GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
14 October 1945

AG 370.05 (14 Oct 45) GC
(SCAPIN - 138)

MEMORANDUM FOR	IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
THROUGH	Central Liaison Office, Tokyo.
SUBJECT	Repatriation of Japanese from the Ryukyus.

1. Reference is made to your Memorandum No 38, dated 2 October 1945 requesting permission to resume ferry service between Kagoshima and certain islands of the Ryukyus to return disarmed military and naval personnel and transport passengers, foodstuffs and daily necessities to the islands.
2. In connection with the evacuation, you are directed to retain on the islands all medical personnel until 90 days after the last military and naval personnel are evacuated, one of the primary purposes being the prevention of epidemics.
3. No Japanese will be transported to the islands to stay there and Japanese trade will be restricted to that necessary for maintaining the health of the natives.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

H.W.ALLEN,
Colonel, A.G.D.,
Asst Adjutant General.

COPIES TO
WARCOS (3)
CG CINCAFPAC
CG ▲SCOM (▲)
Chief of Staff, SCAP
Govt Sec
I & E Sec
E & S Sec
FLTLOSCAP (3)
A G Records (3)