Peace and War

 

United States Foreign Policy

 

1931-1941

 

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WASHINGTON: 1943


 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

 

PUBLICATION 1983

 

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FOREWORD

 

On January 2, 1943, the Department of State released a publication entitled “Peace and War: United States Foreign Policy, 1931-1941”, containing references to a number of documents concerning the conduct of the foreign relations of the United States during that ten-year period.  It was stated at the time that these documents would be published later.  They are accordingly published herein, together with a reprint of the publication released on January 2.  The present publication presents a record of policies and acts by which the United States sought to promote conditions of peace and world order and to meet the world-wide dangers resulting from Japanese, German and Italian aggression.

 

July 1, 1943

 

 

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I THE FATEFUL DECADE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   1

 

II JAPANESE CONQUEST OF MANCHURIA 1931‑1932  . . . . . . . . . .   4

Attack of September 18, 1931  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4

"Non-Recognition" Policy  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5

Ambassador Grew's Report on Japanese Military Spirit  . . . .   6

Condemnation of Japanese Aggression . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7

 

III DISARMAMENT DISCUSSIONS 1932-1934  . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9

Statement of February 1932  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9

Proposal of May 16, 1933  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9

Statement of May 22, 1933 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10

Japanese Denunciation of Naval Treaty of 1922 . . . . . . . .  12

 

IV WARNINGS OF DANGER 1933-1935  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13

Secretary Hull's Conversation With the German Ambassador. . .  13

Consul General Messersmith's Report From Berlin . . . . . . .  13

President Roosevelt's Address of December 28, 1933  . . . . .  14

Acting Commercial Attaché Miller's Report on the Nazis  . . .  15

Reported German-Japanese Entente  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16

Addresses by Secretary Hull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17

Relations With Japan—1934 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18

Defeat of Proposed Adherence to World Court . . . . . . . . .  21

Warnings February—June 1935 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21

Proposed Arms Embargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23

Neutrality Legislation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24

Montevideo Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25

National Defense  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27

 

V ITALIAN CONQUEST OF ETHIOPIA 1935—1936 . . . . . . . . . . . .  29

Italian Preparations for War  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29

Outbreak of War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  31

Secretary Hull's Conversation With the Italian Ambassador . .  32

 

VI DEVELOPING DANGERS 1936—1937 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Warnings by President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull . . . . . . 34

Civil Conflict in Spain  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Addresses by President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull  . . . . . 37

Japanese Expansion and Attitude  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

London Naval Conference  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

German-Japanese Anti-Comintern Pact  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Inter-American Peace Conference  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

National Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   43

 

 

 

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VII JAPANESE ATTACK ON CHINA 1937  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  45

National Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   43

Marco Polo Bridge Incident  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  45

Secretary Hull's Statement of Principles  . . . . . . . . . .  45

Offer of Good Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  46

President Roosevelt's "Quarantine" Address  . . . . . . . . .  49

Brussels Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  50

Panay Incident  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  52

 

VIII EUROPEAN CRISIS 1938  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  54

United States Rearmament  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  54

German Occupation of Austria  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  56

Secretary Hull's Address of March 17  . . . . . . . . . . . .  56

Increased Tension in Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  57

Munich  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  59

Return of United States Ambassador From Germany . . . . . . .  60

Lima Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  61

 

IX EUROPEAN WAR 1939 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  62

United States Rearmament  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  62

Invasion of Czechoslovakia and Albania  . . . . . . . . . . .  63

President Roosevelt's Appeal to Hitler and Mussolini  . . . .  64

Neutrality Legislation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  65

August Crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  67

War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  69

Panama Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  70

 

X EUROPEAN WAR 1940  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  71

President Roosevelt's Address to Congress January 3 . . . . .  71

Visit of Under Secretary Welles to Europe . . . . . . . . . .  71

German Invasion of Denmark and Norway . . . . . . . . . . . .  72

Efforts To Keep Italy out of the War  . . . . . . . . . . . .  72

German Invasion of the Low Countries  . . . . . . . . . . . .  75

United States Aid to Opponents of Force . . . . . . . . . . .  76

French Appeal to the United States  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  77

