Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1918, Supplement 1, The World War, Volume I - Office of the Historian

Relations of the United States with the Czecho-Slovak and Jugo-Slav National Movements ¹

^1.For papers relating to the Czecho-Slovak Army in Russia, see Foreign Relations, 1918, Russia, vols. I and II.

Contents

Dissatisfaction of the Serbian Government with the utterances of Lloyd George and President Wilson regarding Jugo-Slav aspirations—Qualified assurances given by the American Government, March 14—The Congress of Oppressed Races of Austria-Hungary at Rome, April 9–11—Military conventions between the Czecho-Slovak National Council and the French and Italian Governments—Recommendations that the American Government recognize the Czecho-Slovak and Jugo-Slav national aims (Documents 792-810)
Public statement by the Secretary of State, May 29, of the American Government’s sympathy with the nationalistic aspirations of the Czecho-Slovaks and Jugo-Slavs—Statement of the Allied Governments, June 6—Dissatisfaction of the Jugo-Slav leaders with these declarations—Supplementary statements by the Secretary of State, June 24 and 28—French declaration in favor of Czechoslovak independence, June 30—Statement of the Secretary of State on the fourth anniversary of Austria’s declaration of war against Serbia—The President’s message to Premier Pashitch, July 30—Recognition by Great Britain of the Czecho-Slovaks as an Allied nation, August 9 (Documents 811-831)
Recognition by the United States, September 3, of the Czecho-Slovak National Council as a de facto belligerent government—Agreement between the British Government and the Czecho-Slovak National Council, September 3—Recognition of the Council by Japan, September 9—Italian declaration in favor of Jugo-Slav independence, September 26—Announcement of the recruiting of a Slavic Legion in the United States—Reports on the relations of Italy and Serbia to the Jugo-Slav nationalist aspirations—The Czecho-Slovak declaration of independence, October 18 (Documents 832-846)
Rejection by President Wilson of autonomy as a solution of the Czecho-Slovak and Jugo-Slav questions, October 19—Arrangements for a loan to the Czecho-Slovak National Council—The establishment of national authorities in Czecho-Slovak and Jugo-Slav territories—Friction between the Jugo-Slavs and Italians (Documents 847-868)