SCAPIN-1266: REOPENING OF SCHOOL COURSES IN JAPANESE HISTORY

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
12 October 1946

AG 000.8 (12 Oct 46) CIE
(SCAPIN-1266)

MEMORANDUM FOR

IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.

THROUGH

Central Liaison Office, Tokyo.

Subject

Reopening of School Courses in Japanese History.

1. Reference letter Imperial Japanese Government, Central Liaison Office, C. L. O. No. 4839 (PE), dated 20 September 1946, Subject: “Reopening of School Courses in Japanese History.”
2. Permission is granted for the reopening of courses in Japanese History in all educational institutions, including government, public and private schools, for which textbooks are published or sanctioned by the Ministry of Education, provided that in such courses only those textbooks prepared by the Ministry of Education and approved by General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, are used.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

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