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Australian Government - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Advancing the interests of Australia and Australians internationally

256 Evatt to Department of External Affairs

Cablegram E49 LONDON, 20 May 1946, 8.20 p.m.

SECRET

Your Arco F.E.C. [1]

Basic Policy should be certainly considered by Committee. The delay is inexcusable since the Committee, chaired by the Minister dealt with the matter in November. [2]

1 Document 249.

2 On 4 June the F.E.C. Steering Committee referred consideration of a basic post surrender policy for Japan to a sub-committee comprising representatives of the United States, the Soviet Union and Australia.

[AA:A1067, ER46/13/12]

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