2400 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [63 STAT. AGREED TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING The signatories to the Agreement signed this date for settlement of the Awa Maru claim have confirmed on behalf of their respective Governments the following: It is understood that Occupation costs and loans and credits extended to Japan by the Government of the United States of America since the time of the former's surrender are valid debts owed by Japan to the Government of the United States, reducible only by the decision of the Government of the United States. Executed in duplicate, in the English and Japanese languages, at Tokyo, this fourteenth day of April, 1949 (24 Showa). For the Government of the United States of America: [spEAL] 61 - WILLIAM J. SEBALD Acting United States Political Adviser for Japan For the Japanese Governments Je, , SHIGMRU YOSHIDA Minister for Foreign Affairs Attests DOUGS MacARTHUR Genial of the Army United States Anry Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
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