GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
8 August 1946

AG 014.33 (8 Aug 46) GC
(SCAPIN-1113)

MEMORANDUM FOR	IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
THROUGH	Central Liaison Office, Tokyo.
Subject	Repatriation to and from Korea.

1. Reference is made to:
a. 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.
b. Memorandum from the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, file AG 014.33 (27 Jun 46) GC, (SCAPIN-1039), dated 27 June 1946, subject: “Repatriation to Korea.”
c. Memorandum from the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, file AG 014.33 (27 Jul 46) GC, (SCAPIN-1088) dated 27 July 1946, subject: “Repatriation to Korea.”
2. All instructions contained in the memorandums referred to above, which are in conflict with this memorandum, are superseded herewith.
3. Effective 10 August 1946, the following plan governs the repatriation of Koreans in Japan, who desire to return to their homes in Korea south of 38° north latitude.
4. The repatriation of Koreans in Japan, who were formerly resident in Korea south of 38° north latitude, will be completed on or before 15 November 1946, except as noted in paragraph 1d, Annex III to reference paragraph 1a above.
5. a. Repatriation shipping is assigned to lift 4,000 Koreans per day from Hakata, Japan, to Pusan, Korea. These ships will be returned empty to Japan.
b. Shipping will be scheduled as necessary to lift Japanese from Korea to Sasebo.
6. The Imperial Japanese Government will:
a. Backlog sufficient Koreans in the Hakata Reception Center to insure that repatriates are available at the rate prescribed in paragraph 5a above.
b. Receive and process Japanese repatriates arriving in Japan from Korea as prescribed in reference Paragraph 1a above.
c. Process all ships, arriving in Sasebo from Korea, as prescribed in paragraph 3b (2), Annex V to reference paragraph 1a above.
d. Continue to comply with the provisions of paragraph 1c, Annex III to reference paragraph 1a above.
e. Submit a report to the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers by 30 November 1946 showing:
(1) Names of Koreans, listed by family, who were not repatriated on or before 15 November 1946, but who have not forfeited their privilege of repatriation, as outlined in paragraph 1d, Annex III to reference paragraph 1a above.
(2) Approximate date each family, referred to in paragraph 6e (1) above, will be able to move to Hakata Reception Center. In any case, delay in repatriation is not authorized beyond 31 December 1946.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

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