TABLE OF CONTENTS
Japanese Monograph
No. 144
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page No. Preface/Foreword Chapter I Manchurian Incident 1 Situation Prior to the Manchurian Incident 1 Outbreak of the Manchurian Incident 2 Progress of the Manchurian Incident 5 Chapter II China Incident 9 Primary Causes of China Incident 9 Outbreak and Expansion of the China Incident 13 Progress of the China Incident 14 First Year of the China Incident (1937) 14 Japanese National Policy Prior to Outbreak 16 of China Incident Policies of Central Army and Navy Authori- 16 ties of Japan at Outbreak of the China Incident Attitude of Chinese Authorities at the 17 Outbreak of the Conflict Diplomatic negotiations between Japan and 18 China Measures taken by the Japanese Navy before 21 the Shanghai Incident Evacuation of residents from the Yangtze 23 River area Evacuation of Japanese residents in South 25 China Navy Operations 25 Shanghai Incident 28 Situation on the Eve of the Incident 28 War Preparations by the Japanese Navy 31 The Sinking of the USS Panay 32 Chapter III Second Year of the China Incident (1938) 34 Japanese Navy Policy for China Incident, 37 May 1938 National Policy Toward during and after 38 October 1938 Military Operations against China during 1938 39 The battle for Hsu-Chou 39 Hankow Operation (Yangtze Upstream Operation) 40 Canton Operation 41 Strategic and Political Achievements 42 Chapter IV Third Year of the China Incident (1939) 44 Operations against China during 1939 45 General Outline of Operations 45 Hainan Island Operation (10 February 1939) 46 Nomonhan Incident (May - August 1939) 47 Political Relations with China during 49 the Third Year of the China Incident Policy for Readjusting Sino-Japanese Relationship 49 Japan's Political Moves for the Estab- 51 lishment of the Wang Ching-wei Regime (New Central Government) Abrogation of the American-Japanese 53 Commerce Navigation Treaty (26 July 1939) APPENDICES Appendix No 1 Hirota Cabinet's Nation and Foreign Policies (Informally reported to the Emperor on 15 August 1936)
Appendix No 2 Hayashi Cabinet's China Policy and Guidance Principles for North China Appendix No 3 Policies Formulated by Japanese Army Authori- ties on 8 July 1937 Appendix No 4 The Policies Formulated by Japanese Navy Authorities on 8 July 1937 Appendix No 5 China Policy of the Japanese Government as reported to and approved by the Emperor on 11 July 1937 Appendix No 6 Gist of statement made by Chiang Kai-shek on 17 July 1937 at Lushan Appendix No 7 Agreement between the Army and the Navy Gen- eral Staffs on Operations in North China (11 July 1937) Appendix No 8 Confidential Instructions Concerning Troop Commitments for Operations against China (to be circulated informally as a tentative plan of the Supreme Command) Appendix No 9 Operational Plans of the Third Fleet (29 July 1937) Appendix No 10 Imperial General Headquarters Navy Order No 13 Appendix No 11 Fundamental Policy to deal with the China Incident (Decided at the Council in the Imperial Presence on 11 January 1938) Appendix No 12 Decisions Reached at the Five Ministers' Conference (24 June to 19 July 1938) Appendix No 13 Request from Wang Chao-ming Concerning Im- plementation of the Principle of Respecting the Sovereignty of China (October - November 1939)