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
[61] The Consul General at Shanghai ( Gauss ) to the Ambassador in China ( Johnson )
761.93/1591
[62] The Ambassador in China ( Johnson ) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 17.]
793.94/8629
[64] The Ambassador in China ( Johnson ) to the Secretary of State
[Received 11:45 a.m.]
793.94/8597: Telegram
[65] The Ambassador in China ( Johnson ) to the Secretary of State
[Received 5:45 p.m.]
893.00/14095: Telegram
[66] The Ambassador in China ( Johnson ) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 29—8:55 a.m.]
793.94/8603: Telegram
[67] The Ambassador in China ( Johnson ) to the Secretary of State
[Received 10:50 a.m.]
893.00/14096: Telegram
[68] The Ambassador in China ( Johnson ) to the Secretary of State
[Received 1:40 p.m.]
793.94/8618: Telegram
[69] The Ambassador in Japan ( Grew ) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 1.]
793.94/8643: Telegram
[71] The Ambassador in Japan ( Grew ) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 1.]
794.00/122
[72] The Ambassador in China ( Johnson ) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 15.]
893.00/14126
[73] The Chargé in the Soviet Union ( Henderson ) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 25.]
761.93/1593
[74] The Ambassador in China ( Johnson ) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 15.]
793.94/8662
[75] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Bingham )
741.94/97a: Telegram
[76] The Ambassador in Japan ( Grew ) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 1.]
793.94/8644
[77] The Ambassador in Japan ( Grew ) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 17—11:40 a.m.]
894.00/734: Telegram
[78] Memorandum by the Third Secretary of Embassy in China (Lyon)
893.00/14128
[79] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Bingham ) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 18—2:35 p.m.]
741.94/98: Telegram
[80] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Bingham )
741.94/101a
[81] The Ambassador in Japan ( Grew ) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 26—6:45 a.m.]
793.94/8636: Telegram
[82] The Counselor of Embassy in China ( Peck ) to the Secretary of State
[Received 11:10 a.m.]
793.94/8637: Telegram
[83] The Counselor of Embassy in China ( Peck ) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 29—10:25 a.m.]
793.94/8639: Telegram
[84] The Ambassador in Japan ( Grew ) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 31—7:12 a.m.]
700.0011 Pacific/7: Telegram
[85] The Counselor of Embassy in China ( Peck ) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 2—11:45 a.m.]
893.00/14123: Telegram
[86] The Counselor of Embassy in China ( Peck ) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 7—8:20 a.m.]
793.94/8647: Telegram
[87] The Counselor of Embassy in China ( Peck ) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 7—7 a.m.]
793.94/8648: Telegram
[88] The Ambassador in Japan ( Grew ) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 7—6:08 a.m.]
711.94/1136: Telegram
[89] The Ambassador in China ( Johnson ) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 10—10 a.m.]
793.94/8654: Telegram
[90] The Ambassador in China ( Johnson ) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 13.]
893.00/14145