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    "ocrText": "Memorandum of Conversation\n26, 27 October 1950\n10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.\nSubject: The Japanese Peace Treaty\nParticipants: Mr. Malik, USSR Representative on Security\nCouncil\nMr. Troyanovski, USSR translator\nMr. Dulles\nMr. Allison\nColonel Babcock\n1. Mr. Dulles opened the conversation by explain-\ning that the United States attitude toward a treaty with\nJapan was based on the theory that the best way to assure\nJapan's adherence to peaceful ways and her adherence to\nstandards of good international conduct was to conclude\nwith her a non-restrictive and liberal peace treaty. He\nexplained that, in the view of the United States, we were\nfaced with two alternatives: either to impose a harsh\ntreaty which must be backed up by force over a long period\nof time, or to conclude a liberal peace. While we recog-\nnize that the second alternative offers no guarantee of\nattaining our objectives it seems to us to offer a better\nchance of success than the other course of action. He\nthen handed Mr. Malik the Memorandum on the Japanese Peace\nTreaty which has been given to each of the nations repre-\nsented on the Far Eastern Commission.\n2. Mr. Dulles then pointed out (in connection\nwith paragraph 3(c) of the memorandum dealing with terri-\ntories) that it could be assumed that if the USSR were a\nparty to the treaty, Japan would, by the treaty, cede South\nSakhalin and the Kuriles to the Soviet Union. As regards\nFormosa and the Pescadores, the United States feels it is\nappropriate for the United Nations to consider whether, and\nif so how, the purpose of the Cairo Declaration could be\ncarried out consistently with the obligations of Article\n73 of the UN Charter, which obligations have now been\nDECLASSIFIED\nVOL. VI\nPAGE 1332\nBy WLT-HC NARS, Date 10-19-79"
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