

Statement sent to Congress by President Roosevelt, July 14, 1939


Labor and Totalitarianism

A VAST REVOLUTIONARY FERMENT AT WORK

By MATTHEW WOLL, Vice-President, American Federation of Labor Delivered at Radio Station WEVD, July 18, 1939


THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION IN JULY

ANTHONY EDEN

July 31, 1939


SOME DOCUMENTS RELEVANT TO THE ALLIANCE OF GERMANY, JAPAN, AND ITALY DURING WORLD WAR II.


DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE NAZI-SOVIET NONAGRESSION PACT AND PARTITION OF POLAND


Letter from Albert Einstein to FDR regarding building of atomic bomb.


A Hush Over Europe.

Winston Churchill.

Broadcast to the United States from London, August 8, 1938.


 

Netherlands Orange Book

Summary of the Principal Maters Dealt with by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Connnection with the State of War up Till November 1939 and Suitable for Publication.


THE MOOD OF BRITAIN AT THE END OF AUGUST 1939

(I) IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS—AUGUST 24th

ANTHONY EDEN

August 24, 1939


We Will Not Be Responsible for War

GOD KNOWS I HAVE DONE MY BEST

By NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, Prime Minister of Great Britain Delivered in the House of Commons, August 24, 1939


Save American Neutrality

KEEP US OUT OF WAR

By GERALD P. NYE, U. S. Senator from North Dakota

Delivered at Republican Picnic-Rally, held at Starved Rock State Park, Illinois, August 24, 1939 and Broadcast over Blue Network of N. B. C.


A BROADCAST TO U.S.A., AUGUST 30

ANTHONY EDEN

August 30, 1939

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