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    "ocrText": "IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nSEPTEMBER 24, 1945\nThe following is the text of a message transmitted on\nSeptember sixth through the Joint Chiefs of Staff to General\nMacArthur. It was prepared jointly by the Department of State, the\nWar Department and the Navy Department and approved by the Presi-\ndent on September sixth. The message is a statement clarifying the\nauthority which General MecArthur is to exercise in his position as\nSupreme Commander for the Allied Powers:\n1. The authori ty of the Emperor and the Japanese Govern-\nment to rule the State is subordinate to you as Supreme Commander\nfor the Allied powers. You will exercise your authority as you deem\nproper to carry out your mission. Our relations with Japan do not\nrest on a contractual basis, but on an unconditional surrender.\nSince your authoriti is supreme, you will not entertain any question\non the part of the Japanese a.s to its scope.\n2. Control of Japan shall be exercised through the\nJapanese Government to the extent that such an arrangement produces\nsatisfactory results. This does not prejudice your right to act\ndirectly if required. You may enforce the orders issued by you by\nthe employment of such measures as you deem necessary, including the\nuse of force.\n3. The statement of intentions contained in the Potsdam\nDeclaration will be given full effect. It will not be given effect,\nhowever, because we consider ourselves bound in a contractual relation-\nship with Japan as a result of that document. It will be respected\nand given effect becpuse the Potsdam Declaration forms a part of our\npolicy stated in good faith with relation to Japen and with relation\nto peace and security in the Far East."
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