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    "ocrText": "-11-\nrepresentatives here and in the Allied Council\nfor Japan. On the contrary, it is clear to us\nthat this is a centrally directed campaign to\ncreate fear, social unrest, confusion and disorder,\nwhich is intended to undermine the authority of\nthe Government, in the hope of creating a condi- -\n11\ntion favorable to the seizure of political power.\nGen. McCoy said the labor laws were a direct imple-\nmentation of an FEC directive and \"have strengthened\nthe democratic character of Japanese trade unions\nthrough such measures as ensuring that the unions\nobserve direct secret elections, annual general meetings,\nopen financial reports, and protection of individual\n\"\nmembers against diserimination within the union.\nDenying Soviet charges that striking workers were\nvictims of \"brutal mobbing by the police\", Gen. McCoy\ndeclared that \"in contrast to the acts of violence\ncommitted by the demonstrators--including illegal\nseizures, intimidation and bodily attacks on company\nofficials--the Japanese authorities have exercised care\nand restraint. \"22\n4. US Troops Leave South Korea as USSR Screens\nNorth. - The UN Commission on Korea reported (1) the\ndeparture of the last US occupation forçes from Korea\non June 29, in conformity with the General Assembly\nresolution of last December, and (2) the fact that the\nAND\nCommission had not been allowed to enter North Korea\nRECORDS\n1: SERVICE'S\nto verify the USSR announcement of withdrawal of its\nforces. 23\nLater the Commission announced that it was making\nanother effort to carry out its task of verifying the\nwithdrawal of occupation forces from all Korea and\nthat it had sent a communication in respect to the\nwithdrawal of Soviet troops to the UN Secretariat for\ntransmission to the USSR, stating that it was ready\n\"whenever proper facilities are afforded\" to carry\nout this task in North Korea. 24\n22\nIbid., July 25, p. 107.\n23\nIbid. July 4, p. 848.\n24\nIbid. , July 18, p. 48."
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