Fall of France  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  78

Monroe Doctrine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  78

 

XI DEFENSE MEASURES OF THE UNITED STATES 1940  . . . . . . . . .  80

President Roosevelt's Request for 50,000 Planes . . . . . . .  80

Secretary Hull's Address of June 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . .  81

Habana Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  82

"We Cannot Pursue Complacently the Course of Our Customary

Normal Life"  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  83

Exchange of Destroyers for Bases  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  83

Treaty of Alliance Between Germany, Italy, and Japan  . . . .  84

Secretary Hull's Address of October 26  . . . . . . . . . . .  85

President Roosevelt's "Arsenal of Democracy" Address  . . . .  86

 

 

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XII RELATIONS WITH JAPAN 1938-1940 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  88

Principles of United States Policy  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  88

"Moral Embargoes" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  89

United States Protest December 31, 1938 . . . . . . . . . . .  90

Notice of Termination of Commercial Treaty With Japan . . . .  90

Secretary Hull's Conversations With the Japanese Ambassador .  91

Status of Netherlands Indies  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  92

Instruction to Ambassador Grew  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  93

Temporary Closing of the Burma Road . . . . . . . . . . . . .  94

Report From Ambassador Grew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  95

Japanese Penetration Into Indochina . . . . . . . . . . . . .  96

Restrictions on Exports to Japan  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  97

 

XIII EUROPEAN WAR 1941 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  99

The Four Freedoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  99

Lend-Lease Act  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Invasion of Greece and Yugoslavia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Greenland Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Secretary Hull's Address of April 24  . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Unlimited National Emergency  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Policy Toward France  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

The Robin Moor  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

German Attack on Russia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Agreement With Iceland  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Atlantic Charter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Aid to Russia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Battle of the Atlantic  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Revision of the Neutrality Act  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

"We Americans Have Cleared Our Decks and Taken Our Battle

Stations"  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

 

XIV DISCUSSIONS WITH JAPAN 1941‑PEARL HARBOR . . . . . . . . . . 118

Secretary Hull's Statement on Japanese Aggression, January 15 118

Report That Japan Might Attack Pearl Harbor . . . . . . . . . 118

Arrival of Ambassador Nomura  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Exploratory Conversations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Japanese Proposal of May 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

United States Proposal of June 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Report of Japanese Plan To Attack Russia  . . . . . . . . . . 123

Japanese Occupation of Southern Indochina . . . . . . . . . . 123

Freezing of Japanese Assets in the United States  . . . . . . 126

Japanese Proposal of August 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

United States‑British Collaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Warning to Japan  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Proposed Meeting of President Roosevelt and Prime Minister

Konoye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Japanese Proposal of September 6  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Ambassador Grew's Report That War Might Be "Inevitable" . . . 136

Kurusu Sent to Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

 

 

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XIV Discussions WITH JAPAN 1941‑PEARL HARBOR‑Continued.

Japanese Proposal of November 20  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

United States Memorandum of November 26 . . . . . . . . . . . 141

"Japan May Move Suddenly" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Reported Japanese Troop Movements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

President Roosevelt's Message to the Emperor of Japan . . . . 147

Pearl Harbor  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

War With Japan, Germany, and Italy  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

 

XV UNITED NATIONS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

 

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  1 The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State,
September 22, 1931 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  155

  2 Memorandum Handed by the Secretary of State to the Japanese
Ambassador (Debuchi), September 22, 1931 . . . . . . . . . .  156

  3 The Secretary of State to the Consul at Geneva (Gilbert),
October 9, 1931 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . .  157

  4 The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Japan (Neville),
October 20, 1931 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  158

  5 The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Forbes),
January 7, 1932  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  159

  6 The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Forbes),
February 1, 1932 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  160

  7 Address Delivered by the Honorable Hugh S. Gibson, of the
United States Delegation, at the General Disarmament
Conference, Geneva, February 9, 1932 . . . . . . . . . . . .  161

  8 The Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland
(Wilson), February 12, 1932  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  164

  9 The Secretary of State to the Chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Relations (Borah), United States Senate, February
23, 1932 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  168

