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United States and Foreign Commercial Service Pacific Rim Initiative, United States Code Title 15 Chapter 73 Section 4725, Enacted 23 August 1988
August 23, 1988
H.R. 4848 became Public Law 100-418 on 23 August 1988. Public Law 100-418 Title II Sec. 2306 was codified into the following section of the United States Code.
Address by President Gerald R. Ford at the University of Hawaii, December 7, 1975
December 7, 1975
President Ford's speech at the University of Hawaii after returning from his trip to China. Excerpted from the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum.
Tonkin Gulf Resolution, August 7, 1964
January 7, 1964
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution is of historical significance because it gave U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of conventional military force in Southeast Asia. Specifically, the resolution authorized the President to do whatever necessary in order to assist "any member or protocol state of the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty." This included involving armed forces.
Armistice Agreement for the Restoration of the South Korean State July 27, 1953
July 27, 1953
The Armistice Agreement for the Restoration of the South Korean State formally ended the war in Korea.
Treaty of Peace with Japan, 1951
September 8, 1951
Treaty of Peace with Japan, Sept. 8, 1951, San Francisco, California, USA
Instrument of Surrender by Japan, 1945
September 2, 1945
Instrument of Surrender by Japan, September 2, 1945, Tokyo Bay
Japanese Note to the United States ("Fourteen Part Message"), 1941
December 7, 1941
Japanese Note to the United States, December 7, 1941,(Generally referred to as the "Fourteen Part Message.")
Message From the United States President to the Emperor of Japan, 1941
December 6, 1941
One day before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor with 420 airplanes, President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent the following message to the Showa Emperor of Japan.
United States Note to Japan, 1941
November 26, 1941
The text of the document handed by the Secretary of State to the Japanese Ambassador on November 26, 1941, which consists of two parts, one an oral statement and one an outline of a proposed basis for agreement between the United States and Japan.
U.S. Senator Albert J. Beveridge speaks on the Philippine Question, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C., January 9, 1900
December 13, 1901
Senator Beveridge's speech on the Philippines reflects an era of American imperialism in the Pacific.
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