GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
8 October 1951

AG 660 (8 Oct 51) TO
(SCAPIN-2175)

MEMORANDUM FOR	JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
SUBJECT	Mine Sweeping.

1. Rescissions:
a. Memorandum for Yokohama Liaison Commission, file AG 476 (3 Sept 45 )GC, SCAPIN - 4, 3 September 1945.
b. Radio to the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters, GC SCAPIN - 5, 4 September 1945.
c. Memorandum for the Japanese Government, file AG 476 (6 Sept 45 )GC, SCAPIN - 9. 6 September 1945.
d. Memorandum through Central Liaison Office Number 1, file AG 476 (7 Sept 45)GC ADV, SCAPIN - 13, 7 September 1945.
e. Memorandum for the Japanese Government, file AG 476 (8 Sept 45)GC, SCAPIN - 14, 8 September 1945.
f. Radio GC-O to the Imperial Japanese War Ministry, SCAPIN - 36, 19 September 1945.
g. Memorandum for the Imperial Japanese Ministry of the Navy, file AG 560(1 Nov 45)GC, SCAPIN 228, 1 November 1945.
h. Memorandum for the Imperial Japanese Government, file AG 463.7(20 Apr 46)GD, SCAPIN 888, 20 April 1946.
2. Deletions:
a. SCAP DIRECTIVE NUMBER 1, 2 September 1945, SCAPIN-1, GENERAL ORDER No. 1, Paragraphs II and II (e), V, V (a), V (b) and V (c).
b. SCAP DIRECTIVE NUMBER 2, to the Japanese Imperial Government and the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters, 3 September 1945 SCAPIN- 2, Part II. Paragraphs 8 a. (2) and 8 a. (3); 10 a., 12 and 13. •
c. So much of the second sentence of paragraph 3, Memorandum for the Japanese Government, file AG 091.1 (4 Oct 47)GS, SCAPIN 1791, 4 October 1947, as reads "'Minesweeping and....." and so much of the first sentence of paragraph 5 as reads "Minesweeping."
3. The above rescissions and deletions transfer to the Japanese Government full responsibility for:
a. All mine sweeping activities in territorial Japanese waters.
b. Notification of mine conditions to mariners and world shipping through established media of dissemination.
4. The above rescissions and deletions are not intended to alter the supervision of mine clearance and operational control of Japanese mine sweepers, by the Commander, United States Naval Forces, Far East, in Japanese water areas used or required for vessels employed on Occupation missions.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

C.C.B. WARDEN
Colonel, AGC
Adjutant General