 10 The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State,
August 13, 1932  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  173

 11 Memorandum by the Secretary of State Regarding a
Conversation With the Japanese Ambassador (Debuchi),
January 5, 1933  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  175

 12 The Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland
(Wilson), February 25, 1933  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  176

 13 The Secretary of State to the Chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs (McReynolds), House of Representatives,
April 5, 1933  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  177

 14 President Roosevelt to the Secretary of State, May 6, 1933  . 179

 15 Message of President Roosevelt to the Congress, May 16, 1933  179

 16 Memorandum by the Secretary of State to the Committee on
Foreign Relations, United States Senate, May 17, 1933 . . . . 183

 17 Address Delivered by the Honorable Norman H. Davis, Chairman
of the United States Delegation, at the General Disarmament
Conference, Geneva, May 22, 1933  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

 18 The Consul General at Berlin (Messersmith) to the Under
Secretary of State (Phillips), June 26, 1933  . . . . . . . . 197

                

 

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 19 Memorandum by the Secretary of State Regarding a
Conversation With the German Ambassador (Luther),
October 9, 1933 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

 20 Memorandum by the Secretary of State Regarding a
Conversation With the German Ambassador (Luther),
November 2, 1933  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

 21 The Consul General at Berlin (Messersmith) to the Under
Secretary of State (Phillips), November 23, 1933  . . . . . . 194

 22 Statement by the Secretary of State at the Seventh
International Conference of American States, Montevideo,
December 15, 1933 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

 23 Rights and Duties of States‑Convention Signed at Montevideo,
December 26, 1933 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

 24 Address Delivered by President Roosevelt at Washington,
December 28, 1933 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

 25 Informal and Personal Message From the Japanese Minister for
Foreign Affairs (Hirota) to the Secretary of State,
February 21, 1934 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

 26 Informal and Personal Message From the Secretary of State
to the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (Hirota),
March 3, 1934 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

 27 The Appointed Minister to Austria (Messersmith) to the Under
Secretary of State (Phillips), April 21, 1934 . . . . . . . . 211

 28 The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State,
April 25, 1934  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

 29 The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew),
April 28, 1934  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

 30 Address Delivered by the Secretary of State at Washington,
May 5, 1934 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

 31 Memorandum by the‑Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation
With the Japanese Ambassador (Saito), May 16, 1934  . . . . . 220

 32 Memorandum by the United States Military Attaché, Berlin,
May 17, 1934  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

 33 Memorandum by the Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation
With the Japanese Ambassador (Saito), May 19, 1934  . . . . . 223

 34 Statement by the Honorable Norman H. Davis, Chairman of the
United States Delegation to the General Disarmament Conference,
at a Meeting of the General Commission of the Conference, at
Geneva, May 29, 1934  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

 35 Address Delivered by the Secretary of State at Williamsburg,
Virginia, June 11, 1934 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

 36 The Consul at Berlin (Geist) to the Chief of the Division of
Western European Affairs (Moffat), Department of State,
September 15,1934 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

 37 The Ambassador in Italy (Long) to the Secretary of State,
September 28, 1934  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

 38 The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State,
December 27, 1934 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

 

 

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 39 Statement by the Secretary of State, December 29, 1934  . . . 244

 40 Message of President Roosevelt to the Senate,
January 16, 1935  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

 41 The Minister in Austria (Messersmith) to the Under Secretary of
State (Phillips), February 8, 1935  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

 42 The Ambassador in Italy (Long) to the Secretary of State,
February 14, 1935 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

 43 Address Delivered by the Secretary of State at New York,
February 16, 1935 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

 44 Memorandum by the Minister to Austria (Messersmith)
Regarding a Conversation With the Ambassador in Germany
(Dodd), March 22, 1935  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

 45 Memorandum by the Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation
With the German Ambassador (Luther), March 28, 1935 . . . . . 256

 46 Address Delivered by the Secretary of State at New York,
June 12, 1935 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

 47 Address Delivered by the Secretary of State at Ann Arbor,
Michigan, June 17, 1935  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . 258

 48 The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Italy (Long),
August 18, 1935 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

