Index

• Agreements. See Treaties, conventions, etc.
• Airplanes. See under Aviation.
• Alliances or entangling commitments, U. S. policy to avoid, 439, 693, 695, 697
• American journalists: Deportation from China, ordered by Wang Ching-wei, 889, 890–891; International News Service correspondent, imprisonment and trial in Japan, 996–1002; United Press correspondent, forced to leave Indochina, 243
• American Radio Service at Tientsin, attitude of the Department of State regarding activities, 913–930
• Anti-American press in Japan and Japanese-controlled China, 408, 410, 413, 424–425, 754, 888
• Anti-Comintern Pact (1937), 163, 266, 435
• Anti-Comintern Pact between Japan and China, proposed, 435
• Arms and munitions. See under Indochina; Netherlands East Indies; Soviet Union; Thailand; Undeclared war: China; also Undeclared war: Japan: War material.
• Asiatic Petroleum Co., 77, 78
• Australia. See under Undeclared war.
• Aviation:
  • Airplanes: American planes sought by France, Indochina, and Thailand, 92, 93, 116, 138, 146, 162, 176, 187, 199–200, 233; American planes for China, 662, 673, 680, 682–684, 685–688, 690, 691, 694, 696, 697, 699, 705–706; Soviet planes for China, 685, 686–687, 687–688, 699, 710, 714
  • American aviators: As instructors or technical advisers in China, question of, 251, 706, 711; as volunteers for service in China, question of, 671, 673, 677–678, 706
  • Aviation gasoline. See under Petroleum products.
• Axis powers: China, German pressure to join, 436–437, 444, 445–446, 456; Japan, relations with, 4, 62, 66, 110, 112, 137, 168, 187, 230, 314–315, 321, 340, 365, 398, 399, 406, 413, 415–416, 435, 440, 462, 464, 965, 967, 968, 969, 982–983; Thailand, relations with, 182, 223–224
• Belligerent rights. See under Undeclared war.
• Boxer Protocol (1901) and indemnity funds, 332, 417, 722
• Burma (see also Burma and Burma Road under Undeclared war), 27, 43, 45, 209, 393
• Canada, question of agreement with United States on export license procedures, 605–607, 609, 610–611
• Central Bank of China, 670, 680, 686
• Chiang Kai-shek:
  • Communists, Chinese, relations with, 404, 410–411, 429–431, 472–473
  • Confidence of nation, 283, 287, 297, 385, 467, 480
  • Messages to friendly powers and personages concerning—
    • Japanese policy of conquest, 274–275, 335
    • Military and financial conditions, 656–657
    • Sino-Japanese war, review, 392–394
    • U. S. aid, addressed to President Roosevelt and the Secretaries of State and Treasury, 648, 656–657, 682, 688–689, 710, 711, 712
  • Sino-Anglo-American cooperation in Far East, plan, 439–440, 684–685, 689–692, 693–695
  • Tripartite Pact, comment and inquiries, 158, 170–171
• China (see also Undeclared war):
  • Chiang Kai-shek. See Chiang Kai-shek.
  • Chou En-lai, 313, 404, 410, 430, 451, 452
  • Communists, Chinese:
    • Ascendancy in China, possible outcome, 430, 479, 482–483
    • Kuomintang, friction with, followed by negotiations, 287, 319, 404, 410–411, 429–431, 452, 453, 460, 474–475, 479–481
    • Number of Communist troops, 451
    • Opposition to Chinese National Government, 303–304, 313, 429–430, 450–453, 456, 460, 471–472, 472–473, 474, 476, 478, 480, 672, 673, 674, 684
    • Propaganda campaign, 319, 431, 475
  • Courts. See under Undeclared war: International Settlement at Shanghai and Shanghai: French Concession.
  • Customs problems:
    • Administration, 484, 504, 510, 511, 533, 716, 717, 719, 724, 725–727
    • Duties, 502, 584, 585
    • Integrity of Chinese customs, U. S. concern, 487, 499, 505, 718, 719–720, 722
    • Interference by Japan, 484–485, 486–487, 489, 499, 500, 503, 718, 719, 720–721, 722, 723, 726; by Wang Ching-wei regime, 720, 723, 724
  • Economic and financial matters (see also Customs problems, supra, and Economic life, infra):
    • Currency:
      • Japanese currency in Manchuria, Inner Mongolia, and North China, 260, 295, 506, 508, 511–513, 525–527
      • Stabilization of Chinese dollar, question of, 448, 457, 525, 557, 564, 640–641, 642, 644–646, 651, 652, 654–658, 708; letter from Chiang Kai-shek to President Roosevelt, 656–657
      • Wheat as gift from United States, consideration as possibility in support of Chinese currency, 640–641, 644–645, 651
    • Financial aid to China (see also Currency, supra):
      • British loan, Chinese desire for, 638
      • Chinese deposits in U. S. banks, question of freezing, 653–654, 659
      • French, British, and U. S. loan to be secured by Chinese metals, discussion, 321–322
      • U. S. loans and credits: General discussions, 640, 641, 658–659, 680, 691, 697; $20,000,000 loan (March), secured on tin, 637, 641, 643, 645, 647–648, 649, 650; $25,000,000 loan (October), secured on tungsten ore, 149n, 151, 316, 456, 462, 670–671, 673, 677; $100,000,000 loan, 564, 618, 702–703, 706, 707, 710, 711, 715
      • Visit of T. V. Soong to United States on financial mission, 661, 663–668
  • Economic life, control by Japanese in Japanese interest, 260, 262, 272, 312, 333, 338, 342, 344, 347, 349, 384, 386, 442, 447–448, 450, 513
  • Embargo on cigarettes containing American tobacco, 652
  • Extraterritoriality, 316, 754, 869, 927, 939
  • France, aid from, 263, 269, 278, 302, 303, 314
  • Franco-Chinese treaty (1930), granting right to import munitions through Indochina, 34–35
  • Germany, relations with, 407; pressure on China to join Axis, 436–437, 444, 445–446, 456, 463
  • Internal conditions as reported by Chinese officials, 377–378, 669–670, 672–674; by U. S. officials, 258–259, 260–261, 285–287, 294–296, 409–410, 432–433, 477–484, 674–677, 678–679
  • Italy, relations with, 277, 278, 285, 304
  • Kuomintang, friction with Communists, followed by negotiations and grant of sphere of interest, 287, 319, 404, 410–411, 429–431, 452, 453, 460, 474–475, 479–481
  • Loans and credits. See Economic and financial matters: Financial aid, supra.
  • Mao Tse-tung, 304, 431, 475
  • Soong, T. V., visit to United States, 661, 663–668
  • Soviet Union, relations with, 252, 271, 277, 374, 378, 404, 406, 407–408, 420, 428, 429, 432, 463–464, 637, 638, 663, 669, 672, 680, 692, 702, 705, 708, 709–710
  • United Kingdom: Aid for China, 695–696, 700–702; loans and credits, 321, 564, 708
  • Wang Ching-wei. See under Undeclared war.
• China Affairs Board, 345, 357, 358
• China Trade Act (1922), 939
• Chinese Industrial Cooperatives, 477
• Chinese Land Bureau, 752–754
• Chinkiang, reopening of customhouse, 484, 486, 500, 504, 719
• Chou En-lai, 313, 404, 410, 430, 451, 452
• Communism (see also China: Communists), 435, 458, 461
• Conventions. See Treaties, conventions, etc.
• Co-prosperity sphere, 146, 187
• Defense forces of Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands East Indies, and Singapore, conference suggested, 160, 167–168, 168–169
• Diplomatic officers, U. S., refusal by Japan of right to communicate with imprisoned American citizen, 995–1002
• East Asia economic bloc, 59, 60, 63
• Economic control, British plan for joint control of exports to Japan by British Empire, United States, and Netherlands, 613–614, 619; U. S. attitude, 615–616, 619–620
• Embargoes. See under Undeclared war.
