Word: abcd
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Dates: during 1941-1941
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Cordell Hull had spent about eight hours in deadlock negotiations with Japanese Envoys Kurusu and Nomura, had held at least twelve conferences with the representatives of Britain, Australia, China, The Netherlands-the ABCD powers-when midway in last week's talks he gave the Japanese a written statement of the U.S. principles that must underlie a general settlement. They amounted to the general points on a free Pacific that he first set forth...
Conversely, the Japanese have deliberately put themselves in a spot encircled by hostile possessions. The ABCD powers -American, British, Chinese, Dutch-surround Indo-China. The Japanese line of supply is now a 2,000-mile sea route from Cam-ranh Bay to Nagasaki, and U.S. planes, submarines and surface vessels operating from Manila could make it an uncomfortable route. To reach Indo-China the Japanese have to pass through one of two channels-the 150-mile channel between Formosa and the mainland or the 235-mile channel between Formosa and Luzon-where patrols can keep a good lookout...