GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
7 June 1948

AG 400.12 (7 Jun 48) CE
(SCAPIN - 1872/1)

MEMORANDUM FOR	JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
SUBJECT	Interpretation of Paragraph 2 of SCAPIN 1872: Expenditures from Funds Appropriated for Occupation Force Requirements, 31 March 1948. with Respect to Certain Work of the Japanese Geographical Survey Bureau.

1. References:
a. Memorandum for the Japanese Government, AG 812(26 Sep 47)CE, SCAPIN 4592-A, subject: Classification of Detail for Large Scale Mapping, Japanese Home Islands, 26 September 1947, from General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.
b. Memorandum for the Japanese Government, AG 812.3 (10 Jan 46)CE, SCAPIN 575, subject: Recovery and Re-positioning of Japanese Geodetic Survey Monuments, 10 January 1946, from General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.
c. Memorandum for Geographical Survey Bureau, Department of Home Affairs, Japanese Government, Tokyo, subject: Identification of Geodetic Control on Aerial Photographs, 24 May 1946.
d. Memorandum for the Japanese Government, AG 812 (12 May 47)CE, SCAPIN 1668, subject: Recovery and Re-positioning of Japanese Geodetic Survey Monuments, 12 May 1947, from General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.
e. Memorandum for the Japanese Government AG 061 (15 Jan 47)CE, SCAPIN 3962-A, subject: Classification of Railroads and High Tension Power Lines, Japanese Home Islands, 15 June 1947, from General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.
f. Memorandum for the Japanese Government, AG 400.12 (31 Mar 48) CE-GD, SCAPIN 1872, subject: Expenditures from Funds Appropriated for Occupation Force Requirements, 31 March 1948, from General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.
2. The Japanese Government was directed by references 1 a, b, c, d, and e to accomplish certain geodetic and mapping projects in the Japanese Home Islands. The projects covered by these instructions are for the benefit of the Japanese people or to otherwise accomplish the purposes of the Occupation as defined by paragraphs 2 and 8 of reference 1f; and no form of procurement instruments or receipts will be issued in connection therewith. The funding of these projects will continue as a normal function of the Japanese Government, and no payments for services or materials required in connection therewith may be made from funds appropriated to meet the requirements for support of the Occupation Force.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

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