the work of the governmental organization and administration section began in may 1945 with an analysis of the various ministries of japan's government. the group made suggestions with regard to military government organization for japan at the national level. it drew up plans for the ministries subsection and for the legislative subsection, military government, japan. it developed and printed a ""military government functional chart"" which shows the progressive stages of military government by functions, the availability of native governmental organizations for administration and recommendations for their use. it prepared draft copies of directives for military government, japan. in june the group began preliminary studies of and an outline for a manual on military government, japan.