Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, Oct 9 – 15, 1941

Oct 9, 1941: In great secrecy, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt calls for estimate of cost of developing an atomic bomb

Oct 10, 1941: Japan’s ambassador to Washington, Nomura Kichisaburo vents frustration over negotiations with Americans in report to Tokyo: “They are not budging an inch”

Oct 11, 1941: In separate statements, both China’s leader Chiang Kai-shek, above left, and his communist rival Mao Zedong call for national unity to beat the Japanese invader

Oct 12, 1941: Chinese troops in massive attempt to retake Japanese-held city of Yichang

Oct 13, 1941: Japanese Army says it has repelled Chinese attempt to retake city of Yichang

Oct 14, 1941: Australian officials warn public against seeing the war as ‘a part-time job’

Oct 15, 1941: Joseph Grew, US ambassador to Tokyo, learns in confidential talks with local officials that Germany is pressuring Japan to declare war on the United States in case of German-American hostilities

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