20. Editorial Note

With a March 24 memorandum to the NSC Planning Board, Lay transmitted a draft statement of U.S. policy toward Japan. Lay stated that the draft had resulted from a Planning Board discussion on March 23 and would receive final review by the Board on March 28. Memoranda of the Board’s discussions on March 23 and 28 have not been found in Department of State files.

The military section under “Courses of Action” in the draft of March 2. [2 pages of source text] was not declassified. (Department of State, S/PNSC Files: Lot 62 D 1, Japan, U.S. Policy Toward, NSC 5516 and 5516/1)