DEPARTMENT OF STATE

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CONFERENCE SERIES 37

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The Nine-Power Treaty of Washington of February 6, 1922

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Invitation of the Belgian Government to the Conference at Brussels,

October 16, 1937 . .

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Acceptance by the American Government, October 16, 1937, of the Invi-

tation of the Belgian Government

Postponement of the Conference, October 27, 1937

Reply of the Japanese Government, October 27, 1937, to the Invitation

of the Belgian Government

Statement of the Japanese Foreign Office, October 28, 1937

Delegations Attending the Conference, November 3, 1937

Addresses Made at the Opening Meeting of the Conference, November 3,

1937, in General Discussion:

Welcome Extended to the Delegations by His Excellency Paul-Henri

Spaak, Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs

Address by the Honorable Norman H. Davis, of the United States of

America.

Address by the Right Honorable Anthony Eden, of the United King-

dom

Address by His Excellency Yvon Delbos, of France

Address by Count Luigi Aldrovandi-Marescotti, of Italy

Address by His Excellency Mr. Litvinov, of the Union of Soviet Socialist

Republics . . .

Address by His Excellency Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo, of China

Address by His Excellency Mr. Augusto de Castro, of Portugal

Comments of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, November 4, 1937,

on the Japanese Reply to the Invitation to the Conference and the

Statement of the Japanese Government of October 28, 1937 . . .

Communication from the Conference to the Japanese Government,

November 7, 1937

Reply of the Japanese Government, November 12, 1937, to the Com-

munication of November 7 from the Conference

Declaration and Addresses Made at the Seventh Meeting of the Conference,

November 13, 1937, in Considering the Reply of the Japanese

Government:

Declaration by His Excellency Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo, of China

Address by His Excellency Yvon Delbos, of France.

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Address by the Right Honorable Anthony Eden, of the United King-

dom

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Address by the Honorable Norman H. Davis, of the United States of

America.

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Address by Mr. Potemkine, of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Address by Count Luigi Aldrovandi-Marescotti, of Italy.

Declaration of the Conference, November 15, 1937

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