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Chapter III: March 20–May 31, 1933

Chinese request for specific action against Japan, March 20; attitude of Advisory Committee following Japan’s notice of withdrawal from League membership; Japanese incursions across Great Wall; Japanese promotion of separatist movement within the Great Wall; Chinese Foreign Office’s desire for foreign aid in arranging cessation of hostilities; American attitude toward armistice question, April 25; review by the Department of its policy respecting use of American armed force at Shanghai, May 1; renewal of Japanese incursions south of the Great Wall; Chinese statement respecting ownership of the Chinese Eastern Railway, May 9; Soviet reply as to ownership question; continuation of Japanese advance toward Peiping; renewed Chinese suggestion of American pronouncement on crisis in the Far East, May 16; joint statement by President Roosevelt and Chinese Finance Minister Soong, May 20; preliminary arrangement for cessation of hostilities on May 23; signing of truce at Tangku, May 31.

[342] Memorandum by the Consul at Mukden (Chase) of a Conversation With the “Manchoukuo Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs” (Ohashi)

Mukden , May 10, 1933.

893.01 Manchuria/911

[358] Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs (Hornbeck) of a Conversation With the Chinese Minister of Finance (Soong) and the Chinese Minister (Sze)

[Washington,] May 16, 1933.

793.94/6305

Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1933, The Far East, Volume III

Chapter III: March 20–May 31, 1933

[336] The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State

[337] The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State

[338] The Chinese Legation to the Department of State

[339] The Consul at Geneva (Gilbert) to the Secretary of State

[340] The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[341] The Minister in Switzerland (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

[342] Memorandum by the Consul at Mukden (Chase) of a Conversation With the “Manchoukuo Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs” (Ohashi)

[343] The Ambassador in Italy (Garrett) to the Secretary of State

[344] The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[345] The Secretary of State to the Consul at Geneva (Gilbert)

[346] The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[347] The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[348] The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[349] The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[350] The Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland (Wilson), at Geneva

[351] The Chargé in Germany (Gordon) to the Secretary of State

[352] The Consul General at Tientsin (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State

[353] The Minister in Switzerland (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

[354] The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[355] The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[356] The Consul General at Mukden (Myers) to the Secretary of State

[357] The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[358] Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs (Hornbeck) of a Conversation With the Chinese Minister of Finance (Soong) and the Chinese Minister (Sze)

[359] Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs (Hornbeck)

[360] The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Chinese Legation

[361] The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[362] The Consul General at Tientsin (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State

[363] The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[364] The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[365] The Consul General at Tientsin (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State