GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
25 February 1947

AG 014.33 (25 Feb 47) LS-L
(SCAPIN-1543)

MEMORANDUM FOR	IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
THROUGH	Central Liaison Office, Tokyo.
Subject	Registration of Chinese Nationals.

1. The Chinese Mission in Japan has undertaken the registration and documentation of persons in Japan who claim Chinese nationality and has issued registration certificates similar to the sample copy inclosed herein.
2. Legistirate bearers of these registration certificates will be resumptively considered as Chinese subjects and hence United Nations Nationals for purposes of the exercise of criminal jurisdiction by the Japanese authorities.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

JOHN B. COOLEY,
Colonel, AGD,
Adjutant General.

1 Incl:
Sample of registration certificate (To Addressee only)