11/01 Sat. Coast Guard is place under jurisdiction of Department of the  
           Navy for duration of national emergency. 
11/03 Mon. Secretary of State announces German refusal to pay  
           compensation for ROBIN MOOR sinking. 
11/06 Thu. German blockade runner ODENWALD disguised as United States  
           ship WILLMOTO is captured by cruiser OMAHA (CL-4) and  
           destroyer SOMMERS (DD-381) in Atlantic equatorial waters 
11/08 Sat. United States Naval Operating Base, Iceland, is established. 
11/10 Mon. First United States-escorted troop convoy (Rear Adm. A. B.  
           Cook), transporting more than 20,000 British troops, sails  
           from Halifax for the Far East. 
11/14 Fri. Marines are ordered to leave Shanghai, Peiping, and Tientsin,  
           China. 
11/17 Mon. Neutrality Act of 1939 is amended by Joint Resolution;  
           merchant ships can now be armed and enter war zones.  
           Saburo Kurusu, special Japanese envoy, arrives in Washington  
           and confers with the Secretary of State. 
11/20 Thu. Ambassador Nomura presents Japan's "final proposal" to keep  
           peace in the Pacific. 
11/21 Fri. Lend-Lease is extended to Iceland. 
11/23 Sun. United States occupies Surinam, Dutch Guiana, pursuant to  
           agreement with the Netherlands government to protect bauxite  
           mines. 
11/25 Tue. Japanese troop transports, en route to Malaya, are sighted  
           off Formosa. 
11/26 Wed. Secretary of State submits final proposals to Japanese envoys  
           for readjustment of United States-Japanese relations. 
11/27 Thu. Adm. H. R. Stark, Chief of Naval Operations, sends "war  
           warning" message to commanders of the Pacific and Asiatic  
           Fleets. 
11/30 Sun. Japanese Foreign Minister Tojo rejects United States  
           proposals for settling Far Eastern crisis.