Abstract
This paper compared the situations in Japan and Germany with respect to the Soviet Union's peace treaty plan in international politics in the 1950s.
In the tension of the Cold War, US-Soviet relations got constantly worse. In the European situation, the
blockade of Berlin, the establishment of East and West Germany, and the re-arming process of West Germany
put Soviet diplomacy on the defensive. On the other hand, in the situation in the Far East, the establishment of
the People's Republic of China and the Korean War were events in which the national interests of the United
States and the Soviet Union clashed. Among these events, the agenda of peace treaty in Japan and Germany
became an international issue in the early 1950s. In counteroffer to the US-led peace treaty plan for Japan, on
September 5, 1951, the Soviet Union suggested its own peace treaty plan for Japan (Gromyko's proposal) and
announced it at the San Francisco Peace Conference. On March 10, 1952, the Soviet Union also proposed its own peace treaty plan with Germany (it was called the Stalin Note) to the United States, Britain and France to prevent the progress of the European Defense Community program one part of the European integration. In particular, the Stalin Note was a unified German proposal based on neutrality, and historians had great concern to clear up its real intention.
By examining the Soviet Union's peace treaty plan, this paper clarified that the Soviet Union aimed to neutralize Japan and Germany and had the intention to create a regional structure favorable for the Soviet Union.
