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Documents resulting from the 1922 Washington Conference:
The "9 Power Treaty"
Treaty between the United States of America, Belgium, the British Empire,
China, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and Portugal, Signed at Washington
February 6, 1922
The Treaty Relating to the Use of Submarines and
Noxious Gases in Warfare
Treaty between the United States of
America, the British Empire, France, Italy, and Japan, Signed at Washington,
February 6, 1922
CONFERENCE ON THE LIMITATION OF
ARMAMENT,WASHINGTON,
NOVEMBER 12 1921-FEBRUARY 6, 1922.
Treaty Between the United States of America, the British Empire,
France, Italy, and Japan, Signed at Washington, February 6, 1922.
Resolutions Adopted by the Conference
SOME DOCUMENTS RELEVANT TO THE ALLIANCE
OF GERMANY, JAPAN,
AND ITALY
DURING WORLD WAR II.
(2) Protocol Concluded by Italy, Germany, and Japan, at Rome, November 6, 1937
Document on German Foreign Policy, 1918-1945 (PDF)\
Documents on the Events Preceding the Outbreak of the War. (PDF)
German Foreign Office.
The Hitler Jugend (PDF)
SHAEF G-2
JAPAN-MANCHOUKUO PROTOCOL
SIGNED ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, 1932, AT SINKING
The Imperial (Japanese) Rescript Relating to
Withdrawal from the League of Nations
Proclaimed on March 27,
1933.
Plan Red, US Invasion Plans for Canada
THE BRITISH
WAR BLUE BOOK
DOCUMENTS CONCERNING GERMAN-POLISH RELATIONS AND THE
OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1939
DIPLOMATIC
DOCUMENTS (1938-1939)
(Also known as The French Yellow Book)
President Roosevelt to the German Chancellor Hitler
Washington, September 26, 1938
The German Chancellor Hitler to President Roosevelt
Berlin, September 27, 1938
Received September 26—9:14 PM
President Roosevelt to the German Chancellor Hitler
Washington, September 27, 1938—10:18 PM
NAZI-SOVIET
RELATIONS, 1939-1941
Documents from the Archives of the German Foreign
Office
HITLER'S DECREE ON COMMAND OF THE WEHRMACHT, FEBRUARY 4, 1938
The Defence of Freedom and Peace (The Lights are Going Out)
Winston S. Churchill
Broadcast to the United States and to London, October 13, 1938.
THE WESTERN GUARANTEE OF POLISH INDEPENDENCE, MARCH 31, 1939
Soviet Peace Efforts on the Eve of World War II (PDF)
Anthony Eden
May 6, 1939
THE
ITALO-GERMAN ALLIANCE, MAY 22, 1939
[Volkischer Beobachter, May 23,
1939.]
IT IS DICTATORSHIP, ALL THE WAY, OR IT IS LIBERALISM. WHICH?
By W. W. WAYMACK, Editor, Des Moines, Iowa, Register and Tribune
Commencement Address at Morningside College, June 6, 1939
Democracy Faces Its Oldest Problem
WILL AMERICAN ENTERPRISE CONTINUE TO MEET IT?
By O. J. ARNOLD, President, Northwestern National Life Insurance Company and Vice-President, United States Chamber of Commerce
Before a Joint Meeting of the Cleveland Association of Life Underwriters and Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Cleveland, Ohio, June 30, 1939
New Problems in National Affairs
Address by ERNEST K. LINDLEY, Washington Correspondent for Newsweek Author of Syndicated Column on National Affairs
Delivered at Institute of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, July 3, 1939
Totalitarians and the Democracies
By HUGH S. JOHNSON, Editorial Commentator for Scripps-Howard Newspapers and radio; formerly Administrator, National Industrial Recovery Administration; Member, War Industries Board Delivered at Institute of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, July 4, 1939
The Conflict of Generations in Contemporary Europe
By DR. SIGMUND NEUMANN, Associate Professor of Government and Social Sciences, Wesleyan University; Director, Academy of Adult Education, Berlin, 1930-1933; Author and Lecturer Delivered at Institute of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, July 5, 1939
WE MUST NOT PERMIT OURSELVES TO BE STAMPEDED
By THEODORE ROOSEVELT, JR., Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1921-1924; Governor General of the Philippine Islands, 1932-1933
Delivered at Institute of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, July 6, 1939
By WILLIAM R. CASTLE, former Under Secretary of State and former American Ambassador to Japan
Before the Institute of Public Affairs of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, Virginia, July 8, 1939
Successes and Failures of the League of Nations
A JUDGE, A LEGISLATOR AND A POLICEMAN ARE NECESSARY
By DR. MAX HABICHT, Member of Secretariat of the League of Nations; Counsel for European Legal and Financial Matters; Lecturer and Writer on International Relations, Duxbury, Massachusetts. Delivered at Institute of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, July 10, 1939
The Relative Position of the Individual Under Democratic and Totalitarian States
By MAJOR GENERAL J. G. HARBORD, Chairman of the Board, Radio Corporation of America Delivered at Institute of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, July 11, 1939
The Corner Stone of Our Foreign Policy
THE QUESTIONS OF PEACE AND NEUTRALITY
By CORDELL HULL, Secretary of State
Statement sent to Congress by President Roosevelt, July 14, 1939
A VAST REVOLUTIONARY FERMENT AT WORK
By MATTHEW WOLL, Vice-President, American Federation of Labor Delivered at Radio Station WEVD, July 18, 1939
Letter from Albert Einstein to FDR regarding building of atomic bomb.
Winston Churchill.
Broadcast to the United States from London, August 8, 1938.
Summary of the Principal Maters Dealt with by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Connnection with the State of War up Till November 1939 and Suitable for Publication.
THE MOOD OF BRITAIN AT THE END OF AUGUST 1939
(I) IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS—AUGUST 24th
ANTHONY EDEN
August 24, 1939
We Will Not Be Responsible for War
By NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, Prime Minister of Great Britain Delivered in the House of Commons, August 24, 1939
By GERALD P. NYE, U. S. Senator from North Dakota
Delivered at Republican Picnic-Rally, held at Starved Rock State Park, Illinois, August 24, 1939 and Broadcast over Blue Network of N. B. C.
A BROADCAST TO U.S.A., AUGUST 30
August 30, 1939