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Chapter V: October 2–November 15, 1941

Reply to Japanese proposals (October 2); Japanese disappointment in American reply (October 14, 18); resignation of Konoye Cabinet (October 16); President Roosevelt’s proposed message to Japanese Emperor (October 16); Ambassador Nomura’s suggestion to British Ambassador respecting a modus vivendi for Pacific (October 16); Secretary Hull’s advice against sending message to Japanese Emperor (October 17); formation of Japanese Cabinet under General Tojo (October 18); special mission of Ambassador Kurusu to Washington (November 4); Ambassador Grew’s estimate that Japanese military plans depend upon success or failure of conversations with United States (November 6); suggestion of draft transitional arrangement to avoid collapse of conversations (November 11)

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

Chapter V: October 2–November 15, 1941

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

[397] The Counselor of Embassy in China (Butrick) to the Secretary of State

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

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

[400] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State

[401] The Military Attaché in China (Mayer) to the War Department

[402] Memorandum by Mr. William R. Langdon, of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs

[403] Memorandum by Mr. John P. Davies, Jr., of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs

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

[405] Dr. E. Stanley Jones to the Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs (Hamilton)

[406] Dr. E. Stanley Jones to President Roosevelt

[407] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State

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

[409] President Roosevelt to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)

[410] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State

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

[412] The Counselor of Embassy in China (Butrick) to the Secretary of State

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

[414] Memorandum by Mr. John P. Davies, Jr., of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs

[415] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Gauss)

[416] Memorandum Prepared in the Division of Far Eastern Affairs

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

[418] The Netherland Legation to the Department of State

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

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

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

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

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

[424] The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

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