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)

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[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

756D.94/178: Telegram


[297] The Chargé in Thailand (Chapman) to the Secretary of State

792.94/142: Telegram


[298] The Chargé in Thailand (Chapman) to the Secretary of State

811.20 (D)Regulations/4367: Telegram


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

894.24/1583: Telegram


[300] The British Embassy to the Department of State

892.6176/27


[301] The Department of State to the British Embassy

892.6176/27


[305] The British Embassy to the Department of State

892.6176/24


[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

811.20 Defense (M)/3339: Telegram


[308] The Consul at Saigon (Browne) to the Secretary of State

740.0011 P.W./538: Telegram


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

740.0011 P.W./563: Telegram


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

893.24/1160: Telegram


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

811D.0144/12: Telegram


[312] The Ambassador in France (Leahy) to the Secretary of State

740.0011 Pacific War/541: Telegram


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

751G.94/384: Telegram