ABSTRACT
I. BACKGROUND 9 II. RELATIONS BEFORE 1940 11 III. THE OPENING MOVES 15 Japanese note, delivered at The Hague on 2nd February 1940 15 Netherland note, delivered at Tokyo on 20th May 1940 17 Netherland note, delivered at Tokyo on 6th June 1940 18 IV. THE KOBAYASHI MISSION 27
Joint statement of the Netherland and Japanese delegations at Batavia, issued on 16th October 1940
Letter from Mr. Mukai, 24th September 1940 30 Note from the Netherland delegation, 7th October 1940 30 Letter from the Netherland delegation, 8th October 1940 36 Note from the Japanese delegation, 21st October 1940 40 Letters from Mr. Mukai, 29th October 1940. 41 V. THE YOSHIZAWA MISSION 44
Memorandum from the Japanese delegation, 16th January 1941 44
Memorandum from the Netherland delegation, 3rd February 1941 48 Memorandum from the Japanese delegation, 14th/22nd May 1941 53 Memorandum from the Netherland delegation, 6th June 1941 58 VI. THE LAST MONTHS OF CRUMBLING PEACE 68 VII. RETROSPECT 72
