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OCR Page 1 of 2RE: JAPANESE RADIO GROUP
#357
FROM
TO
ABOUT
8-16-45
TOKYO
BERNE
930 AM
DECODED TEXT:
SPECIAL TELEGRAM. THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT WOULD LIKE TO BE PERMITTED
TO STATE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF AMERICA, BRITAIN, CHINA AND THE SOVIET
UNION WHAT THEY MOST EARNESTLY DESIRE WITH REFER/NCE TO THE EXECUTION OF
CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE POTSDAM PROCLAMATION. THIS MAY BE DONE POSSIBLY
AT THE TIME OF THE SIGNATURE BUT FEARING THAT AT (that time) THEY MAY
NOT BE ABLE TO FIND AN APPROPRIATE OPPORTUNITY, THEY TAKE THE LIBERTY
OF ADDRESSING THE FOUR POWERS THROUGH THE GOOD OFFICES OF SWITZERLAND.
IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THE PURPOSE OF OCCUPATION AS MENTIONED IN THE POTSDAM
PROCLAMATION IS SOLELY TO SECURE THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE BASIC OBJECTIVES
SET FORTH IN THE SAID PROCLAMATION, THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT SINCERELY
DESIRE THAT THE FOUR POWERS, RELYING UPON THE GOOD FAITH OF THE JAPANESE
GOVERNMENT, WILL FACILITATE DISCHARGE BY THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT OF THEIR
OBLIGATIONS AS TO FORESTALL ANY UNNECESSARY COMPLICATIONS. IT IS EARNESTLY
SOLICITED THAT:
(A) IN CASE OF THE ENTRY OF ALLIED FLEETS OR TROOPS INTO JAPAN (that the)
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT BE NOTIFIED IN ADVANCE, SO THAT ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE
MADE FOR RECAPTION.
(b) THE NUMBER OF THE POINTS IN JAPANESE TERRITORY TO BE DESIGNATED BY
THE ALLIES FOR OCCUPATION BE LIMITED TO MINIMUM NUMBER, SELECTION OF THE
POINTS BE MADE IN SUCH A MANNER TO LEAVE SUCH A CITY AS TOKYO UNOCCUPIED
AND THE FORCES TO BE STATIONED AT EACH POINT BE MADE AS SMALL AS POSSIBLE.
2. DISARMING OF THE JAPANESE FORCES, BEING A MOST DELICATE TASK AS IT
INVOLVES OVER THREE MILLIONS OF OFFICERS AND MEN OVERSEAS AND HAVING
DIRECT BEARING ON THEIR HONOUR, THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT WILL, OF COURSE,
TAKE UTMOST PAINS. BUT IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE BEST AND THE MOST EFFECTIVE
METHOD WOULD BE THAT UNDER THE COMMAND OF HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR, THE
JAPANESE FORCES ARE ALLOWED TO DISARM THEMSELVES AND SURRENDER ARMS OF
THEIR OWN ACCORD. THAT DISARMING BE CARRIED OUT BEGINNING ON THE FRONT LINE AND
IN SUCCESSIVE STAGES.
IN CONNECTION WITH THE DISARMING IT IS HOPED THAT ARTICLE 35 OF THE HAGUE
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