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Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1939, General, The British Commonwealth and Europe, Volume II

General (continued from Volume I):


Contents

    • Reservation of rights of the United States with respect to claims of other nations to sovereignty in the Antarctic (Documents 1–7)
      • Establishment of the United States Antarctic Service for exploration and scientific studies (Documents 8–20)
        • Meeting of representatives of chief cotton exporting countries to discuss international regulation of production and marketing, Washington, September 5–9, 1939 (Documents 21–23)
          • Participation of the United States in preliminary negotiations for a conference to conclude an international wheat agreement
          • Participation of the United States in the international conference to exempt liquid fuel and lubricants used in civil aviation from taxation, London, February 21–March 1, 1939 (Documents 24–30)
            • Participation of the United States in an informal conference to consider regulation of whaling, London, July 17–20, 1939 (Documents 31–34)
              • Status of intergovernmental debts owed the United States by reason of the First World War
              • Favorable reply by the United States to League of Nations appeal for greater collaboration by non-member states in the non-political activities of the League (Documents 35–36)
                • Cooperation with the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees to assist persons forced to emigrate, primarily from Germany, for political or racial reasons (Documents 37–136)
                  • Representations to Japan in regard to regulation of fisheries off the coast of Alaska (Documents 137–173)

                  General, The British Commonwealth and Europe

                  • General (continued from Volume I): (Documents 1–173)
                    • British Commonwealth of Nations: (Documents 174–316)
                      • Europe: (Documents 317–871)
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