GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
29 January 1946

AG 370.05 (29 Jan 46) GC
(SCAPIN - 676)

MEMORANDUM FOR	IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
THROUGH	Central Liaison Office, Tokyo.
SUBJECT	Projected Changes in Repatriation Procedures.

1. Changes in repatriation plans are under consideration by this headquarters. Advance information herewith is furnished for planning purposes. It is emphasized that no changes will be made in procedures now in effect without specific instruction from this headquarters.
2. The following information deals with repatriation from China(including Formosa):
a. The allocation of Japanese repatriation shipping spaces (approximately 18000) now assigned to the China -Japan shuttle remains unchanged.
b. US manned LSTs now assigned to the China - Japan shuttle will be progressively withdrawn during the period 1 February to 1 April 1946. Thereafter it is expected that these vessels will cease operations in repatriation.
c. 85 LSTs and 100 Liberty Ships manned by Japanese crews will be assigned to the China - Japan shuttle during the period 29 January 1946 to 30 March 1946 as follows:
Week Beginning No. of LST's No. of Liberty Ships
29 Jan 4 0
3 Feb 7 7
10 Feb 7 12
17 Feb 9 12
24 Feb 14 12
3 Mar 14 13
10 Mar 14 13
17 Mar 16 13
24 Mar 0 18
Total 85 100
d. Subsequent to the indicated dates, the following parts are expected to maintain an incoming daily rate of flow approximately as shown below.
BEPPU 3,000 23 March*
HAKATA 4,500 9 March
KAGOSHIMA 2,000 6 April
KARATSU 2,400 30 March
KURE 3,500 16 March
SASEBO 3,700 30 March
TANABE 3,000 23 March
URAGA 6,000 6 April
*These dates are tentative as these ports are not yet mine free.
e. The daily lift from all Chinese repatriation ports is expected to reach approximately 28,100 on 30 March 1946 and to be maintained at that rate thereafter.
f. It is contemplated that the Japanese Government will furnish the vaccines necessary for medical processing at all repatriation ports in China and Japan. The following minimum immunization requirements are expected to be met:
(1) All repatriates to be vaccinated for small-pox.
(2) Typhus vaccines to be administered to all repatriates travelling to or from the Asiatic mainland.
(3) Cholera vaccine to be administered to all repatriates during spring and summer.
g. Requisitions by SCAP on the Japanese Government for vaccines to used at Chinese repatriation ports will be based on the expected lift from those ports. Requirements will increase daily as the lift increases until the level shown in paragraph 2e anove is reached. Where it is not practicable for the Japanese Government to furnish vaccines in the required amounts arrangements will be made with this headquarters for procurement of deficiencies.
h. Japanese manned vessels on the Formosa -Japan shuttle will be provisioned for the return trip from Japanese supplies now in Formosa.
i. Japanese repatriated from Formosa will be outfitted with clothing from Japanese Army stocks now in Formosa.
3. The following information deals with repatriation from areas other than China:
a. With the exception of a very few individuals there will be no further repatriation of Japanese from the Philippine Islands until 1 July 1946.
b. There will be no further repatriation of Japanese from the Ryukyus Islands until 1 July 1946.
4. It is contemplated that the Japanese Government will be responsible for the performance of the following additional provisions:
a. Operating , Manning, victualing and supplying (except as noted in paragraph 2h above) all Japanese manned shipping in repatriation service.
b. Furnishing Japanese medical personnel for permanent duty of all Japanese shipping, with the exception of Japanese manned Liberty Ships and LST's servicing Chinese areas, as follows:
(1) On ships making voyages of less than four days duration, two medical orderlies.
(2) On ships making voyages of four days or longer duration a doctor and two medical orderlies.
c. Informing captains of repatriation ships leaving Japanese ports whether or not the minimum medical requirements prescribed current directives from this Headquarters have been met.
d. Thoroughly cleaning and disinfesting all repatriation ships at Japanese ports.
e. Disinfesting all passengers, repatriates and their baggage at Japanese reception centers. DDT will be used when available.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

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