GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
27 November 1946

AG 014.33 (27 Nov 46) GC
(SCAPIN-1365)

MEMORANDUM FOR	IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
THROUGH	Central Liaison Office, Tokyo.
Subject	Repatriation.

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 as above, as amended.
2. Arrangements have been completed to repatriate 25,000 Japanese Nationals from the territory of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and territories under the control of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Repatriates will be processed through reception centers in Japan as follows:
Area from wich Repartriated Number to be Repatriated Port in Japan Approximate dates Ships will arrive in Japan
Karafuto 5,000 Hakodate 9 - 16 December 1946
Siberia 5,000 Maizuru 8 - 9 December 1946
North Korea 10,000 Sasebo 5 December 1946
Dairen Area 5,000 Sasebo 5 December 1946
3. Japanese repatriates will be transferred by the Soviet authorities to the masters of the repatriation ships, according to passenger lists written in the Russian language at Soviet and Soviet-controlled ports. In addition, certain transfer documents, written in the Russian language and furnished by the Soviet authorities, will be signed by ships’ masters.
4. a. The Russian language will be used in all navigation messages issued from Soviet ports and Soviet-controlled ports.
b. The English language will be used in all navigation messages dispatched from repatriation ships, arriving at repatriation ports in Soviet-controlled areas.
5. Vaccinations against typhus will not be administered in Soviet or Soviet-controlled areas to the repatriates indicated in paragraph 2 above.
6. Arrangements for securing emergency supplies in Soviet and Soviet-controlled ports, as stated in paragraph 3, Annex IV to reference paragraph 1 above have not been completed. Ships must be provisioned and bunkered for the round trip plus enough additional fuel, water and food to take care of unforeseen delays.
7. Repatriation of Koreans from Japan to Northern Korea is not authorized at this time.
8. The Imperial Japanese Government will:
a. Open the repatriation reception centers at Maizuru and Hakodate at once and prepare them for processing repatriates at the rates prescribed in reference, paragraph 1 above.
b. Provision and bunker ships as specified in paragraph 6 above.
c. Inform masters of ships concerning the provisions of paragraphs 4 a and 6 above.
d. Insure compliance, by masters of ships repatriating Japanese from Soviet and Soviet-controlled areas, with the instructions contained in paragraphs 3 and 4 b above.
Process the 25,000 Japanese repatriates in accordance with the instructions contained in reference paragraph 1 above. In addition, complete the series of inoculations against typhus prior to their release from the reception centers.
9. Provisions contained in reference paragraph 1 above are amended in accordance with provisions of this memorandum.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

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