Editorial Note
On or about April 20, the Dulles Mission received from the Japanese Government a memorandum titled “Concerning the Character of the Proposed Japanese-American Agreement”. The Agreement in question was the draft Agreement between the United States and Japan for Collective Self-Defence, dated February 9. (See Annex II to the letter from Mr. Dulles to Mr. Acheson dated February 10, page 875.) In the memorandum the Japanese Government presented the reasoning behind its desire for a revision of the fifth paragraph of the Preamble to the draft Agreement. (Lot 54 D 423)