Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-23

and naval leaders, and those who
collaborated with them, in bringing
about the existing and future dis
tress of the people.
Japan Is not to have an army,
navy, air force, secret police or
ganization or any civil aviation. ia
pans ground, air and naval forces
shall be disarmed and disbanded
and the Japanese imperial general
headquarters, the general stan and
all secret police organizations shall
be dissolved. Military and navy ma
terrell, military, naval and civilian
aircraft shall be surrendered and
shall be disposed of as required by
the supreme commander.
High ofacials of the Japanese i'm
perial general headquarters, and
general staff, other high military
and naval of1icials Of the japanese
government, leaders Of ultranation-
alist and militarist organizations
and other important opponents of
militarism and aggression will be
taken into cusctody and held for
future disposition. Persons who
have been active opponents of mill
tarism and militant nationalism
will be removed and excluded from
public office and from any other
position of public or substantial pri-
vate responsibility. Ultranational-
istic or militaristic social, political,
professional and commercial socie.
ties and institutions will be dissolved
and prohibited.
Militarism and ultrana tionalism
In doctrine and practice, including
military training, shall be
eliminated from the educational sys-
tenn. Former career military and
naval officers. both commissioned
and noncommissioned, and all other
opponents of militarism and ultra
nationalism shall be excluded from
supervisory and teaching positions
2. War Criminals.
Persons charged by the supreme
commander or appropriate United
Nations agencies with being wal
criminals, including those charged
! with having visited cruelties upon
United Nations prisoners or other
nationals, shall be arrested, tried
and, If convicted, punished. Those
wanted by another of the United
Nations for o1enses against its ma
tionals, shall, II not wanted for trial
or as witnesses or otherwise by the
supreme commander, be turned over
to the custody Of such other nations
3. Encouragement Of Desire for In
dividual Liberties and Democratic
Processes.
Freedom of religious worship shall
be proclaimed promptly on occupa-
ton. At the same time 1t should be
made plain to the japanese that
ultranationalistic and militaristic
organizations and movements will
not be permitted to hide behind the
cloak of religion.
The japanese people shall be az
forded opportunity and encouraged
become familiar with the history
institutions, culture, and the accom-
plishments of the United States and
the other democracies. Association
of personnel Of the occupation forces
with the Japanese population should
be controlled, only to the extent
necessary, to further the policies and
detectives of the occupation.
Democratic political parties, witt
rights of assembly and public dis
cussion, shall be encouraged, SUBJ
ject to the necessity for maintain
ing the security of the occupying
| forces.
Laws, DEGREES and regulations
which establish determinations or
grounds of race, nationality, Greco
or political opinion shall be abro.
gated: those which conflict with tn.
detectives and policies outlined II
this document shall be repealed, sus.
pended or amended as required; anc
agencies charged specifically with
their enforcement shall be abolished
or appropriately modified. Person.
unjustly confined by Japanes,
authority on political grounds shall
be released. The judicial, legal ant
poliSe systems shall be reformed a
soon as practicable to conform t,
the policies set forth in Articles
and of this Part III and there
after shall be progressively in
f1uenced, to protect individual liber
ties and civil rights.
PART IV-ECONOMIC.
!. Economic Decentralization.
The existing economic basis o
japanese military strength must b
destroyed and not be permitted t
revive.
Therefore, a program will be en-