740.00119 Control (Japan)/11–1048
The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of the Army (Royall)
Dear Mr. Secretary: I am writing in reference to the implementation of NSC 13/2, “Recommendations with Respect to U.S. Policy Tokard Japan”, approved by the President on October 9.
There are enclosed a series of telegrams1 which it is requested be transmitted to General MacArthur at the earliest possible moment. The first six of these telegrams request General MacArthur to submit as a matter of priority statements of his plans for implementation of paragraphs 3, 7, 8, 14, 17a, and 17c of the NSC paper coming within his field of responsibility. Such statements are necessary so that the plans may be reviewed under the coordination of the Secretary of State to determine whether they provide for full and prompt execution of the President’s policy directive, and to enable the Secretary to advise the [Page 891] Council at appropriate intervals, as required by paragraph 2c of NSC Action 123, of the steps taken or projected under the directive.
The seventh telegram contains detailed directions for the implementation of paragraph 13 of NSC 13/2 dealing with the purge.
I will be communicating with you shortly regarding implementation of appropriate sections of NSC 13/2 not dealt with above.
Sincerely yours,
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