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    "ocrText": "SP\n'Japan wi 11 concur in any proposal of the United\nStates to place under its trusteeship system, with the\nUnited States as the sole administering authority, the\nRyukyu Islands south of 290 north latitude, the Nanpo\nShoto south of Sofu Gan, the Bonin Islands, including\nRosaria Island, the Volcano Islands, Parece Vela and\nMarcus Island. Pending the making of such a proposal\nand affirmative action thereon, the United States will\nhave the right to exercise all and any powers of admin-\nistration, legislation, and jurisdiction over the terri-\ntory and inhabitants of these islands, including their\nterritorial waters.\n5. It should be made certain that there be no basis,\neither stated or implied, written into the Treaty which\nmight provide for the possible legal claim of Communist\nChina to sovereignty over Formosa, the Pescadores, Paracel,\nand Spratley Islands and to property in the other islands\nreferred to in Article 3, now under the control of the\nUnited States, as well as to accession of real property,\nsuch as consulates, buildings, and businesses, formerly\nheld by the Government of China or its nationals in these\nareas. It would appear that in its present form the second\nsentence of Article 4 (a) might afford Communist China a\nvalid claim over that territory were it to sign and ratify\nthis Treaty.\n6. It is essential that there be no confusion between\noccupational forces and armed forces which are to remain in\nJapanese territory under or in accordance with U.S. bilateral\nagreements with Japan. Accordingly, the first sentence of\nArticle 6 (a) should be changed to read:\n\"All apmed forces of occupation of the Allied Powers\nshall be withdrawn from Japan as soon as possible after\nthe coming into force of the present Treaty, and in any\ncase not later than 90 days thereafter. 11\n7. It is considered essential to prevent any requirement\nfor Japan to recognize such treaties as those between the USSR\nand Poland and East Germany, and, specifically, the Sino-Soviet\nTreaty of February 1950, as well as any other treaties or arrange -\nments for or in connection with the restoration of peace which\nthe USSR and such of it satellites as were belligerents in\nWorld War II, including Communist China, might initiate. For\nthis reason, it is proposed that the first sentence of subpara-\ngraph (a), Article 8, might be changed to read:\nTRUMAN\nINATIONAL\nis\nSERVICE\n- 2 -"
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