GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
14 January 1949

AG 311.23 (17 Sep 46) CCS
(SCAPIN - 1962)

MEMORANDUM FOR	JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
SUBJECT	Modification of Expeditionary Force Message Service Between Japan and All Points in the British Commonwealth.

1. Reference is made to memoranda for the Japanese Government as follows:
a. 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.
b. File AG311.23 (12 Aug 47)CCS, SCAPIN 1762, dated 12 August 1947, subject: Osaka-Colombo Radiotelegraph Circuit, as amended.
c. File AG 311.23(28 Feb 48)CCS, SCAPIN 1866, dated 28 February 1948, subject: Establishment and Operation of Direct Radiotelegraph Circuit Between Japan and Hong Kong, as amended.
2. Effective immediately, the provisions of the reference memoranda pertaining to the acceptance and handling of Expeditionary Force Messages (EFM) between Japan and all points in the British Commonwealth are modified as follows:
a. Expeditionary Force Message (EFM) Service is authorized and available only between Japan and Australia.
b. This service is discontinued between Japan and all other points in the British Commonwealth.
3. EFM messages filed for transmission from Japan to Australia will continue to be handled in accordance with the provisions of reference memoranda above.
4. Direct communication between Civil Communications Section, General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers and the Ministry of Communications concerning all matters within the scope of this memorandum is authorized.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

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

(See reverse for Memo of General Application)