SCAPIN-1652: IMPOUNDING AND REPORTING OF LOOTED PROPERTY
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS
APO 500
2 May 1947
AG 386.3
(2 May 47)
CPC/FP
(SCAPIN-1652)
MEMORANDUM FOR | IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. |
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THROUGH | Central Liaison Office, Tokyo. |
Subject | Impounding and Reporting of Looted Property. |
1. Reference is made to memorandum for the Imperial Japanese Government, file AG 386.3 (19 Apr 46) CPC/FP, SCAPIN 885, 19 April 1946, subject, “Impounding and Reporting of Looted Property,” from General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.
2. Paragraph 1 of subject memorandum is hereby amended to read as follows:
The Imperial Japanese Government is directed to seek out, inventory, and impound immediately, all identifiable looted property which is now in Japan and which has been the subject of transfer under duress, wrongful acts of confiscation, dispossession or spoliation, whether pursuant to legislation or by procedure purporting to follow forms of law or otherwise, in areas occupied by the Japanese Armed Forces.
FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:
R. M. LEVY,
Colonel, AGD,
Adjutant General.