 49 "Neutrality Act" of August 31, 1935 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

 50 Statement by President Roosevelt, August 31, 1935 . . . . . . 271

 51 The Ambassador in Italy (Long) to the Secretary of State,
September 10, 1935  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

 52 Statement by the Secretary of State, September 12, 1935 . . . 274

 53 The Ambassador in Italy (Long) to the Secretary of State,
September 13, 1935  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

 54 Statement by President Roosevelt, October 5, 1935 . . . . . . 283

 55 The Secretary of State to the United States Delegation at
Geneva, October 9, 1935 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

 56 The Secretary of State to the United States Delegation at
Geneva, October 17, 1935  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

 57 Radio Address of the Secretary of State, November 6, 1935 . . 285

 58 Address Delivered by President Roosevelt at Arlington National
Cemetery, November 11, 1935 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

 59 The Minister in Switzerland (Wilson) to the Secretary of State,
November 13, 1935  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  291

 60 Statement by the Secretary of State, November 15, 1935 . . .  292

 61 Memorandum by the Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation
With the Italian Ambassador (Rosso), November 22, 1935  . . . 293

 62 Statement by the Secretary of State, December 5, 1935 . . . . 301

 63 Memorandum by the First Secretary of the United States Embassy
in Japan (Dickover), December 23, 1935  . . . . . . . . . . . 302

 

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 64 Address Delivered by President Roosevelt Before the Congress,
January 3, 1936 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

 65 Memorandum by the Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation
With the British Ambassador (Lindsay), January 22, 1936 . . . 308

 66 The Minister in Switzerland (Wilson) to the Secretary of State,
January 27, 1936  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

 67 President Roosevelt to the President of the Argentine Republic
(Justo), January 30, 1936 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

 68 "Neutrality Act" of February 29, 1936 , . . . . . . . . . . . 313

 69 Statement by President Roosevelt, February 29, 1936 . . . . . 314

 70 President Roosevelt to Mrs. William A. Becker, President
General, Daughters of the American Revolution,
April 20, 1936  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

 71 Statement by the Honorable Norman H. Davis, Chairman of the
United States Delegation, London Naval Conference,
May 13, 1936  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

 72 Memorandum by the Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation
With the Japanese Ambassador to Great Britain (Yoshida),
June 12, 1936 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

 73 The Acting Secretary of State (Phillips) to the Diplomatic
and Consular Officers of the United States in Spain,
August 7, 1936  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

 74 Address Delivered by President Roosevelt at Chautauqua,
New York, August 14, 1936 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

 75 Statement by the Department of State, August 22, 1936 . . . . 329

 76 Address Delivered by the Secretary of State at Washington,
September 7, 1936 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

 77 Address Delivered by the Secretary of State at New York,
September 15, 1936  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

 78 The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State,
December 4, 1936  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340

 79 Address Delivered by the Secretary of State at Buenos Aires,
December 5,1936 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

 80 Declaration of Principles of Inter-American Solidarity and
Cooperation, Buenos Aires, December 21, 1936  . . . . . . . . 352

 81 Joint Resolution To Prohibit the Exportation of Arms,
Ammunition, and Implements of War From the United States
to Spain, January 8, 1937 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

 82 Statement by President Roosevelt, January 8, 1937 . . . . . . 354

 83 "Neutrality Act" of May 1, 1937 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

 84 Memorandum by the Secretary of State Regarding a
Conversation With the Italian Ambassador (Suvich),
July 6, 1937  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

 85 Memorandum by the Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation
With the Japanese Ambassador (Saito), July 12, 1937 . . . . . 368

 86 Statement by the Secretary of State, July 16, 1937  . . . . . 370

 

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 87 Memorandum by the Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation
With the Japanese Ambassador (Saito), July 21, 1937 . . . . . 371

 88 The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State,
August 10, 1937 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

 89 Press Release Issued by the Department of State on August 23,
1937  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

 90 The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew),
September 2, 1937 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377

 91 Statement by President Roosevelt, September 14, 1937  . . . . 380

 92 The Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland
(Harrison), September 28, 1937  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

