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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| Year | Volume | Chapter Title | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | PPC 5 | Naval Action in the event of non-signature by enemy powers of the Treaties of Peace | 533-536 |
| 1920 | 2 | The Anglo-Japanese Alliance: Representations by the United States government to the British Government Regarding a possible renewal of the Alliance | 679-686 |
| 1921 | 1 | Preliminary arrangements for the Washington Conference on the Limitation of Armament | 18-87 |
| 1921 | 1 | Correspondence with the League of Nations Regarding Mandates | 87-96 |
| 1921 | 2 | Correspondence between the United States and the Allied Governments relating to the Island of Yap | 263-307 |
| 1921 | 2 | Agreement between the United States and Japan for the Provisional Operation of the Naba-Yap-Guam Cable | 307-313 |
| 1921 | 2 | Interest of the United States in a Renewal of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance | 313-319 |
| 1922 | 1 | Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Washington, November 12, 1921-February 6, 1922 | 1-384 |
| 1922 | 2 | Convention between the United States and Japan, February 11, 1922, relating to Certain Pacific Islands Formerly in German Possession | 599-604 |
| 1923 | 1 | Discussion with the British and Japanese Governments regarding a Proposed Increase in Gun Elevation on Capital Ships retained under the Washington Naval Treaty | 24-35 |
| 1923 | 1 | Negotiations for a new Treaty between the United States and Canada to limit Naval Armament on the Great Lakes | 484-494 |
| 1923 | 1 | Amended American Proposal for a Mutual Undertaking among the Powers to Refrain from Assisting China in Naval Construction | 617-619 |
| 1924 | 1 | Remonstrance by Great Britain against a proposed increase in gun elevation on American capital ships retained under the Washington Naval Treaty | 6-17 |
| 1924 | 1 | Cooperation of the United States with the League of Nations in the Drafting of a Convention for the Control of the Traffic in Arms | 40-43 |
| 1924 | 1 | Expression of Concern by the Department of State at Brazil's Naval Building Program | 323-327 |
| 1925 | 1 | Scrapping of ships by the United States, Great Britain and Japan in accordance with the Treaty for the Limitation of Naval Armament, signed February 6, 1922 | 1-2 |
| 1925 | 1 | Proposals for the Calling by the President of the United States of a Disarmament Conference | 3-16 |
| 1925 | 2 | Arrangements for a Visit by an American Fleet to Australia and New Zealand | 281-285 |
| 1926 | 1 | Participation of the United States in the work of the Preparatory Commission for the Disarmament Conference | 1-120 |
| 1927 | 1 | Three-Power Conference at Geneva for the Limitation of Naval Armament, June 20 - August 4 1927 | 1-159 |
| 1928 | 1 | Participation of the United States in the work of the fifth session of the Preparatory Commission for the Disarmament Conference | 235-264 |
| 1928 | 1 | Rejection by the United States of the Franco-British Compromise Plan for Naval Limitation | 264-291 |
| 1928 | 1 | Approval by the Secretary of State of House joint resolution favoring the abolition of submarines by all nations | 291-292 |
| 1929 | 1 | Participation of the United States in the work of the Preparatory Commission for the Disarmament Conference, Sixth Session | 65-111 |
| 1929 | 1 | Preliminaries to the Five-Power Naval Conference to be Held at London in 1930 | 112-316 |
| 1929 | 3 | Visit to US by MacDonald | 2-31 |
| 1929 | 3 | Objection by Japan to Visits of American Naval Vessels to Unopened Ports on Islands under Mandate to Japan | 256-262 |
| 1930 | 1 | The London Naval Conference January 21 - April 22 1930 | 1-131 |
| 1930 | 1 | Negotiations Looking Toward a Solution to the Problem of French and Italian Naval Construction | 132-186 |
| 1930 | 1 | Participation of the United States in the work of the preparatory commission for the Disarmament Conference, sixth session, second part, November 6 - December 9, 1930 | 187-203 |
| 1931 | 1 | Negotiations Looking Toward a Solution to the Problem of French and Italian Naval Construction | 358-439 |
| 1931 | 1 | The Armaments Truce of November 1, 1931 | 440-471 |
| 1931 | 1 | Inability of the United States to sell warships to Brazil because of Treaty Restrictions | 883-885 |
| 1932 | 1 | Participation of the United States in International Negotiations for Disarmament | 1-583 |
| 1932 | 1 | [Japanese Naval Proposals] | 408-415 |
