Editing Hull note (section)

{{Short description|American ultimatum to Imperial Japan leading to World War II}}
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[[File:Cordell_Hull,_U.S._Secretary_of_State.jpg | thumb | right | Cordell Hull, U.S. Secretary of State]]
The '''Hull note''', officially the '''Outline of Proposed Basis for Agreement Between the United States and Japan''', was the final proposal delivered to the [[Empire of Japan]] by the [[United States]] before the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] (December 7, 1941) and the [[Japanese declaration of war on the United States and the British Empire|Japanese declaration of war]] (seven and a half hours after the attack began). The note, delivered on November 26, 1941, is named for Secretary of State [[Cordell Hull]] (in office: 1933–1944). It was the diplomatic culmination of a series of [[events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor]]. Notably, its text repeats previous American demands for Japan to withdraw from [[Republic of China (1912–1949) | China]] and from [[French Indochina]]. No further American proposals were made before the attack on Pearl Harbor, as the US government had received intelligence that Japan was preparing an invasion of [[Thailand]].