Narcotics / Opium

Handwritten note counting the Japanese Defenses regarding the charges related to opium. They include: "1. Narcotic ravages existed in China for ages. 2. China largest opium producers in world. 3. 3,500,000 opium addicts in China. 4. Chinese had an opium monopoly. 5. After occupation, opium control in hands of Chinese authorities. 6. All this is nothing but anti-Jap propaganda."

Gives a detailed timeline of actions in Manchuria and the Finance Ministry.

Overview and analysis of the 1925 (the Geneva) Convention on narcotics. Includes the background on why the United States and China were not ultimately signatories to the agreement and how Japan did not denounce the Convention.

List of documents applicable to geographic areas related to narcotics and Japan's / China's interactions with the trade. Includes specific dates. Areas covered include: Amox, Diaren, Tientsin, Manchukuo, Chahar, Hopei, Shanghai, Honan, Kwantung, Nanking, Hankow, and Shantung. Includes some handwritten additions at the end.

Itemizes the Chapters and Articles agreed to by Japan, the United States and China as a result of the 1912 Narcotics Convention. Ratified by Japan on 10 January 1920, China on 9 February 1914, and the United States on 15 December 1913.