Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, China and Japan, Volume XIV, Part 2

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No. 486
Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State

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[Washington,] January 24, 1952.

Prompt Senate Ratification of the Japanese Peace Treaty¹

I discussed with the President the relation between the ratification of the Japanese Peace Treaty before the Senate and the completion of the administrative agreement. The President is very clear that we should press forward with the ratification of the treaties and that it would be a great misfortune to have action delayed or withheld pending the completion of the administrative agreement. He told me that Senator Green² spoke to him about this, and that he gave the Senator a very clear exposition of the above view. He will give us whatever help he can on this matter.

1. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held hearings on the four Pacific treaties Jan. 21–23 and Jan. 25. See Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 82d Cong., 2d Sess., Japanese Peace Treaty and Other Treaties Relating to Security in the Pacific, Hearings (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1952).
2. Theodore Green (D-Rhode Island), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.