SECRET. PAPERS PRODUCED BY SECTIONS OF RESEARCH DEPARTMENT, FOREIGN OFFICE, DURING DECEMBER, 1948. ( The distribution of Research Department papers to Posts abroad is not automatic and Departments are asked to inform the Research Department Miss Innes, Whitehall 6100, Ext. 25 - of the Posts to which any papers on this list should be sent). FAR EAST SUCTION. i. ii. The Japanese Constitution. (JAP/4/48). The function and significance of a Constitution in Japan. The background and characteristics of the Constitution of 1889. iii. The origin of the Constitution of 1946. iv. The characteristics of the Constitution of 1946. Conclusions. "In general the new Constitution fulfils the demand of General MacArthur and his staff that it should embody the most democratic form of Government which can be made to work in Japan". V. Review of Japanese Constitution. (JAP/6/48). "It is necessary to regard the Constitution at prosent as a basic law for the period of the occupation". The note analyses the methods by which amendments could be secured. Constitution of South Korea. (KOR/6/48). NORTHERN SECTION. Origins of First Czechoslovak Republic. CZE/30/48). This note consists of extracts from Masaryk's "The Making of a State" and was prepared to provide material to counter an article which maligned the Masark-Benes tradition and the part played by the Western Allies in the foundation of the First Republic. ܘܪ The Destruction of the Socialist Party in Poland. (POL/14/48). The origins of Polish Socialism. ii. Socialists and the War. iii. Liquidation of Socialist Leaders. iv. The Movement captured by the Marxist Left-Wing. V. Preparation for absorption into Communist Party. vi. "P.P.S. in Exile". GERMAN & AUSTRIAN SECTION. ii. а Some recent developments in U.S. Zone of Germany. (GER/93/48.) i. The Zone as a whole. Bavaria the Government. the Parties. Political trends as shown by the local elections. School reform in Bavaria. The refugee problem. iii. Hesse the political situation in Hesse altor the local elections. (b) The National Democratic Party. iv. Wuerttemberg-Baden. the situation after the local elections. e - Prominent Personalities in Soviet Zone & Soviet Sector of Berlin who have been dismissed from office or expelled from S.E.D. (GER/94/48). Minor Political Parties & Political Groups in Germany December 1948. (GER/95/48). AMERICAN/
