GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

15 December 1945

AG 561 (15 Dec 45) GD
(SCAPIN - 451)

MEMORANDUM FOR	IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
THROUGH	Central Liaison Office, Tokyo.
SUBJECT	Reactivation of facilities at Kure Navy Yard.

1. You are directed to place in operation these facilities at the Kure Navy Yard which can be used for salvage and for the maintenance and repair of merchant and demilitarized Naval vessels Facilities which do not contribute to this purpose will not be reactivated.
2. This directive does not authorize deferment of demobilization of Naval personnel currently employed at this or other Navy Yards. It is contemplated that personnel requirements to place Kure in operation will be met entirely from civilian sources.
3. You will establish at Kure a salvage and scrap center to accomplish salvage, scrapping or stripping of usable parts of shipping in the vicinity which is beyond repair.
4. Distribution of industrial facilities directed herein will not interfere with the operation of port facilities required for the logistic support of occupation forces.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

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