694.001/7–1150
Memorandum by the Director of the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs (Allison) to the Consultant to the Secretary (Dulles)1
The attached draft security clauses for a Japanese peace treaty are based on a previous draft prepared by Mr. Howard and a discussion among Messrs. Dulles, Howard and Allison this morning. The language [Page 1242] in Article V is a paraphrase of language used by General MacArthur in his supplementary memorandum of June 23.
The paper will be discussed at the 4:30 meeting in Mr. Dulles’ office this afternoon.2
- Addressed also to Messrs. Rusk, Hamilton, Howard, and Fearey.↩
- No minute of this meeting has been found in State Department files.↩
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In a draft of July 14 this language is rewritten as follows: “Japan shall retain its national sovereignity over the facilities furnished in accordance with Article III and the forces furnished by the United States shall not have any responsibility or authority to intervene in the internal affairs of Japan. In time of hostilities or imminently threatened hostilities, however, the United States forces shall have authority under the terms of an agreement to be concluded with Japan to enlist the cooperation and assistance of the Japanese Government and people for the defense of Japan.” (694.001/7–1450)
In the course of a memorandum of July 17 to Mr. Allison, Mr. Fearey commented as follows on the language just quoted: “In order to avoid a conflict between the concept of ‘authority’ and the concept of ‘cooperation’ in the second sentence as I previously suggested it, I would propose the following:
“‘In time of hostilities or imminently threatened hostilities, however, the Japanese Government and people shall afford the United States forces cooperation and assistance in accordance with the terms of an agreement to be concluded between the Government of the United States and the Government of Japan.’”(794.5/7–1750)
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