 93 Address Delivered by President Roosevelt at Chicago,
October 5, 1937 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

 94 Press Release Issued by the Department of State on October 6,
1937  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

 95 The Secretary of State to the Honorable Norman H. Davis,
United States Delegate to the Conference at Brussels, October
18, 1937  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389

 96 Declaration Adopted by the Conference at Brussels on November
15, 1937  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390

 97 Declaration Adopted by the Conference at Brussels on November
24, 1937  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393

 98 The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew),
December 13, 1937 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395

 99 The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State,
December 14, 1937 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396

100 Report of the United States Delegate to the Conference at
Brussels (Davis), December 16, 1937 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398

101 President Roosevelt to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives (Bankhead), January 6, 1938 . . . . . . . . . 400

102 The Secretary of State to the Chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs (McReynolds), House of Representatives,
January 8, 1938 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

103 Memorandum by the Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation
With the German Ambassador (Dieckhoff), January 14, 1938 . .  402

104 Message of President Roosevelt to the Congress,
January 28, 1938  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

105 The Secretary of State to the Honorable Louis Ludlow, House of
Representatives, February 10, 1938  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

106 Address Delivered by the Secretary of State at Washington,
March 17, 1938  . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407

107 The Secretary of State to the Chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Relations (Pittman), United States Senate, May 12,
1938  . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

 

 

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108 Memorandum of a Press Conference of the Secretary of State,
June 11, 1938 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

109 The Chief of the Office of Arms and Munitions Control (Green),
Department of State, to One Hundred Forty‑eight Persons and
Companies Manufacturing Airplane Parts, July 1, 1938  . . . . 422

110 Memorandum by the Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation
With the German Ambassador (Dieckhoff), July 7, 1938  . . . . 423

111 Memorandum by the Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation
With the Canadian Minister (Marler), September 21, 1938 . . . 424

112 Press Release Issued by the Department of State on September
26, 1938  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425

113 Press Release Issued by the Department of State on September
27, 1938  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426

114 President Roosevelt to the Ambassador in Italy (Phillips),
September 27, 1938  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427

115 President Roosevelt to the Chancelor of Germany (Hitler),
September 27, 1938  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428

116 Memorandum by the Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation
With the German Ambassador (Dieckhoff), September 28, 1938  . 429

117 Statement by the Secretary of State, September 30, 1938 . . . 430

118 The Secretary of State to President Roosevelt,
October 21, 1938. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

119 Address Delivered by the Secretary of State at New York,
November 1, 1938  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432

120 Statement by President Roosevelt, November 15, 1938 . . . . . 439

121 Declaration of Lima" by the Eighth International Conference
of American States, December 24, 1938 . . . . . . . . . . . . 439

122 Declaration of American Principles by the Eighth International
Conference of American States, December 24, 1938  . . . . . . 440

123 The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Japanese Minister for
Foreign Affairs (Arita), December 30, 1938  . . . . . . . . . 441

124 Address Delivered by President Roosevelt to the Congress,
January 4, 1939 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

125 Message of President Roosevelt to the Congress,
January 12, 1939  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451

126 Statement by the Acting Secretary of State (Welles),
March 17,1939 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454

127 Statement by the Secretary of State, April 8, 1939  . . . . . 455

128 President Roosevelt to the Chancelor of Germany (Hitler),
April 14, 1939  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455

129 Address Delivered by the Secretary of State at Washington,
April 25, 1939  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458

 

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130 The Secretary of State to the Chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Relations (Pittman), United States Senate,
May 27,1939 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

131 Statement by the Secretary of State, .July 1, 1939  . . . . . 465

132 Memorandum by the Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation
With the Japanese Ambassador (Horinouchi), July 10, 1939  . . 465

133 Message From President Roosevelt to the Congress Transmitting
a Statement by the Secretary of State, July 14, 1939  . . . . 468

134 Press Release Issued by the White House on July 18, 1939  . . 479

135 The Secretary of State to the Japanese Ambassador
(Horinouchi), July 26, 1939 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475

136 President Roosevelt to King Victor Emmanuel of Italy,
August 23, 1939 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475