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Chapter III: March 20–May 31, 1933

Chinese request for specific action against Japan, March 20; attitude of Advisory Committee following Japan’s notice of withdrawal from League membership; Japanese incursions across Great Wall; Japanese promotion of separatist movement within the Great Wall; Chinese Foreign Office’s desire for foreign aid in arranging cessation of hostilities; American attitude toward armistice question, April 25; review by the Department of its policy respecting use of American armed force at Shanghai, May 1; renewal of Japanese incursions south of the Great Wall; Chinese statement respecting ownership of the Chinese Eastern Railway, May 9; Soviet reply as to ownership question; continuation of Japanese advance toward Peiping; renewed Chinese suggestion of American pronouncement on crisis in the Far East, May 16; joint statement by President Roosevelt and Chinese Finance Minister Soong, May 20; preliminary arrangement for cessation of hostilities on May 23; signing of truce at Tangku, May 31.

[385] Memorandum by the Minister in China (Johnson) of a Conversation With the Counselor of the Soviet Embassy in China (Barkov)

Peiping, May 25, 1933.

861.77 Chinese Eastern/1216

Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1933, The Far East, Volume III

Chapter III: March 20–May 31, 1933

[366] The Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland (Wilson), at Geneva

[367] The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[368] The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[369] The Standing Committee of the Southwest Political Council at Canton to the Secretary of State

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

[371] The Secretary of State to the Minister in China (Johnson)

[372] The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[373] The Secretary of State to the Minister in China (Johnson)

[374] The Secretary of State to the Minister in China (Johnson)

[375] The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[376] The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[377] The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[378] The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[379] Memorandum by the Vice Consul at Mukden (Hall)

[380] The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

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

[382] The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[383] The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

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

[385] Memorandum by the Minister in China (Johnson) of a Conversation With the Counselor of the Soviet Embassy in China (Barkov)

[386] The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[387] The Consul General at Tientsin (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State

[388] The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[389] The Consul General at Canton (Ballantine) to the Secretary of State

[390] The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[391] The Consul General at Tientsin (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State