• Far East policy, French, official review of, 131–134
• Far East settlement by Anglo-American-Japanese negotiations, proposed, 362, 366, 368, 374–375; U. S. attitude, 363–364, 369–370, 370–372
• Flag, American, question of display in bombing raids, 879, 883
• France (see also Indochina; Thailand):
  • Airplanes: Immobilized at Martinique, 82, 138, 147, 233, 244, 246; purchased in United States, need for, 93, 239
  • Airplanes and fleet, movement to Far East, 82
  • Chiang Kai-shek, aid for, 263, 302–303, 314
  • Chinese-French treaty (1930), granting China right to import munitions through Indochina, 34–35
  • Collapse of resistance to Germany, 138, 356, 367, 375–376, 406–407, 415, 698
  • Commercial relations with Japan, 250, 280, 320
  • Embargo, proposed, on exports to Japan, 280, 293–294
  • Far East policy, official review of, 131–134
  • Franco-Japanese treaty (1907), agreement by Japan to French rights in Indochina under, 80, 81, 93
  • Loan to China by France, United Kingdom, and United States, discussion, 321–322
  • Military units in China, 331–332, 348, 350, 352–353, 418–419
  • Netherlands possessions in Pacific area, maintenance of status quo favored, 9–10; U. S. attitude, 12
  • Shanghai, withdrawal from “special military area”, 749–750, 753
  • State of war between China and Japan, Japanese claim of belligerent status questioned, 269
  • Wang Ching-wei regime, Chinese courts in French Concession at Shanghai handed over to, 456, 730, 758–759, 810–812, 816–817, 819, 824, 825–826, 827–828, 829–830, 831, 832; Chinese Government, attitude, 456, 826, 829, 830; U. S. attitude, 828–829, 832
• French Concession at Shanghai. See Undeclared war: Shanghai: French Concession.
• French Indochina. See Indochina.
• Fur seals treaty of 1911. See under Japan.
• Germany (see also Axis Powers):
  • Promise to return parts of Indochina to Thailand, 21, 114, 181, 182, 223
  • Recognition of Wang Ching-wei regime in China, question of, 285, 432, 437, 458, 463
  • Tripartite Pact between Germany, Italy, and Japan (Sept 27). See under Treaties.
• Good offices of President Roosevelt in Sino-Japanese conflict, Chinese desire for, 315, 324, 379
• Hong Kong. See under Undeclared war.
• Indochina, French (see also Thailand: Provinces):
  • Arms and munitions:
    • Miscellaneous, 35, 80, 81, 93, 101, 110, 129, 201, 239, 241
    • Munitions purchased by France for Indochina, possibility of seizure by Japan, 172, 180, 196
    • Requests for, 92, 116, 138, 146, 227, 233, 243–244, 250; U. S. reply, 232–233
    • U. S. reference to planes immobilized at Martinique, 146–147, 232–233
  • Chinese-French treaty (1930), granting China the right to import munitions through Indochina, 34–35
  • Chinese in, Japanese claim of right to search under agreement of Sept. 22, 247
  • Clash between Japanese and Indo-chinese (French) troops, 143, 144, 146, 154
  • Commercial preference, granted to Japan by France, 245
  • Djibouti and France, question of transporting troops from, to Indochina, 172–173, 201, 205, 239, 242
  • Economic cooperation, Japanese offer to France in return for bases at Tongking, 62, 80
  • Embargo on exports to British Empire and prohibition of British ships, and British action, 226, 246
  • Evacuation of Japanese from Hanoi and Tongking, 126, 130, 137
  • Franco-Japanese treaty (1907), according France rights in Indochina, Japanese support, 80, 81, 93
  • Internal conditions, 179–180
  • Japanese domination in, U. S. statements and French replies, 104–105, 106–107, 132–134, 235–236, 239–240
  • Maintenance of status quo, attitude of—
    • China, 71
    • France, 37, 38, 62, 70, 81, 86–87, 107
    • Japan, 80, 101, 107, 119
    • Thailand, 79, 113, 164–167, 178, 181–182, 189–190
    • United Kingdom, 36, 99, 114, 118, 135, 166, 177–179, 182, 191, 246
    • United States, 38, 71, 74, 84, 92, 99, 101–102, 103, 105, 108, 118, 123, 124, 126, 140, 178–179, 185, 188, 191, 246
  • Munitions. See Arms and munitions, supra.
  • Objective of Japanese southward advance, 444–445, 446; U. S. views, 245–246
  • Occupation, Japanese:
    • Agreement, Aug. 30, Franco-Japanese, for passage of Japanese troops and use of bases, 86–87, 93–94, 100, 104, 106, 110, 112, 134, 194, 196, 197, 200, 212, 218; U. S. view, 106–107
    • Agreement, Sept. 22, for occupation of air bases signed by French and Japanese generals, 141–142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 149, 151, 153, 156, 162
    • Air and naval bases and control of Saigon, Japanese demand for (Nov. 26), 221, 223, 226, 227, 228
    • Military accord, Sept. 4, between France and Japan relating to Indochina, negotiations, 101, 102, 103, 110, 128, 130, 133–134, 139, 141, 143, 144
    • Political agreement, Franco-Japanese (Aug. 31) recognizing French sovereignty over Indochina and Japanese preponderant interest, 100–101, 111, 129, 133, 144; French position, 139; U. S. attitude, 104–105, 130
    • Ultimatum, Japanese (Aug. 4), to allow passage of armed forces in Tongking and use of bases, 62, 68, 69–70, 80, 81, 82–83, 92; British attitude, 112, 118–120; Chinese attitude, 66, 71, 75, 82, 89–90; French attitude and acceptance, 64, 67, 69, 80–81, 82, 85–87, 92, 93–94, 100, 112, 116, 117, 119, 124; Indochinese attitude, 93, 100; U. S. attitude, 65, 66, 68, 72, 74, 92, 95–96, 106–107, 124
    • Ultimatum, Japanese, relating to stationing of Japanese troops in Indochina (see also Agreement, Sept. 22, supra), 127, 130, 131, 136, 141, 142, 156
  • Petroleum products, Japanese action on shipment of, 30, 32, 33, 57, 202, 203, 208
  • Transportation routes through Indochina, and frontier, Japanese demand for closing of, 25–26, 27, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 49, 279, 280, 661, 665, 748; French attitude, 67, 279, 378, 379, 388; U. S. attitude, 53, 54, 55
  • U. S. request that merchandise of U. S. origin financed by U. S. credits be released in Indochina for re-export, and French reply, 203–204, 204–205
• Indochina-Yunnan Railway, bombing by Japan:
  • Chinese defense, 252, 636
  • French protests, 258, 262–265, 269, 279, 295, 314, 320; Japanese reply, 263, 269, 314, 320
  • U. S. representations, 35, 299
• Italy:
  • China, relations with, 277, 278, 285, 304
  • Entry into European war, question of European military units in China, 331–332, 347, 348, 350, 352–353, 418–419
  • Wang Ching-wei regime, question of recognition, 273–274, 277, 304, 432, 436–437, 446, 458, 468
• Japan (see also China; Indochina; Netherlands East Indies; Thailand; Undeclared war), 957–1002
  • Anti-American campaign in press, 408, 410, 413
  • Arbitration of Indochinese-Thai dispute, offer rejected by France, 233–234, 239
  • Axis Powers, relations with, 4, 365, 398, 399, 406, 413, 435, 440, 462, 464, 965, 967, 968, 982
  • Communism, Japanese attitude, 435, 458, 561
  • Economic problems, 2, 5, 8, 17, 21, 22, 24, 39, 90, 254, 318, 422, 515
  • European war, policy of non-involvement in, 14, 237, 254, 345, 347, 350, 384
  • Expansionist movement, southward advance of. See Indochina, Netherlands East Indies, and Thailand.
