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U.S
SERVICES
SESCORDSAND
CHAPTER TWO
THE JAPANESE PEACE TREATY, 1946-1952
The purpose in this chapter is, simply, to summarize
in straightforward chronological style the important
developments in the story of the Japanese peace treaty,
from the earliest postwar efforts in 1946 and 1947 to the
successfully accomplished work of Mr. Dulles in the 1950-
1952 period. It is hoped that this brief historical
account will provide the necessary framework of events
for the more narrowly focused discussion and analysis
that follows.
1. Early Peace Treaty Efforts
In late 1945 and early 1946, Secretary of State
Byrnes tried to interest Great Britain, France and the
Soviet Union, particularly the latter, in a twenty-five
year treaty for the Disarmament and Demilitarization of
1
Germany.
These efforts were unsuccessful. In April
1946 a similar treaty directed against Japan was circu-
2
lated to Great Britain, the Soviet Union and China.
Again no particular interest in such a treaty was evinced
by any of these powers. The proposed treaties would
have prohibited maintenance of armed forces, munitions
of any sort or facilities for their production. Enforce-
ment would have been handled in the post-Occupation period
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