GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
9 September 1947

AG 311 (9 Sep 47) CCS
(SCAPIN - 1771)

MEMORANDUM FOR	JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
THROUGH	Central Liaison Office, Tokyo.
SUBJECT	Relaxation of International Telecommunications Restrictions.

1． Reference is made to Memoranda for the Japanese Government, as follows:
a. File AG 311.3 (9 Oct 45) CI (SCAPIN 114), dated 9 October 1945, subject: Use of Codes and Ciphers in Communications.
b. File AG 311.7 (10 Nov46) CIS (SCAPIN 326), dated 21 November 1945, subject: Regulations Governing Communications over International. Foreign and External Telegraph, Telephone and Wireless Facilities.
c. File AG 676.3 (29 May 46)CCS (SCAPIN 989), dated 29 May 1946, subject: Radio Telegraph Circuits between Japan and Amami O-Shima and Miyaki Jima.
d. File AG 311.23 (14 Sep 46)CCS (SCAPIN 1204), dated 14 September 1946, subject: Telegraph Service for Approved Private Companies.
e. File AG 311.23 (2 Jun 47) CCS (SCAPIN 1433), dated 2 January 1947, subject: "Transferred Account" Message Service for American International Underwriters Corporation.
f. File AG 311. 23 (18 Apr 47)CCS (SCAPIN 1612), dated 18 April 1947, subject: Expansion of Radiotelegraph Service Between Japan and the United States, and Between Japan and Hawaii.
g. File AG 676.3 (27 May 47)CCS (SCAPIN 1707), dated 27 May 14, subject: Establishment and Operation of Direct Telecommunications Circuits Between Tokyo and Manila.
h. File AG 311.23 (14 Jul 47)CCS (SCAPIN 1746), dated 14 July 1947, subject: Delivery Instruction for Incoming Message with Registered Code Addresses.
2. Reference 1a: SCAPIN 114 is rescinded and the following will apply in lieu thereof: All Languages, codes, and ciphers, admitted by the country of destination, in messages from Japan to any country, are authorized.
3. Reference 1b: SCAPIN 326 is rescinded and the following will apply: Incoming and outgoing international and domestic telecommunications are subject to censorship to the extent deemed advisable by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. They will be made available to the Civil Censorship Detachment, General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, and will be submitted for censorship as directed.
4. Reference 1c: Paragraph 3 of SCAPIN-989 is rescinded and the following will apply in lieu thereof: Messages between Japan and Amami O-Shima, and between Japan and Miyako Jima will be subject to censorship provisions in accordance with paragraph 3 of this memorandum.
5．Reference 1d: SCAPIN1204 is revised as follows:
a. Paragraph 1a is rescinded and the following substituted in lieu thereof: Messages addressed to UNSEASER, Yokohama, will be delivered promptly by messenger to the United Seamen's Service, Inc., Building No. 2562, Yokohama, except when otherwise directed by the Civil Censorship Detachment, General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.
b. Paragraph 1a is rescinded and the following substituted in lieu thereof: Messages filed by the United Seamen's Service, Inc. may be sent in any language, code, or cipher, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2 of this memorandum.
6. Reference 1e: SCAPIN 1433 is revised as follows:
a. Paragraph 2a is rescinded and the following substituted in lieu thereof: Messages addressed to UNDERITERS, Tokyo, will be delivered promptly by messenger to American International Underwriter Corporation, Bank of Chosen Building, Room 507, No. 4, 2 Chome, Otemachi, Kojimachi-ku, Tokyo, except when otherwise directed by the Civil Censorship Detachment, General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.
b. paragraph 2b is rescinded and the following substituted in lieu thereof: Messages filed by American International Underwriters Corporation may be sent in any language, code, or cipher, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2 of this memorandum.
7. Reference 1f: SCAPIN 1612 is revised as follows:
a. Paragraph 6 is rescinded and the following substituted in lieu thereof:
(1) International Telecommunications of a personal or family nature and business, financial, commercial, and transactional messages, between Japan and any country to which telecommunications service is available and to which applicable rates are quoted, are authorized, subject to the following prohibitions:
(a) Messages which transfer currency, checks, drafts, payment orders, or other credit or financial instruments.
(b) Messages which relate to the conversion, transfer, or disguising of any Japanese external assets by powers of attorney, proxies, instructions, or other means intended to defeat the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers' regulations regarding foreign exchange or the conversion of external assets.
(c) Messages which grant or transfer translation, reproduction, performance, or other rights concerning books, articles, plays, music, motion pictures, or other media of information and expression.
(d) Messages relating in any way to patents or copyrights, except for description and explanation of the authorized channels and procedures for handling such matters, and except for acknowledgement of rights arranged through the authorized channels.
b. Paragraph 10 is rescinded and the provisions of paragraph 2 of this memorandum will apply in lieu thereof.
8. Reference 1g: Paragraph 10 of SCAPIN 1707 is rescinded and the provisions of paragraph 7a of this memorandum will apply in lieu thereof.
9. Reference 1h: Paragraph 1 of SCAPIN 1746 is rescinded and the provisions pertaining to delivery instructions for incoming messages using registered code address, as contained in paragraph 2 of reference 1h, continue in effect.
10. Direct communication between the Civil Communications Section and other staff sections of General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, and the Ministry of Communications, concerning matters within the scope of this memorandum, is authorized.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

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

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