  • Fur seals treaty of 1911, Japanese notice to terminate, 984–992; U. S. views, 987–992
  • Internal political developments:
    • Ascendancy of military elements, 3, 27, 28, 29, 60, 62, 80, 92, 94–95, 106, 112, 141, 143, 155, 205, 218, 241, 247, 256, 258–259, 267, 268, 275, 283, 293, 317, 320, 350, 356–358, 359, 364, 374, 403, 423, 442, 445, 449–450, 549–550, 601–602
    • Cabinet changes and reorganization, 957, 959, 962, 965–966, 968
    • Political parties, status of, and consideration of national party, 19, 58, 259, 962, 963, 969–973, 974–977, 983
    • Totalitarianism, trend toward, 253, 966–967, 976, 978
    • Views of foreigners, 252–257, 267, 282–284, 311, 333, 338–344, 459, 461, 462, 469–471, 590–603, 604, 978–981
  • Netherlands, relations with, 4, 5, 7, 8, 72
  • “New order” in East Asia, 18, 32, 51, 60, 61, 63, 71, 145
  • Nine Power Treaty, Japanese attitude, 4, 298, 299, 455, 495, 496, 516
  • Non-aggression pact with Soviet Union, proposed, 435
  • Oil. See Petroleum products.
  • Permanent Court of International Justice, attitude, 5
  • Philippines, agreement between United States and Japan regarding textile exports to, renewal of, 992–995; Japanese efforts to influence immigration bill, 322–323, 329–330
  • Soviet Union, relations with, 6, 254–255, 256, 261, 272, 284, 286, 294, 326, 339–340, 345, 366, 374
  • Territorial integrity, treaty signed and ratified with Thailand, 24, 25, 236
  • Trade, foreign, question of, 231, 346–347, 515, 526
  • Treaty of commerce and navigation with United States (1911), termination of, and discussion of situation in treatyless period, 625–636; modus vivendi, question of, 399–400, 401–402, 625–627
  • U. S. export licensing system, Japanese protests, 572–577, 617–618, 620–622
  • U. S.-Japanese relations, efforts by private Americans and Japanese to improve, 376–377, 379–380, 390–391, 397, 459–460, 461–463, 464–466, 468, 472, 474
• Land records of Chinese Land Bureau, transferred to City Government, Shanghai, 752; U. S. attitude, 752–753, 754
• Loans. See China: Economic and financial matters: Financial aid.
• Lukouchiao incident, third anniversary, message by Chiang Kai-shek to friendly powers, including account of Sino-Japanese war, 392–394
• Malaya. See Undeclared war: Singapore.
• “Manchoukuo”, 223, 266, 275, 302–303, 316, 324, 373, 454, 536–537, 540, 981
• Manchurian Heavy Industries Company, 536–537
• Mao Tse-tung, 304, 431, 475
• Matsuoka, Yosuke (Japanese Foreign Minister), exchange of messages with President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull on advancing relations between the United States and Japan, 411–412, 414
• Metals Reserve Co., 670, 671
• Monopolies in Japanese-occupied China, 485–486, 508, 511, 513
• Monroe Doctrine, cited by President Roosevelt referring to non-acquisition of territory by force, 389–390, 391, 394–395, 396; Japanese comment, 400–401
• Moral embargo, 121, 160, 169, 288, 292, 566, 582, 609
• National Aniline and Chemical Co., 533
• National Resources Commission (Chinese), 670, 713
• Netherlands (see also Netherlands East Indies):
  • Arbitration and conciliation treaty with Japan (1933), abrogation by Japan, 4, 5, 7
  • Commercial relations with Japan and Netherlands East Indies, 7–8, 10–11, 148, 375
  • Defense forces in Far East, 160, 167–169
  • United Kingdom, discussions concerning Pacific area, 237, 238–239
• Netherlands East Indies (see also under Petroleum products):
  • Arms and munitions from United States, 115, 154, 167, 177, 183–184
  • Economic ties with Japan, 2, 5, 8, 17, 21, 22, 39
  • German statement denying interest in, 22
  • Japanese efforts to obtain increased supply of products, 20, 24, 39, 51, 55, 56, 72, 73, 75–79, 88, 90, 96, 106, 115, 154, 175–176, 183, 186–187, 190, 192–193, 198, 199, 207, 228, 230, 343–344, 581, 980; U. S. attitude, 56, 77
  • Maintenance of status quo, attitude of—
    • Australia, 13, 20
    • France, 9, 10, 12
    • Japan, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 14, 17, 24, 63, 343, 345, 415, 699
    • Netherlands, 8, 11, 17, 18, 19, 209, 230–231
    • United Kingdom, 11, 12, 13, 17
    • United States, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 38–39, 74, 108–109, 148
  • Trade with United States and with Japan, statistics, 383
• Netherlands West Indies: Landings by permission of Netherlands, 15–16, 18; status, attitude of United States, 13
• Neutrality Act (1939), application to Far Eastern conflict, and question of proclamation of state of war between Japan and China under, sec. 1, 282, 287–292
• “New order” in East Asia, 18, 32, 51, 60, 61, 63, 178, 190, 223, 254, 260, 275, 312, 318, 338, 365, 370, 423, 464, 515, 632, 691, 932, 967
• New Zealand, defense forces in Far East, 160, 167–169
• Nine Power Treaty (1922), attitude of—
  • China, 396, 691, 722–723
  • Italy, 304–305
  • Japan, 4, 298, 299, 455, 495, 496, 516
  • Wang Ching-wei regime, 298, 455
• Non-aggression pact between Japan and Soviet Union, proposed, 435
• Non-recognition of the conquests of aggression, U. S. policy, 87, 284–285, 290, 326
• Oil. See Petroleum products.
• “Open door” policy, 262, 311, 691, 939
• Opium traffic, 997, 1002
• Passports, Far East, restrictions, 946
• Petroleum products (see also under Undeclared war: Embargo by United States):
  • American buyers in China, and American shipments, representations in regard to Japanese interference with trade, 491, 534–535, 538, 540, 556
  • American investments, value, 76, 83
  • Aviation gasoline:
    • Amount produced in Netherlands East Indies, 77, 78, 83, 207, 225
    • Increased export to Japan, 294, 586
    • Universal Oil Products Co., contract with Japan Gasoline Co., 565–566, 596, 609–610
    • U. S. embargo on, for Japan, 57, 78, 79, 595–597; effect on British and Dutch interests, 604–605; effect on Japanese relations with the Netherlands Indies, 576
  • China, imports of gasoline, 263, 648–649
  • Indochina, Japanese action on shipment from, 30, 32, 33, 57, 202, 203, 208
  • Japan (see also Aviation gasoline, supra, and Netherlands East Indies, infra): Oil supply, 257; restrictions by Japanese on movement and sale of American petroleum products, 861–862; tax in Japanese-occupied China, 502
  • Monopoly in Namhoi, 508
  • Netherlands, oil supplies for Japan, 19–20
  • Netherlands East Indies: Amount produced, 77, 78, 83, 207, 225; decisions of representatives of oil interests, 75–79, 85, 154, 187, 193, 198, 199, 207, 225; desire of Japan for oil concession in, 2, 24, 32, 76, 193; shipments to Japan, Japanese request for increase, 39, 55, 56, 73, 76–78, 115, 175–176, 207, 225
  • Tax in Japanese-occupied China, U. S. protest, 502
  • Universal Oil Products Co., contract with Japan Gasoline Co., 565–566, 596, 609–610
  • U. S. position regarding further restriction of exports of oil to Japan, 148
• Philippines:
  • Agreement between the United States and Japan regarding textile exports to, renewal of, 992–995
  • Air and naval forces, additions to, 231, 246
  • Immigration bill, Japanese activity, 322–323, 329–330
  • Japanese threat to, 208
  • Repatriation of citizens from Hong Kong and Shanghai, 935, 954
• Portugal, 586
• Recognition. See under Undeclared war: Wang Ching-wei.
• Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 665, 668, 713
• Repatriation of American citizens from Far East. See under Undeclared war.
• Roosevelt, Franklin D. (President): Bombing of Chungking, note to Secretary Hull, 877; good offices of, proposed in Sino-Japanese conflict, 315, 324, 379; informal comments on message from Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka, 411–412; Monroe Doctrine, applicability to Asia and Europe, 389–390, 391, 394–395, 396, 400–401
• Royal Dutch Shell Oil Co., 2, 55, 75, 77, 85, 176
• Scrap iron and steel. See under Undeclared war: Embargo by United States.
• Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., 648–649
• Soong, T. V. (chairman, board of directors, Bank of China), on mission in United States, 313, 377, 661, 663, 664–668, 670, 680, 686–687, 690, 693, 697, 698, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 715
• Soviet Union:
  • Arms and munitions: Airplanes for China, 685–688, 699; imports via Far Eastern ports destined for Germany, Anglo-American view of, 569–571
  • China, relations with, 252, 271, 374, 378, 393, 404, 406, 407–408, 411, 420, 428, 429, 432, 463–464, 637, 638, 663, 669, 672, 680, 692, 702, 705, 708, 709–710
  • Chinese Communists, possible support, 429
  • Friction between United States and Japan, effort to increase, 6
  • Japan, relations with, 254–255, 256, 261, 272, 284, 286, 294, 326, 339–340, 345, 366, 407, 420
  • Wang Ching-wei regime, question of recognition, 457, 458, 460, 461, 463–464
• Spain: Aviation gasoline, orders for, 586; Wang Ching-wei regime, question of recognition, 316–317, 321
• Standard Oil Co., 2, 83, 176, 534–535, 538
• Standard-Vacuum Oil Co. See under Undeclared war.
• Stimson doctrine of non-recognition, 87, 284–285, 290, 326
• Stuart, Dr. Leighton, 315–316, 466–467, 612–613, 900–901
• Tanaka Memorial, 275
• Texas Oil Co., 57, 194–195, 202, 203, 213, 538, 649, 862, 873, 875
• Textiles, cotton, 992–995
• Thailand:
  • Arms and munitions from Japan, 199, 206, 228, 248, 249–250; from United States, 162, 176, 187, 196, 199–200, 206, 686, 687
  • Internal conditions, 164–165, 181
  • Japanese proposed program for, 223–224, 229, 247
  • Maintenance of status quo, attitude of—
    • France, 98–99, 110–111, 117, 127–128, 140, 170, 173, 174
    • Japan, 117–118
    • United Kingdom, 99, 114, 118, 135, 166, 177–179, 182, 191, 214–215, 229–230
    • United States, 84, 99, 101–102, 107–108, 123, 126, 140, 178–179, 185, 188, 191, 214, 215–216
  • Non-aggression pact with France, 24, 113, 117, 127–128, 153; with Japan, 24, 25, 236; with United Kingdom, 24
  • Protection of American citizens, 186, 191–192, 225
  • Provinces in Indochina formerly ceded to France, efforts to reclaim, 74–75, 79, 83, 91, 98–99, 104, 110, 111, 113, 117, 122–123, 127, 131, 135–136, 152–153, 164–167, 173–175, 178, 201, 221, 224, 225, 227–229, 233–234, 238, 239, 241, 248, 456
    • British attitude, 99, 114, 118, 135, 166, 179, 182, 191, 197, 201, 206, 214–215, 219
    • French position, 98–99, 110–111, 117, 127–128, 140, 170, 173, 174
    • German attitude, 21, 114, 181, 182, 223
    • Japanese attitude, 117, 182, 197, 221, 223–224, 244
    • U. S. attitude, 84, 99, 101–102, 107–108, 114, 118, 123, 126, 140, 153, 166, 178, 181–182, 197
• Tobacco, 488, 505, 506, 507, 519, 549, 652
• Treaties, conventions, etc.:
  • Agreement between Japan and Wang Ching-wei regime in China, violating Nine Power Treaty and containing provision for suppression of communism, 454, 455, 458, 461
  • Anti-Comintern Pact (1937), 163, 266, 435
  • Arbitration and conciliation treaty, between Netherlands and Japan (1933), abrogation by Japan, 4, 5, 7
  • Commerce and navigation, between United States and Japan (1911), termination of, 625–636
  • Cotton textiles, renewal of agreement between United States and Japan regarding export into the Philippines, 992–995
  • Four Power Treaty (1921) relative to Pacific area, 8, 11, 82, 396
  • French-Chinese treaty (1930), granting China right to import munitions through Indochina, 34–35
  • French-Japanese arrangement (1907), 80, 81, 93
  • Frontiers of Indochina and Siam (1907), treaty between France and Siam regulating, 170
  • Fur seals, treaty for preservation and protection of (1911), between United States, Great Britain, Japan, and Russia, Japanese termination of, 984–992
  • Nine Power Treaty (1922). See Nine Power Treaty.
  • Non-aggression: Between Germany and Soviet Union (1939), 286; between Thailand and France, 24–25, 113, 117, 127–128, 153; between Thailand and United Kingdom, 24–25
  • Peking protocol (1901), 332, 416–417
  • Territorial integrity and friendly relations, between Thailand and Japan, 24, 25, 236
  • Tripartite Pact, between Germany, Italy, and Japan (Sept. 27), 156, 158, 159, 163, 186, 423, 435, 436, 439, 465, 958, 960, 982, 983; Chinese comment, 158, 170–171; statements by Secretary Hull, 158, 159
• Twenty-one demands, 275
• Undeclared war between Japan and China, 251–955
  • Airplanes for China: American-made, 662, 673, 680, 682–684, 685–688, 690, 691, 694, 696, 697, 699, 705–706; Russian-made, 685, 686–687, 687–688, 699, 710, 714
  • American journalists, deportation from China ordered by Wang Ching-wei, 889, 890–891
  • American Radio Service at Tientsin, attitude of the Department of State regarding activities, 913–930
  • Amoy. See Kulangsu, infra.
  • Arms and munitions. See under China, infra; also Japan: War material, infra.
  • Australia:
    • Defense forces in Far East, U. S. query, 160, 167–169
    • Economic sanctions, discussion, 234
    • Embargo on steel and scrap iron for Japan, 231, 618
    • Far Eastern settlement by Anglo-American-Japanese negotiations, proposed, 362, 366, 368, 374–375; U. S. attitude, 363–364, 369–370, 370–372
    • Japanese deposits in, desire to transfer to London, 231
    • Naval conference, proposal, 168, 184, 187, 206, 212; U. S. attitude, 206, 211
    • Netherlands Indies: Australian aid, discussion, 15–16; status quo, discussion, 13, 20
    • War with Japan, attitude toward entering, 184
  • Aviation gasoline. See under Petroleum products.
