U.S.Foreign Policy and the Sino-Soviet Relations during the Sino-Japanese War

在甲午战争期间，美国没有防范苏联对中国的支持，认为在德苏互不侵犯条约签订后，这种支持应该继续下去。因此，澳大利亚在1939年底严重担心的苏日协议的可能性被忽视了。美国继续自信地对日强硬政策，使原本寻求日、英、中全面协议的澳大利亚陷入尴尬境地，被迫作为次优选择支持甲午战争的继续。

The United States did not guard against Soviet's support for China during the Sino-Japanese War and considered that the support should continue after the German-Soviet non-aggression Pact. Thus, the possibility of Soviet-Japanese agreement, which Australia seriously feared in the end of 1939, was neglected. That the United States continued the hard policy toward Japan with confidence embarrassed Australia, which originally seek comprehensive agreement among Japan, U.K.and China, and forced to support the continuation of Sino-Japanese War as the second best.