No. 563
Editorial Note
On April 28, in a ceremony held at the Department of State, the United States deposited there its instrument of ratification of the Japanese Peace Treaty, thereby bringing the treaty into force between Japan and Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Mexico, New Zealand, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Immediately after the deposit of ratification, Ryuji Takeuchi, hitherto Chief of the Japanese Government Overseas Agency in Washington, presented his credentials to Secretary Acheson as Chargé d’Affaires of Japan. Ratification of the United States–Japan Security Treaty were then exchanged, bringing that treaty also into effect.
According to the Department’s press release, dated April 28, both treaties were deemed to have gone into effect at 9:30 a.m. EST. For text of this release, with explanatory notes, see Department of State Bulletin, May 5, 1952, page 687.
For text of President Truman’s proclamation of the Peace Treaty and of the termination of the state of war with Japan, dated April 28, see ibid., page 689. A statement by Prime Minister Yoshida, read at the ceremony by Takeuchi, is ibid., page 688. Dulles’ statement dated April 28 is ibid.
Text of Allison’s address, “A New Approach to Treaty Making”, made before the American Society of International Law in Washington on April 24, is ibid., page 689.
With the coming into force of the Peace Treaty both the office and the organization of SCAP came to an end, and the United States Embassy in Japan was reestablished. Ambassador Murphy, [Page 1255] who had received his formal appointment on April 18, assumed charge. He presented his letter of credence on May 9.