Everything about The Hull Note totally explained
The
Hull note, delivered on
November 26,
1941, was the final proposal delivered to
Japan by the
United States before the start of war between the two nations. It is formally called "Outline of proposed Basis for Agreement Between The United States and Japan".
The United States had been pursuing an
Open Door Policy in
China - that is, they wanted to make sure the Chinese market was open to American products. The United States didn't want China or portions of China to be controlled by other countries such as Japan, the
United Kingdom or other European countries. Thus they objected to the
Second Sino-Japanese War and the occupation of part of China by Japanese troops. In protest, the United States sent support to the Chinese Nationalist Government of
Chiang Kai-shek, froze Japanese assets in the United States, and imposed an oil embargo on Japan.
On 5 November
1941, Emperor Hirohito approved, in Imperial Conference, the plan for the
attack on Pearl Harbor. At the same time, his government made a last effort to arrive at a diplomatic solution of their differences with the United States. Ambassador
Nomura Kichisaburo presented two proposals to the American government.
The first, proposal A, he presented on
November 6,
1941. It proposed making a final settlement of the Sino-Japanese war with a partial withdrawal of Japanese troops. United States
spies had deciphered some of Japan's diplomatic
codes, so they knew that there was a second, follow-up proposal in case proposal A failed. The United States government stalled and then rejected proposal A on
November 14,
1941.
On
November 20,
1941, Nomura presented proposal B, which proposed that Japan stop further military action in return for 1 million gallons (3,800 m³) of aviation fuel from the United States. The United States was about to make a counter offer to this plan which included a monthly supply of fuel for civilian use. However,
President Roosevelt received a leak of Japan's war plan and news that Japanese troop ships were on their way to
Indochina. He decided the Japanese were not being sincere in their negotiations and instructed
Secretary of State Cordell Hull to drop the counter-proposal.
On
November 26,
1941 Secretary Hull presented the Japanese ambassador with the 'Hull note', which as one of its conditions demanded the complete withdrawal of all Japanese troops from
French Indochina and China. It didn't refer to
Manchukuo, in which hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians were already living.
Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo said to his cabinet, "this is an ultimatum."
The strike force which attacked Pearl Harbor had set sail the day before, on the morning of
November 26,
1941, Japan time. It could have been recalled along the way, but no further diplomatic progress was made and on 1 December, Emperor Hirohito approved, in Imperial Conference, the war against United States, Great Britain and Holland, which began by the
attack on Pearl Harbor, Malaysia and Philippines.
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