Chapter III: July 4–September 30, 1941
British suggestion of Anglo-American action to prevent Japanese plan to acquire military bases in French Indochina; President Roosevelt’s exchange of messages with Japanese Prime Minister Konoye; Japanese demand for French agreement to bases in southern Indochina; President Roosevelt’s request to Marshal Petain for dilatory reply to Japanese demand (July 16); French submission to Japanese demand respecting southern Indochina (July 21); American attitude toward Japanese advance in Indochina (July 24); freezing of Japanese assets in the United States (July 26); British suggestion of Anglo-American warning to Japan concerning Japanese demands on Thailand (August 2); Thai request for purchase of military supplies sympathetically considered by Secretary of State (August 18)
[265] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Alger Hiss, Assistant to the Adviser on Political Relations (Hornbeck)
894.24/1567
[266] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Under Secretary of State (Welles)
740.0011 P. W./401
[267] The Assistant Secretary of State (Acheson) to the British Minister (Hall)
792.94/138
[268] The Minister in Thailand (Grant) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 7—5:25 p.m.]
740.0011 P. W./403: Telegram
[269] The Ambassador in France (Leahy) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 6—5:35 p.m.]
740.0011 European War 1939/13721: Telegram
[270] The Consul at Saigon (Flood) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 30.]
740.0011 P. W./493
[271] The Minister in Thailand (Grant) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 6—8 a.m.]
893.01 Manchuria/1643: Telegram
[272] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Minister to the Netherlands Government in Exile (Biddle)
740.0011 European War 1939/14624
[273] The Minister in Thailand (Grant) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 7—11:45 a.m.]
740.0011 P. W./393: Telegram
[274] The Secretary of State to the Consul at Hanoi (Reed)
811.20 Defense (M)/2817: Telegram
[275] The Secretary of State to the Minister in Thailand (Grant)
740.0011 P. W./428a: Telegram
[276] Memorandum by Mr. Willys R. Peck of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs
892.24/60½
[277] The Secretary of State to the Minister in Thailand (Grant)
792.94/137: Telegram
[278] Memorandum by the Minister to the Netherlands Government in Exile (Biddle)
740.0011/496
[279] The Minister in Thailand (Grant) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 9—3:54 p.m.]
740.0011 P. W./412: Telegram
[280] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State
740.0011 Pacific War/460
[281] The Minister in Thailand (Grant) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 11—3 a.m.]
740.0011 P. W./430: Telegram
[282] The Minister in Thailand (Grant) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8:55 a.m.]
740.0011 P. W./431: Telegram
[283] The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 2.]
811D.0144/14
[284] The Consul General at Batavia (Foote) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 14—7:40 a.m.]
756D.94/176: Telegram
[285] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Willys R. Peek of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs
892.24/73
[286] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Alger Hiss, Assistant to the Adviser on Political Relations (Hornbeck)
894.24/1589
[287] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Alger Hiss, Assistant to the Adviser on Political Relations (Hornbeck)
892.6363/162
[288] The Consul at Hanoi (Reed) to the Secretary of State
[Received 11:45 a.m.]
600.51G9/25: Telegram
[289] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State
740.0011 European War 1939/14402
[290] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Alger Hiss, Assistant to the Adviser on Political Relations (Hornbeck)
804.24/1572
[291] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Willys R. Peck of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs
892.6363/160
[292] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Assistant Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs (Adams)
892.24/74
[293] The Secretary of State to the Minister in Thailand (Grant)
892.248/45: Telegram