SCAPIN-1490: APPLICATION FOR REMOVAL FROM REPARATIONS LISTS OF PART OF EQUIPMENT OF DESIGNATED SULPHURIC ACID PLANTS
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS
APO 500
27 January 1947
AG 387. 6
(27 Jan 47)
ESS/IN
(SCAPIN - 1490)
| MEMORANDUM FOR | The Imperial Japanese Government |
|---|---|
| THROUGH | Central Liaison Office, Tokyo |
| SUBJECT | Application for Removal from Reparations Lists of part of Equipment of Designated Sulphuric Acid Plants |
1. References are the following:
a. Memorandum for the Imperial Japanese Government from General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, file AG 387.6 (13 Aug 46) ESS/IN, (SCAPIN 1132), dated 13 August 1946, subject: Reparations Selections Within the Sulphuric Acid Industry.
b. Letter to General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers from Central Liaison Office, Tokyo, file C. L.O. No. 6957 (RSG-E), dated 28 December 1946, subject, as above.
2. The Imperial Japanese Government is notified that the subject request is not favorably considered.
FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:
/s/ R. G. Hersey
for /t/ JOHN B. COOLEY,
Colonel, AGD,
Adjutant General
MEMO FOR RECORD : (SCAPIN - 1490)
JZR/NJM/RCAP/BVH/lv
17 January 1947
1. CLO No. 6957 (RSG-E) forwarded an application for removal from reparations list of part of the equipment of designated sulphuric acid factories. This application originated with the Japanese Government, and it requested deletion of 14 complete plants whose individual petitions were inclosed. The plants requested to be deleted are:
Nihon Seitetsu Wanishi Factory Wanishi, Hokkaido
Nitto Kokogyo Fukuyama Fukuyama, Fukushima
Toyo Koatsu Sunagawa Sunagawa, Hokkaido
Niigata Ryusan Ishiyama Ishiyama, Niigata
Showa Denko Yokohama Yokohama, Kanagawa
Nippon Kagaku Daini Jyoto, Tokyo
Nissan Kagaku Oji Oji, Tokyo
Nissan Kagaku Nagoya Nagoya, Aichi
Nisshin Kagaku Osaka Osaka, Osaka
Teikoku Kako Osaka Osaka, Osaka
Toyo Reiyon Shiga Shiga, Shiga
Konoshima Kagaku Konoshima Konoshima, Okayama
Nihon Seitetsu Hirohata Hirohata, Hyogo
Mitsui Kagaku Miike Asamuta, Omuta City, Fukuoka
2. According to the cover letter the overall nominal capacity of retained plants after removal of selected plants is 4,287,000 metric tons of 50O Be acid per year. From these plants actual production is claimed to be 3,249,000 metric tons after all repairs. The requirement for 1948 will be about 3,754,000 tons according to the Japanese. However, figures obtained by the Chemical Industry Branch of the Industrial Division from field inspections and reports submitted to this branch indicate that the design or nominal capacity after reparations removal is 4,842,200 tons. Making allowances for bomb damage, deterioration, flood, earthquake, etc. the new revised design capacity of these plants is estimated at 3,930,000 tons, from which a production of 3,530,000 tons is anticipated as actual production. This will balance the minimum economic requirement of about 3,600,000 tons per year for this basic chemical.
3. On this basis the 14 petitions submitted are not favorably considered.
4. The interests of USAFIK are not concerned.
5. No concurrence is necessary.
J. Z. R. 25-601
