Annex 6
Appendix C
List of Official Assurances Violated by Japan and incorporated in Group One.
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25th September 1931: That Japan had no
territorial designs in Manchuria.
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25th November, 1931: That there was no truth
in the report of a Japanese advance on Chinchow.
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22nd December, 1931: That Chinese sovereignty
would be accepted and that the open door policy
would be maintained.
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5th January, 1933: The Japan had no territorial
ambitions south of the Great Wall in China.
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25th April, 1934: The Japan had non intention
whatever of seeking special privileges in China, of
encroaching upon the territorial and administrative
integrity of China, or of creating difficulties for
the bona fide trade of other countries with China.
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15th August, 1937: That Japan harboured no
territorial designs on China and would spare no
efforts in safeguarding foreign interests and rights in China.
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September, 1937: That Japan had peaceful
intentions and a lack of territorial designs in North China.
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17th February, 1939: That Japan had no
territorial designs in China and that the occupation
would not go beyond military necessity.
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26th August, 1939: That Japan had decided to
abandon any further negotiations with Germany and
Italy relative to closer relations under the
Anti-Comintern Act.
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15th April, 1940: That Japan desired status
quo of the Netherlands East Indies.
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16th May, 1940: That Japan had no plans nor
purpose to attack the Netherlands East Indies.
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24th March, 1941: That under no circumstances
would Japan attack the United States of America,
Great Britain or the Netherlands East Indies.
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8th July, 1941: That Japan had not so far
considered the possibility of fighting the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics.
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10th July, 1941: That Japan contemplated no
action against French Indo-China.
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5th December, 1941: That troop movements in
French Indo-China were precautionary measures.
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