GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
24 July 1946

AG 014.33 (24 Jul 46) GC
(SCAPIN-1081)

MEMORANDUM FOR	IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
THROUGH	Central Liaison Office, Tokyo.
SUBJECT	Repatriation of Ryukyuans now in Japan.

1． Reference is made to memorandum from the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, file AG 370.05 (7 May 46)GC, (SCAPIN-927), dated 7 May 1946, subject: “Repatriation” as amended.
2． All instructions contained in the memorandum referred to above, which are in conflict with this memorandum, are superseded.
3． The following plan governs the repatriation of Ryukyuans now in Japan, who desire to return to their homes in the Ryukyu Islands.
4． Japanese-manned ships are being scheduled to shuttle between the ports of Kagoshima, Kure, Nagoya and Sasebo in Japan, and the islands of Okinawa, Miyako, Ishigaki and Amami Oshima.
a. Repatriates destined for Amami, Kiakai, Tokara Retto, Tokuna, Yoron, and Okinoerabu will be repatriated to Koniya, Amami Oshima.
b. Repatriated destined for Okinawa, Okinawa Gunto, Kerama Retto and Minami Daito will be repatriated to Katchin Wan, Okinawa.
c. Repatriated destined for Miyako Retto will be repatriated to Miyako.
d. Repatriates destined for Yoeyama Retto will be repatriated to Ishigaki.
e. Ryukyuans, paragraphs 4a, b, and d above, will be evacuated from ports at the weekly rates indicated below:
Destination in Ryukyus
Port in Japan Okinawa Amami Oshima Miyako Ishigaki
Kagoshima (1000 period 15 Aug to 12 Dec 300 period 15-21 Aug 887 about 5 Sept
( 600 period 22 Aug to 26 Dec
Kure (1000 period 15 Aug to 9 Oct 600 period 15-21 Aug
(2000 period 10 Oct to 26 Dec 1200 period 22 Aug to 19 Dec
Nagoya (1000 period 15 Aug to 9 Oct 900 about 22 Aug
(2000 period 10 Oct to 26 Dec 900 about 19 Sept
( 1306 about 5 Oct
Sasebo (1000 period 15 Aug to 9 Oct
(3000 period 10 Oct to 12 Dec
f. Except as noted below, Ryukyuans now located in Kyushu will be processed and outloaded through Kagoshima and Sasebo. Ryukyuans now located on Honshu, Hokkaido and Shikoku will be processed and outloaded through Kure and Nagoya. Exceptions follows: all Ryukyuans destined for Yaeyama Retto and Miyako will be outloaded at Kagoshima and Nagoya respectively.
g. Repatriates destined for Okinawa will be outloaded so that repatriates aboard each ship are destined exclusively for either Northern or Southern Okinawa; except that repatriates bound for islands in Okinawa Gunto other than Okinawa may be transported with either group. The muras (areas) included in each geographical location are as follows:
Northern Okinawa:
Kushi, Nago, Motobu, Nakijin, Ie Shima, Haneji, Ogimi, Higashi, Kunijemi, Chatan, Gooku, North Misato, South Misato, Gushikawa, Yonagusuku, Yontanza, Ishikawa, Kim, Jinuza and Onna.
Southern Okinawa:
Nakagusuku, Ginowan, Urasoe, Nishibaru, Shuri, Mawashi, Naha, Haebaru, Oroku, Tomigusuki, Kanegusuku, Kochinda, Ozoto, Sashiki, Chinon, Tamagusuka, Gushichan, Itoman, Takamine, Makabe, Kiyamu and Mabuni.
h. Repatriates upon arriving at primary debarkation ports in the Ryukyus, will be further distributed to their home islands.
5. The Imperial Japanese Government will:
a. Hold repatriates in quarantine for a six (6)day period prior to placing them aboard repatriation ships.
b. Administer two inoculations against cholera during the appropriate seasons and one vaccination against smallpox to each repatriate prior to embarkation.
c. Backlog sufficient Ryukyuans in the appropriate reception center to insure that repatriates are available at the rates prescribed in paragraph 4e above.
d. Outload Ryukyuan repatriates as prescribed in paragraph 4 above.
e. Provide one (1) doctor and two (2) medical orderlies on each ship engaged in repatriating Ryukyuans.
f. Require the ship’s master, upon arrival, to report to the responsible United States agency in the Ryukyuan port of entry of the presence of any quarantinable diseases aboard ship. When applicable, the ship’s master will report the ship free from contagious diseases.
g. Preserve the integrity of the family group during repatriation.
h. In processing individuals destined for Katchin Wan, Okinawa:
(1) Assign a low propriety date for repatriation of family groups, any members of which are seriously ill or require hospitalization.
(2)Furnish each ship’s master with six(6) copied of an itemized list showing the number of repatriates aboard by mura destination. Instruct the ship’s master to turn over five (5)copies of this list to repatriation officials in Okinawa prior to debarkation of passengers.
i. Attach to the person of each repatriate a wire-strung tag contaiing the following inoformation written in both Japanese and English:
NAME______________________________________Age___________________Sex_______________
Family____________________________________________________________________________
Village______________________________Mura____________________Island_______________
Total number in family group______________________________________________________
Occupation_________________________________Speak English (Yes or No)______________
j. Prohibit repatriates from transporting animals or birds aboard repatriation ships destined for the Ryukyu Islands.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

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