Office of the Historian

Southward Advance of Japanese expansionist movement: the Netherlands East Indies; French Indochina; British Hong Kong and Burma; Thailand1

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1939, vol. iii, pp. 103–123; see also Foreign Relations, Japan, 1931–1941, vol. ii, pp. 281 ff.

[271] The Minister in Thailand (Grant) to the Secretary of State

Bangkok, November 28, 1940—midnight.
[Received November 28—9:55 p.m.]

751G.92/99: Telegram

[272] The British Embassy to the Department of State

[ Washington ,] November 29, 1940.

811.20 (D) Regulations/1042

[273] The Consul at Hanoi (Reed) to the Secretary of State

Hanoi, November 29, 1940—7 p.m.
[Received 9:45 p.m.]

751G.92/103: Telegram

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

Tokyo, November 30, 1940—11 p.m.
[Received 12:38 p.m.]

751G.94/256: Telegram

[275] The Minister in Thailand (Grant) to the Secretary of State

Bangkok, December 1, 1940—2 p.m.
[Received December 1—10:50 a.m.]

892.248/26: Telegram

[276] The Consul at Hanoi (Reed) to the Secretary of State

Hanoi, December 2, 1940—1 p.m.
[Received December 2—9:36 a.m.]

751G.92/110: Telegram

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

Tokyo, December 3, 1940—4 p.m.
[Received December 3—10:35 a.m.]

792.9411/1: Telegram

[281] The Chargé in France (Murphy) to the Secretary of State

Vichy, December 11, 1940—5 p.m.
[Received 8:52 p.m.]

751G.92/125: Telegram

[283] The Consul at Hanoi (Reed) to the Secretary of State

Hanoi, December 12, 1940—6 p.m.
[Received 11 p.m.]

893.48/1993: Telegram

[284] The Secretary of State to the Chargé in France (Murphy), at Vichy

Washington, December 12, 1940—7 p.m.

751G.94/270a: Telegram

[285] The Minister in Thailand (Grant) to the Secretary of State

Bangkok, December 13, 1940—5 p.m.
[Received December 13—11:53 a.m.]

792.9411/3: Telegram

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

[Washington,] December 13, 1940.

740.0011 Pacific War/56

[287] The Secretary of State to the Chargé in France (Murphy), at Vichy

Washington, December 13, 1940—7 p.m.

893.24/960a: Telegram

[288] The Minister in Thailand (Grant) to the Secretary of State

Bangkok, December 14, 1940—7 p.m.
[Received December 14—10 a.m.]

751G.92/128: Telegram

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

[Washington,] December 14, 1940.

740.0011 Pacific War/71

[290] The Chargé in France (Murphy) to the Secretary of State

Vichy, December 15, 1940—6 p.m.
[Received December 16—11:05 a.m.]

751G.92/129: Telegram

[291] The Chargé in France (Murphy) to the Secretary of State

Vichy, December 16, 1940—3 p.m.
[Received December 17—9:50 a.m.]

751G.94/271: Telegram

[292] The Chargé in France (Murphy) to the Secretary of State

Vichy, December 16, 1940—7 p.m.
[Received December 17—11:08 a.m.]

893.24/991: Telegram

[293] The Chargé in France (Murphy) to the Secretary of State

Vichy, December 17, 1940—5 p.m.
[Received 8:20 p.m.]

751G.92/132: Telegram

[294] The Consul at Hanoi (Reed) to the Secretary of State

Hanoi, December 19, 1940—7 p.m.
[Received 9:45 p.m.]

893.24/992: Telegram

[295] The Consul at Hanoi (Reed) to the Secretary of State

Hanoi, December 20, 1940—5 p.m.
[Received December 21—11:55 a.m.]

893.24/993: Telegram

[297] The Consul at Hanoi (Reed) to the Secretary of State

Hanoi, December 24, 1940—6 p.m.
[Received December 25—7:50 a.m.]

751G.94/272: Telegram

[298] The Minister in Thailand (Grant) to the Secretary of State

Bangkok, December 24, 1940—7 p.m.
[Received 8:05 p.m.]

740.0011 Pacific War/60: Telegram

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

Washington, December 26, 1940—7 p.m.

893.48/2002a: Telegram

[300] The Minister in Thailand (Grant) to the Secretary of State

Bangkok, December 28, 1940—7 p.m.
[Received 9:55 p.m.]

751G.92/138: Telegram