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    "ocrText": "SECREM\n- 8 6\n2. Far Eastern Commission and Allied Council for\nJapan, The Far Eastern Commission held its first\nmeeting in Washington, D.C. on February 26, 1946.\nThe original eleven-member commission was increased to\nthirteen by the admission of the Union of Burma and the\nDominion of Pakistan on November 16, 1949. 1/\nThe Allied Council for Japan held its first meeting\nin Tokyo on April 5s 1946.\n30 Korea. The US-USSR Joint Conference met from\nJanuary 16 through February 5, 1946 and achieved only\nlimited agreement in a number of restricted fields of\ncommunication.\nThe US-USSR Joint Commission began its deliberations\nin Seoul on March 20g 1946 and adjourned sine die on\nMay 6, 1946 without resolving the fundamental issue as\nto which Korean parties and social organizations were\nto be consulted in connection with the formation of a\nprovisional Korean government. Following an exchange\nof letters between Secretary Marshall and Mr. Molotov in\nApril and May 1947, the Joint Commission reconvened on\nMay 21, 1947. It met for the last time on October 18, 1947\nwithout resolving the fundamental issue, and a few days\nlater the Soviet Delegation departed from Seoul. On\nSeptember 17, 1947 the United States laid the whole\nquestion of Korean independence before the second regular\nsession of the General Assembly of the United Nations. 1\n4. China.\n1\nFor an account of the work of the Far Eastern Commission,\nsee Activities of the Far Eastern Commission, Report by\nthe Secretary General, February 26. 1946 - July 10, 1947,\nDepartment of State Publication 2888; The Far Eastern\nCommission, Second Report by the Secretary General,\nJuly 10. 1947 - December 23, 1948, Department of State\nPublication 3420; The Far Eastern Commission, Third Report\nby the Secretary General, December 24, 1948 - June 30, 1950,\nDepartment of State Publication 3945.\n1/ For an account of United States efforts to negotiate with\nthe Soviet Union in the US-USSR Joint Commission, see\nKorea's Independence, Department of State Publication 2933;\nand Korea, 1945 to 1948, Department of State Publication\n3305.\nSECRET"
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