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I. Revision of United States neutrality legislation

[See also the following releases:

Letter of the Secretary of State to Senator Pittman and Representative Bloom, May 27, 1939, Department of State Press Releases, June 3, 1939, p. 475.

Statement by the Secretary of State, July 1, 1939, Department of State Bulletin, July 1, 1939, p. 4.

Message from the President to Congress, July 14, 1939, transmitting a statement by the Secretary of State on peace and neutrality, ibid., July 15, 1939, p. 43.

Statement of the Secretary of State at his press conference, July 11, 1939, ibid., p. 47.

Statements released to the press by the White House, July 18, 1939, ibid., July 22, 1939, p. 57.

Statement by the Secretary of State, September 21, 1939, ibid., September 23, 1939, p. 280.

Press release regarding the White House conference on neutrality, September 20, 1939, ibid., p. 281.

Statement by the Secretary of State, November 4, 1939, ibid., November 4, 1939, p. 453.]

Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1939, General, Volume I

I. Revision of United States neutrality legislation

[703] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Chief of the Division of European Affairs (Moffat)

[704] The British Embassy to the Department of State

[705] Memorandum by the Legal Adviser (Hackworth)

[706] The Secretary of State to the Chiefs of Certain American Diplomatic Missions

[707] The Minister in the Netherlands (Gordon) to the Secretary of State

[708] The Ambassador in Italy (Phillips) to the Secretary of State

[709] The Ambassador in Belgium (Davies) to the Secretary of State

[710] The Chargé in Germany (Kirk) to the Secretary of State

[711] The Minister in Switzerland (Harrison) to the Secretary of State

[712] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Under Secretary of State (Welles)

[713] The Chargé in Germany (Kirk) to the Secretary of State

[714] The Chargé in Hungary (Travers) to the Secretary of State

[715] The Australian Prime Minister (Menzies) to President Roosevelt

[716] President Roosevelt to the British Prime Minister (Chamberlain)

[717] The Secretary of State to President Roosevelt

[718] The Ambassador in France (Bullitt) to the Secretary of State

[719] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Kennedy) to President Roosevelt

[720] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State

[721] The Minister in the Union of South Africa (Keena) to the Secretary of State

[722] The Minister in Yugoslavia (Lane) to the Secretary of State

[723] The Secretary of State to the Minister in the Union of South Africa (Keena)

[724] The Ambassador in Brazil (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

[725] The Secretary of State to Senator Key Pittman

[726] The British Prime Minister (Chamberlain) to President Roosevelt

[727] The British Embassy to the Department of State

[728] The Department of State to the British Embassy