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JUDGEMENT (cont.), 2 JANUARY 1948

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 6

Scope and Contents

Judgement (continued) Hirota's Foreign Policy in 1938 was Founded on the Five Ministers' Decisions of August 1936; Deterioration of Japanese Relations with the Western Powers After the Lukouchiao Incident ; Naval Preparations and Preparations in the Mandated Islands During 1938 ; Hirota Refuses to Exchange Naval Information ; Hirota's Policy is Explained in the Words of the Basic National Policy Decision ; Japan's Economic Domination and Exploitation of Her Subject Territories ; Industrial Preparations: The Synthetic Oil and Petroleum Industry ; Other Industrial Preparations for War ; The Army Prepares the National General Mobilization Law ; The Political Crisis of February 1938: And the Enactment of the Mobilization Law ; The National General Mobilization Law and Its Relationship to the Basic National Policy Decision ; The Army Explains the Purpose of the Mobilization Law ; The Army Had Now Succeeded in Committing Japan to National Mobilization for War ; The Manchukuoan Long-Range Industrial Programme of May 1938 ; The Economic Crisis of May 1938 Threatened the Army's Long-Range Planning ; The Cabinet Reorganization of May 1938 ; The Konoye Cabinet Takes New Steps to Achieve the General Mobilization for War ; Itagaki and Araki of the National Mobiization for War ; Changes in the Army Staff Accompanied the Cabinet Reorganization of May 1938 ; A New Offensive In Central China: July 1938 ; Continued Preparations for War With The Soviet Union: The Army Begins Negotiations for A Military Alliance With Germany ; The Army's Intention to Attack the Soviet Union had Its Origins In the Conquest of Manchuria ; The Army Defers Its Plans for an Attack on the Soviet Union, August 1938 ; Designs Upon the Soviet Union Led the Army to Seek a German Alliance ; The Relationship Between Japan and Germany After the Conclusion of the Anti-Comintern Pact ; The Failure of Hirota's Policy in Regard to German Economic Cooperation in China ; The Army Maintains Japan's Relationship with Germany ; The Army Initiates A Proposal for A Military Alliance Among the Axis Powers ; The Army Renews Its Determination to Achieve the Conquest of China, August 1938 ; The Attempt to Form a Pro-Japanese Central Government of China ; The Military Faction Opposes Compromises in China ; The Cabinet Crisis Of September 1938 Lends to the Resignation of Foreign Minister Ugaki ; Changes in Army Policy: July 1937-September 1938 ; The Army's Part In the Mobilization of Public Opinion ; Araki's Influence on the Japanese Educational System ; The General Progress of the Economic and Industrial Mobilization for War ; The Extension of Japan's "New Order" to the Occupied Area of China ; The Asia Development Board ; Measures Taken to Promote the Economic and Industrial Exploitation of China ; The Manner In Which the Army Used Its Association with Germany to Exercise Control Over Japanese Foreign Policy ; Changes In Diplomatic Representation Reveal the Cabinet's Desire to Strengthen Relations with Germany and Italy ; The Army Continues to Negotiate for a Military Alliance with the Axis Powers ; The Cultural Treaty with Germany and the Konoye Cabinet's Policy Towards that Country ; The General Deterioration In Japanese Relations with the Western Powers During 1938 ; Japanese Violations of the Rights of The Western Powers in China July 1937-September 1938 ; Continued Violation of the Rights of the Western Powers in China and the Emergence of the "Greater East Asia" Doctrine, October--December, 1938 ; The Decision to Capture Hainan and to Bring Pressure to Bear Upon French Indo-China ; The Severance of Japan's Relations With the League of Nations and Its Significance 48,794 ; Preparation for A Southward Advance, And Araki Upon Japan's Ultimate Aims ; Japan's Immediate Aims: The Establishment of the New Order In East Asia And Preparedness for War with the U.S.S.R. ; The Resignation of the First Konoye Cabinet, January 4, 1939; And the Composition of the Hiranuma Cabinet ; The Basic Causes of the Pacific War Are to Be Found in the Conquest of China ; The Significance of Japanese Policy Towards China: The Principle of "Neighbourly Friendship" ; The Significance of Japanese Policy Towards China: The Principle of "Joint Defence Against The Comintern" ; The Significance of Japanese Policy Towards China: The Principle of "Economic Cooperation" ; The Continuity of Japan's Economic and Industrial Preparations For War During 1937 and 1938 ; The Plan for War-Supporting Industrial Expansion Approved by the Hiranuma Cabinet in January, 1939 ; Economic and Industrial Mobilization for War During the Period of the Hiranuma Cabinet ; The Hiranuma Cabinet's Policy Towards China, and the Occupation of Hainan and the Spratley Islands ; The Growing Demand for An Unconditional Axis Alliance While the First Konoye Cabinet Was In Power ; Further Deterioration of Relations With the Western Powers As An Added Reason For Strengthening Axis Relations ; Development of Difference in the Cabinet ; The Military Faction Resists A Cabinet Attempt to Reach a Compromise Agreement with Germany, April 1939 ; The "Hiranuma Declaration" Of May 4, 1939 ; The Deadlock Continues ; Hiranuma Supports A Military Conspiracy to Conclude An Unconditional Axis Alliance ; Hashimoto Supports the Aims of the Military Faction ; Hiranuma Continues to Support the Demands of the Military Faction ; Itagaki Attempts to Force the Conclusion of An Alliance With Germany and Italy ; The Cabinet's Difficulties Were Increased by the Army's Activities in China, and by the Attack on the Soviet Union at Nomonhan ; The Opposing Policies of Arita and the Military Faction Preventing Any New Step Being Taken During June and July 1939 ; The Hiranuma Cabinet Attempts To Decide Its Policy Regarding An Alliance With Germany, August 8, 1939 ; The German - Soviet Neutrality Pact of August 1939 Caused the Downfall of the Hiranuma Cabinet ; The Abe Cabinet Takes Office, August 30, 1939 ; The Military Faction Continues to Work for Complete Solidarity with the Axis Powers ; The Military Faction Conspires to Ally Japan with Germany Against the Western Powers

Dates

  • 2 JANUARY 1948

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English Japanese

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 21 boxes (21 cu.ft.)

Repository Details

Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository

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