Office of the Historian

Southward Advance of Japanese expansionist movement: the Netherlands East Indies; French Indochina; British Hong Kong and Burma; Thailand1

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1939, vol. iii, pp. 103–123; see also Foreign Relations, Japan, 1931–1941, vol. ii, pp. 281 ff.

[31] The Consul General at Hong Kong (Southard) to the Secretary of State

Hong Kong, June 1, 1940—10 a.m.
[Received June 1—9:02 a.m.]

793.94/15890: Telegram

[32] The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

Chungking, June 4, 1940—9 a.m.
[Received 9:20 a.m.]

793.94/15903: Telegram

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

Tokyo, June 12, 1940—noon.
[Received June 12—3:25 a.m.]

756.94/142: Telegram

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

Tokyo, June 12, 1940—6 p.m.
[Received June 12—3:37 a.m.]

792.94/57: Telegram

[35] The Chargé in Thailand (Chapman) to the Secretary of State

Bangkok, June 13, 1940—9 p.m. [a.m.]
[Received June 13—7:45 a.m.]

741.9211/6: Telegram

[37] The Consul at Hanoi (Reed) to the Secretary of State

Hanoi, June 17, 1940—noon.
[Received June 17—10:47 a.m.]

893.24/744: Telegram

[38] The Consul at Hanoi (Reed) to the Secretary of State

Hanoi, June 19, 1940—10 a.m.
[Received 12:50 p.m.]

893.24/747: Telegram

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

Tokyo, June 19, 1940—5 p.m.
[Received June 19—7:55 a.m.]

793.94/15962: Telegram

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

Tokyo, June 19, 1940—6 p.m.
[Received June 19—6:03 a.m.]

793.94/15963: Telegram

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

Tokyo, June 19, 1940—7 p.m.
[Received June 19—12:54 p.m.]

793.94/15964

[43] The Deputy Ambassador in France (Biddle) to the Secretary of State

Bordeaux, June 20, 1940—7 p.m.
[Received 10:50 p.m.]

851G.01/14: Telegram

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

Tokyo, June 20, 1940—midnight.
[Received June 20—4 p.m.]

893.24/748: Telegram

[45] The Consul at Hanoi (Reed) to the Secretary of State

Hanoi, June 21, 1940—9 p.m.
[Received June 21—9:30 a.m.]

851G.01/17: Telegram

[46] The Consul General at Singapore (Patton) to the Secretary of State

Singapore, June 22, 1940—noon.
[Received June 22—4:30 a.m.]

756.94/147: Telegram

[47] The Chinese Embassy to the Department of State

[ Washington ,] June 22, 1940.

851G.01/26

[48] The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

Chungking, June 23, 1940—11 a.m.
[Received 11:20 a.m.]

893.24/752: Telegram

[49] The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

Chungking, June 24, 1940—9 a.m.
[Received 1:35 p.m.]

893.24/758: Telegram

[50] The Consul at Saigon (Flood) to the Secretary of State

Saigon, June 24, 1940—7 p.m.
[Received June 24—12:50 p.m.]

851G.01/20: Telegram

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

Tokyo, June 24, 1940—10 p.m.
[Received June 24—5:30 p.m.]

893.24/757: Telegram

[52] The Consul at Saigon (Flood) to the Secretary of State

Saigon, June 25, 1940—6 p.m.
[Received 9:45 p.m.]

851G.01/22: Telegram

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

Tokyo, June 25, 1940—7 p.m.
[Received June 25—10:26 a, m.]

893.24/759: Telegram

[54] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Johnson)

Washington, June 26, 1940—6 p.m.

893.24/758: Telegram

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

Tokyo, July 1, 1940—6 p.m.
[Received July 1—10:50 a.m.]

756.94/153: Telegram

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

[Washington,] July 5, 1940.

741.94/429

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

Tokyo, July 7, 1940—9 a.m.
[Received 11:15 a.m.]

893.24/771: Telegram

[58] The High Commissioner in the Philippines (Sayre) to the Secretary of State

Manila, July 8, 1940—6 p.m.
[Received July 8—11:20 a.m.]

851G.01/31: Telegram

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

Tokyo, July 9, 1940—6 p.m.
[Received 9:25 p.m.]

893.24/782: Telegram