ECONOMIC PLAN
TREATMENT OF JAPAN NEW YORK, August 14.' The United States is preparing for submission to Britain, the Soviet, and China a preliminary plan for the economic and political treatment of Japan, which is strikingly similar to the one affecting Germany, except that Japan would be permitted to carry on a limited trade with other nations, thus obtaining products vital to her .sustenance, particularly iron ore, coal, and textiles. The Washington correspondent of the New York "Herald Tribune" says that the United States discarded proposals which contemplated placing en iron ring of military might round Japan, as this would have meant death for several millions from starvation and the whole population would eventually have been under-nourished. The United States also rejected a proposal for an economic blockade and for rehabilitation agencies like UNRRA to supply internal insufficiencies. The American plan for the political treatment of Japan requires complete disarmament and demilitarisation, and the removal of all heavy industries.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 39, 15 August 1945, Page 7
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159ECONOMIC PLAN Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 39, 15 August 1945, Page 7
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