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Stimson Doctrine
United States history
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international relations before World War II
- In 20th-century international relations: Failures of the League
…contented itself with propounding the Stimson Doctrine, by which Washington merely refused to recognize changes born of aggression. Unperturbed, the Japanese prompted local collaborationists to proclaim, on February 18, 1932, an independent state of Manchukuo, in effect a Japanese protectorate. The Lytton Commission reported in October, scolding the Chinese for…
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promulgation by Stimson
- In Henry L. Stimson
…afterward became known as the Stimson Doctrine.
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views on conquest
- In conquest
…what became known as the Stimson Doctrine, enunciated in January 1932 by U.S. Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson and subsequently affirmed by the assembly of the League of Nations and by several conferences of the American republics. The Draft Declaration on Rights and Duties of States, formulated in 1949…
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