GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

31 October 1945

AG 312.4 (31 Oct 45) GS
(SCAPIN-217)

MEMORANDUM FOR	IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
THROUGH	Central Liaison Office, Tokyo.
SUBJECT	Definition of “United Nations”, “Neutral Nations”, and “Enemy Nations”.

1. Whenever reference to the “United Nations” is made in any order, memorandum or directive, that term, in the absence of indication to the contrary, shall be taken as meaning and including the nations which are signatories of the United Nations Declaration dated 1 January 1942, and nations associated with them in this war. They are:
(1) Australia,
(2) Belgium,
(3) Bolivia,
(4) Brazil,
(5) Canada,
(6) Chile,
(7) China,
(8) Columbia,
(9) Costa Rica,
(10) Cuba,
(11) Czechoslovakia,
(12) Denmark,
(13) Dominican Republic,
(14) Ecuador,
(15) Egypt,
(16) Ethiopia,
(17) France,
(18) United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland,
(19) Greece,
(20) Guatemala,
(21) Haiti,
(22) Honduras,
(23) Iceland,
(24) India,
(25) Iran (Persia),
(26) Iraq,
(27) Lebanon,
(28) Liberia,
(29) Luxembourg,
(30) Mexico,
(31) Netherlands,
(32) New Zealand,
(33) Nicaragua,
(34) Norway,
(35) Panama,
(36) Paraguay,
(37) Peru,
(38) Philippine Commonwealth,
(39) Poland,
(40) Salvador,
(41) Saudi Arabia,
(42) Syria,
(43) Turkey,
(44) Union of South Africa,
(45) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,
(46) United States of America,
(47) Uruguay,
(48) Venezuela.
(49) Yugoslavia.
2. Whenever reference to “Neutral Nations” is made in any such order, directive or memorandum, that term, in the absence of indication to the contrary, shall be taken as meaning and including the following nations:
(1) Afghanistan,
(2) Ireland (Eire),
(3) Portugal,
(4) Spain,
(5) Sweden,
(6) Switzerland.
3. Whenever reference to “Enemy Nations” is made in any such order, directive or memorandum, that term, in the absence of indication to the contrary, shall be taken as meaning and including the following nations:
(1) Bulgaria,
(2) Germany,
(3) Hungary,
(4) Japan,
(5) Roumania.
4. The nations named below, whose status has changed as a result of the war, will not be treated as falling into any of the three categories of nations referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 or 3 above unless such a classification of one or more of them is specified. They will be referred to collectively as “nations whose status has changed as a result of the war”. Such nations are:
(1) Argentina,
(2) Finland,
(3) Italy,
(4) Siam (Thailand).

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

H.W.ALLEN,
Colonel, A.G.D.,
Asst Adjutant General.