Stimson Doctrine

The Stimson Doctrine is a policy of the United States government, enunciated in a note of January 7 1932 to Japan and China, of non-recognition of international territorial changes effected by force.

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United States - Government - January 7 - 1932 - Japan - China

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Named after Henry L. Stimson, United States Secretary of State in the Hoover Administration (1929?1933), the policy followed Japan's unilateral seizure of Manchuria in north-eastern China following action by Japanese soldiers at Mukden (now Shenyang), on September 18 1931.

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Henry L. Stimson - United States Secretary of State - Hoover - 1929 - 1933 - Manchuria - Action - Shenyang - September 18 - 1931

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The policy was subsequently incorporated in several international declarations, including a League of Nations Assembly resolution of March 11 1932, the Inter-American Pact of Rio de Janeiro (October 10 1933) and the Budapest Articles of Interpretation (September 10 1934) of the August 1928 Pact of Paris (Kellogg-Briand Pact). The principles of this doctrine were also used in the US Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles's declaration of July 23 1940, on the non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic countries ? Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. These principles were strongly pursued until the restoration of independence of the three Baltic nations in August 1991.

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League of Nations - March 11 - 1932 - Inter-American Pact of Rio de Janeiro - October 10 - 1933 - Budapest Articles of Interpretation - September 10 - 1934 - August - 1928 - Kellogg-Briand Pact - Sumner Welles - July 23 - 1940 - Baltic countries - Estonia - Latvia - Lithuania - 1991

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