Declarations of state of war between the Axis countries and the United States 1
1. Tabulations of declarations of war by belligerent countries are printed in the Department of State Bulletin, December 20, 1941, p. 551; ibid., February 7, 1942, p. 143; and ibid., November 20, 1943, p. 349.
For declaration of war by the United States against Japan, see Foreign Relations, Japan, 1931–1941, vol. ii, p. 795. For conversations between the American and Japanese officials preceding the outbreak of war, see ibid., pp. 325 ff., and Foreign Relations, 1941, vol. iv, pp. 1 ff.
[583] The Chargé in Italy (Wadsworth) to the Secretary of State
[Received 6:57 p.m.]
740.0011 European War 1939/17230: Telegram
[584] The German Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ribbentrop) to the American Chargé in Germany (Morris)
740.0011 European War 1939/17514
[585] The Chargé in Italy (Wadsworth) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 11—8:51 a.m.]
740.0011 European War 1939/17288: Telegram
[586] Message of President Roosevelt to the Congress, December 11, 1941
Reprinted from House Document 454, 77th Cong., 1st sess.; also printed in Department of State Bulletin, December 13, 1941, p. 475.
[587] Joint Resolution Declaring That a State of War Exists Between the Government of Germany and the Government and the People of the United States and Making Provision To Prosecute the Same, Approved December 11, 1941, 3:05 p.m., E. S. T.
Reprinted from Senate Document 148, 77th Cong., 1st sess., p. 20. The same Joint Resolution, mutatis mutandis, declaring war against Italy was approved the same day at 3:06 p.m., E. S. T., and against Bulgaria, Hungary, and Rumania on June 5, 1942.
[588] The Minister in Hungary (Pell) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 11—4:41 p.m.]
125.0040/79: Telegram
[589] The Chargé in Rumania (Benton) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 13—11:16 p.m.]
740.0011 European War 1939/17488: Telegram
[590] The Bulgarian Ministry for Foreign Affairs to the American Legation in Bulgaria
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[591] The Minister in Hungary (Pell) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 13—2:36 p.m.]
740.0011 European War 1939/17497: Telegram