The story of Cordell Hull

Cordell Hull. U.S. Secretary of State, 1933–1944.

1940

28 Jun 1940: Cordell Hull intervened in U.S. embargoes on Japan, 1940–1941. Said the U.S. had been “progressively bringing economic pressure to bear on Japan”.

8 Oct 1940: Cordell Hull intervened in U.S. embargoes on Japan, 1940–1941. Told Japan’s ambassador the scrap iron and steel embargo applied to all nations but Britain and the Western Hemisphere.

Cordell Hull, involved in Standard Oil and the war in Europe, 1939–1941 and U.S. embargoes on Japan, 1940–1941.

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