1 September 1941
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President Roosevelt pledged every effort to defeat
Germany.
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(". . . our fundamental rights-including the rights
of labor-are threatened by Hitler's violent attempt to rule the world." Bulletin,
No. 115, p. 177. Cf. June 20, supra.)
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4 September 1941
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German submarine tried to torpedo American destroyer Greer.
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("'. . . en route to Iceland with mail'. . . . She is
similar to the fifty ships which were traded to the British Navy for leases
of naval and air bases in British possessions. She was painted a dark gray
like most war vessels. Her flag might, therefore, be the only thing to
distinguish her from the ships of her type which are hunting submarines for
the British Navy." Times, Sept. 5, 1941, pp. 1, 4.)
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6 September 1941
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Japan subscribed to the four principles of President
Roosevelt [See April 16, supra] and presented proposals for a basis of
discussion.
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(Japan, Vol. II, p. 604. Cf. Sept. 3, supra.
"The Prime Minister hopes that as a result of the commitments which the
Japanese Government is prepared to assume . . . a rational basis has been established
for a meeting between the President and himself." Peace, pp. 733,
735 f.)
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10 September 1941
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Germans imposed martial law on Oslo.
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(Trade unions had planned a general strike. Times,
Sept. 11, 1941, p. 1.)
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11 September 1941
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President Roosevelt submitted report on lend-lease
$7,000,000,000 appropriation to Congress.
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(Bulletin, Vol. V, No. 122, pp. 311 f. Cf. Mar. 27,
supra.)
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18 September 1941
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CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S MESSAGE TO NATION ON THE TENTH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE MOUKDEN INCIDENT
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"It is just a decade since the Japanese occupied our
northeastern city of Moukden and our fellow countrymen in Manchuria are as
yet not delivered from the hellish sufferings the enemy invasion has brought
upon them. " See
doc.
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24 September 1941
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Free French National Council announced.
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(With political aims: recognition as government in exile. Times,
Sept. 24, 1941, p. 5. Rice, pp. 152 f.)
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24 September 1941
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INTER-ALLIED COUNCIL STATEMENT ON THE PRINCIPLES OF THE
ATLANTIC CHARTER
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London. " Adherence to the principles set forth in
the Roosevelt-Churchill Declarations by the governments allied with Great
Britain was formally declared at the second meeting of the Inter-Allied
Council, held in London on September 24, 1941." See doc.
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25 September 1941
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Italy reoccupied demilitarized zone in Croatia.
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(To secure her Adriatic flank. Times, Sept. 26,
1941, p. 1. Cf. May 18, supra.).
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27 September 1941
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DOCUMENT HANDED BY THE JAPANESE AMBASSADOR (NOMURA) TO THE
SECRETARY OF STATE
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"The Governments of Japan and of the United States
accept joint responsibility for the initiation and conclusion of a general
agreement of understanding as expressed in a joint declaration for the
resumption of traditional friendly relations." See doc.
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29 September 1941
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United States-British missions conferred in Moscow.
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(To determine Russian defense needs. Bulletin, Vol.
V, No. 124, p. 364.)
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30 September 1941
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PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S REVIEW OF THE WAR TO
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
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"It seems likely now that we shall bring in several
million tons more than the import total which I mentioned in private to the
House earlier in the year, which total was itself sufficient to keep us
going. We are now within measurable distance of the immense flow of American
new building, to which, together with our own construction, we look to carry
us through and on progressively till the end of the war." See doc.
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