GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
24 February 1949

AG 311.23 (24 Feb 49) CCS
(SCAPIN - 1975)

MEMORANDUM FOR	JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
SUBJECT	Admission of Urgent Private Telegrams.

１． Reference is made to memoranda for the Japanese Government as follows:
a. File AG 676.3 (27 May 47)CCS, SCAPIN1707, dated 27 May 1947, subject: establishment and Operation of Direct Telecommunications Circuits Between Tokyo and Manila, as amended.
b. File AG 311.23 (10 Aug 47)CCS, SCAPIN 1759, dated 10 August 1947, subject: Expansion of Radiotelegraph Service via the United States, as amended.
c. File AG 311.23 (12 Aug 47)CCS, SCAPIN 1762, dated 12 August 1947, subject: Osaka Colombo Radiotelegraph Circuit, as amended.
d. File AG 311.23 (20 Aug 47)CCS, SCAPIN 1765, dated 20 August 1947, subject: Expansion of Radiotelegraph Service Between Japan and British Commonwealth Areas, as amended.
e. File AG 311.23 (16 Oct 47)CCS, SCAPIN 1803,dated 16 October 1947, subject: Expansion of Radiotelegraph Service to Egypt via Osaka-Colombo Circuit.
f. File AG 676.3（3 Nov 47）CCS, SCAPIN 1811, dated 3 November 1947, subject: Operation of Great Northern Telegraph Company Cable Station and Facilities at Nagasaki, as amended.
g. 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.
h. File AG 676.3 (6 Nov 48)CCS, SCAPIN 1940, dated 6 November 1948, subject: Establishment and Operation of Radiotelegraph Circuit Between Osaka, Japan and Shanghai, China.
2. The Ministry of Communications is authorized to send and receive urgent private telegrams between Japan and any country admitting urgent private telegrams in accordance with the provisions of Article 55, paragraphs 457 to 461 inclusive of the International Telegraph Regulations, (Cairo Revision 1938), or subsequent internationally approved revisions thereto.
3. Revenue accruing to the Ministry of Communications and to other administrations, derived from admittance of urgent private telegrams, or acceptance of the same in transit at the double rate provided for in the above regulations, will be twice the normal amount accruing for fullrate telegrams or for CDE telegrams, whichever is applicable.
4. 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.