GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
4 March 1947

AG 014.33 (4 Mar 47) GC
(SCAPIN 1553)

MEMORANDUM FOR	IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
THROUGH	Central Liaison Office, Tokyo.
SUBJECT	Repatriation of Koreans from Japan to Korea North of 38°North Latitude.

1.Reference is made to:
a.Memorandum from the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, file AG 370.05 (7 May 46)GC, (SCAPIN-927), dated 7 May 1946, subject: Repatriation, as amended.
b.Memorandum from the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, file AG 014.33 (26 Dec 46)GC, (SCAPIN-1421), dated 26 December 1946, subject: Repatriation of Japanese Nationals from Soviet and Soviet-Controlled Territories, and of Koreans from Japan to Korea North of 38°North Latitude.
2.The ship Taian Maru has been designated to lift the Koreans mentioned in paragraph 2 b of reference paragraph 1 b above. The ship will depart from Sasebo on or about 15 March 1947.
3.Japanese repatriates may be carried on the Taian Maru on the return trip to Japan.
4.The Imperial Japanese Government will:
a.Concerning Koreans mentioned in paragraph 2 above, comply with the provisions of paragraph 3 c (4) and (5) of reference paragraph 1 b above.
b.Process any Japanese repatriates carried on the return trip of the Taian Maru in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 a of reference paragraph 1 b above.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

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