Office of the Historian

Chapter III: June 1–July 31, 1935

Increasing political penetration of North China by Japanese military through pressure on Hopei and Chahar authorities; British inquiry as to possibility of Anglo-American representations at Tokyo, June 15; Foreign Minister Hirota’s assurances to British Ambassador, June 18; recurrence of incidents on “Manchoukuo”-Soviet frontier; Ambassador Yen’s report of renewed Japanese demands, July 26

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

Tokyo, June 27, 1935.
[Received July 13.]

761.9315 Manchuria/7

[242] The Second Secretary of Legation in China (Atcheson) to the Secretary of State

Nanking, June 28, 1935—10 a.m.
[Received June 28—4:58 a.m.]

793.9414/8: Telegram

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

Tokyo, June 29, 1935—11 a.m.
[Received June 29—1:57 a.m.]

793.94/7128: Telegram

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

Peiping, June 29, 1935—noon.
[Received 5:35 p.m.]

793.94/7132: Telegram

[245] The Second Secretary of Legation in China (Atcheson) to the Secretary of State

Nanking, June 29, 1935—noon.
[Received June 29—6:38 a.m.]

793.94/7129: Telegram

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

Peiping, June 29, 1935—2 p.m.
[Received 7:15 p.m.]

793.94/7131: Telegram

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

[Washington,] July 1, 1935.

793.94/7160

[248] The Second Secretary of Legation in China (Atcheson) to the Secretary of State

Nanking, July 1, 1935—11 a.m.
[Received July 1—7:40 a.m.]

793.94/7138: Telegram

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

Peiping, July 2, 1935—noon.
[Received July 2—7:38 a.m.]

793.94/7141: Telegram

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

Moscow, July 2, 1935—4 p.m.
[Received July 2—11:10 a.m.]

761.9315 Manchuria/2: Telegram

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

Peiping, July 3, 1935.
[Received July 27.]

761.93/1556

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

Peiping, July 3, 1935.
[Received July 27.]

893.102S/1361

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

Moscow, July 4, 1935—9 a.m.
[Received 3:10 p.m.]

861.00 Congress, Communist International VII/14: Telegram

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

Moscow, July 4, 1935—6 p.m.
[Received July 5—5:51 a.m.]

761.9315 Manchuria/4: Telegram

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

Moscow, July 5, 1935—2 p.m.
[Received July 5—12:12 p.m.]

761.9315 Manchuria/5: Telegram

[256] The Second Secretary of Legation in China (Atcheson) to the Secretary of State

Nanking, July 5, 1935—2 p.m.
[Received 11:10 p.m.24]

793.94/7154: Telegram

[258] The Second Secretary of Legation in China (Atcheson) to the Secretary of State

Nanking, July 7, 1935—9 a.m.
[Received 11 a.m.]

893.00/13417: Telegram

[259] The Second Secretary of Legation in China (Atcheson) to the Secretary of State

Nanking, July 9, 1935—9 a.m.
[Received July 9—3:10 a.m.]

793.9414/9: Telegram

[260] The Second Secretary of Legation in China (Atcheson) to the Secretary of State

Nanking, July 9, 1935—10 a.m.
[Received July 9—9:20 a.m.]

793.94/7161: Telegram

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

Tokyo, July 9, 1935—noon.
[Received July 9—3:35 a.m.]

761.9315 Manchuria/6: Telegram

[262] The Second Secretary of Legation in China (Atcheson) to the Secretary of State

Nanking, July 9, 1935—noon.
[Received 9:03 p.m.32]

793.94/7164: Telegram

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

Moscow, July 9, 1935.
[Received July 25.]

761.93/1555

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

Peiping, July 10, 1935—4 p.m.
[Received July 10—10:10 a.m.35]

893.01 Outer Mongolia/12: Telegram

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

Peiping, July 10, 1935.
[Received August 5.]

793.94/7231

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

Peeping, July 12, 1935.
[Received August 5.]

893.00/13170

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

Moscow, July 14, 1935—6 p.m.
[Received July 15—3:45 a.m.]

761.948/132: Telegram

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

Peiping, July 15, 1935.
[Received August 10.]

893.102 S/1364

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

Tokyo, July 16, 1935—4 p.m.
[Received July 16—5:30 a.m.]

793.94/7186: Telegram

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

Shanghai, July 17, 1935—1 p.m.
[Received July 17—6:23 a.m.]

793.94/7192: Telegram

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