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Hf 97. jp59 British Foreign Office: Japan Correspondence 1930-1940 •>, GUIDE to The Scholarly Resources microfllm edition of the Public Record Office Collection Text: F.0.371 6?f Scholarly Resources Inc. SR: Wilmington. Delaware British Foreign Office: Japan Correspondence 1930-1940 GUIDE to The Scholarly Resources microfilm edition of the Public Record Office Collection Text: F.0.371 :Scholarly Resources Inc. 5R Wilmington. Delaware 3Q-, W53-j31ofa ©1978 by Scholarly Resources Inc. All rights reserved First publish' . 1978 Printed in th United States of America tiff \ SCHOLARLY RESOURCES INC. 104 Greenhill Avenue Wilmington, Delaware 19805 / r \X/±\ AU/ 10 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA Main entry under title: British Foreign Office. 1. British Foreign Office. Japan correspondence, 1930-1940--Indexes. 2. Great Britain—Foreign relations --Japan--Sources--Indexes. 3. Japan--Foreign relations --Great Britain--Sources--Indexes. 4. Great Britain- Foreign relations--1910-1936--Sources--Indexes. 5. Great Britain--Foreign relations--1936-1945--Sources --Indexes. 6. World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain — Sources —Indexes. 7. World War, 1939-1945—Japan- Sources—Indexes. I. Great Britain. Foreign Office. II. Great Britain. Public Record Office. DA47.9.J3B75 016.32741'052 78-21594 ISBN 0-8420-2138-8 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Content and Organization of the Foreign Office Records v Format of the Scholarly Resources Guide v Document Retrieval vi Sample Docket (1930-1940) vii SUBJECT GUIDE 1 Bayerische Staatsbibliothek ^^ <36646816500010 iii INTRODUCTION Content and Organization of the Foreign Office Records The British Foreign Office Records of General Political Correspondence for Japan, 1930-1940, in F.O. 371, is a collection of documents describing British foreign affairs concerning Japan. These documents provide a wealth of information on governmental, political, military, and economic affairs in Japan as well as policies and events in Anglo-Japanese relations. The correspondence in this collection consists primarily of communica­ tions between the Foreign Office and various British embassies and consulates in Japan. These records are the London files, containing material received from abroad or from London departments outside the Foreign Office, and drafts of material originating in and sent out of London. In addition, the collection includes public proclamations by various national leaders, governments, and organizations, communications with foreign governments, pertinent publications, personal requests made of the Foreign Office by private citizens and groups, and records of questions asked by Members of Parliament directed to the Foreign Office. Many miscellaneous despatches and papers round out the body of the annual correspondence. Each document arriving at the Foreign Office was processed by the Opening Branch, which identified the origin and sender and the country to which an incoming paper pertained. The document was then sent to the appropriate division of the Archives Branch according to geographical region. Each division of the Archives Branch assigned its documents registry numbers from its own annual series. The Japan Correspondence was sent to the Far Eastern Department, which identified itself by preceding its registry numbers with the letter "F." After a document had been assigned a registry number, it was assigned a "kept with" or file number. The file number was usually the same as the registry number of the first document in the file. Files ran in length from one document (i.e. "kept with" itself) to many documents totaling hundreds of pages. After filing, the document was indexed according to the country that it concerned. The index number for Japan is 23. At the end of every year, the files were bound together into volumes. Page numbers were assigned at this stage, with stamped pagination beginning at page 1 for each volume. Scholarly Resources has published the bound volumes of the Japan Correspondence, 1930-1940, on reels of microfilm. The reels consist of from two to four complete volumes and are numbered consecutively with each year beginning at reel 1. Format of the Scholarly Resources Guide to Japanese Correspondence, 1930-1940, F.O. 571 The Subject Guide to the Scholarly Resources edition of the British Foreign Office Japan Correspondence, 1930-1940, F.O. 371, lists each file in the order in which it appears in the volumes of correspondence, followed by a condensed description of the documents it contains. The Subject Guide has a new heading for every change in year, microfilm reel, or volume. The secondary heading identifies the columns for the reference registry number of the first document in each subject description v group (DOCUMENT), the number of each file (FILE), a subject description of the documents (SUBJECT), and the page number of the first document in each subject group (PAGE). Document subjects have been arbitrarily divided into subject groups that are a maximum of two typed lines long. Semicolons separate different document subj ects within a subj ect group. The document number given for each subject group refers only to the first subject in the group; subsequent subjects' document numbers are not listed but follow that of the first subject. Similarly, the page number given for each subject group refers only to the location of the first subject in the group. Subsequent subjects in the group appear on pages after that of the first subject and before that of the next subj ect group. To illustrate: "Japanese imports into Australia; Import duty imposed by Kobe Customs on Catalpo China; Japanese anti-dumping laws" is a subject group. It is found in File 32. Document number 32 refers to a document on the subject of "Japanese imports into Australia." "Japanese anti-dumping laws" will have a document number higher than 32 but lower than 2453, since document 2453 is also in File 32, and document numbers run in ascending order within files. "Japanese imports into Australia" starts on page 3; "Japanese anti-dumping laws" appears after page 3 but before page 32. It is important for the researcher to note that within subj ect groups, a subject is listed only the first time it appears. Thus there may be several documents on the same subject within a subject group, with only the first one mentioned. Researchers should scan all pages included in a subject group to determine whether more than one document on their desired subject occurs there. Document Retrieval To locate a document on a desired subject using the Subject Guide, check the page number of the subject group in which the desired subject occurs. The document will follow this page number and precede the next page number listed. The heading then supplies the proper year, microfilm reel, and volume in which to find the document. For example: If the researcher wants to retrieve a document dealing with "Import of rice and paddy into Japan," he or she proceeds to page 71 of volume 14751 on reel 1 of 1930. JAPAN: CORRESPONDENCE F.O.371 YEAR; REEL: Q-*—VOLUME: (_ 14751 ) •*- DOCUMENT FILE SUBJECT PAGE 16 16 Trade unionism in Japan 32 32 Japanese imports into Australia;