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The Nations composing this Commission, with the object of fulfilling the intentions of the Potsdam Declaration, of carrying out the instrument of surrender and of establishing international security and stability. Conscious that such security and stability depend first, upon the complete destruction of the military machine which has been the chief means whereby Japan has carried out the aggressions of past decades; second, upon the establishment of such political and economic conditions as would make impossible any revival of militarism in Japan; and third, upon bringing the Japanese to a realization that their will to war, their plan of conquest, and the methods used to accomplish such plans, have brought them to the verge of ruin, Resolved that Japan cannot be allowed to control her own destinies again until there is on her part a determination to abandon militarism in all its aspects and a desire to live with the rest of the world in peace, and until democratic principles are established in all spheres of the political, economic, and cultural life of Japan; Are therefore agreed : To ensure the fulfillment of Japan's obligations to the Allied Powers ; To complete the task of physical and spiritual demilitarization of Japan by measures including total disarmament, economic reform designed to deprive Japan of power to make war, elimination of militaristic influences, and stern justice to war criminals, and requiring a period of strict control; and To help the people of Japan in their own interest as well as that of the world at large to find means whereby they may develop' within the framework of a democratic society an intercourse among themselves and with other countries along economic and cultural lines that will enable them to satisfy their reasonable individual and national needs and bring them into permanently peaceful relationship with all nations ; And have adopted the following basic objectives and policies in dealing with Japan : PART I.—ULTIMATE OBJECTIVES 1. The ultimate objectives in relation to Japan, to which policies for the post-surrender period for Japan should conform, are : (a) To insure that Japan will not again become a menace to the peace and security of the world. (b) To bring about the earliest possible establishment of a democratic and peaceful government which will carry out its international responsibilities, respect the rights of other states,, and support the objectives of the United Nations. Such government in Japan should be established in accordance with the freely expressed will of the Japanese people.