Page No Preface/Foreword iii Fourth Year of the China Incident (1940) 1 Summary of Important Events during 1940 1 Summary of Operations in China from 1937 - 1940 3 The Asama Maru Incident 5 The Policy on China 6 Occupation of Northern French Indo-China 8 Important National Policies 13 Decision on a General National Policy (27 July 1940) 13 The Navy's Views on the "Principles to Cope with the Changing World Situation" 18 Tripartite Alliance Pact 20 The First Phase 20 The Second Phase 22 Estimates by the Japanese Government 24 Views of the Japanese Navy 31 APPENDICES Appendix No 1 Outline of the Readjustment of Relations between Japan and China 37 Appendix No 2 General Principles to Cope with the Changing World Situation 42 Appendix No 3 Imperial General Headquarters Comments on "The Principles to Cope with the Changing World Situation" 46 Appendix No 4 Tripartite Alliance Pact 50 Appendix No 5 Circumstances which led the Japanese Navy to Agree to the Tripartite Pact 53
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