^{page 549 note 1} From published information and information furnished by the Department of State.

^{page 550 note 2} See International Organization, I, p. 375 and footnote 3 that page.

^{page 550 note 3} New York Times, May 13, 1947.

^{page 551 note 4} Ibid.

^{page 551 note 5} Ibid.

^{page 551 note 6} Ibid., June 22, 1947.

^{page 551 note 7} Ibid., July 19, 1947.

^{page 551 note 8} From published information and information furnished by the Department of State.

^{page 552 note 9} Ratification by the USSR was announced on August 29.

^{page 552 note 1} The Report appeared as Press Release 35. Included in the appendices are the texts of a number of documents, some not previously available, others available in previously available, others available in previous press releases.

^{page 553 note 2} For text, see Press Release 35, Appendix 5, or Press Release 34. Editor's note: comparing this text with that of the United States Initial Post-Surrender Policy for Japan, issued in August, 1945, indicates that the Commission document closely parallels the earlier American directive. (For text of U. S. Document, See Occupation of Japan, Department of State Publication 267, p. 73.) New material includes a) permission to the Japanese to maintain such industries as will sustain her economy “and permit the exaction of just reparations in kind”; b) sections strengthening the directive to the Supreme Allied Commander to “encourage” changes in the presurrender form of the Imperial institution and the form of government; c) addition of the gendarmerie to the list of prohibited organisations; d) sections retaining for the Far Eastern Commission authority to dispose of the production facilities to be eliminated in the removal of Japan's war-making capacities; e) a specific statement that the policies for the promotion of democratic forces “shall be aid down with the object of insuring a wide and just distribution of income and of the ownership of the means of production and trade”; f) general sections on the reparations policies and the conditions upon which Japan might export other materials than those on reparations account.

^{page 553 note 3} See International Organization, I, p. 176–77, and 376–77. The appendix to the press release contains the texts of the correspondence between the Commission and General MacArthur on the date of the Japanese elections and the Constitution.

^{page 553 note 4} On May 8, 1947, the Commission approved the determination of percentages amongst claimant countries “on a broad political basis, taking into due account the scope of material and human destruction and damage suffered by each claimant country … and taking also into account due each country's contribution to the cause of the defeat of Japan, including the extent and duration of its resistance to Japanese aggression.” Press Release 35, Appendix 26.

^{page 554 note 5} New York Times, July 17, 1947.

^{page 554 note 6} New York Times, July 24, 1947.

^{page 554 note 7} Ibid., July 25, 1947.