Third Conference
The December 1935 meeting was held with the treaties having a year to run. It marked the effective collapse of the controls, as Japan withdrew from the agreement after her requests for parity in naval power with the big two were rejected. The remaining powers signed a weak agreement, the Second London Naval Treaty, on tonnage and the UK, France and the USA agreed a ratio of construction. All five powers were constructing vessels violating the agreements by 1938.
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