GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

4 November 1945

AG 091.1 (4 Nov 45) GS
(SCAPIN-237)

MEMORANDUM FOR	IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
THROUGH	Central Liaison Office, Tokyo.
SUBJECT	Official Relations Between Japanese Government and Representatives of Neutral Nations.

Except as hereafter authorized by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers you will cease to carry on relations with neutral governments or representatives thereof in Japan. You will inform such representatives now in Japan that the existence of diplomatic missions is not deemed consistent with the purposes and character of the Allied Occupation in Japan and of the position of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, and refer them to the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers for future contacts with the Japanese Government.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

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