GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
28 March 1949

AG 311.1 (28 May 48) CCS
(SCAPIN-1900/7)

MEMORANDUM FOR	JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
SUBJECT	International Postal Service.

1. Reference is made to Memorandum for the Japanese Government, file AG 311.1 (28 May 48) CCS, SCAPIN 1900, dated 28 May 1948, subject same as above, as amended.
2. Paragraphs 3b of the reference memorandum is rescinded and the following substituted therefor:
“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 SCAP regulations regarding foreign exchange or the conversion of external assets, except that messages which relate to applications by Japanese or residents of Japan are mailable to and from Japan when they relate to the return of their property which has been vested in the Alien Property Custodian of the United States.”
3. Paragraphs 4c and 4d of the reference memorandum are rescinded and the following substituted therefor:
“c. All papers of legal procedure, except that commercial papers and documents which relate to applications by Japanese or residents of Japan for the return of their property which has been vested in the Alien Property Custodian of the United States are mailable to and from Japan.
“d. Documents of all kinds drawn up by Ministerial officers (except as outlined in subparagraph ‘c’ above).”

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

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