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  • Title: Far Eastern Commission records
    Date (inclusive): 1945-1952
    Collection Number: 80198
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 30 manuscript boxes (12.0 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Mimeographed minutes, memoranda, reports, laws, and proclamations, relating to Allied administration of occupied Japan after World War II.
    Creator: Far Eastern Commission
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1980.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Far Eastern Commission records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical/Historical Note

    Allied commission for the supervision of the occupation of Japan.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The documents of the Far East Commission, spanning a period between November of 1945 and March of 1952, represent the broad agenda of the eleven-nation commission tasked with planning the operations and policies of post World War II Japan. Meeting minutes, commission documents, and memoranda have been arranged by month. Documents from the seven major committees identified in the container list, include meeting minutes, notes from the secretary general, agendas, and issuances. Correspondence and reports are also included, often prefaced by secretary general Nelson T. Johnson.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952