ABSTRACT
The planning for the Occupation of Japan was a completely American undertaking. The writing of the Potsdam Declaration, the basic document for the surrender of Japan, was an American undertaking, although it was presented as the joint policy of the Allied Powers. Britain had little opportunity to comment on it, China was shown the text just before it was made public, and the Soviet Union, which had not yet entered the war against Japan, was not consulted at all. Neither was there any in-depth discussion about the arrangements for control and occupation of Japan among the Allies at the Potsdam conference. Among the many Occupation questions the Allies concerned themselves with, censorship played a minor part. The censorship question became an example of the lack of real democracy being fostered by the Americans. Some of the few real discussions on censorship in the Allied Council were brought up by Derevyenko.
