SCAPIN-1987: RATION FOR FOREIGN UNITED NATIONS' NATIONALS, NEUTRAL AND ENEMY NATIONALS AND STATELESS PERSONS
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS
APO 500
28 March 1949
AG 430
(8 Mar 49)
PH
(SCAPIN-1987)
| MEMORANDUM FOR | JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. |
|---|---|
| SUBJECT | Ration for Foreign United Nations’ Nationals, Neutral and Enemy Nationals and Stateless Persons. |
1. Rescissions:
a. Memorandum to Japanese Government, AG 430 (9 Jan 48) PH, SCAPIN 1841, dated 9 January 1948, subject as above.
b. Memorandum to Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Japanese Government, PHMJG 87 dated 27 December 1948, subject, “Supplemental Food Ration to Foreign Nationals.”
2. Effective 1 May 1949 the Japanese Government is no longer required to make available to foreign nationals for purchase at official prices either the “A” or “B” supplemental ration.
FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:
R.M. LEVY,
Colonel, AGD,
Adjutant General.
(See reverse for Memo of General Application)
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS
APO 500
28 March 1949
AG 430 (8 Mar 49) PH
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT: Information of General Application Pertaining to Memorandum to the Japanese Government, SCAPIN 1987, AG 430 (8 March 49)PH, this Headquarters, 28 March 1949, subject: "Ration for United Nations' Nationals, Neutral and Enemy Nationals and Stateless Persons"
1. With reference to the subject memorandum, the following is published for the information of all concerned.
2. The purpose of subject memorandum to the Japanese Government regarding rations for foreign nationals and stateless persons, is to rescind provisions contained in SCAPIN 1841 of 9 January 1948 in which, in addition to the basic Japanese ration, a special dietary "A" or "B" had been effectuated to provide additional rations over and above the basic official Japanese ration.
3. Currently, the Japanese ration which provides from 1550 to 1600 calories per person per day, and the availability in the open market, of unrationed foods desired by occidentals, provides sufficient nutrients and foodstuffs to meet the minimum food requirements of all foreign nationals resident in Japan, as it did before the war. At the present time the free market is again functioning and offers a wide selection of food including meat, eggs, butter, shell fish, most high grade fish, peanuts and fruit, which may be purchased by foreign nationals, as prior to the war. Foreign nationals now in Japan with the possible exception of stateless persons have remained here by free choice and have thereby elected to take their chances for economic rehabilitation along with the Japanese. The continuation of preferential treatment for foreign nationals as a requirement on the Japanese Government is no longer necessary or justifiable since the Japanese ration and free market purchase affords a sufficient dietary not only for oriental but for occidental physiological needs, as before the war.
A. J. REHE
Major, AGD
Asst Adj Gen
DISTRIBUTION
Same as SCAPIN 1987
less Japanese Government
(See reverse for SCAPIN)
