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Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, The Conference of Berlin (The Potsdam Conference), 1945, Volume I

Japan:


Contents

    • Peace feelers through the Soviet Union (Documents 580–588)
      • Issuance of a proclamation calling for the surrender of Japan (Documents 589–597)
        • Basic military objectives, strategy, and policies in the war against Japan (Documents 598–601)
          • Planning date for the end of organized resistance by Japan (Document 602)
            • Control and command in the war against Japan (Documents 603–604)
              • Relationship of the Soviet Union to the war against Japan (Documents 605–614)
                • British Commonwealth participation in the war against Japan (Document 615)
                  • French and Netherland participation in the war against Japan (Documents 616–618)
                    • Use of atomic weapons in the war against Japan (Document 619)
                      • Release of tankers for the war against Japan through altered distribution of European oil supplies (Documents 620–627)

                      Contents

                      • Preface
                      • Introduction
                      • List of abbreviations, symbols, and code names
                      • List of persons mentioned
                      • List of papers
                      • I. Genesis of the conference
                        • Initial correspondence concerning a tripartite conference (Documents 1–19)
                        • The Hopkins mission to Moscow (Documents 20–30)
                        • The Davies mission to London (Documents 31–34)
                      • II. Final arrangements for the conference
                        • Physical arrangements and appointment of delegations (Documents 35–140)
                        • Preparation of the agenda (Documents 141–220)
                      • III. General background reports
                        • General foreign policy (Document 221)
                        • European questions (Documents 222–225)
                        • International communism (Document 226)
                      • IV. Recommendations and late developments on conference subjects
                        • General questions
                          • Establishment of a Council of Foreign Ministers and dissolution of the European Advisory Commission (Documents 227–234)
                          • United Nations:
                            • Admission of Italy and Spain (Documents 235–245)
                            • Possible trusteeship for Italian colonial territories and Korea (Documents 246–254)
                            • Officers of the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations (Document 255)
                        • European questions
                          • General European questions:
                            • Implementation of the Yalta Declaration on Liberated Europe; freedom of the press in eastern Europe (Documents 256–258)
                            • Inland waterways (Documents 259–267)
                          • Austria:
                            • Extension of the authority of the Renner government (Documents 268–272)
                            • Reparations (Documents 273–277)
                            • Agreements on zones of occupation and control machinery; occupation of the western zones and of Vienna (Documents 278–284)
                          • Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, and Rumania:
                            • Governments, control commissions, elections, conclusion of peace treaties, and diplomatic relations (Documents 285–321)
                            • Use of Allied property for reparations or war booty (Documents 322–324)
                            • Control of external assets (Documents 325–326)
                          • Germany:
                            • Principles to govern the treatment of Germany in the initial control period (Documents 327–351)
                            • Reparations, restitution, and war booty (Documents 352–380)
                            • External assets (Documents 381–385)
                            • Disposition of the German Navy and Merchant Marine (Documents 386–392)
                            • War criminals (Documents 393–396)
                            • Soviet annexation of Konigsberg and northern East Prussia (Document 397)
                            • The Rhineland and the Ruhr (Documents 398–404)
                            • The French zone of occupation and the French sector in Berlin (Documents 405–413)
                            • The “additional requirements” agreement (Documents 414–416)
                            • Coal and food (Documents 417–434)
                            • Transfers of population (Documents 435–441)
                          • Greece:
                            • Government and elections (Documents 442–453)
                            • Relations with Albania, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia (Documents 454–463)
                          • Italy:
                            • General policy, revision of surrender terms, and conclusion of a peace treaty (Documents 464–472)
                            • Retention of Allied forces and of a combined command in Italy (Documents 473–481)
                            • Proposed appointment of James H. Douglas, Jr., as Chief Commissioner of the Allied Commission (Document 482)
                          • Poland:
                            • Government and elections; liquidation of the affairs of the Government-in-Exile (Documents 483–508)
                            • Frontiers and areas of administration (Documents 509–520)
                            • Economic assistance from the United States (Documents 521–523)
                          • Soviet Union:
                            • Participation in European economic organizations (Documents 524–525)
                            • Repatriation of alleged Soviet nationals (Documents 526–530)
                            • Air traffic between the United States and the Soviet Union (Documents 531–535)
                          • United Kingdom:
                            • Lend-lease; need for Anglo-American financial discussions (Documents 536–546)
                            • Civil aviation policy (Documents 547–548)
                            • Allocation of shipping (Document 549)
                            • Combined Chiefs of Staff machinery (Document 550)
                          • Yugoslavia:
                            • Implementation of the Yalta Declaration on Yugoslavia (Documents 551–557)
                            • Attitude on civil administration in Venezia Giulia (Documents 558–573)
                        • Far Eastern Questions
                          • China: Negotiations with the Soviet Union (Documents 574–579)
                          • Japan:
                            • Peace feelers through the Soviet Union (Documents 580–588)
                            • Issuance of a proclamation calling for the surrender of Japan (Documents 589–597)
                            • Basic military objectives, strategy, and policies in the war against Japan (Documents 598–601)
                            • Planning date for the end of organized resistance by Japan (Document 602)
                            • Control and command in the war against Japan (Documents 603–604)
                            • Relationship of the Soviet Union to the war against Japan (Documents 605–614)
                            • British Commonwealth participation in the war against Japan (Document 615)
                            • French and Netherland participation in the war against Japan (Documents 616–618)
                            • Use of atomic weapons in the war against Japan (Document 619)
                            • Release of tankers for the war against Japan through altered distribution of European oil supplies (Documents 620–627)
                        • Near Eastern and African questions
                          • Iran: Withdrawal of Allied forces (Documents 628–635)
                          • Lebanon and Syria: The crisis in Franco-Levantine relations (Documents 636–645)
                          • Palestine: Jewish immigration (Documents 646–650)
                          • Tangier: Future of the international zone; Soviet participation in the Paris conversations on Tangier (Documents 651–678)
                          • Turkey: The Straits question; relations with the Soviet Union (Documents 679–709)
                      • Index

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