No. 744
Editorial Note
On March 8, Japan and the United States signed in Tokyo a Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement, with Annexes. For text, see 5 UST 661. On the same day four additional bilateral agreements were signed in Tokyo. Arrangements for the Return of Equipment under the MDAA (ibid., 708); an Agreement regarding the Purchase of Surplus Agricultural Commodities, with Agreed Official Minutes (ibid., 723); an Agreement regarding Guaranty of Investments, accompanied by an Exchange of Notes (ibid., 791); and an Agreement on Economic Arrangements, with Agreed Official Minutes (ibid., 806). In addition, an Interim Agreement regarding the Purchase of Surplus Agricultural Commodities was effected by an Exchange of Notes (ibid., 717).
For the United States-Japanese Joint Communiqué of March 8, which describes this group of agreements, see Department of State Bulletin, April 5, 1954, page 518. Allison’s statement of the same day is ibid.