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Preface/Foreword iii
Fourth Year of the China Incident (1940) 1
Summary of Important Events during 1940 1
Summary of Operations in China from 1937 - 1940 3
The Asama Maru Incident 5
The Policy on China 6
Occupation of Northern French Indo-China 8
Important National Policies 13
Decision on a General National Policy
(27 July 1940) 13
The Navy's Views on the "Principles to Cope
with the Changing World Situation" 18
Tripartite Alliance Pact 20
The First Phase 20
The Second Phase 22
Estimates by the Japanese Government 24
Views of the Japanese Navy 31
APPENDICES
Appendix No 1 Outline of the Readjustment of Relations
between Japan and China 37
Appendix No 2 General Principles to Cope with the
Changing World Situation 42
Appendix No 3 Imperial General Headquarters Comments on
"The Principles to Cope with the Changing
World Situation" 46
Appendix No 4 Tripartite Alliance Pact 50
Appendix No 5 Circumstances which led the Japanese Navy
to Agree to the Tripartite Pact 53
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