Canada and the Far Eastern Commission

• Main Author: Webster, Keith
• Other Authors: Price, John
• Language: English; en
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Canada; Japan; occupation; FEC; UVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::History::Canada > History
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/879

Canada participated in the Far Eastern Advisory Commission, later the Far Eastern Commission, overseeing the occupation of Japan from 1945 to 1952. In the face of resistance from the United States government generally, and from General MacArthur specifically, Canada and the Far Eastern Commission achieved little success in moderating United States policy. Because Canada’s position was always influenced by its concern for future multilateral bodies and its overwhelming need to maintain good relations with the United States, it displayed little independence on the Far Eastern Commission.