Office of the Historian

740.00116 PW/11–945

The Secretary of State to the Chinese Ambassador (Wei)10

The Secretary of State presents his compliments to His Excellency the Chinese Ambassador and has the honor to refer to the Department’s note of October 18, 1945 concerning the apprehension and punishment of Far Eastern war criminals and requesting the designation of personnel for appointment to international military courts to be established in the Far East.

In view of the fact that the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers considers it urgently necessary promptly to create appropriate tribunals for the trial of Japanese war criminals, with which the Government of the United States agrees, an early reply to the Department’s note of October 18 would be appreciated.

Washington , November 21, 1945.
  1. Identic notes were sent on the same date to Chiefs of Mission in Washington from Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom.↩