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Asian Studies: China
Political Relations and Conflict between
Republican China and Imperial Japan,
1930-1939: Records of the U.S. State
Department
Source
National Archives (U.S.)
Period
1930-1939
Content
64,752 images
Product Number
267680
Product Code
GDSC-89
The records in this collection relate to political relations between China and Japan for the
period 1930-1939. The records are mostly instructions to and despatches from diplomatic
and consular officials; the despatches are often accompanied by enclosures. Also included in
these records are notes between the StateDepartment and foreign diplomatic representatives
in the US, memoranda prepared by officials of the Department. There are records on: the
Japanese occupation of Manchuria; military action at Shanghai in 1932; further Japanese
penetration into China, 1935-1936; and the course of the undeclared war between Japan and
China, 1937-1939.
Political Relations Between China, the
U.S. and Other Countries, 1910-1929
Source
National Archives (U.S.)
Period
1910-1929
Content
38,238 images
Product Number
16238220
Product Code
GDSC-204
This collection related to political relations between US and China and those between China
and other states (UK, France, Germany, Japan, and Portugal) consists mainly of instructions
to and despatches fromdiplomatic and consular officials, often accompaniedwith enclosures.
Also included are correspondence, reports, and journals of the commissions concerned
with extraterritoriality in China, as well as notes between the State Department and foreign
diplomatic representatives in the U.S., memoranda prepared by Department officials, and
correspondence with officials of other government departments and with private firms and
individuals.