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Washington Conference
Washington Conference (Nov. 1921–Feb. 1922) A conference attended by Belgium, Britain, China, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal, and the USA, aiming to reduce tensions in the Far East and to discuss naval disarmament. The main results were an agreement between the UK, France, Japan, and China to recognize each other's existing Pacific territories. Furthermore, the powers undertook to guarantee China's independence and territorial integrity, while the Japanese promised to return the region around Kiaochow. Finally, a naval convention was signed in which the nine powers agreed not to build capital ships (warships over 10,000 tons, with guns larger than 8–inch) for ten years. For that period, a ratio for capital ships of 5.25:5.25: 3.15:1.75:1.75 between the UK, the USA, Japan, France, and Italy was agreed, while the USA and UK agreed not to strengthen the fortifications of their naval bases between and including Singapore and Hawaii.
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JAN PALMOWSKI. "Washington Conference." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAN PALMOWSKI. "Washington Conference." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-WashingtonConference.html JAN PALMOWSKI. "Washington Conference." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-WashingtonConference.html |
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Washington Conference
Washington Conference The conference held in the USA between November 1921 and February 1922 to discuss political stability in the Far East and naval disarmament. Summoned on US initiative, the conference was attended by Belgium, Britain, China, France, Holland, Italy, Japan, Portugal, and the USA and resulted in a series of treaties including a Nine-Power Treaty guaranteeing China's independence and territorial integrity, a Japanese undertaking to return the region around Qingdao to Chinese possession, and an Anglo-French-Japanese-US agreement to guarantee each other's existing Pacific territories. Naval discussions resulted in a ten-year moratorium on capital-ship construction. The Washington Conference successfully placed restraints on both the naval arms race and Japanese expansionism, but by the 1930s both problems broke out afresh.
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"Washington Conference." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Washington Conference." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-WashingtonConference.html "Washington Conference." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-WashingtonConference.html |
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Washington conferences
Washington conferences, see ARCADIA and TRIDENT; see also Grand Alliance and Washington Convoy Conference (see below). For Pacific Military conference held in Washington seePacific war.
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I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Washington conferences." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Washington conferences." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-Washingtonconferences.html I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Washington conferences." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-Washingtonconferences.html |
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Washington Conference
Washington Conference see naval conferences . |
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"Washington Conference." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Washington Conference." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-WshngtnCnf.html "Washington Conference." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-WshngtnCnf.html |
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