GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

23 December 1945

AG 370.065 (23 Dec 45) GC
(SCAPIN - 485)

MEMORANDUM FOR	IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
THROUGH	Central Liaison Office, Tokyo.
SUBJECT	Repatriation of Remaining Personnel on the Amami Islands for Japan Proper.

1. Reference is made to letter, Liaison Commission (Tokyo) for the Imperial Japanese Demobilization Ministries, file S 515, dated 18 December 1945, subject: " Repatriation of Remaining Personnel on the Amami Islands for Japan Proper."
2. Shipping has been allocated to return repatriates from the Ryukyus. The responsibility for the manner in which the area is cleared and the priority of evacuation within the area lies with the military commander concerned.
3. The request that special arrangements be made for the return of four hundred and ten military personnel from the Amami Islands, contained in reference letter, is disapproved.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

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