740.0011 PW (Peace)/6–248
The Ambassador in China (Stuart) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 7.]
The Ambassador has the honor to refer to the Department’s telegram No. 678, dated May 5,1 and to transmit translations of six resolutions passed by the National Assembly during April 19482 on the subject of the Japanese Peace Conference. The subjects of the resolutions are as follows:
Resolution 108[:] Principles to be advocated by the Chinese Government in connection with the Japanese Peace Treaty.
Resolution 141[:] Proposal that a Japanese Peace Conference based on the Potsdam Declaration be called at once.
[Page 800]Resolution 196 [:] Proposal that the Ryukyu Islands be returned to China.
Resolution 199 [:] Proposal that Taiwanese representatives be sent with the Chinese delegation to the Peace Conference.
Resolution 294[:] Proposal that the maximum level of production of the rehabilitated Japanese textile industry be stipulated in the peace treaty.
Resolution 769[:] Proposal that the Government oppose the new American plan for reducing Japan’s reparations.
These six resolutions embody ideas which frequently appear in the Chinese press. They express the lively apprehension among many Chinese that the United States may be engaged in restoring Japan’s military potential and the fear that the Chinese Government is not sufficiently active in opposing this trend. Among other things the resolutions call for complete disarmament of Japan, abolition of the mikado system, maintenance of Japanese industry and standard of living at a low level and control of Japan to be continued for fifty years.