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Message from Mr. Bevin to Mr. Acheson
SERVICE
I was very sorry to receive your message delivered by
your Chargé d'Affaires here, to the effect that it may not be
possible for you to give us your views about a Japanese Peace
Treaty before the Commonwealth Ministers Conference assembles
in Ceylon on 9th January, 1950. We cannot at this late stage
remove the item of Japan from the agenda, while to discuss it
without knowing your views will mean on the one hand that we
suffer the same disability a S we did at Canberra in 1947 and
on the other that Commonwealth opinion may harden on certain
aspects of the Treaty in a way which may ultimately prove to
be at variance with the views of the United States.
While I recognise that the United States are bearing almost
the whole burden of the Occupation and are likely to be involved
to a greater extent than any other Power in preserving the
security of Japan against possible Russian aggression in the
future, nevertheless this question of security is one which
very much concerns us all. We had hoped to be consulted before
United States policy is finally settled, and I should have
thought it might assist you in your consideration of the
problems before you if we were apprised of their nature.
In the circumstances I do very much hope that you will
after all be able to let us know how you are thinking about
this problem before the Ceylon Conference meets.
8th December, 1949