GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
13 September 1948

AG 311.23 (13 Sep 48) CCS
(SCAPIN - 1933)

MEMORANDUM FOR	JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
SUBJECT	Restrictions in Use of EFM and VLT Service.

1. Reference is made to memorandums for the Japanese Government as follows:
a. File AG 600 (8 Oct 45) GD, SCAPIN 107, dated 8 October 1945, subject: Establishment of EFM Service Between the United States and Tokyo-Yokohama Area.
b. File AG 676.3 (1 Dec 45) CCS, SCAPIN 379, dated 1 December 1945, subject: Establishment of SCM Service Between the United States and Tokyo Area.
c. File AG 311.2 (8 Jun 46) CCS, SCAPIN 1009, dated 8 June 1946, subject: Inauguration of EFM, SCM, Private, Government and press Message Service Between Japan and the Hawaiian Islands.
d. File AG 676.3 (27 May 47) CCS, SCAPIN 1707, dated 27 May 1947, subject: Establishment and Operation of Direct Telecommunications Circuits Between Tokyo and Manila, as amended.
e. File AG 311.23 (8 Jun 48) CCS, SCAPIN 1904, dated 8 June 1948, subject: Restrictions in Use of EFM and VLT Service.
2. Effective immediately references 1a, 1b, 1c, and 1d above are modified as follows:
Expeditionary Force Message Service (EFM) and Overseas Forces Victory Letter Telegram Service (VLT) from Japan to the United States, Hawaii, United States Possessions, and to Manila, are restricted to use only by members of the United States Armed Forces and personnel of the American Red Cross. Accredited Civilian employees of the United States Department of the Army, and of other United States Government agencies may use Sender Composition Message (SCM) services in all other authorized classifications for messages from Japan to the United States, Hawaii, United States possessions, and to Manila.
3. SCAPIN 1904 is rescinded concurrent with the effective date of this memorandum.
4. Direct correspondence between Civil Communications Section, General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, and the Ministry of Communications, regarding operating procedures within the scope of this memorandum is authorized.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

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