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PROVISIONAL DRAFT OF A JAPANESE PEACE TREATY
(UNITED STATES)
The Allied Powers and Japan are resolved that henceforth their relations shall be those of nations which, as sovereign equals, co-operate in friendly association to promote their common welfare and to maintain international peace and security. Japan declares its intention to apply for membership in the United Nations and under all circumstances to conform to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations; to strive to realise the objectives of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights; to seek to create internally conditions of stability and well-being as envisaged by Articles 55 and 56 of the Charter of the United Nations and already initiated by post-war Japanese legislation; and in public and private trade and commerce to conform to internationally accepted fair practices. The Allied Powers welcome the intentions of Japan in these respects and will seek to facilitate their realisation. In order to put their future relations on a stable and peaceful basis the Allied Powers make this treaty with Japán.
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CHAPTER I
Peace
1. The state of war between the Allied Powers and Japan is ended.
CHAPTER II
Sovereignty
2. The Allied Powers recognise the full sovereignty of the Japanese people over Japan and its territorial waters.
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