US-JAPANESE RELATIONS

• In what year did Chinas leader Mao zedong form a military alliance with the USSR

  1950-in November, china joined the North korean War against the non communist south korea
• How did this involvement lead to the globalisation of containment and the increasing commitment of the US to act as global policemen despite the existence of the UN?

  Japan becomes crucial in the usa quest of containing communism in the far east
• What did Japans prime minister negotiate?

  A peace treaty with the US that would restore Japan's sovereignty and provide it with security in return for acceptance of US troops on Japans territory(San Francisco treaty)
• When was the San Francisco peace treaty signed

  September 1951
• What did the treaty not do?

  -restrict japans economy

  -restrict its future political model

  -identify japans responsibility for the war

  -restrict future rearmament

  -impose reparations for states occupied by Japan during the war
• Who refused to sign the treaty?

  The USSR and china
• What did the treaty do?

  -recognise Japanese sovereignty of the Japanese people

  -force Japan to renounce claims on neighbouring territories including Korea, Taiwan and some islands
• What did the US have signed in return for the San Francisco treaty?

  A bilateral security agreement known as the US-Japan security treaty(1951)
• What did the security treaty give the US?

  • Unrestricted use of military bases in japan
  • The right to intervene in any internal disorder in Japan
  • The right to veto Japan offering military bases to it her states
  • Control of an island
• Eisenhower is elected in in 1953
• From 1952-53., MacArthur organised japane rearmament with police, ground troops and air force
• How does US policy towards Japan change after 1954

  The threat of communism had abated and now the US’s attitude was based on managing internal instability causes by pro and anti rearmament attutudes