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)
[294] The Secretary of State to the Minister in Thailand (Grant)
740.0011 P.W./430: Telegram
[295] The Secretary of State to the Consul at Hanoi (Reed)
351G.115/34: Telegram
[296] The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 26—2:50 p.m.]
756D.94/178: Telegram
[297] The Chargé in Thailand (Chapman) to the Secretary of State
[Received 3 p.m.]
792.94/142: Telegram
[298] The Chargé in Thailand (Chapman) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 3—9:54 p.m.]
811.20 (D)Regulations/4367: Telegram
[299] The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 5—10:22 a.m.]
894.24/1583: Telegram
[302] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Assistant Secretary of State (Berle)
751G.94/383
[303] Memorandum by Mr. Alger Hiss, Assistant to the Adviser on Political Relations (Hornbeck)
894.24/1750
[304] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Under Secretary of State (Welles)
751G.94/386
[306] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)
811D.0144/11: Telegram
[307] The Ambassador in France (Leahy) to the Secretary of State
[Received 7:50 p.m.]
811.20 Defense (M)/3339: Telegram
[308] The Consul at Saigon (Browne) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 28—8:21 a.m.]
740.0011 P.W./538: Telegram
[309] The Consul at Hanoi (Reed) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 28—8:36 a.m.]
740.0011 P.W./563: Telegram
[310] The Consul at Hanoi (Reed) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 28—8:22 a.m.]
893.24/1160: Telegram
[311] The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 29—9:50 a.m.]
811D.0144/12: Telegram
[312] The Ambassador in France (Leahy) to the Secretary of State
[Received 7:49 p.m.]
740.0011 Pacific War/541: Telegram
[313] The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 30—1:41 p.m.]
751G.94/384: Telegram
[314] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Alger Hiss, Assistant to the Adviser on Political Relations (Hornbeck)
892.6863/165
[315] The First Secretary of the British Embassy (Marris) to Mr. Jacques Reinstein, Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State (Acheson)
894.24/1758