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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[39] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Bingham) to the Secretary of State

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

[41] The Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs (Hornbeck) to the Ambassador in China (Johnson)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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