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    "ocrText": "- 3 -\nPART III - POLITICAL\n1. Disarmament and Demilitarization.\nDisarnament and demilitarization are the primary tasks\nof the military occupation and shall be carried out promptly\nand with determination. Every effort shall be made to bring\nhome to the Japanese people the part played by the military and\nnaval leaders, and those who collaborated with them, in bring-\ning about the existing and future distress of the people.\nJapan is not to have an army, navy, airforce, secret\npolice organization, or any civil aviation. Japan's ground,\nair and naval forces shall be disarmed and disbanded and the\nJapanese Imperial General Headquarters, the General Staff and\nall secret police organizations shall be dissolved. Military\nand naval materiel, military and naval vessels and military and\nnaval installations, and military, naval and civilian aircraft\nshall be surrendered and shall be disposed of as required by\nthe Supreme Commander.\nHigh officials of the Japanese Imperial General Head-\nquarters, and General Staff, other high military and naval\nofficials of the Japanese Government, leaders of ultra-\nnationalist and militarist organizations and other important\nexponents of militarism and aggression will be taken into\ncustody and held for future disposition. Persons who have been\nactive exponents of militarism and militant nationalism will\nbe removed and excluded from public office and from any other\nposition of public or substantial private responsibility.\nJltra-nationalistie or militaristic social, political, pro-\nfessional and commercial societies and institutions will be\ndissolved and prohibited.\nMilitarism und ultra-nationalism, in doctrine and\npractice, including para-military training, shall be eliminated\nfrom the educational system. Former career military and naval\nofficers, both commissioned und non-commissioned, and all other\nexponents of militarism and ultra-nationalism shall be ex-\ncluded from supervisory and teaching positions.\n2. War Criminals.\nPersons charged by the Supreme Commande or appropriate\nUnited Nations Agencies with being war criminals, including\nthose charged with having visited cruelties upon United Nations\nprisoners or other nationals, shall be arrested, tried and, if\nconvicted, punished. Those wanted by another of the United\nNations for offenses against its nationals, shall, if not\nwanted for trial or as witnesses or otherwise by the Supreme\nCommander, be turned over to the custody of such other nation.\n3. Encouragement of Desire for Individual Liberties and\nDemocratic Processes.\nFreedom of religious worship shall be proclaimed\npromptly on occupation. At the sume time it should be made\nplain to the Japanese that ultra-nationalistic and militaristic\norganizations and movements will not be permitted to hide behind\nthe cloak of religion.\nThe Japanese people shall be afforded opportunity and\nencouraged to become familiar with the history, institutions,\nculture, and the accomplishments of the United States and the\nother democrucies. Association of personnel of the occupation\nforces with the Japanese population should be controlled, only\nto the extent necessary, to further the policies and objectives\nof the occupation.\nDemocratic political parties, with rights of assembly\nand public discussion, shall be encouraged, subject to the\nnecessity for maintaining the security of the occupying forces."
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