Memorandum from Admiral William D. Leahy to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachment
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FORVICTORY
SAVE
BUY
UNITED
THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
TOP
STATES
WAR
BONDS
E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
DECLASSIFIED
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
AND
STAMPS
NLT OSD He NARS Date 6.24.75
letter. May 3, 1972
11 December 1945
By
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT:
On 30 November 1945, the principal commanders in the
China-Japan area were advised that a restatement of United
States policy toward China was under consideration by the
State Department. In order to be prepared promptly to
carry out any such restatement, the commanders were given
the following planning assumption and were directed to
confer and submit their recommendations as to its imple-
mentation:
The Commanding General, U.S. Forces, China Theater,
after coordination with SCAP, will be responsible to
make necessary arrangements with the Chinese authori-
ties for repatriation of Japanese from the China
Theater. The United States will furnish assistance
in the form of military supplies and advice to the
Chinese authorities. The U.S. Marines will remain
in North China for the time being for the purpose of
assisting in the repatriation of Japanese Nationals,
military and civil, from that area, the duration of
such employment to be subject to future directives
from the Joint Chief's of Staff. It is intended that
they would be more or less confined in their employ-
ment to holding ports or beachheads.
To effect the above and also to assist the Chinese
Central Government in reestablishing control of the
liberated areas of North China and Manchuria, the
United States will furnish transportation for additional
Chinese troops.
Based on the foregoing, a plan, concurred in by General
MacArthur, Admiral Spruance, and General Wedemeyer, has now
been received. The plan envisages augmented United States
assistance in the repatriation of Japanese from China and
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