MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY * A Garland Series Edited by FRANK FREIDEL Harvard University ANGLO-AMERICAN RELATIONS AND COLONIALISM IN EAST ASIA, 1941-1945 John J. Sbrega Garland Publishing» Inc. New York & London ★ 1983 © 1983 John J. Sbrega All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging ln Publication Data Sbrega, John J. (John Joseph)» 1941- Anglo-American relations and colonialism in east Asia, 1941-1945. (Modem American history) Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. World War, 1939-1945— Diplomatic history. 2. United States— Foreign relations— Great Britain. 3. Great Britain— Foreign relations— United States. 4. World War, 1939-1945— Elast Asia. 5. World War, 1939-1945, Japan. 6. Japan— History— 1912-1945. I. Title. II. Series. D753.S37 1983 940.53'22'410973 82-49078 ISBN 0-8240-5662-0 All volumes in this series are printed on acid-free, 250-year-life paper. Printed in the United States of America ANGLO-AMERICAN RELATIONS AND COLONIALISM IN EAST ASIA/ 1941-1945 JOHN J, SBREGA Dedicated to Jules Davids Frank Freidel Waldo Heinrichs WITHOUT THEIR INTEREST/ ENCOURAGEMENT/ AND ADVICE THIS BOOK WOULD HAVE REMAINED "SiDEWAYS“CaSEY" TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD BY PROFESSOR WARREN F. KIMBALL ............. i PREFACE ......................................................................................................... V CHAPTER I. ROOSEVELT AND CHURCHILL BEFORE PEARL HARBOR ......................... 1 II. THE ATLANTIC CHARTER: PRINCIPLES AND PROMISES ..................... 11 III. "NEVER AGAIN": ONE MORE TIME ................................... 37 IV. THE ALLIED COALITION AND THE PROBLEM OF COLONIES ..................... 57 V. ANGLO-AMERICAN COLONIAL POLITICS: A CASE STUDY OF FRENCH INDOCHINA ........... 89 VI. TRUSTEESHIP AND THE STRUGGLE FOR "INDEPENDENCE" ................. 124 VII. WORLD POLICEMEN AND OTHER POSTWAR VISIONS ....................... 154 VIII. HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI: SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES FOR WESTERN COLONIALISM ......................... 178 IX. CONCLUSION: "ALL THOSE CATCHPENNY PHRASES" ......................... 199 ENDNOTES .............................................. 210 APPENDIX A: LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ................... 283 APPENDIX B: THE ATLANTIC CHARTER 284 APPENDIX C: A REPORT ON ROOSEVELT'S RACIAL VIEWS ............................. 285 APPENDIX D: A REPORT ON ROOSEVELT'S VIEWS ABOUT INTERNATIONAL TRUSTEESHIP ......... 286 APPENDIX E: SOME OF ROOSEVELT'S VIEWS ABOUT DE GAULLE ......................... 290 APPENDIX F: SOME BRITISH VIEWS ABOUT COLONIALISM ............................. 292 APPENDIX G: BRITISH ECONOMIC PRESSURES ON JAPAN, 1940-1941 ........................ 295 APPENDIX H: THE DUTCH ARGUE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WAR AGAINST JAPAN ............... 300 APPENDIX I: OUTLINE OF EVENTS WITHIN THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT LEADING UP TO THE SURRENDER ............ 303 APPENDIX J: WHY NAME THE ORGANIZATION "UNITED NATIONS?" ....................... 308 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................ 310 INDEX ................................................. 324