GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
9 February 1946

AG 370.05 (9 Feb 46) GC
(SCAPIN-726)

MEMORANDUM FOR	IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
THROUGH	Central Liaison Office, Tokyo.
SUBJECT	Repatriation of Koreans.

1.Reference is made to the foIlowing memorandums from this headquarters:
a.File AG 370.5 (17 Nov 45)GC, dated 17 November 1945, subject: "Repatriation of Non-Japanese from Japan."
b.File AG 370.05 (17 Nov 45)GC, dated 17 November 1945, subject: "Reception Centers in Japan for Processing Repatriates."
2.In order to facilitate the functioning of the Korean repatriation program it has been decided to route Korean repatriates to ports of embarkation and embark them on ships according to the repatriates' destination in Korea.
3.The Imperial Japanese Government will:
a.Transport repatriates from Japan to Korea on Japanese merchant shipping and LST's operated, manned, victualled and provisioned by the Japanese under the direction of SCAJAP.
b.Send Koreans to be repatriated from Japan to reception centers and embark them on vessels destined for ports in Korea in accordance with the following routing:
Destination
in Korea Port of Embarkation Port of Debarkation
Kyongsang Pukto ) Senzaki or )
Kyongsang Namdo )- Hakata or )- Pusan
Chungchong-Pukto) Hakodate or Maizuru)
Cholla Pukto ) ( Kunsan
Cholla Namdo ) ( or
Kyonggi-do )--- Sasebo ---( Mokpo
Kangwon-do ) ( or
Chungchong-Namdo) ( Inchon
All above destinations Karatsu All above named ports of destination
c.Insofar as is practicable, outload Korean repatriates so that those destined for Cholla Pukto, Cholla Namdo and Chungchong-Namdo will be placed on ships bound for Kunsan or Mokpo.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

B. M. FITCH
Brigadier General, AGD,
Adjutant General.