GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
27 April 1947

AG 014.33 (27 Apr 47) GC-O
(SCAPIN 1638)

MEMORANDUM FOR	IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT
THROUGH	Central Liaison Office, Tokyo
SUBJECT	Repatriation

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 as above, as amended.
b.Memorandum from the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, file AG 000.5 (10 Dec 46)GC, (SCAPlN 1391), dated 10 December 1946, subject: Suppression of Illegal Entry into Japan.
2.The Kogane Maru has been designated to lift repatriates destined for Korea south of 38ﾟnorth latitude and Korean illegal immigrants from Sasebo to Pusan, Korea. The ship will depart from Sasebo on or about 30 April 1947.
3.The Imperial Japanese Government will:
a.Place Korean repatriates destined for Korea south of 38°north latitude and Korean illegal immigrants, held at Sasebo, aboard the Kogane Maru.
b.Furnish sufficient Japanese guards aboard ship to insure delivery of Korean illegal immigrants to the custody of the Commanding General, ⅩⅩⅣ Corps.
4.Allied guards will not be placed aboard the Kogane Maru.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

R. M. LEVY,
Colonel, AGD,
Adjutant General.