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    "ocrText": "TOP-SECRET\nH-90\nDOCUMENT H\no. DECLASSIFIER, 11652. Sec.\nB.\nDept. of Scate letter, NARS\nEXTRACT\nBY\nMinutes of the Fifth Meeting,\nDecember 20, 1945, 3 p.m.,\nMr. Bevin presiding\n1. Allied Council for. Japan\nMR. MOLOTOV stated that he wished to reserve\nthe opinion of the Soviet Delegation with respect to\nthe final wording of Article 1. He pointed out that\nthe Soviet Government had suggested that the body\nbe called an Allied Control Commission and not an\nAllied Council. Inasmuch as the American draft pro-\nvided for the controlling of Japan it was not clear\nto him why the body should not be called a Control\nCommission. This would be more precise.\nMR. BYRNES pointed out that the original Amer-\nican proposal provided for an Allied Military Coun-\ncil. The Soviet Government had not agreed to that\nname and had suggested \"Allied Control Commission\"\nThe United States could not agree to this and in\nthe hope of reaching agreement, it had suggested\nthat it be called an Allied Council, leaving out\nthe word \"military\", since it had been opposed by\nMr. Molotov and \"council\" since it had been opposed\nby the United States. He considered that the docu-\nment spoke for itself, since it specified control\nover Japan. He continued that it had been necessary\nto consult various Departments of the United States\nGovernment in respect to the title of this body and\nthat a compromise had been reached in calling it an\nAllied Council. He expressed the hope that\nMr. Molotov would agree to this terminology. He\nsaid that he was not in a position to make any\nchanges and added that since the American Delega-\ntion had agreed to two or three other suggestions\nmade by Mr. Molotov, he hoped that Mr. Molotov\nwould agree to the American position.\nHe wished to point out that control over Japan was\ndivided between the council and the commission.\nTherefore, there was less reason to put the word\n\"control\" in the title.\n1Doc. E, Encl. 3, p. H- 83.\nFOP SECRET"
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