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NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
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JUSTIFICATION OF THE WAR -- INTERNAL COMMITMENTS
The Roosevelt Administration, 1940 – 1945
Contents and
Chronological List of Documents
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| 1. | U.S. views on Japan's demands concerning French Indochina are given to the French Embassy. Memorandum by Mr. Dunn (Political Adviser) to Under Secretary Welles, 6 August 1940 | 1 |
| 2. | Welles instructs Ambassador Grew to convey to the Japanese that the U.S. was "seriously perturbed" over Japanese demands concerning Indochina. Welles 293 to Tokyo, 6 August 1940 | 3 |
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| 3. | Mr. Cecil Gray, Assistant to the Secretary of State, reports on Secretary Hull's view of the Japanese occupation of Indochina. The occupation was seen as a threat to trade routes of "supreme importance to the United States." Secretary Hull also remarks to Sumner Welles that "the Japanese are seeking to dominate militarily practically one-half the world.…" and will continue "unless something happens to stop her." Two memoranda by Mr. Cecil Gray, 24 and 25 July 1941 | 4 |
| 4. | President Roosevelt proposes to the Japanese Ambassador to neutralize Indochina, creating in effect an Asian "Switzerland." Memorandum by Sumner Welles of conversation between Roosevelt and the Japanese Ambassador, 24 July 1941 | 8 |
| 5. | U.S. publicly declares that the agreement between France and Japan regarding Indochina was unjustified. State Department press release, 2 August 1941 | 11 |
| 6. | U.S. proposes to Japan that the two countries endeavor to conclude a multilateral non-aggression pact among Britain, China, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, Thailand, and the United States which would respect the territorial integrity of Indochina. Cordell Hull to Ambassador Nomura (Japan), 26 November 1941 | 13 |
| 7. | President Roosevelt expresses to Emperor Hirohito that continuance of the Japanese troop movements into Indochina is "unthinkable." Message from Roosevelt to Hirohito, 6 December 1941 | 14 |
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