GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
10 January 1946

AG 386.3 (10 Jan 46) CIS
(SCAPIN-574)

MEMORANDUM FOR	IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
THROUGH	Central Liaison Office, Tokyo.
Subject	Retention of Swords Classified as Objects of Art in Civilian Hands.

1. Reference is made to letter, C. L. O. 1074 (1.3), dated 13 December 1945, subject as above.
2. This headquarters reaffirms the policy established in SCAP Radio ZAX 5981, to the Imperial Japayese Government, dated 24 September 1945. This policy permits swords to be retained provided they are actually objects of art and are in the hands of bona-fide civilians.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

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