GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS
APO 500
17 January 1950
AG 676.3
(5 Apr 47)
CCS
(SCAPIN - 1603/11)
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. |
Reactivation of the Coastal Radio Service of the Japanese Ministry of Telecommunications to Handle Ship-Shore Traffic for Allied Merchant Shipping. |
1. Reference is made to Memorandum for the Japanese Government, AG 676.3 (5 Apr 47)CCS, SCAPIN 1603, 5 April 1947, subject as above, as amended.
2. Effective immediately, the Japanese Government will extend the services of the coastal radio stations of the Ministry of Telecommunication to supply ship-shore radio communication to French merchant shipping in conformity with the provisions set forth in referenced memorandum, as subsequently amended.
3. Acceptable messages, rates, acounting procedures and settlement of accounts applicable to message sent to or received from French merchant shipping are detailed in Inclosure 1 attached.
4. Direct communication between Civil Communications or other Staff Sections of General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers and the Ministy of Telecommunications, within the scope of this memorandum, is authorized.
FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:
K. B. BUSH,
Brigadier General, USA
Adjutant General.
1 Incl
Acceptance of Messages, Rates, Acctg Procedure, and Settlement of Accts for Msgs to and from French Merchant Shipping
Acceptance of Messages, Rates, Accounting Procedures and Settlement of Accounts for Messages To and From French Merchant Shipping
1. Messages of the following types only will be accepted for transmission:
a. Estimated time of arrival of shipping,
b. Control of ship traffic.
c. Official shipping information.
d. Weather observation messages.
e. Navigation or distress message from shipping, in accordance with General Radio Regulations (Atlantic City Revision 1947).
f. Full rate massages from any person on board ships of French registry to any person or organization in Japan.
g. Full rate messages from any person or organization in Japan to any person on board ships or French registry.
h. Messages exchanged between ships of French registry and Japanese coastal stations may be in plain language or in code, and will be subject to all applicable censorship rules and regulations.
2. Rates for messages between French merchant shipping and Japan will be expressed in International Communications Gold Francs and are as follows:
a. The land line charge between Japanese coastal radio stations and any point in Japan will be fifteen (15) centimes per full rate word.
b. The Japanese coastal radio station charge will be sixty (60) centimes per full rate word.
c. The ship station charge will be forty (40) centimes per full rate word.
3. Messages originating both on board ship and in Japan will be sent prepaid. Payment will be made in Japan in Japanese Yen, at the authorized current rate of exchange between the International Communications Gold Franc and the Japanese Yen in Japan.
4. Japan's share in the revenue from the ship-shore service will be the sum of the coastal station and land line charges for both incoming and outgoing messages.
5. The accounting of message tolls will be the responsibility of the Economic Section of the French Mission in Japan and the Japanese Ministry of Telecommunications. Monthly statement of accounts will be submitted by both agencies by calendar months beginning 1 January 1950.
6. The balance of these accounts will be settled through the French Union-Japan Open Account, expressed in U.S. dollars converted in accordance with the current official agreed price of the Gold Franc.
Incl 1 to SCAPIN 1603/11
