PEACE AND WAR, U. S. FOREIGN POLICY, 1931-1941, Published For the U. S. Department of State by U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1943 Number 184
Statement by the Secretary of State, September 27, 1940
The reported agreement of alliance [Tripartite Pact between Germany, Japan and Italy, signed in Berlin 27 September 1940] does not, in the view of the Government of the United States, substantially alter a situation which has existed for several years. Announcement of the alliance merely makes clear to all a relationship which has long existed in effect and to which this Government has repeatedly called attention. That such an agreement has been in process of conclusion has been well known for some time, and that fact has been fully taken into account by the Government of United States in the determining of this country's policies.
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Statement by the US Secretary of State (Hull) on the German-Italian-Japanese agreement, stating that the United States had considered the alliance to be in effect long before and the announcement did alter US views or policies
Authors
Cordell Hull (US Secretary of State)
Cordell Hull
American politician, U.S. Secretary of State from 1933 to 1944
- Born: 1871-10-02 (Olympus Pickett County)
- Died: 1955-07-23 (Bethesda)
- Country of citizenship: United States of America
- Occupation: diplomat; judge; lawyer; politician
- Member of political party: Democratic Party
- Military rank: captain
- Military branch: United States Army
- Position held: United States Secretary of State (period: 1933-03-04 through 1944-11-30; replaced by: Edward Reilly Stettinius, Jr.; replaces: Henry L. Stimson); United States representative (electoral district: Tennessee's 4th congressional district; period: 1923-03-04 through 1931-03-03; replaced by: John Ridley Mitchell); United States senator (elected in: 1930 United States Senate election in Tennessee; electoral district: Tennessee Class 2 senate seat; end cause: resignation); member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
Date: 27 September 1940
Literal Title: "Peace and War, U.S. Foreign Policy, 1931-1941" . . . 184[.] Statement by the Secretary of State, September 27, 1940
Total Pages: 2
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-2944
Citation: IMT (page 1220)
HLSL Item No.: 450953
Notes:The "Peace and War" collection was published in 1943. A German translation of the statement follows the English text.