SCAPIN-1595: QUARANTINE PROCEDURES FOR REPATRIATES FROM CHOLERA PORTS
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS
APO 500
3 April 1947
AG 014.33
(3 Apr 47)
GC
(SCAPIN - 1595)
MEMORANDUM FOR | IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. |
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THROUGH | Central Liaison Office, Tokyo. |
SUBJECT | Quarantine Procedures for Repatriates from Cholera Ports. |
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: Repatriation, as amended.
2. Rangoon, Burma, is designated a "cholera port."
3. The British ship Dilwara carrying approximately 1,632 Japanese repatriates is scheduled to arrive at Kure on or about 6 April 1947.
4. The Imperial Japanese Government will apply the quarantine and other procedures prescribed in paragraph 3, Annex V. of reference paragraph 1 above, for repatriated arriving in Japan on shipping from Rangoon, including Japanese repatriated aboard the ship Dilwara upon its arrival at Kure.
FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:
JOHN B. COOLEY,
Colonel, AGD,
Adjutant General.