  • Belligerent rights, Japanese claim and French denial, 269, 279, 280, 522; U. S. position, 52, 863–864
  • Blockade by—
    • Japanese, of Amoy, 833, 834, 835, 836, 839; of Tientsin Concession, 267, 268, 275, 280, 295; of treaty ports and other areas, 295, 296, 433, 528–529, 533, 896–897
    • Non-belligerents, of Burma Road, U. S. view, 52, 54, 55, 863–864
  • Bombing, Japanese, of—
    • Burma Road, 219, 680, 907
    • Chungking, 873, 874, 876, 880, 905
    • Civilians, 287, 688, 872, 876, 881, 884, 885, 887, 905; statement of Secretary Hull on indiscriminate bombing, 877
    • Indochina-Yunnan Railway, 252, 263, 287, 295; French protests, 258, 263–265, 269, 279, 314, 320; Japanese demand that railway be closed to the carrying of goods into China, 263, 269, 279, 314, 320
  • Burma (see also Burma Railways, Burma Road, and China: Transport, infra):
    • Aircraft for China, plan to assemble in, 662, 699
    • Closing of frontier with China, attitude of—
      • China, 45–46, 47–48, 53
      • Japan, 27, 36–37, 40–41, 43–44, 44–45, 46, 48, 49, 52, 359, 365
      • United Kingdom, 28, 40–41, 43–45, 47, 49
    • Rangoon, permits for re-export to, revoked by Indochina, 190–191
  • Burma Railways, supplies carried for Chinese Government, statistics, 692–693
  • Burma Road (Yunnan-Burma highway):
    • Blockade by non-belligerents, U. S. view, 52, 54, 55, 863–864
    • Bombing by Japanese, 219, 680, 907
    • British agreement with Japan to close road until October 18, 1940, 152, 387–388, 409, 419, 420, 583, 662
    • Development of, 296, 704–705
    • Reopening by the British, discussion by Australian Minister, 157; British officials, 84, 97, 112, 120, 152, 157, 160, 163, 169, 424, 672, 675–676; Chinese officials, 91, 151, 158, 672; Indochina, 190
    • Transit through, 349, 378, 379, 662, 665
  • Canada, question of agreement with United States on export license procedures, 605–607, 609, 610–611
  • Canton Harbor, 510–511, 514
  • Cash, drafts, or letters of credit, Japanese notice regulating amounts carried by travelers, question of applicability to U. S. nationals, 562
  • China (see also Hong Kong and Shanghai, infra):
    • Airplanes, American-made, 673, 680, 682–684, 685–688, 690, 691, 694, 696, 697, 705–706; proposal to assemble in Burma, 662, 699
    • Ambassadors of France, United Kingdom, and United States to coordinate on problems of common concern, 305
    • Arms and munitions, 297, 659–660, 704, 709, 714–715
    • Aviators, U. S., as instructors or mechanics, 251, 706, 711; as volunteers for service in China, question of, 671, 673, 677–678, 706
    • Bank of China, 650, 670, 680, 686
    • British-American air force to operate in China, proposed, 710–711
    • Chou En-lai, 313, 404, 410, 430, 451, 452
    • Cities, devastation by Japanese, 491
    • Communications held by Japanese, 294–295, 378, 407, 408
    • Courts, Chinese. See under International Settlement and Shanghai: French Concession, infra.
    • Defense plan for Indochina, Chinese proposal, 32
    • Deposits in United States, use of or freezing of, 653–654, 659
    • Japanese demand upon Indochina to permit Japanese troops to pass to Southern China and to use bases; Chinese attitude, 62, 66, 70–71, 75, 89–90; British attitude, 112, 119; U. S. attitude, 72, 74
    • Japanese military and naval forces in Hainan Island area, 22–23, 33
    • Japanese occupation of Indochinese air bases, under agreement signed Sept. 22 by French and Japanese generals, with a view to military action against China, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 149, 151, 153, 156, 162; Chinese protest, 149, 150
    • Mao Tse-tung, 304, 431, 475
    • Merchandise formerly destined for China, difficulty in re-export from Indochina, 202, 203, 213, 217
    • Military movements to forestall Japanese advance into Indochina, 101, 102, 110, 150, 151
    • Morale, 286, 297, 407, 409, 427–428, 441, 490, 666, 672, 673–674, 676
    • Parties, including Communists, represented in the Government, 478–479
    • Peace settlement with Japan, informal attempts toward negotiations, 252, 315, 324–325, 327–330, 332–333, 348–349, 360–361, 373, 378–379, 402, 419–420, 424, 432, 434, 437, 438, 442–443, 466–467, 583
    • Ports offered for U. S. and British use, 689
    • Sino-Anglo-American Plan of Cooperation, offered by Chiang Kai-shek, 439–440, 684–685, 689–692, 693–695
    • Standard-Vacuum Oil Co. at Ichang: Japanese bombing of property, 875–876, 883–884, 885–886; alleged shelling by Chinese artillery, 888, 894–895; U. S. protests, 884, 885–886
    • Status quo in foreign controlled areas, Chinese suggestion for U. S. declaration, on maintenance of, 349
    • Transport of supplies to China through Burma and Indochina, 48, 194–195, 202, 203, 295, 349, 365, 378, 661, 662, 692–693; Japanese ban on military supplies, 25–26, 27, 29, 30, 32, 33; position of Chinese, 48; U. S. attitude, 52, 54, 55, 104–105, 106–107, 863–864
    • Treaty ports held by Japanese, 295, 296, 447
    • War, state of, between Japan and China, S. Con. Res. 36 relative to, 282, 290–292
    • Yangtze. See Yangtze River, infra.
    • Yunnan, support of National Government, 94
  • Chinwangtao, reducing of U. S. Marine guard, 476
  • Chou En-lai, 313, 404, 410, 430, 451, 452
  • Churchill, Winston, message to President Roosevelt suggesting visit of an American squadron to Singapore, 163
  • Courts, Chinese. See under International Settlement at Shanghai and Shanghai: French Concession, infra.
  • Currency:
    • Japanese, in Manchuria, Inner Mongolia, and North China, 506, 508, 511–513, 525–527; military scrip, 492; U. S. attitude, 512
    • Wang Ching-wei regime, plans for new currency, 433, 511–512, 516, 525, 544, 642; U. S. attitude, 512–513, 520, 521, 523, 545
  • Customs problems. See under China.
  • De facto war between China and Japan, Japanese claim, 280
  • Defense forces of Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands Indies, and Singapore, conference suggested, 160, 167–168, 168–169
  • Embargo by—
    • Australia, on steel and scrap iron to countries other than British Empire, 231, 618
    • China, on cigarettes containing American tobacco, U. S. protest, 652
    • France, on exports to Japan, proposal, 280, 293–294
    • India, on jute bags and cotton for Indochina, proposal, 226; on scrap iron for Japan, 219
    • Indochina, on exports to British Empire, and prohibition of British ships, 195, 226; British attitude, 246
    • Japan. See Exchange and export control, infra.
    • United Kingdom, British proposal to United States for parallel action with British and Canadian Governments, 610–611
    • United States, on—
      • Airplanes for Thailand, 176, 187, 199–200, 206
      • Exports to Japan, 2, 3, 5, 53–54, 149n, 160, 283, 287, 293, 365, 369, 423, 537, 584, 586–587, 589, 688; Chinese attitude, 46; Japanese comment, 567; Netherlands Indies, attitude, 154
      • Machine tools ordered by Japan, 572–575, 576–577, 579, 585, 593–595, 617–618, 620–621, 623
      • Petroleum products and scrap iron and steel, 57, 149n, 160, 292, 411, 578, 580, 587–588, 597–598; proclamation licensing exports, 589–591; restrictions, possible adverse effect of, 591–592, 608
  • Equality of commercial opportunity. See Interference by Japan with American treaty rights and with equality of commercial opportunity in China, infra.
