740.00119 Control (Japan)/4–2848
Memorandum by Brigadier General C. V. R. Schuyler,1 of the Department of the Army, to the Director of the Office of Far Eastern Affairs (Butterworth)
top secret
Washington, 28 April
1948.
Subject: United States Policy Toward Japan
- 1.
- In accordance with our telephone conversation, I am transmitting to you informally an advance copy of our proposals2 concerning rewording of various paragraphs of the Japanese policy paper.3
- 2.
- As I have already mentioned to you, these proposals have not yet received Mr. Draper’s final approval. We feel, however, that at least the majority of our suggested changes will meet with his agreement.
- 3.
- The paragraph on the Far Eastern Commission is admittedly a “first-cut.” We realize that its final form must depend to a considerable extent upon the further study which you indicated to Mr. Draper, at our last meeting, that you were going to make.
- 4.
- Our proposals on the wording of the paragraph on reparations will be transmitted to you separately.
- 5.
- In pursuance of Mr. Saltzman’s suggestion, we will be glad to meet with you for further discussion, at your earliest convenience.
C. V. R. Schuyler
Brigadier General, GSC