Chapter II: April–July 3, 1941
Anglo-American cooperation to counteract extension of Japanese control in Thailand; British proposal of declaration by United States, British, and Netherlands Governments respecting threat to their security from farther Japanese southward advance; disinclination of Secretary of State to issue further statement to Japan (April 28); signature of Franco-Japanese commercial accords on Indochina (May 6) and of Thai-Indochina peace settlement (May 9) at Tokyo; American representations to Japan and France over Japanese military seizure of American transit cargoes in French Indochina; breakdown of Japanese-Netherlands East Indies economic negotiations (June 17); American decision to offer economic aid to Thailand
[150] The Minister in Thailand (Grant) to the Secretary of State
[Received 1:50 p.m.]
751G.92/449: Telegram
[151] The Minister in Thailand (Grant) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 10—10:45 a.m.]
792.94/108: Telegram
[152] The Minister in Thailand (Grant) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 12—1:40 p.m.]
792.94/109: Telegram
[154] The British Minister (Butler) to the Adviser on Political Relations (Hornbeck)
740.0011 Pacific War/219
[155] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Alger Hiss, Assistant to the Adviser on Political Relations (Hornbeck)
892.6363/131
[156] Memorandum by Mr. Willys R. Peck, of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs, of a Conversation With the First Secretary of the British Embassy (Thorold)
892.24/71
[157] The Minister in Thailand (Grant) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 22—8:32 p.m.]
811.20 (D) Regulations/2419: Telegram
[158] The Consul General at Batavia (Foote) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 23—9:10 a.m.]
756D.94/149: Telegram
[159] The Consul at Hanoi (Reed) to the Secretary of State
[Received 4:25 a.m.]
893.24/1059: Telegram
[160] The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 24—9:38 a.m.]
756D.94/153: Telegram
[161] The Consul at Hanoi (Reed) to the Secretary of State
[Received 10:06 p.m.]
351G.115/14: Telegram
[162] The Minister in Thailand (Grant) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 25—10:15 p.m.]
811.20 (D) Regulations/2469: Telegram
[163] The Consul at Hanoi (Reed) to the Secretary of State
[Received 12:40 p.m.]
351G.115/15: Telegram
[164] The Consul at Hanoi (Reed) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 26—2:31 a.m.]
351G.115/16: Telegram
[165] Memorandum by the Adviser on Political Relations (Hornbeck)
351G.115/24
[167] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)
893.24/1059: Telegram
[168] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in France (Leahy)
893.24/1059: Telegram
[169] The Secretary of State to the Minister in Thailand (Grant)
811.20 (D) Regulations/2469: Telegram
[172] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State
740.0011 Pacific War/223
[174] The Consul at Hanoi (Reed) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 4—6 a.m.]
893.24/1071: Telegram
[176] The British Minister (Hall) to the Assistant Secretary of State (Acheson)
892.6363/138
[177] The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 7—3:30 a.m.]
893.24/1075: Telegram
[178] The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 10—10:10 p.m.]
894.24/1428: Telegram
[179] The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 10—7:41 a.m.]
756D.94/159: Telegram