SCAPIN-166: MANUFACTURE OF ACOUSTIC BOMBS AT MAIZURU ARSENAL
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS
20 October 1945
AG 471.6
(20 Oct 45)
GC
(SCAPIN-166)
MEMORANDUM FOR | IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. |
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THROUGH | Central Liaison Office, Tokyo. |
SUBJECT | Manufacture of Acoustic Bombs at Maizuru Arsenal. |
1. The request received from the Japanese through the Commander, Fifth United States Fleet for authorization to manufacture ten thousand(10,000)acoustic bombs to be used to clear Kobe minefields is approved.
2. Production of the acoustic bombs will be under the direct supervision of the Commander General, Sixth United States Army.
3. Allocation and use of the acoustic bombs will be under the direction of the Commander, Fifth United States Fleet.
FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:
H. W. ALLEN,
Colonel, A. G. D.,
Asst Adjutant General.
Distribution:
Com Fifth Fleet
CG, Sixth US Army
Staff GHQ
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