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DOCUMENT J
Secretary Marshall to Mr. Molotov,
letter dated at Moscow, March 31, 1947`
(file 893.00/3-2447)
In response to your letter of March 24, 1947,
and in connection with that portion of the Moscow
Agreements of 1945 referring to China, I attach for
your information copies of self-explanatory state-
ments made public by the President of the United
States on December 15, 1945, 1 and again on Decem-
ber 18, 1946. 2 The United States forces mentioned
therein assisted substantially during the period
covered by these reports in the repatriation from
China of approximately 3,000,000 Japanese to their
homeland, as laid down by the Potsdam Agreement and
the Surrender Terms. As for the disposition of the
estimated 700,000 Japanese taken in Manchuria by
the Soviets, I have no information.
On January 29, 1947, the Government of the
United States announced its decision to terminate
its connection with the Committee of Three which
was established in Chungking for the purpose of
terminating hostilities in China, and its concur-
rent decision to terminate its connection with
Executive Headquarters which was established in
Peiping by the Committee of Three for the purpose
of supervising the execution of the agreements for
the cessation of hostilities and the demobiliza-
tion and reorganization of the armed forces in
China. A statement regarding the withdrawal of
the marine forces, which had the mission of
assuring the security of the United States per-
sonnel with the Executive Headquarters and its
communications with the sea, was made at the same
time. This action permitted a substantial reduc-
tion in the number of United States military and
naval personnel required in China, and removals are
continuing as rapidly as shipping becomes available.
See Conference of Three Foreign Secretaries,
Moscow, 1945, Doc. B, Encl. 3, p. H-50.
2See Doc. J, Encl. 2, p. K-27.
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