ABSTRACT
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were facts of history; censorship suppression could never eliminate those facts. But even before the civilian censorship operations for Japan started functioning, the Occupation authorities made it abundantly clear that material from Hiroshima and Nagasaki was to be strictly controlled. Although there was no prohibition on publication of research results of projects that had been cleared, all papers concerning the effects of the bombings ought to receive prior clearance before publication according to scap. The United States was thus dependent on the Japanese for long-term studies of those who had experienced atomic bombings. When the peace treaty with the United States was signed in 1951, Japan relinquished all rights to press claims on the United States, and this was later interpreted by the Japanese government as including any claims made by atomic bomb victims.
