GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
4 May 1948

AG 307.6 (4 May 48) REP
(SCAPIN - 1751/40)

MEMORANDUM FOR	THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
SUBJECT	Responsibility of the Japanese Government for the Packaging, Delivery and Transportation of Reparations Equipment Under the Advance Transfer Program.

1. Reference is paragraph 41, memorandum for the Japanese Government from General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, AG367.6 (22 Jul 47)REP, SCAPIN 1751, 22 July 1947, subject: as above.
2. The approved forms for submitting the costs of removals are shown as inclosures 1, 2, 3 and 4. Reports will not be required every two (2) weeks as initially indicated, but will follow the schedules set forth below. Reports will be prepared in English on 8 x 10 1/2 - inches size paper and promptly submitted through existing military channels not later than thirty (30) days after the closing date of the report period. Sufficient copies of the reports will be prepared to satisfy the needs of all agencies; two (2) copies of each report will be required by General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. Costs will be expressed in terms of current yen.
3. Reports to be submitted and schedules are as follows:
a. Report of Cost of Dismantling and Packaging of Reparations Equipment:
(1) Reference is inclosure 1 for form.
(2) Separate report will be submitted for each plant at which removal operations took place during the report period. Initial reports will cover all operations up to 15 April 1948; thereafter, reports will be required for each quarter, quarters ending 30 June, 30 September, 31 December and 31 March. Submission of negative reports on plants previously reported on but at which there were no dismantling and packaging operations curing the report period will be required until a final resort is called for.
(3) A final or consolidated report, using same basic form as inclosure 1, will be submitted for each plant upon the direction of Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. These reports will include all costs of dismantling and packaging for the period designated.
b. Report of Cost of Land Transportation for Reparations Removals:
(1) Reference is inclosure 2 for form.
(2) Separate report will be submitted for each plant at which removal operations took place during the report period. Initial report will cover all operations up to 15 April 1948; thereafter, reports will be submitted each quarter, quarters ending 30 June, 30 September, 31 December and 31 March. Submission of negative reports on plants previously reported on but at which there were no removals during the report period will be required until a final report is called for.
(3) A final or consolidated report, using same basic form as inclosure 2, will be submitted for each plant upon the direction of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. This report will include all costs of land transportation for the period designated.
c. report of Cost of Loading Reparations Equipment Aboard Ship:
(1) Reference is inclosure 3 for form.
(2) Separate report will be submitted for each ship into which reparations cargo is loaded.
d. Report of Cost of Repair and/or Construction Relative to Transportation of Reparations Equipment:
(1) Reference is inclosure 4 for form.
(2) Separate report will be submitted for each construction and/or repair project, external to plant site, relative to and necessary for the transportation of reparations equipment. Report will be submitted at the conclusion of the repair or construction project. Examples of projects to be reported on are: construction of LST loading ramp constructs at Nagaura Port, Yokosuka; reinforcement of bridges to permit movement of reparations cargo; construction of field office at port; etc. Report will be initiated in the prefecture where construction or repair occurred.
4. Reported costs of removal will continue to be subject to review by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers who will disapprove any unjustified charge.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

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

4 Incls
1. Form for Report of Cost, Didmantling, Packaging, etc.
2. Form for Report of Cost of Land Transformation, etc.
3. Form for Report of Cost of Loading Reparations, etc.
4. Form for Report of Cost of Repaires, etc.