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AMERICAN

REJECTION

OF RUSSIAN PROTEST OVER JAPANESE PACT

Washington, Dec. 28.

The United States served notice on Russia today that it intends to push forward with its efforts for a Japanese peace treaty with or without Soviet participation.

The United States position was spelled out in a note handed to the Russian United Nations delegate, Mr Jacob Malik, in New York today. It rejected a Soviet protest received here on Nov. 20.

charged by Russia.

The Soviet note had in Japan and does not consider this the 13-nation Far Eastern directly accused the United as "territorial expansion" as Commission in June, 1947, States of planning to sign a separate peace treaty with Japan and of seeking perma nent United States

banned Japanese rearmament completely.

The State Department note pointed out that the Far Eastern Commission was set up to make

The Americans Likewise re- fused to back down from their military position, that the United States bases in Japan. It said that and other forces could under both moves were contrary to treaty provisions remain in policy for Japan only until the the Potsdam Agreement.

Japan to defend that country treaty was achieved and that its In reply, the United States against the threat of aggression. decisions would not be binding note said that world peace and The Russians had asked in after that unless they were security envisaged at Potsdam their aide memoire whether the formally incorporated in a pact. has not been achieved and United States contemplated that "irresponsible militarism had "even after the conclusion of a not been driven from the

peace treaty with Japan, Ameri- world." It said it is only reason- can military, naval and air force able for Japan to participate bases will be maintained on the with the United States and territory of Japan." other nations for individual and

The US, replied, However, view of the United

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The United States also re- jected Russia's contention that the fate of Formosa, the Pes- cadores, South Sakhalin and Kurile Islands was not a fit subject for the peace conference since the Cairo Declaration had awarded Formosa and Pesca- dores to China and the other two to Russia, United Press,

"irresponsible Important Session

Geneva, Dec, 28,

"It is the arrangements could

States provisions for stationing in Government that upon the con- Japan of troops of the United clusion of a peace settlement, States and other nations.

the military occupation of Japan On the question of a separate would cease." It said, however,

fact peace treaty,

that the note said, the "The United States hopes all militarism has not been driven nations which fought against from the world would at the Japan including Russia. same time make it reasonable The Executive Committee of will help write a treaty." But it added that the "United States the United

for Japan to participate with the Inter-Parliamentary Union States and other will meet here on January 4 does not concede that any one

nations in arrangements for for an "important session," the nation as the perpetual power individual and collective self- Secretariat said today to veto a conclusion by others of peace with Japan."

defence such as are envisaged The United States note in the United Nations Charter brushed aside Russia's sugges-and particularly Article 51 tion that the treaty be written thereof." This is the article on primarily by the United States, collective security under which Russia, Britain and Communist the North Atlantic pact was China. The United States com- drafted and presumably implied ment was that the United States does not recognise the Pacific pact with Japanese par- American willingness to see a Chinese Communist regime as ticipation. a government.

JAPANESE ARMY

The agenda for the session was not specified.

The Union is composed of Parliamentary

representative

of 36 countries. The Committee, presided over by Lord Stansgate (Britain), includes many well- known Parliamentary figures opt national European assemblies. Reuter,

Record Shark Catch

Adelaide, Dec. 28.

TRUSTEESHIP BID Other points in the United The note added that these States reply include: 1. The collective security arrange- United States will seek a peace mens could include provisions On a week-end trip to Dan- treaty that does not limit for stationing in Japan of

gerous Reef, near Port Lincoln, Japan's peacetime economy and troops of the United States and Mr and Mrs Cowell, of Balhan- t which gives Japan full access to other nations.

nah, caught 755-pound and 603- sources of raw material and to The United States side- pound sharks on 15-thread and- participated States will seek whether

in world trade. stepped the Soviet question 24-thread lines.

post-treaty Japan

They belleve they set recorda strategic United Nations trustee should be permitted to have an with the ship over the. Byukyu and Army, Navy and Air Force, braucht. sharks, choMBETA Bonin Inada Im erly held by | The (ussians had recalled that Reuter,