Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, July 17 – 23, 1941

July 17, 1941: US Navy, fearing Japanese aggression, starts laying mines in Manila Bay

July 18, 1941: Japanese Admiral Toyoda Teijiro is made foreign minister in new Cabinet

July 19, 1941: China’s leader Chiang Kai-shek received petition to release Zhang Xueliang, a Chinese warlord held in house arrest since late 1936

July 20, 1941: American relief organizations to step up effort to educate Chinese doctors for use on the battlefront

July 21, 1941: Chinese intelligence sources say increased Japanese presence on Hainan island is a sign Japan is preparing for a war in the Pacific

July 22, 1941: Japan’s ambassador to occupied China, Honda Kumataro, agrees to stay on after getting reassurance that support of collaborationist regime remains solid

July 23, 1941: General Archibald Wavell, new British commander-in-chief in India, reported on visit to China

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