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Chapter I: January 1–April 16, 1934

Movement for extension of Japanese influence beyond “Manchoukuo;” Foreign Minister Hirota’s statement of January 23; replacement of General Araki by General Hayashi as Japanese War Minister; unchanged nonrecognition policy of United States toward “Manchoukuo;” installation of Pu-yi as “Emperor Kang-teh of Manchoutikuo,” March 1; Hirota-Hull exchange of views; Minister Johnson’s report on Japanese pressure for “compromise” with China, April 11; Ambassador Bullitt’s review of Soviet position vis-à-vis Japan, April 16

Telegram in two sections.↩

Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1934, The Far East, Volume III

Chapter I: January 1–April 16, 1934

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

[62] The Counselor of Legation in China (Peck) to the Minister in China (Johnson)

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

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

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

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

[67] The Japanese Consul General at Shanghai (Ishii) to the American Consul General at Shanghai (Cunningham)

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

[69] Memorandum by the Under Secretary of State (Phillips)

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

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

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

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

[74] Memorandum by the Under Secretary of State (Phillips)

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

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

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

[78] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Bullitt) to the Secretary of State