| 1932 | 2 | Representations by the British Government against the Reconditioning by Private Owners for Commercial Purposes of Four American Destroyers | 38-44 |
| 1933 | 1 | The Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments, Geneva: 1933 Phase | 1-355 |
| 1933 | 1 | British and Japanese Reaction to American Naval Construction Program | 380-395 |
| 1933 | 3 | Retention and Fortification by Japan of Mandated Pacific Islands | 748-753 |
| 1933 | 3 | Visits of Japanese Ship to Ports in the Aleutian Islands | 753-754 |
| 1933 | 3 | Exchange of Naval Visits between the United States and Japan | 755-758 |
| 1934 | 1 | The Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments, Geneva: 1934 Phase | 1-216 |
| 1934 | 1 | Negotiations Preliminary to the London Naval Conference of 1935 | 217-426 |
| 1934 | 3 | Political developments in Japan and efforts to improve relations with the United States | 664-671, 680-685 |
| 1935 | 1 | London Naval Conference, 1935 | 64-161 |
| 1935 | 1 | The Anglo-German Naval Agreement, June 18, 1935 | 162-169 |
| 1936 | 1 | The Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments, Geneva: 1936 Phase | 1-21 |
| 1936 | 1 | London Naval Conference, 1935: Second Phase, January 6 - March 25, 1936 | 22-101 |
| 1936 | 1 | Efforts to Relate other Powers to the London Naval Treaty of March 25, 1936 By Accession or be separate Bilateral Treaties | 102-121 |
| 1936 | 1 | Rejection by the United States of British Proposal for renewal of Article 19 of the Washington Naval Treaty, February 6, 1922 | 122-131 |
| 1936 | 1 | Retention of Naval Tonnage by the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan under Articles 17 and 21 of the London Naval Treaty of 1930 | 132-159 |
| 1936 | 1 | Signature of Proces-Verbal, November 6, 1936, relating to Part IV (Rules of Submarine Warfare), London Naval Treaty, signed April 2, 1930 | 160-164 |
| 1936 | 4 | Refusal of Japanese Government to Authorize visit by United States Navy Vessel to Ports on Islands under Mandate to Japan | 984-993 |
| 1936 | 5 | Inability of the United States to sell warships to Brazil because of Treaty Restrictions | 299-301 |
| 1937 | 1 | Meeting of the Bureau of the Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments, Geneva, May 31, 1937 | 1-23 |
| 1937 | 1 | Failure of Negotiations among Naval Powers to Establish 14-inch Maximum Gun Caliber by reason of Japanese refusal to accept limitation | 618-637 |
| 1937 | 3 | Consideration of Neutralization of Islands of the Pacific Ocean or a General Pacific Pact of Nonaggression | 954-992 |
| 1937 | 4 | Naval Measures Taken by China and Japan along the Coasts and in the Rivers of China; Effect on American and other shipping | 430-472 |
| 1937 | 4 | Sinking by Japanese Attack of the U.S.S. "PANAY" December 12, 1937, in the Yangtze above Nanking | 485-520 |
| 1937 | 4 | Refusal of Japanese Government to Authorize visit by United States Navy Vessel to Ports on Islands under Mandate to Japan | 811-814 |
| 1937 | 5 | Proposal by the United States to Lease Destroyers to the American Republics for Training Purposes | 149-174 |
| 1937 | 5 | Good Offices of the Department of State in Obtaining the Assistance of the American Navy in the Building of Warships in Brazil | 375-377 |
| 1938 | 1 | Anglo-Italian agreement signed April 16, 1938 | 133-148 |
| 1938 | 1 | Protocol signed June 30, 1938, by the United States, France and the United Kingdom providing for Naval Escalation under the Treaty of March 5, 1936 | 891-917 |
| 1938 | 3 | [Japanese Naval Construction] | 96-101 |
| 1938 | 4 | Naval Measures Taken by China and Japan along the Coasts and in the Rivers of China; Effect on American and other shipping | 143-209 |
| 1938 | 4 | Statement by Japan of the case of Attack on the U.S.S. "Panay," sunk December 12, 1937, in the Yangtze above Nanking | 209-214 |
| 1939 | 1 | Suspension of the London Naval treaty of March 25, 1936 | 558-561 |
| Japan 1931-1941 | 1 | Abandonment by Japan of Cooperation with Other Powers in Efforts for Limitation of Naval Armaments | 247-309 |
| Japan 1931-1941 | 1 | Sinking of the U.S.S. "Panay," December 12, 1937 | 517-563 |
| The Soviet Union, 1933-1936 | Efforts by Soviet Agencies to Purchase Warships, Naval Armament, and other War Materials in the United States | 457-491 | |
| The Soviet Union, 1933-1936 | Efforts by Soviet Agencies to Purchase Warships, Naval Armament, and other War Materials in the United States | 670-708 | |
| The Soviet Union, 1933-1936 | Efforts by Soviet Agencies to Purchase Warships, Naval Armament, and other War Materials in the United States | 869-903 |
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