Annex V to Memorandum dated 7 May 1946, subject: “Repatriation.”
will include the clothing and baggage of such persons and other articles susceptible to infestation.
(5) Immunization.
(a)The following vaccinations will be given:
1.Smallpox vaccinations will be given to all outgoing repatriates, and all incoming repatriates not vaccinated within one year.
2.Typhus vaccine will be administered to all repatriates traveling to the Asiatic mainland, and incoming repatriates not vaccinated within previous 6 months period.
3.Cholera vaccine will be given during spring and summer to all outgoing repatriates.
(b)Only the initial dose of a muti-dose vaccine need be administered at the reception centers if the flow of outgoing repatriates would be impeded otherwise.
(c) A certificate in the English language, indicating that small-pox and cholera vaccine have been administered during the appropriate seasons, will be furnished each outgoing repatriate prior to embarkation on repatriation ships.
(6)Maintenance of records required to amply with International Quarantine procedure.
b.Procedures with respect only to Japanese-manned vessels will provide for:
(1)Inspection for rodent infestation abroad such vessels arriving from areas in which plague is known to be occurring or is considered endemic, including the Asiatic mainland, Formosa and Netherlands East Indies.
(2)Fumigation by cyanide, sulfur dioxide, or other method submitted to and approved in advance by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers of vessels in which a case of rodant plaguge has been detected, or in which there is an excessive number of rats as determined by the amount of feces present.
(3)Examination for infection with plague of all rats recovered after fumigation, or by trapping ashore or abroad vessels in which fumigation is not being carried out.
(4)Additional measures applicable to prevent the spread of plague, including anchorage in stream, fending off from wharves, rat guards, etc, as well as disinfestation (preferably with DDT) of persons and their effects and of parts of the vessels which may have become infected with lice. Disinfectation with DDT will be accomplished monthly on all vessels operating on shuttles where less than a month is required for a round trip. Vessels assigned to voyages requiring more than a month for
Annex VI to Memorandum dated 7 May 1946, subject: “Repatriation.”
b.Permit Koreans and Chinese to take with them in addition to currency:
(1)Postal savings pass book and bank pass books issued by financial institutions in Japan and in the country to which they are being repatriated.
(2)Insurance policies issued in Japan and in the country to which they are being repatriated.
(3)Checks, drafts and certificates of deposit drawn on and issued by financial institutions in Japan and payable in Japan.
c.(1)Effective 1 August 1946, permit Koreans, Formosans and Chinese to take from Japan clothing, personal possessions and househeld effects of value only to the owner limited to the amount that can be carried by the individual concerned. Application to the appropriate Eighth Army Military Government unit is authorized, in accordance with separate instructions to be issued, for desired unaccompanied shipment, as follows:
(a)Clothing, personal possessions and household effects of value only to the owner, in addition to that authorized above, the total shipment thereof limited in weight to 500 pounds per person.
(b)Certain light machinery and handicraft tools owned by them, free and clear of all lions and encumberances as of 2 September 1945 and limited in weight to 4000 pounds.
(2) Permit Ryukyuans to take with them from Japan clothing and personal possessions of value only to the owner limited in weight to 250 pounds per person.
d.(1)Take up against individual 1 receipt:
(a)All other currency and yen currency in excess of the amount set forth in paragraph 3a above. All Bank of Japan currency carried by Korean repatriates will be collected and individual receipts will be issued for all that over and above the amount taken in exchange for Bank of Chosen currency (see paragraph 3a (2) above, and memorandum from the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, file AG 091.31 (30 Mar 46)ESS/FI, (SCAPIN-854-A), dated 30 March 1946, subject: "Conversion of Currency for Korean Repatriates.")
(b)Gold, silver and platinum bullion or alloy therof in bullion form.
(c)Checks, drafts, bills of exchange, securities, promissory notes, payment instructions, transfer orders, or other financial instruments, except as specified in paragraph 3b above.
(d)Powers of attorney, proxies, or other authorization or instructions to effect financial or property transactions within or outside Japan.
(e)Any other evidence of indebtedness or evidence of ownership of property not specifically enumerated above, except as specified in paragraph 3b above.
(f)Art objects and personal property value to others beside the possessor, and personal possessions in excess of limits prescribed paragraph 3c above.
(2)Hold those items taken up against individual receipt in safe custody pending further direction from the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.