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DECLASS!FIED
E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
TAB "B" TO ANNEX "A"
OSD letter, April 12, 1974
By NLT- HC, NARS Date 7-3-55
FACTS BEARING ON THE PROBLEM
1. The Potsdam Declaration and occupation directives for
Japan, prepared to implement policy decisions formulated by the
United States in conjunction with the other 10 member nations of
the Far Eastern Commission (FEC), explicitly prohibit limited
military armaments, including even a constabulary, but permit
adequate civilian police forces. Principal current directives
relating to Japan after surrender are: Serial No. 82, Basic
Post-Surrender Policy for Japan, (FEC 014/10). Serial No. 87;
Reduction of Japanese Industrial War Potential, (FEC 084/22);
Serial No. 89, Prohibition of Military Activity in Japan and
Disposition of the Japanese Military Equipment, (FEC 017/20). and
Serial No. 75, Interim Directive Regarding Advance Transfers
of Japanese Reparations and Reparations Allocations Procedures
for Industrial Facilities in Japan, issued by the U.S. Government
unilaterally. Existing U.S. policy on Reparations Removals of
Industrial Facilities and Merchant Shipping from Japan is con-
tained in SWNCC 236/43. The directives which implement FEC
policies are effective until superseded by other FEC policy
TRUMAN
decisions or until such time as a treaty of peace comes into
force.
ARCHIVES COVERNER "NATIONAL SERVICE** RECORDS AND
2. The practical effects of the above directives have been to:
a. Limit Japan's sovereignty to the four main islands of
Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku. Japan has been shorn
of her military outposts and overseas empire.
b. Physically disarm and demobilize Japan. No Army, Navy,
Air Force, secret police organization, civil aviation, or
gendarmerie is permitted, but civilian police forces are allowed.
Military equipment has been demilitarized, and authority of the
militarists and influence of militarism is being eliminated,
FOR SECREIT
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