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U.S. Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson.. The Stimson Doctrine is the policy of nonrecognition of states created as a result of a war of aggression. [1] [2] [3] The policy was implemented by the United States government, enunciated in a note of January 7, 1932, to the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China, of nonrecognition of international territorial changes imposed by force.
The precedent under international law established by the earlier-adopted Stimson Doctrine, as applied to the Baltic states in the Welles Declaration, issued on 23 July 1940 by US Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles, then acting Secretary of State, and the only public statement of policy by the US, defined the basis for non-recognition by the ...
1932 – Stimson Doctrine opposes Japanese expansion into Manchuria; 1932 – Norris-La Guardia Act strengthens labor unions; 1932 - Baby son of Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped and found dead; 1932 – Bonus Army marches on DC; repressed by President Hoover; 1932 – Reconstruction Finance Corporation finances relief
The application of the Stimson Doctrine by the Welles Declaration [4] where a significant segment of the international community refused to grant formal approval for the 1940 Soviet conquest during World War II, [5] the resistance by the Baltic peoples to the Soviet regime, and the uninterrupted functioning of rudimentary state organs in exile ...
In 1931, when Japan had invaded Manchuria, Stimson, as Secretary of State, proclaimed the Stimson Doctrine: no fruits of illegal aggression would ever be recognized by the United States. Although Japan ignored it, according to Stimson, the wheels of justice had now turned and the "peace-loving" nations, as Stimson called them, had the chance to ...
1931 – Stimson Doctrine declared by Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson; Washington will not recognize Japanese takeover of Manchuria. 1932 – Lausanne Conference cancels 90 percent of reparations owed by Germany; the remainder was quietly paid off in October 2010 with a final payment of $94 million. [31] 1933 – Montevideo Convention.
In two related cases, the fishermen asked the court to overturn the 40-year-old Chevron doctrine, which stems from a unanimous Supreme Court case involving the energy giant in a dispute over the ...
In response to the Japanese invasion, Hoover and Secretary of State Stimson outlined the Stimson Doctrine, which held that the United States would not recognize territories gained by force. The Hoover administration based this declaration on the 1928 Kellogg–Briand Pact , in which several nations (including Japan and the United States ...