  • Esperance, French ship, seizure by British en route to Indochina, 172
  • Estelle L., motor vessel, detained off Chekiang by Japanese, 531, 539, 546, 552–553, 559; U. S. representations against seizure, 532, 546, 555
  • European powers having possessions in Pacific area, U. S. proposal of exchange of notes on maintenance of status quo, 383–384, 385; Japanese attitude, 384
  • Exchange and export control, practice by Japan in North China, 433, 496–497, 506, 508, 510, 512, 516, 528, 540, 542
  • Export control (see also Embargo, supra):
    • British officials, adverse effects foreseen by, 591–592
    • British plan for joint export control by British Empire, United States, and Netherlands, 613–614, 619; U. S. attitude, 615–616, 619–620
    • Canada, suggestion for accord between U. S. and Canadian export licenses, 606–607, 609
    • Indochina, northern, question of occupied territory, 196–197
    • United States, export licenses on petroleum products and scrap iron and steel, 57, 411, 589–591; on iron and steel, 620; on copper, brass, bronze, zinc, nickel, and potash, 624–625
  • Export Control Administration, 621, 624
  • Exports to Japan, restrictions on, discussions of parallel action between United States, British, and Canadian Governments, 610–611
  • Federal Reserve Bank, certification of exports and imports in North China, 509; use of currency at Tientsin, 850, 858
  • Films, American, censorship and mutilation in China by police and Japanese gendarmerie, 504
  • Force, relinquishment as instrument of national policy, U. S. position, 338, 342, 346, 355, 356, 372, 385, 386, 399, 415, 422, 467, 574, 602
  • Foreign military units on guard duty in China: Agreement to maintain peaceful status quo, 331–332, 348, 352–353; Japanese plan respecting, 347, 350; U. S. Marines, question of withdrawal, 425–427, 475–476
  • Good offices of President Roosevelt in Sino-Japanese conflict, Chinese desire for, 315, 324, 379
  • Hainan Island, 22–23, 33, 57, 218, 445
  • Hankow, 280, 524, 527
  • Hong Kong, 27, 37, 40–41, 43–45, 61, 67, 94, 161n, 202, 203, 226, 235, 248, 359, 365, 387, 388, 514, 648–649, 661–662, 713–714
  • Import restrictions by Japanese-controlled authorities in North China, Japanese motive and U. S. attitude, 528, 529–531
  • Interference by Japan with American treaty rights and with equality of commercial opportunity in China, 484–565
    • Currency, new, effect on U. S. trade, 512–513, 520, 521, 523, 543, 545
    • Exchange and export control, 496–497, 506, 508, 510, 512, 516, 528
    • Import restrictions, 528, 529–531
    • Petroleum products, U. S. shipments, 502, 534–536, 537–538, 556
    • Re-export of American-owned goods from Shanghai to Hong Kong, 555, 559
    • Shipping, prohibitions with respect to Chekiang Coast, 553; Hangchow Bay, Wenchow Harbor, and Foochow Harbor, 529, 532; Hankow and Kiukiang, 523–524, 527, 535; Kwangtung Coast, 563; Ningpo, Shanghai, and Wenchow, 533; Shanghai to other points, 534, 535, 537; Shuitung, 551, 553, 554; Yangtze, 518, 522, 525
    • U. S. representations and reservation of rights, 512, 518, 527–528, 540, 542–543, 554
    • U. S. trade, oppressive measures against, 264, 284–285, 323, 341, 342, 344, 485, 488, 491, 493, 496–497, 498, 504, 505, 506–507, 509–510, 513, 519, 527–528, 534, 538–539, 541–543, 548–549, 550, 552, 554, 556, 558, 560, 851–852, 902
  • International Settlement at Shanghai:
    • Arrest of Japanese gendarme in American sector, exchange of letters between commanding officers, 821–822
    • British military garrison, withdrawal, 27, 28, 37, 359, 365, 387, 416
    • Chinese Government, to be asked by Municipal Council to bear certain expenses, 760–761, 761–762
    • Courts, Chinese:
      • District Court for Second Special Area, discussion of jurisdiction with Japanese officials, 733, 734, 735–736, 738; transfer to Wang Ching-wei regime, 380, 831; U. S. relations, 833
      • Intimidation of, 380, 810–812, 816–817, 819, 820
      • Municipal Council to take over in case of ceasing to function, 820, 822, 823, 824
      • Police Court, the judge to be recommended by Japanese officials, attitude of Chinese Government, 750–751
    • Extension of Japanese control, 753–754
    • Foreign military detachments, agreement to maintain status quo, 331–332
    • French withdrawal from “special military area”, 749–750, 753
    • Municipal Council:
      • Agreement with Japanese authorities on jurisdiction of area north of Soochow Creek, 506, 728–729, 732–733, 819
      • Modus vivendi with City Government of Greater Shanghai on policing extra-Settlement roads area, 506, 727–728, 809, 814–815, 819; Chinese Government, attitude, 729; U. S. attitude, 731, 732, 733–734
      • Police force, operations, 805–806, 809
      • Re-allocation of defense sectors upon withdrawal of British and French troops, 745–747, 748, 762–763, 764–765, 766–769, 770–771, 771–773, 775, 779, 780, 781, 782–785, 785–786, 786–787, 791–792, 794–795, 795–797, 797–798, 798–800, 801–805, 806–807, 822, 823; U. S. attitude, 773–774, 788–791, 793, 808–810
      • Retrocession of foreign areas, demand of Japanese press, 408
      • Rumors of plan by Wang Ching-wei regime to seize International Settlement and French Concession, 741–744
      • Terrorist activities, 735, 736–737, 737–738, 751, 752, 754–756, 756–757, 759–760, 765–766, 810, 811, 817; U. S. representations to Chinese and Japanese Governments, 733–739
    • Trade and exchange control measures, 540, 818
    • U. S. Marines, incident of July 7, 752, 812, 816, 819
    • U. S. Navy, plans in case of withdrawal of British and French, 745–747
    • Wang Ching-wei regime:
      • Courts, Chinese. See Courts, supra.
      • Labor, efforts to control, 818
      • Order for arrest of 83 prominent Chinese, 761, 762
      • Plan to seize International Settlement and French Concession, rumors of, 741–744
      • Police, morale undermined, 818, 819
  • Japan (see also Embargo, Indochina, and Interference, supra):
    • Arms and munitions. See War material, infra.
    • Belligerent rights, claim to, and French denial, 269, 279, 280, 522; U. S. position, 52, 863–864
    • Blockade. See Blockade, supra.
    • Bombing. See Bombing, supra.
    • Burma and Burma Road. See Burma and Burma Road, supra.
    • Embargo. See Embargo, supra.
    • Hong Kong. See Hong Kong, supra.
    • Imperial Conference decisions, 434
    • Military action in China, inconclusive, 258–259, 260
    • Military movements, 19, 21, 38; Hainan Island area, 22–23, 33, 57, 218; naval bases, interest in acquiring, 192, 197
    • Navigation, freedom of. See Navigation, infra.
    • Peace settlement with China, informal attempts toward negotiations, 252, 315, 324–325, 327–330, 332–333, 348–349, 360–361, 373, 378–379, 402, 419–420, 424, 432, 434, 437, 438, 442–443, 466–467, 583
    • Petroleum products. See Petroleum products.
    • Proclamation by military and naval headquarters in China, applicable to third-power nationals, listing punishable offenses, 356–358
    • Sanctions. See Sanctions, infra.
    • United Kingdom, demands by Japanese military upon British Embassy in Tokyo respecting Burma frontier, Hong Kong, and withdrawal of troops from Shanghai, 27, 28, 36–37, 40–41, 43–45, 46–47, 49, 52, 359–360, 361, 387–388
    • U. S. entry into war, Japanese doubt, 16, 19, 61
    • Wang Ching-wei regime. See Wang Ching-wei, infra.
    • War material, including aviation fuel, machine tools, etc., Japanese protests against restrictions on shipments, 565–566, 572–573, 575, 576–577, 585, 594, 617–618, 620–621, 622; U. S. attitude, 573–575, 578
    • World domination, aim of extremists, 253
  • Kiukiang, Japanese restrictions on shipping, 524, 527, 535
  • Kulangsu International Settlement at Amoy:
    • Ascendancy of Japanese military elements, 839, 840–841
    • Blockade on traffic with mainland, and between the International Settlement and Amoy, believed to be Japanese coercion, 833, 834, 835, 836, 839; U. S. representations, 837
    • Police, Japanese demand for increased force, 833–840; political reason for demand, 837; Municipal Council and Rate Payers Committee, attitude, 834, 835, 836, 838–839, 840
    • Terrorist activities, 833, 834, 839
  • Kwantung Coast, Japanese prohibition on shipping, 563
  • Land records of Chinese Land Bureau, transferred to City Government, Shanghai, 752; U. S. attitude, 752–753, 754
  • Letters of credit, question of application of Japanese regulations to U. S. nationals, 562
  • Licensing. See Export control, supra.
