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Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1931, Volume I

Japan


[180] Memorandum by the Acting Secretary of State of a Conversation With the Japanese Ambassador (Debuchi), July 2, 1931

[Washington,] July 3, 1931.

462.00R296/4330

Contents

  • Preface
  • Messages of the President of the United States to Congress:
    • Message of December 8, 1931
    • Message of December 10, 1931
  • List of Papers
  • General:
    • Efforts of the United States to prevent financial collapse in Europe:
      • I. Proposal by President Hoover for a moratorium on intergovernmental debts (Documents 1–30)
      • II. Negotiations to secure acceptance by France of the moratorium proposal (Documents 31–103)
      • III. The London Conference of Experts, July 17–August 11, 1931 (Documents 104–116)
      • IV. Attitude of interested governments toward the moratorium proposal:
        • Austria (Document 117)
        • Belgium (Documents 118–136)
        • Bulgaria (Documents 137–148)
        • Czechoslovakia (Documents 149–151)
        • Egypt (Document 152)
        • Finland (Documents 153–155)
        • France.
        • Great Britain, the British Dominions and India (Documents 156–157)
        • Greece (Documents 158–169)
        • Hungary (Documents 170–171)
        • Italy (Documents 172–179)
        • Japan (Document 180)
        • Lithuania (Document 181)
        • Latvia and Estonia (Documents 182–184)
        • Poland (Document 185)
        • Portugal (Documents 186–191)
        • Rumania (Document 192)
        • Yugoslavia (Documents 193–203)
      • V. Congressional approval of the moratorium (Documents 204–209)
      • VI. Participation of the United States in efforts to halt the withdrawals of short-term credits from Germany (Documents 210–249)
      • VII. Meeting of the Young Plan Advisory Committee, Basel, December 8–23, 1931 (Documents 250–267)
    • Negotiations looking toward a solution of the problem of French and Italian naval construction (Documents 268–322)
    • The armaments truce of November 1, 1931 (Documents 323–358)
    • Preparations for the General Disarmament Conference (Documents 359–401)
    • Visit of the Secretary of State to Europe (Documents 402–417)
    • Interest of the United States in the proposed Austro-German Customs Union (Documents 418–447)
    • Attendance of an unofficial American observer at meetings of the Conference of Ambassadors (Documents 448–450)
    • Tension arising from German-Polish relations with respect to the Polish Corridor, Danzig, and East Prussia (Documents 451–460)
    • Refusal by the United States of invitation by the League of Nations to participate in a special committee to study a pact of economic non-aggression (Documents 461–462)
    • Proposals for an international conference on the stabilization of s silver (Documents 463–495)
    • Participation of the United States in the Conference of Wheat Exporting Countries, London, May 18–23, 1931 (Documents 496–507)
    • Convention between the United States and other powers for limiting the manufacture and regulating the distribution of narcotic drugs, concluded at Geneva, July 13, 1931 (Documents 508–537)
    • Conference on the Suppression of Opium Smoking, held at Bangkok, Siam, November 9–27, 1931 (Documents 538–545)
    • Refusal of the United States to adhere to the convention of September 30, 1921, on traffic in women and children (Documents 546–547)
    • Cooperation of the United States with several other governments in reconnaissance surveys for an Inter-American Highway (Documents 548–556)
    • The Chaco Dispute between Bolivia and Paraguay (Documents 557–637)
    • Boundary disputes:
      • Dominican Republic and Haiti (Documents 638–649)
      • Honduras and Nicaragua (Documents 650–669)
    • Representations by foreign governments with respect to Senate bill relating to payment of advance wages to seamen on foreign vessels (Documents 670–672)
    • Representations by foreign governments regarding Senate bills for the deportation of certain alien seamen (Documents 673–678)
    • Immunity of foreign states from suits in Federal and State courts; representation of the United States before foreign courts (Documents 679–680)
    • Diplomatic immunity of a foreign commercial attaché in the United States (Documents 681–682)
  • Afghanistan:
    • Disinclination of the United States to establish official relations with the Government of Afghanistan (Documents 683–686)
  • Albania:
    • Unperfected treaty of naturalization between the United States and Albania, signed January 21, 1931 (Documents 687–694)
  • Australia:
    • Proposed treaty between the United States and Australia relating to rights of entry for businessmen (Documents 695–702)
    • Policy in regard to American citizens abroad joining associations engaged in subversive activities in foreign countries (Documents 703–704)
  • Austria:
    • Ratification of commercial treaty of June 19, 1928, between the United States and Austria, with supplementary agreement signed January 20, 1931 (Documents 705–732)
    • Opposition in Austria to the showing of the motion picture “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Documents 733–738)
  • Bolivia:
    • Representations to Bolivia against the imposition of a tax upon diplomatic telegrams (Documents 739–741)
  • Brazil:
    • Representations against Brazilian decree establishing a discount of 50 percent on consular fees to shippers by the Lloyd Brasileiro Navigation Company (Documents 742–750)
    • Inability of the United States to sell warships to Brazil because of treaty restrictions (Documents 751–753)
  • Bulgaria:
    • Representations on behalf of Standard Oil interests in Bulgaria with respect to government action fixing the price of kerosene (Documents 754–758)
  • Canada:
    • Project for improvement of the St. Lawrence Waterway by joint action of the United States and Canada (Documents 759–761)
    • Representations by Canada against changes in border crossing privileges between Canada and the United States (Documents 762–763)
    • Immunity of consular officers and employees from testifying as to official acts and producing official records (Documents 764–766)
  • Chile:
    • Revolution in Chile (Documents 767–809)
    • Provisional commercial agreement between the United States and Chile effected by exchange of notes, signed September 28, 1931 (Documents 810–821)
    • Representations against holding of an American citizen incommunicado following arrest (Documents 822–834)
  • Index

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