How to deal with the interests of the United States and Britain in China in World War II

since 1845, it has been nearly one hundred years since the United States and Britain established the public concession in Shanghai. At that time, in the British-American concession, the number of firms increased from 213 in 1937 to 613 in 1941, and the number of enterprises surged from just over 4 in 1937 to more than 4,7 in 1941, among which power, finance, real estate, trade and other enterprises were the main ones. At that time, the investment of the United States and Britain in the Shanghai concession accounted for their total investment in China respectively.

on December 7, 1941, Japan attacked pearl harbor, and the Pacific war broke out. "Japan did not formally declare war this time, and the despicable attack will always bear the crime of dishonor" (in the words of then American president Roosevelt). Almost at the same time, the Japanese invaders, under the dispatch of troops in China, captured the concessions of Hong Kong, the United States, Britain and other countries in China as planned.

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Before that, Japan coveted the interests of the United States and Britain in China for a long time. At that time, the Japanese militaristic authorities were trapped by Japan's weak national strength. At one time, they were ordered by the Central Department of the Japanese aggressors to let the Japanese invaders engage in a pirate-only business at sea in the name of cutting off China's supplies and contact lines. They boarded cargo ships and robbed everything they saw. At that time, the 5th Division of the Japanese invaders was in Shanghai, and the guards, 18th and 48th Divisions were in Guangdong, South China, doing pirate business while landing training.

as early as August 12th, 1941, after the Japanese army entered the south of zhina (Viet Nam) in French India, the Japanese base camp issued such a task to the Japanese invaders with "Mainland Life No.529", that is, "according to the changes of the situation, quickly strengthen the war preparation for the third country". At this time, the so-called "third country" refers to the institutions and enterprises of the United States and Britain in China.

On September 1st of the same year, the Japanese invaders issued the "Central Agreement on Lu Haijun's Sharing of Security when Entering the Shanghai Concession" according to the Order No.529 of Mainland Life and Order No.94 of Mainland Finger, mainly including: "1. When entering the Shanghai Concession and the French Concession (excluding the gendarmerie), Lu Haijun's sharing of security areas is divided as follows: Public. 2. When accepting the public concession and the French concession by force, it is also the same as the first item. "

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On November 21st of the same year, in order to better use force when accepting the concession, the instruction of "Continental Index No.132" was issued, which included: "1. When the commander-in-chief of China dispatched troops used force to deal with the rights and interests of the British concession in Tianjin, the concession in Shanghai and other enemy countries in China, he should act according to the following requirements: (1) (2) In order not to expose our intentions, the use of force should be carried out after the start of southern operations, and a separate order will be issued for this purpose. (3) Be careful not to cause useless disputes about the rights and interests of the axis countries and third countries. 2, don't expose our attempt, so as not to cause difficulties to the whole operational guidance. Pay close attention to this. "

on November 28th of the same year, Tanaka, then the first minister of the General Staff Headquarters of the Japanese invaders, demanded that the customs, unified taxation, transportation, mining, banking and finance, manufacturing industry, real estate, import and export, general commerce and public undertakings (tap water, trams, automobiles, telecommunications, telephones, radios) in Shanghai, the United States and Britain were targeted.

on December 1st of the same year, when the Japanese invaders' base camp finally decided to deal with the interests of the United States, Britain, the Netherlands and other countries in China by force, the chief of staff of the base camp successively issued the instructions of "Continental Index No.14" and the implementation plans of "Land Branch Secret No.39" and "Land Branch Secret No.391".

on December 3 of the same year, in order to better handle the Shanghai concession, the Japanese invaders' base camp specially issued instructions that the Japanese invaders could use the Fourth Division assembled in Shanghai. At that time, the Japanese invaders' 4th Division was directly under the Central Army as the base camp.

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4 am on December 8. The 23rd Army of the Japanese invaders immediately issued an order to start attacking Hong Kong, and by 25th, it captured the whole island of Hong Kong.

in north China, the Japanese invaders accepted the surrender of 24 American marines stationed in Peiping, Tianjin, Qindao Huang and other places at that time, and entered the British Concession in Tianjin. At the same time, they took over the Kailuan Coal Mine, Zhongying Coal Mine and other American and British enterprises.

in central China, at 6: a.m. on the 8th, the Japanese navy attacked the British gunboat Petriel and the American gunboat Wake, which were moored in Shanghai port, sank the British gunboat Petriel, and the American gunboat Wake surrendered to the Japanese army. On the same day, the Japanese army completed its occupation of the Shanghai concession.

At that time, British diplomats were sent to the British Consulate and Shanghai Guotai Hotel, and American diplomats were sent to Shanghai Metropolitan Hotel.

At the same time, in the Shanghai Concession, nearly 2, Jews and about 7, citizens from the United States and Britain were imprisoned. At that time, 2, Jews fled to China because of Nazi Germany's pursuit. Under very difficult circumstances, the people of China gave great help to the Jews who fled to China and were once again imprisoned by the Japanese aggressors, especially in terms of food supply, which is also the source of the friendly relations between Israel and China since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

At that time, the Japanese invaders directly took over about 1.2 billion yuan in old legal tender cash from banks belonging to the United States, Britain and other countries, which was a great sum of money at that time, and it was undoubtedly a life-saving money for Japan on the verge of bankruptcy.

On January 2th, 1942, the Japanese invaders held a joint government meeting, and decided to hand over the cultural facilities (schools, churches, hospitals, etc.) belonging to the enemy countries in the concessions of the United States and Britain in Shanghai, Tianjin and other places to the National Government (Wang Fei) for management. The SAR courts in the Shanghai Concession and the cultural facilities of Chongqing (Chiang regime) system will all be handed over to the National Government (Wang puppet) for management. " This is the reason why Wang Jingwei always talked about "recovering the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the concession".

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Looking back at the modern history of the world, its history and facts have shown that Japan is the most aggressive country; So far, under Abe's right-wing regime, there have been more and more words and deeds indicating that Japan seems to have signs of "resurgence".

Therefore, it should be the meaning of the topic to discuss the increasingly right-wing Japanese Abe government at the Sixth China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue and the Fifth China-US High-level Consultation on People-to-People Exchanges to be held in Beijing from July 9 to 1.

As the saying goes, "Remember the past and learn from the future". Hope to adopt