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.

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

Chungking, July 12, 1940—9 a.m.
[Received 1:23 p.m.]

740.0011 European War 1939/4608: Telegram

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

[Washington,] July 12, 1940.

893.24/849

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

Hanoi, July 14, 1940—4 p.m.
[Received July 14—12:50 p.m.]

851G.01/34: Telegram

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

[Washington,] July 15, 1940.

893.24/848

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

Tokyo, July 16, 1940—4 p.m.
[Received July 16—10:38 a.m.]

893.24/790: Telegram

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

Tokyo, July 17, 1940—10 a.m.
[Received July 18—12:37 a.m.]

756.94/160: Telegram

[68] The Consul General at Batavia (Dickover) to the Secretary of State

Batavia, July 17, 1940—5 p.m.
[Received July 17—10:38 a.m.]

894.00/921: Telegram

[69] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japcm (Grew)

Washington, July 17, 1940—7 p.m.

893.24/795a: Telegram

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

[Washington,] July 18, 1940.

893.24/851

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

Chungking, July 18, 1940.
[Received August 1.]

893.24/816

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

Washington, July 20, 1940—4 p.m.

893.24/807: Telegram

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

Chungking, July 22, 1940—11 a.m.
[Received 2 p.m.]

893.24/808: Telegram

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

Washington, July 24, 1940—7 p.m.

893.24/808: Telegram

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

Tokyo, July 26, 1940—4 p.m.
[Received July 26—8:32 a.m.]

793.94/16080: Telegram

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

Hanoi, July 28 [27?], 1940—3 p.m.
[Received July 27—11:35 a.m.]

893.51/7105: Telegram

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

Chungking, July 28, 1940—11 a.m.
[Received July 28—2:15 a.m.]

893.24/811: Telegram

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

Tokyo, August 3, 1940.
[Received August 3—8 a.m.]

756D.94/57: Telegram

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

Tokyo, August 3, 1940—2 p.m.
[Received August 3—8 a.m.]

756D.94/42: Telegram

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

Tokyo, August 3, 1940—3 p.m.
[Received August 3—8 a.m.]

756D.94/43: Telegram

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

Vichy, August 4, 1940—8 p.m.
[Received August 5—3:40 p.m.]

793.94/16099: Telegram

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

Tokyo, August 5, 1940.
[Received August 5—7:10 a.m.]

756D.94/44: Telegram

[86] The French Embassy to the Department of State

Washington , August 6, 1940.

751G.94/80

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

Vichy, August 6, 1940—3 p.m.
[Received August 7—1:18 a.m.]

751.94/123: Telegram

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

Washington, August 7, 1940—11 a.m.

793.94/16099: Telegram