GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
11 August 1946

AG 014.33 (11 Aug 46) GC
(SCAPIN-1121)

MEMORANDUM FOR	IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
THROUGH	Central Liaison Office, Tokyo.
SUBJECT	Hakodate Repatriation Reception Center.

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. Instructions contained in paragraph 2a, Annex II, of memorandum referred to above, are amended as indicated below.
3. Information indicates that approximately 100 Japanese repatriates per month are entering Hokkaido from Sakhalin and the Kurile Islands.
4. The Imperial Japanese Government will:
a. Apprehend persons entering or attempting to enter Japan in this manner.
b. Process Japanese nationals so apprehended through the Hakodate Repatriation Reception Center.
c. Report non-Japanese so apprehended to United States military authorities for trial by military tribunal and/or deportation.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

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