I. United States policy toward the furnishing of arms to the other American Republics2
2. For War Department account of this 1940 phase of the policy, see Stetson Conn and Byron Fairchild, The Framework of Hemisphere Defense in the series United States Army in World War II: The Western Hemisphere (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1960), pp. 207–217. (Hereinafter cited as The Framework of Hemisphere Defense.)
[1] Memorandum by the Secretary of State and the Secretary of War (Woodring)
[Washington,] March 12, 1940.
810.24/95½
[2] Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Controls (Green)
[Washington,] March 26, 1940.
810.24/97
[4] The Secretary of State to the Uruguayan Minister (Richling)
Washington
, April
26, 1940.
810.24/98a
[5] The Under Secretary of State (Welles) to President Roosevelt
Washington, June 1, 1940.
810.24/110
[6] The Secretary of State to the Minister in Uruguay (Wilson)
Washington, June
1, 1940—4 p.m.
833.51/900: Telegram
[7] The Minister in Uruguay (Wilson) to the Secretary of State
Montevideo, June
3, 1940—11 a.m.
[Received 12:32 p.m.]
[Received 12:32 p.m.]
833.51/902: Telegram
[8] Memorandum by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of War (Woodring), and the Secretary of the Navy (Compton)
810.20 Defense/68
[9] The Secretary of State to Diplomatic and Consular Officers in the American Republics
Washington, June 15, 1940.
810.20 Defense/39a
[10] Memorandum Prepared by the War Plans Division of the War Department, Revised by the Department of State, and Approved by President Roosevelt
[Washington,] July [27], 1940.
810.24/1234/21
[11] The Secretary of State to Diplomatic Officers in the American Republics
Washington, September 25, 1940.
810.20 Defense/39a Supplement
- This date appears to be the one on which the memorandum was drafted, and not the one on which it was signed.↩