Office of the Historian

Relations of Japan with the Axis Powers and with the Soviet Union 1

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1939, vol. iii, pp. 1–102; see also Foreign Relations, Japan, 1931–1941, vol. ii, pp. 164–181, and Department of State, Nazi-Soviet Relations, 1989–1941 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1948), pp. 195 ff.

[672] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Steinhardt) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, January 2, 1940—4 p.m.
[Received 4:50 p.m.]

861.77 Chinese Eastern/1442: Telegram

[673] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Steinhardt) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, January 4, 1940—6 p.m.
[Received January 4—5:50 p.m.]

761.9315 Manchuria/205: Telegram

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

Washington, January 6, 1940—5 p.m.

761.94/1187: Telegram

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

Tokyo, January 11, 1940—2 p.m.
[Received January 11—7:50 a.m.]

761.94/1185: Telegram

[676] The Counselor of Embassy in China (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State

Peiping, February 1, 1940—3 p.m.
[Received February 1—1:55 p.m.]

761.9315 Manchuria/210: Telegram

[677] The Counselor of Embassy in China (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State

Peiping, February 2, 1940—2 p.m.
[Received February 2—7:13 a.m.]

761.9315 Manchuria/212: Telegram

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

Tokyo, April 19, 1940—10 p.m.
[Received April 19—1:15 p.m.]

761.94/1202: Telegram

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

Tokyo, May 5, 1940—6 p.m.
[Received May 5—6:38 a.m.]

761.94/1203: Telegram

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

Tokyo, June 7, 1940—5 p.m.
[Received June 7—7:15 a.m.]

894.00/909: Telegram

[682] The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Thurston) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, June 10, 1940—11 a.m.
[Received 1:40 p.m.]

761.9315 Manchuria/229: Telegram

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

Tokyo, June 11, 1940—8 p.m.
[Received June 11—1:11 p.m.]

761.9315 Manchuria/231: Telegram

[684] The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Thurston) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, July 2, 1940—4 p.m.
[Received 8:14 p.m.]

761.94/1207: Telegram

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

Tokyo, August 21, 1940—8 p.m.
[Received August 21—10:35 a.m.]

762.94/469: Telegram

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

Tokyo, August 26 [25], 1940—3 p.m.
[Received August 26—5:58 a.m.]

761.94/1209: Telegram

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

Tokyo, August 26, 1940—2 p.m.
[Received August 26—9:45 a.m.]

761.94/1210: Telegram

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

Tokyo, August 27, 1940—11 a.m.
[Received August 27—2 a.m.]

761.94/1211: Telegram

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

Tokyo, September 16, 1940—8 p.m.
[Received September 16—10:18 a.m.]

894.00/959: Telegram

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

Tokyo, September 19, 1940—10 p.m.
[Received September 19—2:35 p.m.]

762.9411/9: Telegram

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

Tokyo, September 20, 1940—noon.
[Received September 20—3:30 a.m.]

762.9411/8: Telegram

[692] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Steinhardt) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, September 23, 1940—11 p.m.
[Received 11:33 p.m.]

762.9411/11: Telegram

[693] Memorandum by the Consul General at Geneva (Tittmann)

[Geneva,] September 25, 1940.

762.9411/62½

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

Tokyo, September 27, 1940—5 p.m.
[Received September 27—7:12 a.m.]

762.9411/17: Telegram

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

Tokyo, September 28, 1940—4 p.m.
[Received September 28—10:12 a.m.]

762.9411/40: Telegram

[697] The Consul General at Geneva (Tittmann) to the Secretary of State

Geneva, September 30, 1940—noon.
[Received September 30—3:02 a.m.]

762.9411/64: Telegram

[698] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Steinhardt) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, September 30, 1940—[2 p.m.?]
[Received 10:26 p.m.]

762.9411/61: Telegram

[699] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Steinhardt) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, September 30, 1940—1 p.m.
[Received October 1—12:22 a.m.]

762.9411/65: Telegram

[700] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Steinhardt) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, October 1, 1940—11 a.m.
[Received 12:52 p.m.]

762.9411/67: Telegram

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

Tokyo, October 2, 1940—7 p.m.
[Received October 2—2:10 p.m.]

762.9411/77: Telegram