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Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1943, China

Discussion of negotiation of comprehensive commercial treaty between the United States and China


[639] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs (Hamilton)

[ Washington ,] February 26, 1943.

793.003/1142


[640] The Department of State to the British Embassy

undated

611.9331/256


[641] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Woodbury Willoughby of the Division of Commercial Policy and Agreements

[ Washington ,] May 7, 1943.

611.9331/256


[642] The Commercial Secretary of the British Embassy ( Jopson ) to the Adviser on Political Relations ( Hornbeck )

Washington , June 23, 1943.

611.9331/257


[643] The Adviser on Political Relations ( Hornbeck ) to the Commercial Secretary of the British Embassy ( Jopson )

[ Washington ,] July 5, 1943.

611.9331/257


[644] Memorandum by the Adviser on Political Relations (Hornbeck)

[ Washington ,] November 2, 1943.

611.9331/267

China

  • Preface
  • General wartime relations between the United States and China, with emphasis on China’s military position and United States efforts to give military assistance to China (Documents 1-150)
    • Political conditions in China; Sino-Soviet relations; attitude of the United States toward threatened Kuomintang–Communist conflict (Documents 151-321)
      • Financial relations between the United States and China: (Documents 322-423)
        • Aid to China under the Lend-Lease program (Documents 424-440)
          • Difficulties of United States operations in China due to unfavorable exchange; negotiations with Chinese Government regarding a reverse Lend-Lease Agreement (Documents 441-504)
            • Efforts to establish a supply route to China via Iran, the Soviet Union, and Sinkiang (Documents 505-532)
              • Objections to proposed survey of a supply route to China via India, Afghanistan, and the Soviet Union (Documents 533-542)
                • Efforts to establish a supply route to China through Tibet; attitude of the United States toward status of Tibet (Documents 543-573)
                  • Arrangements to obtain strategic materials for the United States from China (Documents 574-594)
                    • Support by the Department of State of Chinese requests for planes for internal transport in China (Documents 595-620)
                      • Interest of the United States in maintenance of administrative integrity of Chinese Maritime Customs; appointment of an American as Acting Inspector General of Customs (Documents 621-623)
                        • Treaty between the United States and China for relinquishment of extraterritorial rights in China and the regulation of related matters, signed January 11, 1943
                        • Agreement between the United States and China regarding jurisdiction over criminal offenses committed by American armed forces in China, effected by exchange of notes signed May 21, 1943 (Documents 624-632)
                          • Attitude of the United States toward status of the China Foundation for the Promotion of Education and Culture after termination of the Boxer Protocol of 1901 (Documents 633-638)
                            • Discussion of negotiation of comprehensive commercial treaty between the United States and China (Documents 639-644)
                              • Protection of American lives and property in China and representations regarding bandit attack upon a United States Army convoy in Yunnan (Documents 645-653)
                                • Opening of new American diplomatic and consular posts in China (Documents 654-659)
                                  • Cultural relations program of the Department of State to provide technical assistance to China and to facilitate greater cultural cooperation between the United States and China (Documents 660-684)
                                    • Representations by the Chinese Embassy concerning designations given to outlying provinces of China by certain American map makers (Documents 685-686)
                                      • Repeal of Chinese Exclusion Laws by the United States (Documents 687-700)
                                        • Negotiations with respect to the treatment of Chinese seamen in American ports (Documents 701-726)
                                          • Applicability of the Selective Service Act to Chinese students in the United States (Documents 727-728)
                                            • Refusal of the United States to permit the relay of Chinese broadcasts to South American countries through the United States (Documents 729-730)
                                              • Assistance by the United States in securing admission of China as a signatory to the Four-Power Declaration on General Security, signed at the meeting of Foreign Ministers in Moscow (Documents 731-751)
                                                • Exchange of views between the United States and China regarding the administration of liberated areas (Documents 752-761)
                                                  • Interest of the United States concerning Chinese postwar planning (Documents 762-797)
                                                    • Consideration of proposed entry of Chinese troops into Indochina to combat Japanese forces in that colony (Documents 798-804)
                                                      • Taking over by Chinese Government of Yunnan section of French Indochina–Yunnan railway; expression of interest by the United States on behalf of the French (Documents 805-809)
                                                        • Exchange of views between the United States and China regarding the future status of Korea and the question of recognizing a provisional Korean government
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