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Chapter V: October 1, 1933–January 5, 1934

Estimates as to unlikelihood of imminent Japanese-Soviet war, October 6; American reply to League Advisory Committee on scope of nonrecognition policy, October 23–25; Japanese press satisfaction with transfer to Atlantic of U. S. Fleet from Pacific; Foreign Commissar Litvinoff’s discussion of Far Eastern situation, November 20; Japanese reaction to American recognition of Soviet Union; likelihood of Japanese crisis in 1935; disbelief of Soviet Embassy at Tokyo of Japanese attack on Soviet Union after spring of 1934; Minister Johnson’s review of China in 1933, January 5, 1934

[448] The Consul General at Harbin (Hanson) to the Minister in China (Johnson)

Harbin, October 3, 1933.

861.77 Chinese Eastern/1265

[449] Memorandum by the Counselor of Legation in China (Peek) of a Conversation With the Chinese Minister of Finance (Soong)

[Nanking,] October 3, 1933.

793.94/6519

[458] Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs (Hornbeck) of a Conversation With the Japanese Ambassador (Debuchi)

[Washington,] October 13, 1933.

761.94/637

[474] Memorandum by the Counselor of Legation in China (Peck) of a Conversation With the Chinese Administrative Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs (Tang)

[Nanking,] November 6, 1933.

793.94/6518

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

Chapter V: October 1, 1933–January 5, 1934

[448] The Consul General at Harbin (Hanson) to the Minister in China (Johnson)

[449] Memorandum by the Counselor of Legation in China (Peek) of a Conversation With the Chinese Minister of Finance (Soong)

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

[451] The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Under Secretary of State (Phillips)

[452] The Assistant Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs (Hamilton) to the Chief of the Division (Hornbeck)

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

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

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

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

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

[458] Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs (Hornbeck) of a Conversation With the Japanese Ambassador (Debuchi)

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

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

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

[462] The Chargé in France (Marriner) to the Secretary of State

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

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

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

[466] Memorandum by Mr. Eugene H. Dooman of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs

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

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

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

[470] The Consul General at Shanghai (Cunningham) to the Secretary of State

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

[472] The Under Secretary of State (Phillips) to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)

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

[474] Memorandum by the Counselor of Legation in China (Peck) of a Conversation With the Chinese Administrative Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs (Tang)

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

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

[477] The Counselor of Legation in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State