Telegram Regarding Approval of the Soviet Union’s Proposed Reply to the U.S. Draft Peace Treaty with Japan (May 6, 1951) Comrade Filippov [1]: I have received your telegram of May 6 [2]. We fully concur with your reply to the U.S. Government’s draft peace treaty with Japan.
Mao Zedong, 24:00 hours, May 6, 1951.
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Notes [1] Filippov was Stalin’s code name. [2] In this telegram, Stalin informed the Chinese Government of the main contents of the Soviet Government’s proposed reply to the U.S. Government concerning preparations for a peace treaty with Japan.
The key points were as follows: Preparations for a peace treaty with Japan should not be undertaken solely by the U.S. Government; rather, they should be conducted jointly by China, the Soviet Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, and other relevant countries, with the full participation of all nations that had been at war with Japan.
The peace treaty with Japan should be formulated on the basis of the Cairo Declaration, the Potsdam Declaration, and the Yalta Agreement, and guided by the principles that Japan should become a peaceful, democratic, and independent state; that Japan’s armed forces should be limited to the level necessary for self-defense; that the resurgence of Japanese militarism must be opposed; and that no restrictions should be placed on the development of Japan’s peaceful economy.