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Mr. Eugene H. Dooman, Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State (Dunn), to Mr. Harry M. Benninghoff, Secretary of the Staff Committee71

[Washington,] June 23, 1945.

I transmit herewith copy #26 of a paper “United States Initial Post-Defeat Policy Relating to Japan” (SWNCC 150).72

[Page 555]

It is understood that the Staff Committee desires to review this paper preparatory to its adoption as policy by the Department. It should be made clear to the Staff Committee that Sections A and B of the Appendix fall entirely within the framework of PWC papers already approved by the Secretary of State, and that Section C, relating to economic matters, has been approved by Mr. Clayton, Assistant Secretary of State.

E[ugene] H. D[ooman]
  1. Notation by Mr. Dooman: “Has been cleared informally by FEA [Foreign Economic Administration]. Treasury has been consulted but has not commented.” The Secretary’s Staff Committee was instituted after the Department’s reorganization of December 1944, and was charged with assisting the Secretary “in determining current and long-range foreign policy”. The Committee consisted of the Secretary (Chairman), Under Secretary, Assistant Secretaries, Legal Adviser, and Special Assistant to the Secretary for International Organization and Security Affairs.↩
  2. June 11, p. 549.↩