Foreign Relations of the United States

The Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series is the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity, that have been declassified and edited for publication. The series is produced by the State Department's Office of the Historian.

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YearVolumeChapter TitlePages
1919PPC 5Naval Action in the event of non-signature by enemy powers of the Treaties of Peace533-536
19202The Anglo-Japanese Alliance: Representations by the United States government to the British Government Regarding a possible renewal of the Alliance679-686
19211Preliminary arrangements for the Washington Conference on the Limitation of Armament18-87
19211Correspondence with the League of Nations Regarding Mandates87-96
19212Correspondence between the United States and the Allied Governments relating to the Island of Yap263-307
19212Agreement between the United States and Japan for the Provisional Operation of the Naba-Yap-Guam Cable307-313
19212Interest of the United States in a Renewal of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance313-319
19221Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Washington, November 12, 1921-February 6, 19221-384
19222Convention between the United States and Japan, February 11, 1922, relating to Certain Pacific Islands Formerly in German Possession599-604
19231Discussion with the British and Japanese Governments regarding a Proposed Increase in Gun Elevation on Capital Ships retained under the Washington Naval Treaty24-35
19231Negotiations for a new Treaty between the United States and Canada to limit Naval Armament on the Great Lakes484-494
19231Amended American Proposal for a Mutual Undertaking among the Powers to Refrain from Assisting China in Naval Construction617-619
19241Remonstrance by Great Britain against a proposed increase in gun elevation on American capital ships retained under the Washington Naval Treaty6-17
19241Cooperation of the United States with the League of Nations in the Drafting of a Convention for the Control of the Traffic in Arms40-43
19241Expression of Concern by the Department of State at Brazil's Naval Building Program323-327
19251Scrapping of ships by the United States, Great Britain and Japan in accordance with the Treaty for the Limitation of Naval Armament, signed February 6, 19221-2
19251Proposals for the Calling by the President of the United States of a Disarmament Conference3-16
19252Arrangements for a Visit by an American Fleet to Australia and New Zealand281-285
19261Participation of the United States in the work of the Preparatory Commission for the Disarmament Conference1-120
19271Three-Power Conference at Geneva for the Limitation of Naval Armament, June 20 - August 4 19271-159
19281Participation of the United States in the work of the fifth session of the Preparatory Commission for the Disarmament Conference235-264
19281Rejection by the United States of the Franco-British Compromise Plan for Naval Limitation264-291
19281Approval by the Secretary of State of House joint resolution favoring the abolition of submarines by all nations291-292
19291Participation of the United States in the work of the Preparatory Commission for the Disarmament Conference, Sixth Session65-111
19291Preliminaries to the Five-Power Naval Conference to be Held at London in 1930112-316
19293Visit to US by MacDonald2-31
19293Objection by Japan to Visits of American Naval Vessels to Unopened Ports on Islands under Mandate to Japan256-262
19301The London Naval Conference January 21 - April 22 19301-131
19301Negotiations Looking Toward a Solution to the Problem of French and Italian Naval Construction132-186
19301Participation of the United States in the work of the preparatory commission for the Disarmament Conference, sixth session, second part, November 6 - December 9, 1930187-203
19311Negotiations Looking Toward a Solution to the Problem of French and Italian Naval Construction358-439
19311The Armaments Truce of November 1, 1931440-471
19311Inability of the United States to sell warships to Brazil because of Treaty Restrictions883-885
19321Participation of the United States in International Negotiations for Disarmament1-583
19321[Japanese Naval Proposals]408-415
19322Representations by the British Government against the Reconditioning by Private Owners for Commercial Purposes of Four American Destroyers38-44
19331The Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments, Geneva: 1933 Phase1-355
19331British and Japanese Reaction to American Naval Construction Program380-395
19333Retention and Fortification by Japan of Mandated Pacific Islands748-753
19333Visits of Japanese Ship to Ports in the Aleutian Islands753-754
19333Exchange of Naval Visits between the United States and Japan755-758
19341The Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments, Geneva: 1934 Phase1-216
19341Negotiations Preliminary to the London Naval Conference of 1935217-426
19343Political developments in Japan and efforts to improve relations with the United States664-671, 680-685
19351London Naval Conference, 193564-161
19351The Anglo-German Naval Agreement, June 18, 1935162-169
19361The Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments, Geneva: 1936 Phase1-21
19361London Naval Conference, 1935: Second Phase, January 6 - March 25, 193622-101
19361Efforts to Relate other Powers to the London Naval Treaty of March 25, 1936 By Accession or be separate Bilateral Treaties102-121
19361Rejection by the United States of British Proposal for renewal of Article 19 of the Washington Naval Treaty, February 6, 1922122-131
19361Retention of Naval Tonnage by the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan under Articles 17 and 21 of the London Naval Treaty of 1930132-159
19361Signature of Proces-Verbal, November 6, 1936, relating to Part IV (Rules of Submarine Warfare), London Naval Treaty, signed April 2, 1930160-164
19364Refusal of Japanese Government to Authorize visit by United States Navy Vessel to Ports on Islands under Mandate to Japan984-993
19365Inability of the United States to sell warships to Brazil because of Treaty Restrictions299-301
19371Meeting of the Bureau of the Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments, Geneva, May 31, 19371-23
19371Failure of Negotiations among Naval Powers to Establish 14-inch Maximum Gun Caliber by reason of Japanese refusal to accept limitation618-637
19373Consideration of Neutralization of Islands of the Pacific Ocean or a General Pacific Pact of Nonaggression954-992
19374Naval Measures Taken by China and Japan along the Coasts and in the Rivers of China; Effect on American and other shipping430-472
19374Sinking by Japanese Attack of the U.S.S. "PANAY" December 12, 1937, in the Yangtze above Nanking485-520
19374Refusal of Japanese Government to Authorize visit by United States Navy Vessel to Ports on Islands under Mandate to Japan811-814
19375Proposal by the United States to Lease Destroyers to the American Republics for Training Purposes149-174
19375Good Offices of the Department of State in Obtaining the Assistance of the American Navy in the Building of Warships in Brazil375-377
19381Anglo-Italian agreement signed April 16, 1938133-148
19381Protocol signed June 30, 1938, by the United States, France and the United Kingdom providing for Naval Escalation under the Treaty of March 5, 1936891-917
19383[Japanese Naval Construction]96-101
19384Naval Measures Taken by China and Japan along the Coasts and in the Rivers of China; Effect on American and other shipping143-209
19384Statement by Japan of the case of Attack on the U.S.S. "Panay," sunk December 12, 1937, in the Yangtze above Nanking209-214
19391Suspension of the London Naval treaty of March 25, 1936558-561
Japan 1931-19411Abandonment by Japan of Cooperation with Other Powers in Efforts for Limitation of Naval Armaments247-309
Japan 1931-19411Sinking of the U.S.S. "Panay," December 12, 1937517-563
The Soviet Union, 1933-1936Efforts by Soviet Agencies to Purchase Warships, Naval Armament, and other War Materials in the United States457-491
The Soviet Union, 1933-1936Efforts by Soviet Agencies to Purchase Warships, Naval Armament, and other War Materials in the United States670-708
The Soviet Union, 1933-1936Efforts by Soviet Agencies to Purchase Warships, Naval Armament, and other War Materials in the United States869-903

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