GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

18 November 1945

AG 091.112 (18 Nov 45) GS
(SCAPIN-299)

MEMORANDUM FOR	IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
THROUGH	Central Liaison Office, Tokyo.
SUBJECT	Official Relations Between Japanese Government and Representatives of Neutral Nations (C.L.O.498(1)).

1. Receipt is acknowledged of your letter of 8 November 1945, transmitting a Pro Memoria on the above subject.
2. The memoranda of this headquarters of 25 October 1945 and 4 November 1945, directed the Japanese Government to discontinue foreign relations both in Japan and abroad as inconsistent with the present military occupation of Japan and the supreme authority of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. Consent on the part of neutral governments is, therefore, not required or involved.
3. It is understood that Switzerland and Sweden will continue, as desired by the Japanese Government, routine functions in the protection of Japanese nationals in neutral countries. For this reason and for the reasons referred to in the preceding paragraph, the request for the authorization of Japanese liaison officers to supervise these functions is not approved.
4. As regards the maintenance of neutral liaison officers in Japan, the Supreme Commander is taking steps to inform the neutral governments concerned that they may appoint diplomatic agents or representatives of that character to maintain contact with the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.
5. You will report immediately the steps taken in compliance with the memorandum of 25 October 1945.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

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