SCAPIN-1759/4: EXPANSION OF RADIOTELEGRAPH SERVICE VIA THE UNITED STATES
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS
APO 500
2 April 1948
AG 311.23
(2 Apr 48)
CCS
(SCAPIN - 1759/4)
| MEMORANDUM FOR | JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. |
|---|---|
| SUBJECT | Expansion of Radiotelegraph Service via the United States. |
1. Reference is made to memoranda for the Japanese Government as follows:
a. File AG 311.23 (10 Aug 47)CCS SCAPIN 1759, dated 10 August 1947, subject: Expansion of Radiotelegraph Service via the United States, 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 April 1948 the Japanese Government is authorized to expand radiotelegraph service via the United States to include private, press, and government messages between Japan and the points listed in inclosure 1.
3. Prepaid reply (RP) message service applicable to messages exchanged between Japan and the United States, as amended by SCAPIN 1818, is authorized between Japan and any point listed in inclosure 1 accepting this type of service.
4. Press messages and government messages, except United States Government messages from Japan to the points listed in inclosure 1, will be sent from Japan on a receiver-to-pay basis. The concurrence of the connecting telegraph administration must be obtained prior to the transmission of such messages. Press messages and government messages, including United States Government messages from the points listed in inclosure 1 to Japan, must be prepaid.
5. United States Government messages from Japan to the points listed in inclosure 1 will be handled in the same manner as United States Government messages from Japan to the United States. Revenue accruing to the Japanese Administration derived from exchange of government messages, except United States Government messages, between Japan and the points listed in inclosure 1 will be the same as for private messages of the classifications in which such government messages are handled.
6. Classifications of private messages authorized between Japan and the points listed in inclosure 1 admitting these classes are Full Rate, LC, CDE, and NLT or DLT.
7. Messages from Japan circulating via the United States to any of the points listed in inclosure 1 will be handled in accordance with existing traffic distribution practices.
8. Private messages in any of the classifications shown in paragraph 6 above may be sent from Japan to any organization or person in the points listed in inclosure 1, by any organization or person authorized to possess and use United States Military Payment Certificates or Foreign Trade Payment Certificates, by the organization or person in Japan specifically named in a prepaid reply (RP) voucher, and by Boeki Cho, under the special arrangements set forth in SCAPIN 1786.
9. Private messages from any organization or person in the points listed in inclosure 1 may be sent to any organization or person in Japan.
10. Private messages between the points listed in inclosure 1 and Japan will be subject to all applicable censorship rules and regulations. Exceptions will be as specifically provided for by General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.
11. Table of charges showing through rates and division of revenue between the Japanese Government and the American carriers for full rate messages is 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.
12. 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
Through Rates and Division of Revenue