  • Loans and credits to China. See China: Economic and financial matters: Financial aid.
  • Lukouchiao incident, third anniversary, message by Chiang Kai-shek to friendly powers, including account of Sino-Japanese war, 392–394
  • “Manchoukuo”, 223, 266, 302–303, 324, 373, 454, 536, 537, 981
  • Mariposa, evacuation of Americans from Far East, 938, 951, 953
  • Military consultation between Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States, and other countries, proposals for, 167, 184, 187, 188–189, 206, 211, 212, 237, 238–239
  • Missionaries and mission property. See under Protection of American lives and property in China, infra.
  • Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, monopoly in trade in Japan-controlled China, 485, 511, 513
  • Monterey, evacuation of Americans from Far East, 938, 951
  • Moral embargo, 121, 160, 169, 288, 292, 566, 582, 609
  • Naval experts, conferences. See Military consultation, supra.
  • Navigation, freedom of, in Chinese waters, controlled by Japan (see also Blockade and Estelle L., supra), 275, 345, 484, 485, 487–490, 494, 495, 499, 501, 503, 507–508, 514, 518–520, 522, 524, 525, 527, 529, 532, 533, 535, 551, 553, 563, 567
  • Peiping:
    • Anti-American press, 424–425
    • British military garrison, withdrawal, 387, 416, 417
    • Defense of diplomatic quarter, plans, 417
    • Foreign military detachments, agreement to maintain status quo, 331–332; supplementary agreement, 413
    • Reduction in U. S. Marine Guard, 476
  • Pilotage regulations, issued by Japanese officials with reference to Pearl River, U. S. and British protests, 494–495, 498
  • Price control in North China (see also Exchange and export control, supra), 902
  • Products of China, all exportable material acquired by Japanese military, 491
  • Protection of American lives and property in China, 850–912
    • Advice to Americans by Department of State to withdraw from China, 892, 893–894, 895
    • American flag, question of use over mission property, 879, 883
    • American journalists: Deportation from China by Wang Ching-wei, 889, 890–891; imprisonment and trial in Japan of James R. Young, 995–1002; United Press correspondent to be forced by Japanese to leave Indochina, 243
    • Bombing, looting, trespass, and burning of mission property, 859–860, 866–867, 868, 870, 877, 879, 880, 881, 883, 884, 888, 891, 892, 897, 899, 900, 912; U. S. protests, 323, 814, 868, 870, 877, 891, 897–899, 899–900, 903–904, 905, 909
    • Bombing of property:
      • Chihkiang, U. S. protests, 868, 870
      • Chungking, 873, 874, 876, 880, 905
      • Ichang, Standard-Vacuum Oil Co., 875–876, 883–884, 885–886, 888, 894–895; U. S. protests, 884, 885–886
      • Kunming, endangering Consulate, 902–903
      • Loiwing, aircraft factory, having American workers, 907
    • Chinese Government, offer to facilitate movement of missionaries from occupied to unoccupied areas, 954–955; U. S. attitude, 955
    • Civilians, indiscriminate bombing of, 872, 876, 881, 884, 885, 887, 905; statement of Secretary Hull, 877
    • Hainan Island, evacuation of Americans, 867; U. S. attitude, 867
    • Honan, restrictions on travel by military requirement, 866, 895–896, 904
    • Indignities imposed upon missionaries, and withdrawal under Japanese pressure, 341, 412, 906–907, 910–911; U. S. protest, 907
    • Japanese notification to Americans to leave, 882, 883
    • Japanese orders protecting Americans, 875, 901
    • Loucks, Luther L., case of property of, Japanese assertion that rights of extraterritoriality are non-existent respecting “Manchoukuo”, 869, 871, 872
    • Missionaries and mission property (see also Bombing, looting, etc., supra), 341, 412, 879, 883, 906–907, 910–911, 945–955
    • Statistics on losses and damages to American property during Sino-Japanese conflict, 871–872
    • Tan, Marcel O., Philippine citizen under arrest in China, U. S. request for release, 864–866
    • U. S. warning to Japan not to imperil American nationals and property, 877, 878–879, 885
    • Withdrawal of American citizens from China, 476, 910–911, 954–955
    • Women and children, security of, 855, 892, 893–894
    • Yunnan Railway, Japanese bombing, injuring U. S. trade and endangering lives of U. S. officials, 861, 862
    • Repatriation of American citizens from Far East, 930–955
    • American schools at Peiping and Shanghai, closing of, 943, 945, 948–949
    • Evacuation, discussion, 184, 186, 191–192, 225, 930, 931–932, 944–946
    • Funds for loans to Americans, U. S. grant, 946–948
    • Japanese reaction, 936, 937
    • Numbers, 935, 941, 952
    • Philippine citizens, 935, 954
    • Relatives of American citizens, 947, 949
    • Vessels available, 934, 938–939, 950, 951, 953; charges for passage, 939–941, 942–943, 945, 953
    • Withdrawal of American citizens, U. S. instructions, 932–933, 934–935, 950–951
  • Royal Dutch Shell Oil Co., 2, 55, 75, 77, 85, 176
  • Sanctions (see also Embargo and Export control, supra), 565–625
  • Shanghai (see also International Settlement at Shanghai, supra):
    • American claims, Japanese activities toward payment, 506
    • Anti-American press, 408, 410, 413, 424–425, 811
    • City Government, text of modus vivendi with Municipal Council of International Settlement on policing of extra-Settlement roads area, 506, 727–728, 731–732, 733–734, 809, 814–815, 819
    • Deterioration of economic and political situation, 432–433, 446
    • French Concession:
      • Courts, Chinese, handing over by French authorities to Wang Ching-wei regime, 456, 730, 758–759, 810–812, 816–817, 819, 824, 825–826, 827–828, 829–830, 831, 832; Chinese Government, attitude, 456, 826, 829, 830; U. S. attitude, 828–829, 832
      • Customhouses, taking over by Wang regime, 819
      • Question of withdrawal, 418, 419, 748, 751
      • Report that Japanese forces may occupy, 817, 818
    • Japanese authorities, agreement with Municipal Council relaxing restrictions in area north of Soochow Creek, 506, 728–729, 732–733, 819
    • Land records of Chinese Land Bureau: Conveyance from International Settlement through Japanese official to City Government of Shanghai, 752, 753, 754, 757–758; question of relations of consular officers with new bureau, 763–764
    • Re-export of American-owned goods from Shanghai to Hong Kong, 555, 559
  • Shuitung, Japanese notification to vessels, 551, 553
  • Sikiang, U. S. action against cargo on, 191, 194, 202, 238, 240
  • Singapore: Threat of Japanese aggression, 142, 155, 159, 161n, 194, 206–207, 209, 214–215, 218, 220, 242, 247, 374, 680, 699, 712, 982; U. S. naval visit, plan, 212, 365, 367, 618
  • Sino-Anglo-American Plan of Cooperation, 439–440, 684–685, 689–692, 693–695
  • Standard Oil Co., 2, 83, 176, 534–535, 538
  • Standard-Vacuum Oil Co.:
    • Bombing of property at Ichang, 875–876, 883–884, 885–886, 888, 894–895; U. S. protests, 884–886
    • Miscellaneous, 55, 75, 76, 77, 83, 194, 538, 556, 586–587, 862
  • Tientsin, British Concession at:
    • Agreements between British and Japanese concerning silver, currency, and the abolition of restrictions at Tientsin, 850, 855–856, 857
    • Blockade. See Interference, infra.
