CONTENTS Page I. The British Commonwealth Conference, Canberra ... 3 11. Comments and Proposals regarding New Zealand Policy towards certain Issues of the Japanese Peace Settlement—1. Primary Emphasis on Security ... ... ... 7 2. Security and Democracy ... ... ... 7 3. The Framework of Previous Decisions ... ... 8 4. Removal of the Physical Means of Aggression—(a) Territorial Questions ... ... ... 10 ([b) Disarmament and Demilitarization ... 12 (c) Industrial Disarmament ... ... ... 13 5. Removal of the Will to Aggression—(a) General ... ... ... ... 15 (b) Political Freedoms ... ... ... 15 (V) Economic Freedoms ... ... ... 16 6. Reparations and Occupation Costs—{a) Reparations ... ... ... ... 17 (ib) Occupation Costs ... ... ... 19 7. Miscellaneous Provisions ... ... ... 19 8. Post-treaty Supervision of Japan—(a) General Considerations ... ... ... 19 (b) Supervisory Authority ... ... ... 20 (>) Inspection ... ... ... ... 20 (d) Enforcement ... ... ... ... 21 (e) Relationship between the Japanese Peace Settlement and the United Nations ... 22 APPENDICES 1. List of Delegations at , British Commonwealth Conference, Canberra ... ... ... 24 2. Allied Agreements concerning Japan—(a) The Cairo" Conference, December 1943 (U.S.A., China, U.K.) 26 (b) The Yalta (Secret) Agreement, 11 February 1945 made public 12 February 1946 (U.S.S.R., U.S.A., U.K.) 26 (c) The Potsdam Proclamation, 26 July 1945 (U.K., U.S.A., China) 27 3. Basic Post-surrender Policy for Japan. (Far Eastern Commission Policy Decision dated 19 June 1947) ... . w- 29