740.00119 FEAC/6–245

Memorandum by the Acting Secretary of State to President Truman

Subject: Establishment of a Far Eastern Advisory Commission

The State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee has approved and is presenting to you, for your approval, a paper entitled “Establishment of a Far Eastern Advisory Commission”,68 which represents the views of the Departments of State, War, and the Navy with regard to the method by which consultation should be carried out with the Allied countries on problems of the Far East arising directly from the unconditional surrender or defeat of Japan.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff have informed the three Departments that, from a military point of view, they see no objection to the proposals contained in the paper.

If you approve this paper, it will be held in reserve for use in discussions when any of the Allied Governments participating in the war against Japan request consultation with this Government on these problems. The State, War, and Navy Departments will consult each other, through the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee, prior to its use in any such discussions.

Joseph C. Grew
  1. SWNCC 65/2, April 30, p. 529.