Information, Depart-o. 21 The Royal Institute of International Affairs, St James's Square, London, SA.
This Information Paper from the Royal Institute of International Affairs deals broadly with the his tory of the present situation in the Far East and carries the account up to December 7 of last year. Part I deals with Principal Factors in the Far Eastern Situation and Political Factors in China and Japan; Part LI with Principal Events in Far Eastern History, 1860-1931, the Mar churian Conflict, 1931-3, Sino-Japanese Relations, 1933-7, Japan Faces the U.S.S.R. along the Land Frontiers of China and Manchoukuo, Developments since the Outbreak of Hostilities; Part III with Economic Factors in China, Japan and Manchoukuo, and Part IV with the International Status of Shanghai. The Appendices contain notes on the Twenty-One Demands, the Nine-Power Treaty, the Tangku Truce, a Statement by the Spokesman of the Japanese Foreign Office (Amau Statement) April 18, 1934, and an Extract from a Speech by Mr. Hirota, January 21, 1936. There are a number of statistical tables on trade and other matters, with notes, and two maps—Eastern Asia and China—complete the Paper
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