SAN FRANCISCO: Japan signed a Security Treaty with the United States yesterday [Sept 9] giving America the right to maintain ‘land, air and sea forces in and about Japan’ after the Allied occupation is ended by the Peace Treaty. The text ... was made public here simultaneously with the opening of the signing ceremony. Secretary of State Dean Acheson, John Foster Dulles, Ambassador Senator Alexander Wiley (Republican, Wisconsin) and Senator StylesBridges(Republican,NewHampshire) signed for the United States. Shigeru Yoshida Prime Minister signed for Japan.
The Treaty provided that during the time American forces were stationed in Japan that nation would not grant ‘without the prior consent’ of the United States any bases or any rights to any third power for military purposes. The key article of the brief pact stated: ‘Japan grants and the United States of America accepts the right upon coming into force of the treaty of peace and of this treaty to dispose United States land,airand seaforcesin and aboutJapan.
‘Such forces may be utilised to contribute to the maintenance of international peace and security in the Far East and to the security of Japan... .’ News agencies