    • British military garrison, withdrawal, 387, 416
    • Exchange shops, licenses, 851
    • Flood relief in North China, 841, 844, 847
    • Foreign military detachments, agreement to maintain status quo, 331–332, 348
    • Interference by Japanese armed forces with movement of American citizens and American-owned merchandise, 846–848, 850–852, 855–857
    • Reduction in U. S. Marine Guard, 476
    • Silver on deposit, disposition of:
      • British Ambassador in China, proposal, 840–841
      • Chinese Government, attitude, 841, 845, 847, 849–850, 853–854, 858
      • Formula by Chinese and British for solution, text, 844
      • French proposal, 321–322
      • Japanese and British draft agreement, text, 849
      • Owner of deposit, 841, 858
      • U. S. attitude, 845–846, 854
    • Vessels, removal of restrictions on river traffic, 857–858
  • Trade in Japanese-controlled China, discrimination by Japan against United States, U. S. representations, 512, 518, 523, 527–528, 540, 554
  • Universal Leaf Tobacco Co., interference by Japanese in China, 488, 505, 506–507, 519, 550–551, 552, 554, 556–557, 558
  • Universal Oil Products Co., contract with Japanese Gasoline Company, 565–566, 609–610
  • U. S. Asiatic Fleet: Commander in Chief of, report on relations in Orient, 208–211; disposition of, 20, 160, 332, 336, 345, 360, 369, 417, 537, 582, 589; plans in case of withdrawal of British and French from Shanghai, 745–747
  • U. S. Congress, S. Con. Res. 36 relative to a proclamation of state of war between Japan and China, 282, 290–292
  • U. S. Far Eastern Trading Corporation: Action against cargo on Sikiang, 191, 194, 202, 238, 240; petroleum products, fine or requisition of stocks, 202, 238
  • U. S. landed forces in China, numbers, 746
  • U. S. Marines: July 7 incident in International Settlement at Shanghai, 752, 812, 816, 819; question of withdrawal from Shanghai, 425–427; sector of Shanghai to be assigned to, U. S. insistence upon, 793, 807
  • U. S. naval vessels, Japanese refusal of landing permits for American civilians, 524
  • Visa, extension of term to alien, query of Japanese Ambassador regarding proposed bill, 578
  • Vladivostok, Japanese shipments to Germany via, 321
  • Wang Ching-wei, head of puppet government in China:
    • Anti-American press, 408, 889
    • Bank, new, and new currency, plans, 508, 511–512, 516, 520, 521, 525, 543, 544–545, 557, 564, 642
    • Chiang Kai-shek: Communications by Wang Ching-wei to, 265–266, 270, 272, 281; intermediary suggested, 328, 441; message by Chiang Kai-shek to friendly powers on Wang’s agreement with Japanese, 274–275, 278, 439
    • Chinese attitude, 300, 481
    • Courts in French Concession at Shanghai. See under Shanghai: French Concession, supra.
    • Courts in International Settlement at Shanghai, transfer to Wang Ching-wei regime, 380, 831
    • Customs activities, 720, 723
    • Deportation of American journalists, 889, 890–891
    • Foreign relations, 298, 300, 307
    • Japan, relations (see also under Recognition: Granting of, infra): Central government, new, under Wang Ching-wei, proposal, 259, 261, 265–267, 270–272, 276, 279, 280; conversations with Japanese officials looking toward treaty and recognition, 270, 272, 276–277, 295, 301, 306–308, 309, 317, 324, 326–327, 333, 340, 345, 358, 392, 402, 419, 424–425, 431–432, 434, 436, 438, 440, 444, 466, 481
    • “Manchoukuo”, mutual recognition of regimes, 454
    • Military operations, reference to Tokyo, 297, 311
    • Recognition of regime, question of:
      • Granting of recognition by Japan, 317, 333, 345, 358, 392, 402–403, 419, 431–432, 434, 435, 439, 440, 454–455; Spain, 316–317
      • Position of Germany, 285, 432, 437, 458, 463; Italy, 273–274, 277, 304, 432, 436–437, 446, 458, 468; Soviet Union, 457, 458, 460, 461, 463–464
      • Refusal of recognition by France, 280–281; Thailand, 314; United Kingdom, 309–310; United States, 271, 274, 281, 284–285, 299, 301
  • Washington, evacuation of Americans from Far East, 938, 951, 952
  • Wenchow, Japanese restrictions on merchant vessels, 517, 519–520, 529; blockade, 532, 533
  • Yangtze River, 275, 345, 484, 485, 487, 489, 490, 495, 499, 501, 503, 507–508, 518, 522, 524, 525, 527, 886
  • Yokohama Specie Bank, 508
  • Young, James R., American newspaperman in Far East, case of, 995–1002
  • Yunnan-Burma highway. See Burma Road, supra.
  • Yunnan Railway. See Indochina-Yunnan Railway.
• United Kingdom:
  • Burma and Burma Road. See under Undeclared war.
  • China, plans for aid to, 427–428, 695–696, 700–702; loans and credits, 321, 564, 708
  • Defense forces in Far East, 160, 167–169
  • Demands by Japanese military upon British Embassy in Tokyo respecting Burma frontier, Hong Kong, and withdrawal of troops from Shanghai, 26–27, 28, 36–37, 359–360, 361; British attitude and reply, 40–41, 43–45, 47, 49, 387–388; U. S. attitude, 46–47, 49, 52
  • Embargo. See under Undeclared war: Embargo.
  • Export control:
    • British plan for joint control by British Empire, United States, and Netherlands, 613–614, 619; U. S. attitude, 615–616, 619–620
    • Licensing of petroleum products, British attitude, 591–592
    • Parallel action between British, American, Canadian, and other governments respecting exports to Japan, 610–611
  • Far Eastern policy, new, following collapse of France, 365–367, 388, 407, 412
  • Far Eastern settlement by Anglo-American-Japanese negotiations, proposed, 362, 366, 368, 374–375; U. S. attitude, 363–364, 369–370, 370–372
  • Hong Kong, agreement with Japanese on vessels plying to Canton, 514
  • Japan, threat of war, 40, 46
  • Maintenance of status quo in Pacific area, attitude. See under Indochina, Netherlands East Indies, and Thailand.
  • Military consultations, plans for, with—
    • Netherlands, with reference to possible Japanese invasion in South Seas, 237
    • United States, with regard to Pacific problems, 238–239
  • Military units in China, 331–332, 348, 350, 352–353; withdrawal of garrisons from Peking, Tientsin, and Shanghai, 416–417
  • Non-aggression pact with Thailand, signing of, 24
  • Pacific conference, proposed, of countries having interests in Pacific area, on future plans and policies, 167–168, 184, 187, 188–189, 206, 211, 212
  • Peking Protocol (1901), reservation of rights under, 416–417
  • Soviet Union, imports of war supplies through Far Eastern ports, possibly destined for Germany, plan to prevent, 560–570; U. S. attitude, 570–571
  • Thailand, relations with. See Thailand.
  • Transfer of French troops from Djibouti to Indochina on French ship Esperance, attitude, 172, 201, 205
• Universal Leaf Tobacco Co., interference by Japanese in China, 488, 505, 506–507, 519, 550–551, 552, 554, 556–557, 558
• Universal Oil Products Co., contract with Japan Gasoline Co., 565–566, 609–610
• U. S. Asiatic Fleet. See under Undeclared war.
• U. S. Congress:
  • National Defense Act (July 2), 393, 572–577, 587, 588, 594
  • State of war between Japan and China, S. Con. Res. 36 relative to a proclamation of, 282, 290–292
• U. S. Far Eastern Trading Corporation, 191, 194, 195, 202, 238, 240
• U. S. landed forces in China, numbers, 746
• U. S. Marines, 752, 793, 807, 812, 816, 819; question of withdrawal from Shanghai, 425–427
• U. S. National Defense Act (July 2), 393, 572–577, 587, 588, 594
• Visas to aliens, question of extension of term, 578
• Wheat, 568, 569
• Wolfram, 639, 665, 713
• Yokohama Specie Bank, 508
• Young, James R., American newspaperman in Far East, case of, 995–1002