SCAPIN-897: CONTROL, IMPOUNDING, AND BLOCKING OF PROPERTY OF DESIGNATED INDIVIDUALS
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS
APO 500
23 April 1946
AG 386.7
(23 Apr 46)
CPC
(SCAPIN-897)
| MEMORANDUM FOR | IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. |
|---|---|
| THROUGH | Central Liaison Office, Tokyo. |
| SUBJECT | Control, Impounding, and Blocking of Property of Designated Individuals. |
1. The Imperial Japanese Government is hereby directed to take immediate control of, block, and impound all property, real and personal including, but not by way of limitation, all gold, silver, platinum, currencies, securities, accounts in financial institutions, credits, valuable papers, and all other assets owned or controlled directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by any person who is now or who hereafter may be detained, arrested, or interned by order of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.
2. The Imperial Japanese Government will execute within sixty (60) days hereafter, Inclosure No. 1, entitiled, “Information and Inventory Report'”, in all such cases and submit same in triplicate to General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.
3. To implement execution of same, the Commanding General, Eighth Army is authorized to permit accredited representatives of the Imperial Japanese Government to interview such prisoners, except those held incommunicado.
4. It is further directed that no transaction, whatsoever, shall be made concerning such property without the approval or license of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.
FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:
B.M. FITCH,
Brigadier General, AGD,
Adjutant General.
1 Incl:
Information and Inventory Report, Form CPC 2 (To addressee and Eighth Army only)