On the other hand, GHQ tried to curb the spread of 'a national confession of Japanese war guilt' using guidance orders such as the order for prohibition of newspaper publication and so on, then started to prepare for the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in an attempt to make it clear that government and military leaders must take the responsibility for the Japanese war crimes.
一方でGHQは、指導命令・新聞発行停止命令などを使い「一億総懺悔論」の伸張を抑え、日本の戦争犯罪を当時の政府・軍のトップに負わせることを明確にすべく極東国際軍事裁判の準備にとりかかっている。