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Chapter IV: August 13–31, 1937

Commencement of hostilities at Shanghai between Chinese and Japanese forces, August 13; American protest to China concerning bombing of International Settlement; representations to China and Japan concerning fighting at Shanghai, August 14; U. S. Marine reinforcements from San Diego for Shanghai, August 17; mutual recriminations over situation at Shanghai by China and Japan; failure to reach compromise to stop hostilities there; American representations to Tokyo regarding safety of Tsingtao as undefended city, August 23; announcement of nonaggression pact between China and Soviet Union, August 28–29

[458] Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs (Hornbeck) of a Conversation With the Counselor of the Japanese Embassy (Suma)

[Washington,] August 14, 1937.

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

Chapter IV: August 13–31, 1937

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[458] Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs (Hornbeck) of a Conversation With the Counselor of the Japanese Embassy (Suma)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[470] Memorandum by the Adviser on Political Relations (Hornbeck)

[471] Memorandum by the Adviser on Political Relations (Hornbeck) to the Secretary of State

[472] Memorandum by the Adviser on Political Relations (Hornbeck) to the Secretary of State

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

[474] The Navy Department to the Department of State