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Chapter I: January 1–April 9, 1941

Informal Japanese efforts to sound out United States views respecting agreement; warning of Japanese military plan to attack Pearl Harbor in case of “trouble” (January 27); review by Secretary Hull of United States attitude toward Japan (February 15); Japan’s attitude toward United States and Soviet Union (March 5); Secretary Hull’s discussion with Ambassador Nomura (March 11); preliminary draft of Japanese-sponsored “agreement in principle” (March 16–17); Japanese-sponsored “proposal” on U. S.–Japan relations (April 9)

Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1941, The Far East, Volume IV

Chapter I: January 1–April 9, 1941

[61] Mr. Joseph E. Davies to the Secretary of State

[62] The Postmaster General (Walker) to the Secretary of State

[63] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Acting Secretary of State

[64] Memorandum of Conversations, by Mr. Joseph W. Ballantine

[65] The First Secretary of Embassy in China (Smyth) to the Secretary of State

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

[67] The Ambassador in Peru (Norweb) to the Secretary of State

[68] The Postmaster General (Walker) to the Secretary of State

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

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

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

[72] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Joseph W. Ballantine

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

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

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

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

[77] Father James M. Drought, of New York, to the Secretary of State