Primary Sources in History: Japan
264. CONFIDENTIAL U.S. DIPLOMATIC POST RECORDS. JAPAN, 1914-1941, PTS. 1-3. CALL NUMBER: Doc.Serv. Microfilm E 183.8 J3 C6x NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 142 R INDEX OR GUIDE: E 183.8 J3 C6x. Pt. 1 has reel index only; Pt. 2-3 have reel/subject indexes. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Includes over 150,000 pages reporting on Japanese foreign affairs, as well as extensive information on internal affairs, including military and political conditions, commercial relations and manufactures. Includes dispatches, letters, telegrams and reports from U.S. diplomatic posts in Japan. Pt. 1: 1914-1918; Pt. 2: 1919-1929: Pt. 3: 1930-1941. These records deal with every important topic: the ongoing conflict between China and Japan; the widening rift between Japan and the U.S.; and the increasing spirit of militarism and expansionism in Japan. Provides insights into the evolution of American foreign policy. SUBJECTS: Japan – Foreign Relations; Politics; Economic Conditions; World War II; 20c
265. JAPAN. GAIMUSHO, 1868-1945. CALL NUMBER: University of Arizona Microfilm 2195-2201 NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 2,116 INDEX OR GUIDE: U.S. Library of Congress. Checklist of Archives in the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo, 1868-1945. (1954) Doc. Serv. LC 1.2:Ar2 (ASU). Contains brief analyses of record groups in each section of the archives. Contains an extensive subject index and provides reel numbers needed to locate the documents. U of A keeps this guide in Central Reference. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Documents from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs made for the Library of Congress under the auspices of the Department of State. Consists of untranslated reproductions of official dispatches, as well as original rough drafts carrying marginal notes, deletions, additions and confidential comments that offer an intimate understanding of Japanese diplomacy. The material is divided as follows:
Meiji-Taisho documents, 1867-1912 MF 2195
Shown documents, 1926- MF 2196
Unindexed documents MF 2197
Special studies MF 2198
Papers recovered in 1950 from the estate of Matsumoto, Tadao parliamentary Vice-Minister MF 2199
Biographical materials MF 2200
Documents selected from those analyzed by the International Prosecution Section, GHQ, SCAP MF 2201
SUBJECTS: Japan – Foreign Relatiions; East Asia; 19c; 20c
266. MAGIC DOCUMENTS: DIPLOMATIC COMMUNICATIONS OF JAPAN, 1938-1945. CALL NUMBER: Doc.Serv. Microfilm D 754 J3 M33x NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 14 R INDEX OR GUIDE: D 754 J3 M33x is a calendar or simple chronological list of documents. D 754 J3 M333x contains 3 indexes: a subject index; an index to offices which sent or received the documents (e.g., Berlin, Hanoi, etc.); and an index to names of persons who sent or received the documents. The indexes refer to the reel and starting frame numbers. Also contains a detailed history of intelligence activities in the U.S. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Summaries and transcripts of Japanese top-secret diplomatic communications, intercepted and deciphered. Reports of meeting of Japanese ambassador to Berlin with Hitler and other Nazi leaders; accounts of battlefield developments; conversations of Prime Minister Tojo with other leaders, etc. The documentation reflects areas of concern, such as apprehension over widening Soviet influence in the Far East, the spread of communist ideology among Chinese youth, and fear of possible German economic penetration into Southeast Asia after the war. This information was of great assistance to the Allies not only in the Pacific theater but also in the European theater. The collection presents a nearly complete coverage of the period from early 1941 through World War II. SUBJECTS: Japan; World War II; 20c;. 1940s
267. OSS. STATE DEPT. INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH REPORTS, PT. 1. JAPAN AND ITS OCCUPIED TERITORIES DURING WORLD WAR II. CALL NUMBER: Doc.Serv. Microfilm DS 803 J45x NUMBER OF REELS/FICHE: 16 R INDEX OR GUIDE: ds 803 j45X Guide. Reel/subject index. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Declassified research reports on the political, social, industrial and military affairs of wartime Japan. Also covers the Far East in general, Southeast Asia, Malaya, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines, Indochina, Thailand, Burma, China and Korea. Contains information on industrial activities, such as shipbuilding, needed for the war effort in Japan. Documents the structure and operation of the Japanese government. SUBJECTS: Japan – History; World War II; Southeast Asia; 20c; 1940s
268. SAIONJI-HARADA MEMOIRS, 1931-1940. CALL NUMBER: Microfilm 6781 NUMBER OR REELS/FICHE: 3 R INDEX OR GUIDE: There is no index. See Online Catalog for years contained on each reel. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: Prince Kinmochi Saionji was the last of the Genro, elder statesmen who counseled the emperor. During the period between world wars, Saionji observed the rise of a militaristic, ultra-nationalistic Japan. Baron Kumao Harada, his private secretary, kept an informal diary of the statements of the prince, as well as Harada’s duties as liaison between Saionji and other government officials. Saionji read and corrected Harada’s notes. This English translation gives a view of Japan that is unparalleled in breadth and depth. SUBJECTS: Japan – History; 20c
269. U.S. ARMY. FORCES IN THE FAR EAST: JAPANESE MONOGRAPHS. CALL NUMBER: Doc. Serv. Microfilm D 1.24/2: numbers 1-185. NUMBER OR REELS/FICHE: 18 R INDEX OR GUIDE: Microfilm D 114.12:J 27/945-60. Guide to Japanese Monographs and Japanese Studies of Manchuria, 1945-1960. Gives reel numbers used to retrieve a document. SCOPE AND CONTENTS: In October 1945, the Japanese Government was directed to prepare a complete history of World War II in the Pacific. This history developed as a series of operational monographs, which were written by former officers of the Imperial Army and Navy. Some of these monographs were prepared entirely from memory, while others were compiled from material contained in diaries or directives. These monographs were later edited by personnel of various offices of the Army. Included with this series is Japanese Night Combat Study (Microfilm D 1.24:J77x). SUBJECTS: Japan – Military History; World War II; 20c; 1940s
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