GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
27 January 1948

AG 311.3 (27 Jan 48) CCS
(SCAPIN 1228/7)

MEMORANDUM FOR	JAPANESE GOVERNMENT
THROUGH	Central Liaison Office, Tokyo
SUBJECT	Revised Plan for Receiving Payments Due American Carriers for Messages and Radiotelephone Calls Filed by United States Military and Accredited Personnel for Transmission To or Through the United States, Its Territories and Possessions, Prepaid in Japan

1. Reference is made to memoranda for the Japanese Government as follows:
a. File AG-311.3 (24 Sep 46)CCS (SCAPIN 1228), dated 24 Sep 1946, subject as above, as amended.
b. File AG 676.3 (27 May 47)CCS (SCAPIN 1707), dated 27 May 1947, subject: Establishment and Operation of Direct Telecommunications Circuits Between Tokyo and Manila.
2. So much of paragraphs 11, 12 and 13 of SCAPIN 1228 and paragraph 15 of SCAPIN 1707 pertaining to the rendering of statements of accounts on a semimonthly basis and making deposits in accordance therewith, is amended as follows:
a. Effective 1 February 1943, the Ministry of Communications will render statements of accounts covering telecommunications operations between Japan and the United States, and between Japan and Manila, and make the deposits in accordance therewith on a monthly, instead of a semimonthly basis as heretofore, the period being the first to the last day of the month inclusive.
b. The Ministry of Communications will submit to the Transfer Agent within thirty days after the close of each monthly period, five copies of a preliminary statement of accounts, accompanied by the deposits in accordance therewith, and the final traffic accounting statements, showing payments made, and adjustments, if any.
c. In addition, the Ministry of Communications will render a monthly report in triplicate, not later than five days after the close of each monthly period to the General Accounting Section, General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, showing the exact amount in Military Payment Certificates and Foreign Trade Payment Certificates collected by each of its public offices during the period, as well as the exact amount withheld by each public office for change making purposes.
3. Direct communication between the Civil Communications Section and other Staff Sections, General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers and the Ministry of Communications, covering matters within the scope of this Memorandum is authorized.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

R. M. LEVY,
Colonel, AGD,
Adjutant General.