GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
1 March 1946

AG 370.05 (1 Mar 46) GC
(SCAPIN - 781)

MEMORANDUM FOR	IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
THROUGH	Central Liaison Office, Tokyo.
SUBJECT	Unsatisfactory Conditions Aboard Repatriation Vessels.

1. Reference is made to memorandum this headquarters, file AG 370.05 (18 Feb 46) GC, (SCAPIN-752), dated 18 February 1946, subject as above.
2. Undesirable conditions aboard the Japanese repatriation vessel Yoneyama Maru during voyage from Uraga to Kiirun, 30 January 1946 to 15 February 1946, are cited as follows:
a. The ship itself was filthy.
b. Sanitary conditions were indescribably unsatisfactory.
c. Quarters provided for US escort guard barely adequate.
3. The Imperial Japanese Government will:
a. Take immediate steps to correct the deficiencies, paragraphs 2a and b above, noted aboard the Yoneyama Maru and insure that similar unsatisfactory conditions do not exist in the future on this or other ships manned by Japanese and engaged in repatriation.
b. Provide for US escort guard the best quarters available aboard Japanese manned repatriation vessels.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

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