Inventory of the Far Eastern Commission records

Finding aid prepared by Richard Duboc

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

434 Galvez Mall

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003

hoover-library-archives@stanford.edu

URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives

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

box 1, folder 1-2

Calendar of Papers August 1946- January 1947

box 1, folder 3-4

Schedule of Far Eastern Commission Meetings by Week May 1946- May1948

box 1, folder 5

Report by Secretary General of the F.E.C. February 1946- June 1950

box 1, folder 6

Status of Papers, Far Eastern Commission June 1946- June 1947

box 1, folder 7

Annual Reports February 1947- October 1948

box 1, folder 8

Press Releases and Public Records April 1947- June 1950

box 2, folder 1-4

Meeting Minutes February 1946- December 1947

box 3, folder 1-5

Meeting Minutes January 1948- September 1948

box 4, folder 1-4

Meeting Minutes October 1948- June 1949

box 5, folder 1-4

Meeting Minutes July 1949- July 1951

box 5, folder 5

Summary of Commission Business June 1946- April 1949

box 6, folder 1-5

History of F.E.C. documents May 1947- December 1948

box 7, folder 1-2

History of F.E.C. documents July 1949- December 1951

box 7, folder 3-4

Committee No.1: Reparations March 1946- October 1946

box 8, folder 1-4

Committee No.1: Reparations November 1946- July 1947

box 9, folder 1-4

Committee No.1: Reparations August 1947- September 1948

box 10, folder 1-2

Committee No.1: Reparations October 1948- March 1952

box 10, folder 3

Committee No.2: Economic and Financial Affairs March 1946- July 1946

box 11, folder 1-4

Committee No.2: Economic and Financial Affairs August 1946- May 1947

box 12, folder 1-4

Committee No.2: Economic and Financial Affairs June 1947- February 1948

box 13, folder 1-4

Committee No.2: Economic and Financial Affairs March 1948- April 1949

box 14, folder 1-2

Committee No.2: Economic and Financial Affairs May 1949- April 1951

box 14, folder 3-5

Committee No.3: Constitution and Legal Reform March 1946- December 1946

box 15, folder 1-4

Committee No.3: Constitution and Legal Reform January 1947- December 1948

box 16, folder 1

Committee No.3: Constitution and Legal Reform January 1949- April 1951

box 16, folder 2-5

Committee No.4: Strengthening of Democratic Tendencies March 1946- December 1947

box 17, folder 1

Committee No.4: Strengthening of Democratic Tendencies January 1949- April 1951

box 17, folder 2-3

Committee No.5: War Criminals November 1945- December 1951

box 17, folder 4

Committee No.6: Aliens in Japan March 1946- December 1946

box 18, folder 1-2

Committee No.6: Aliens in Japan January 1947- December 1951

box 18, folder 3-4

Committee No.7: Disarmament of Japan April 1946- April 1951

box 19, folder 1-2

F.E.C. General and Correspondence May 1946- December 1951

box 19, folder 3-5

F.E.C. Economic General, Technology, and Economic Stabalization May 1946- December 1951

box 20, folder 1-4

Memorandum for Information General March 1946- April 1947

box 21, folder 1-5

Memorandum for Information General June 1947- June 1948

box 22, folder 1-4

Memorandum for Information General July 1948- January 1949

box 23, folder 1-4

Memorandum for Information General February 1949- May 1949

box 24, folder 1-4

Memorandum for Information General June 1949- October 1949

box 25, folder 1-5

Memorandum for Information General November 1949- April 1950

box 26, folder 1-4

Memorandum for Information General May 1950- November 1951

box 26, folder 5

Memorandum for Information Committee No.1 August 1946- August 1947

box 27, folder 1-3

Memorandum for Information Committee No.1 September 1947- January 1950

box 28, folder 1

Memorandum for Information Committee No.1 March- June 1950

box 28, folder 2-4

Memorandum for Information Committee No.2 March 1946- September 1948

box 29, folder 1

Memorandum for Information Committee No.2 October 1948- November 1950

box 29, folder 2

Memorandum for Information Committee No.3 October 1946- June 1949

box 29, folder 3

Memorandum for Information Committee No.4,5,6,7 October 1946- February 1950

box 29, folder 4

Steering Committee Materials February 1946- June 1946

box 30, folder 1-4

Steering Committee Materials July 1946- May 1948