SCAPIN-1707/6: EXPANSION OF RADIOTELEGRAPH SERVICE VIA MANILA
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS
APO 500
2 October 1948
AG 676.3
(27 May 47)
CCS
(SCAPIN - 1707/6)
| MEMORANDUM FOR | JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. |
|---|---|
| SUBJECT | Expansion of Radiotelegraph Service via Manila. |
1. Reference is made to memoranda for the Japanese Government as follows:
a. File AG 676.3 (27 May 47)CCS, SCAPIN 1707, dated 27 May 1947, subject: Establishment and Operation of Direct Telecommunications Circuits Between Tokyo and Manila, as amended.
b. File AG 311.22 (29 Sep 47)CCS, SCAPIN 1786, dated 29 September 1947, subject: Provision of Payment for International Messages Filed by Boeki Cho (Japanese Board of Trade).
c. File AG 311.23 (12 Nov 47)CCS, SCAPIN 1818, dated 12 November 1947, subject: Expansion of Radiotelegraph Prepaid Reply (RP) Service.
2. Effective 5 October 1948, the Japanese Government is authorized to expand radiotelegraph service via Manila to include private messages between Japan and the points listed in inclosure 1.
3. Classifications of private messages authorized between Japan and the points listed in inclosure 1 admitting these classes are Full Rate, CDE, LC and NLT/DLT.
4. Charges per Full Rate word, terminal charges applicable and division of revenue between the Japanese Government and the American carriers, are shown in inclosure 1. Rates for CDE, LC and NLT/DLT classifications are proportionate and will be 60%, 50% and 33-1/3% respectively, of the charges per Full Rate word.
5. The current distribution practices for messages from Japan to the Philippine Islands, together with any future amendments thereto, will be applicable to messages from Japan authorized by this memorandum.
6. All other provisions of SCAPINS 1707 as amended, 1786 and 1818 pertaining to the acceptance and handling of private radiotelegraph messages, settlement of accounts and payment of revenue accruing to the Ministry of Communications and the American carriers will apply in this instance.
7. Direct communication between the Civil Communications Section, General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, and the Ministry of Communications, regarding operating and accounting procedures within the scope of this memorandum is authorized.
FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:
R.M. LEVY,
Colonel, AGD,
Adjutant General.
1 Incl
Thru Rate and Division of Revenue
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS
APO 500
2 October 1948
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT : Information of General Application Pertaining to Directive Number (SCAPIN 1707/6), file AG 676.3 (27 May 47)CCS, this Headquarters, dated 2 October 1948, subject: Expansion of Radiotelegraph Service via Manila
1. With reference to the subject memorandum, the following is published for the information of all concerned.
2. Radiotelegraph service is presently available from Japan to Ceylon, India and Malaya via Osaka-Colombo with message charges payable in British Armed Forces Special Vouchers (BAFSV's).
3. Establishment of facilities via Manila to the points named is desirable to permit the use of United States Military Payment Certificates and/or Foreign Trade Payment Certificates being used as a medium of prepayment of the message charges.
4. The subject memorandum authorizes the Ministry of Communications to accept and route via Manila messages destined to Ceylon, India and Malaya on which the charges have been prepaid in dollar currencies.
A J REHE
Major, AGD,
Asst Adj Gen.
DISTRIBUTION:
Same as SCAPIN 1707/6
less Japanese Government
