GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
17 November 1946

AG 000.93 (17 Nov 46) GB
(SCAPIN-1344)

MEMORANDUM FOR	IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
THROUGH	Central Liaison Office, Tokyo.
SUBJECT	Operation of Japanese Weather Service.

1. Reference Memorandum No. 5609 (CL), Control Liaison Office, 24 October 1946, subject as above.
2. General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers approves the plan of the Central Meteorological Observatory for adding, altering and deleting weather stations as submitted.
3. Permission is granted to add, alter and delete, as follows:
a. Stations to be added:
Long. Lat.
Aikawa ... ... ... ... ... 138゜14' 38゜02'
Izuhara 129゜17' 34゜12'
Tomie 128゜46' 32゜37'
Choshi 140゜51' 35゜44'
Matsuyama 132゜45' 33゜50'
b. Stations to be moved:
Old Location Long Lat. New Location Long. Lat.
Iwateyama 141゜01' 39゜51' Morioka 141゜10' 39゜42'
Sukumo 132゜42' 32゜54' Shimizu 132゜58' 32゜47'
Oshima 139゜23' 34゜46' Tomisaki 139゜51' 34゜55'
Tottori 134゜12' 35゜30' Saigo 133゜20' 36゜12'
Sahorodake 142゜48' 43゜12' Obihiro 143゜12' 42゜55'
Zaosan 140゜24' 38゜06' Yamagata 140゜21' 38゜15'
c. Stations to be deleted:
Nantaisan ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 139゜30' 36゜48'
Fukui ... ... ... ... ... 136゜13' 36゜03'
Kyoto ... ... ... ... ... 135゜44' 35゜01'
Sumoto ... ... ... ... ... 134゜53' 34゜12'
Nagano ... ... ... ... ... 138゜12' 36゜40'
4. Index numbers have been assigned and are approved for all new stations and for stations with new locations, as follows:
Long. Lat.
241 Izuhara ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...129゜17' 34゜12'
298 Marioka ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...141゜10' 39゜42'
237 Saigo ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 133゜20' 36゜12'
313 Obihiro ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 143゜12' 42゜55'
291 Yamagata ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 140゜21' 38゜15'

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

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