GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
10 September 1947

AG 311.23 (10 Sep 47) CCS
(SCAPIN - 1772)

MEMORANDUM FOR	JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
THROUGH	Central Liaison Office, Tokyo.
SUBJECT	Registering of Code Addresses.

1. Reference is made to memoranda for the Japanese Government, as follows:
a. File AG 311.23 (9 Mar 46) CCS, (SCAPIN 809), dated 9 March 1946, subject: Osaka-London Wireless Circuit.
b. File AG 311.23 (20 Jul 46) CCS, (SCAPIN 1072), dated 20 July 1946, subject: Osaka-London Wireless Circuit.
c. File AG 311.23 (4 Aug 46) CCS, (SCAPIN 1101), dated 4 August 1946, subject: Telegraph Service for Approved Private Companies.
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 Jan 47) CCS, (SCAPIN 1433), dated 2 January 1947, subject: "Transferred Account" Message Service for American International Underwriters Corporation.
f. File AG 311.23 (24 Mar 47) CCS, (SCAPIN 1579), dated 24 March 1947, subject: Delivery of Incoming Messages to UNIPRESS, Tokyo.
g. File AG 311.23 (11 Apr 47) CCS, (SCAPIN 1606), dated 11 April 1947, subject: "Transferred Account" Message Service for Pan American World Airways and Northwest Airlines, Inc.
h. File AG 311.23 (10 May 47) CCS, (SCAPIN 1664 ), dated 10 May 1947 , subject: Transferred Account Arrangements for Messages Filed by Time-Life International, Tokyo.
i. File AG 387.6 (14 Jun 47) CCS, (SCAPIN 3951-A ), dated 14 June 1947, subject: Registered Code Addresses: KEBSTER, TOKYO, for Mr. Urban U. Woodhouse, and PHILDELRR, for Philippine Delegation of Reparations and Restitution.
j. File AG 311.23 (8 Jul 47) CCS, (SCAPIN 4100-A ), dated 8 July 1947, subject: "Transferred Account" Message Service for Reader's Digest, Tokyo.
k. File AG 311.23 (1 Aug 1947) CCS, (SCAPIN 1755), dated 1 August 1947, subject: Registered Code Addresses for Delivery Telegrams.
l. File AG 004.2(15 Aug 47) CCS, (SCAPIN 4351-A ), dated 15 August 1947, subject: Registered Code Address HOBANK, Tokyo, for Hongkong and Shanhai Banking Corporation.
m. File AG 311.23 (14 Jul 47) CCS, (SCAPIN 1746), dated 14 July 1947, subject: Delivery Instructions for Incoming Messages with Registered Code Addresses.
n. File AG 311.23 (5 Apr 47) CCS, (SCAPIN 3565A), dated 5 April 1947, subject: Delivery of Incoming Messages to USCC, Tokyo (U. S. Commercial Company)
o. File AG 311.23 (17 Sep 46) CCS, (SCAPIN 1206), dated 17 September 1946, subject: Establishment of Expeditionary Force and Sender Composition Message Service Between Japan and all Points in the British Commonwealth over the Osaka-London Radiotelegraph Circuit.
p. File AG 311.23 (9 Sep 47) CCS, (SCAPIN 1771), dated 9 September 1947, subject: Relaxation of International Telecommunications Restrictions.
2. Effective 8 September 1947, all requests for registration of code addresses for delivery of messages in Japan will be received by the Ministry of Communications or its agents directly from the applicants. The Ministry of Communications, after taking due care to avoid any duplications, will cause such code addresses, together with any special delivery instructions as may be received, to be registered for the delivery of messages in accordance with applications received. Code addresses may be accepted for registration by the Ministry of Communications or its agents in any city in Japan that is listed in the official nomenclature of telegraph offices of the world issued by the Berne Bureau of the International Telecommunications Union.
3. Code addresses may be registered for a period of six (6) months or for one (1) year. The Ministry of Communications will assess a service charge, payable in advance in Japanese yen, of ¥ 30.00 for each code address registered for each six (6) month period, and ¥ 60.00 for each code address registered for each one (1) year period. All registrations of code addresses not renewed within thirty (30) days after the end of the period for which they are registered will automatically expire.
4. Charges for the registration of any code address will also entitle the registrant to specific delivery instructions for that particular code address, in accordance with arrangements made between the registrant and the Ministry of Communications, in conformity with the provisions contained in reference 1m.
5. All code addresses now authorized by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, in accordance with reference 1a to 1o, inclusive, will expire at 0001 hours, 1 November 1947, and must be renewed on or before that date to continue in effect. The Ministry of Communications will take steps to notify all persons or organizations concerned, of the provisions contained in this memorandum, well in advance of the above expiration date.
6. Direct communication between the Civil Communications Section, 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.

(See reverse for Memo Info of General Application)