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Chapter I: January 1–July 7, 1937

Deterioration of Japan’s foreign relations as result of developments in 1936; aftermath of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek’s release from kidnaping at Sian; restatement of policy by new Foreign Ministers at Tokyo and Nanking; review of American interest in China, March 13; Nanking-Moscow understanding (reported March 26); negotiations between Nanking Government and Chinese Communist leaders; Japanese Foreign Office effort to secure understanding with United Kingdom as to China; continuing deadlock in Chinese-Japanese relations

Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1937, The Far East, Volume III

Chapter I: January 1–July 7, 1937

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

[2] The Counselor of Embassy in China (Peck) to the Secretary of State

[3] The Consul General at Shanghai (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

[4] The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[5] The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[6] The Consul General at Hankow (Josselyn) to the Secretary of State

[7] The Counselor of Embassy in China (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State

[8] The Counselor of Embassy in China (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State

[9] The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[10] Memorandum by the Ambassador in China (Johnson)

[11] The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[12] The Consul General at Shanghai (Gauss) to the Ambassador in China (Johnson)

[13] The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[14] The Counselor of Embassy in China (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State

[15] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Davies) to the Secretary of State

[16] The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[17] The First Secretary of Embassy in China (Merrill) to the Secretary of State

[18] The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[19] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Johnson) at Nanking

[20] The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

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

[22] The Counselor of Embassy in China (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State

[23] The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[24] The Consul General at Shanghai (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

[25] The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

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

[27] The Counselor of Embassy in China (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State

[28] The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[29] The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

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