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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

[478] Memorandum, by the Minister in China (Johnson) of a Conversation With the President of the Chinese Executive Tuan and Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs (Wang)

Nanking, November 9, 1933.

793.94/6532

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

Peiping, November 11, 1933—11 a.m.
[Received November 11—5:47 a.m.]

893.00/12513: Telegram

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

Tokyo, November 11, 1933—noon.
[Received November 11—2:02 a.m.]

893.01 Manchuria/968: Telegram

[481] Memorandum by the Counselor of Legation in China (Peck) of a Conversation Between the American Minister in China (Johnson) and the Chinese Administrative Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs (Tang)

[Nanking,] November 14, 1933.

793.94/6531

[488] Memorandum by the Under Secretary of State (Phillips) of a Conversation With the Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs (Litvinov)

[Washington,] November 20, 1933.

701.6111/742

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

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

[478] Memorandum, by the Minister in China (Johnson) of a Conversation With the President of the Chinese Executive Tuan and Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs (Wang)

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

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

[481] Memorandum by the Counselor of Legation in China (Peck) of a Conversation Between the American Minister in China (Johnson) and the Chinese Administrative Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs (Tang)

[482] The Consul General at Nanking (Peck) to the Secretary of State

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

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

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

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

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

[488] Memorandum by the Under Secretary of State (Phillips) of a Conversation With the Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs (Litvinov)

[489] The Ambassador in Italy (Long) to the Secretary of State

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

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

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

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

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

[495] Memorandum by the Minister in China (Johnson)

[496] Memorandum by the Minister in China (Johnson)

[497] The Consul General at Canton (Ballantine) to the Secretary of State

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

[499] The Counselor of Legation in China (Peek) to the Secretary of State

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

[501] The Counselor of Legation in China (Peck) to the Secretary of State

[502] The Consul General at Mukden (Myers) to the Minister in China (Johnson)

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

[504] The Department of State to the British Embassy

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

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

[507] The Consul General at Mukden (Myers) to the Minister in China (Johnson)