SCAPIN-927/9: REPATRIATION

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
30 October 1946

AG 370. 05 (30 Oct 46) GC
(SCAPIN-927/9)

MEMORANDUM FOR

IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT

THROUGH

Central Liaison Office, Tokyo.

SUBJECT

Repatriation.

1. Reference is made to memorandum from the Supreme Commander
for the Allied Powers, file AG 370. O5 (7 May 46) GC, (SCAPIN-927), dated
7 May 1946, subject as above, as amended.
2. The following pages of the memorandum reference paragraph 1 are
rescinded and the pages attached as inclosures 1, 2, 3, and 4 hereto will
be substituted therefor.
Page 2 (Revised 10 September 1946), Annex III.
Page 3 (Revised 10 September 1946), Annex III.
Page 5 (Revised 11 July 1946), Annex V.
Page 5 (Revised 21 September 1946), Annex VI.
3. The following page attached as inclosure 5 hereto will be inserted
as an addition to the memorandum reference paragraph 1.
Page 5 A, Annex VI.
4. Additions or changes incorporated in the new pages have been underlined.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

R. Y. Hersey
for JOHN B. COOLEY
Calonel, AGD
Asst Adjutant General.

5. Inclosures (all part of the memo referred to in para 1 above)
Incl 1-Page 2 (Revised 30 October 1946), Annex III
Incl 2-Page 3 (Revised 30 October 1946), Annex III
Incl 3-Page 5 (Revised 30 October 1946 ), Annex V
Incl 4-Page 5 (Revised 30 October 1946)' Annex VI
Incl 5-Page 5A (Added 30 October 1946), Annex VI

Annex Ⅲ
3.The Japanese Ministry of Welfare will:
a.Make the necessary arrangements to insure that each of the reception centers mentioned in paragragh 2 above is kept filled, insofar as practicable, with outgoing repatriates hereinafter prescribed.
b.Scrutinize carefully the shipping schedules furnished and take appropriate action to insure that:
(1)Reception centers do not become congested.
(2)Repatriation vessels sailing for Korean or Ryukyuan ports are filled to capacity with repatriates for those areas, insofar as practicable.
c.Arrange for the neccesary transportation to move incoming repatriates from reception centers within twenty-four (24) hours after completion of processing.
d.Establish controls to fix in their present abodes non-Japanese nationals desiring return to their homelands until such time as they are directed to move under the provisions of this plan.
e.Prohibit the use of active reception centers as housing except as required in the actual processing and quarantine of repatriates.
4.The Imperial Japanese Government will be furnished shipping schedules governing the movement of:
a.Japanese merchant and naval vessels, Japanese-manned Liberty ships and Landing Ships, Tank, by the Shipping Control Authority for the Japanese Merchant Marine.
b.US-manned Landing Ships, Tank, and other Allied vessels, as they are established, by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.
5.Guards aboard trains carrying non-Japanese repatriates.
a.Allied military authorities have been directed to provide on request of authorized officials of Imperial Japanese Covernment, a minimum of one Allied Force guard per train aboard all trains scheduled specifically to carry non-Japanese repatriates (excludes Ryukyuans) for purpose of lending necessary support and prestige to Japanese police guards and coordinating their activities.
b.The Imperial Japanese Government will direct the Local Japanese Government officials to:
(1)Request local Allied military authorities to place Allied guards abroad trains scheduled specifically to carry non-Japanese repatriates (excludes Ryukyuan repatriates) to reception centers. Each request will contain information as follows:
(a)Number of non-Japanese repatriates being transported.
(b)Number of rail cars in the train scheduled specifically to carry non-Japanese repatriates.
(c)Schedule, route and destination of trains.
(2)Submit requests to local military authorities in sufficient time to permit orders to be issued and guards to be placed abroad the trains.
(3)Provide suitable accommodations as quarters for Allied guards during entire trip. The accommodations will be clean.
(4)Prompltly forward complete and accurate information regarding changes in train movements to the appropriate local military authorities.
c.The Imperial Japanese Government will also direct the local Japanese government officials to:
(1)Organize outgoing non-Japanese repatriates into groups under selected group leaders prior to entraining.
(2)Insure against overcrowding.
(3)Insure orderly entraining and detraining of the groups.
(4)Place an appropriate number of armed Japanese police-men to maintain order aboard all trains scheduled specifically to carry non-Japanese repatriates (excludes Ryukyuans) to reception centers. (See paragraph 6 below.)
6.Control.
a.The Imperial Japanese Government will direct its representatives at reception centers to:
(1)Organize outgoing non-Japanese repatriates into groups under selected group leaders prior to embarkation.
(2)Thoroughly instruct these groups in shipboard routine.
Annex V
(2)Where the voyage from the cholera port has taken less than siv (6) days, all personnel will be heals abroad the ship until six (6) days have elapsed, the personnel phisycally examined for cholera, and if no cases are found they will be disembarked as described in paragraph 3b (1) above. In the event cholera is found, the procedure will be as prescribed in paragraph 3c below.
c.Ships which arrive in Japan WITH CHOLERA ABOARD will use only the ports of Uraga, Sasebo or Hakata until directed otherwise by the Supreme Commander for the Allied powers.
(1)Ships will be anchored sufficiently far from shore to preclude the possibility of anyone swimming to shore or contamination from vessel washing ashore.
(2)All personnel will be held on board for fourteen (14) days after the development of the last case.
(3)Cases of cholera will be removed from the ship to the hospital ship anchored off shore, which will receive and treat sholera cases among repatriates. Prior to the arrival of the hospital ships at the ports of Uraga and Sasebo, sholera patients wil be removed to the isolation hospitals at the reception centers at the above mentioned ports, where strict isolation procedure will be maintained. Great care will be exercised in sterilizing all discharges from the patients (using 2 percent cresol solution), screening to protect from flies and isolation of attendants.
(4)All personnel (except cholera patients, and crew members who have been inoculated within the previous one month period) will be inoculated with 1 cubic centimeter of cholera vaccine.
(5)During the quarantine period the feces and urine of all personnel will be treated with a 2 percent cresol solution before being discharged into the sea.
(6)A stool examination will be performed on all personnel to detect carriers. All carriers discovered will be isolated in the same place as cholera cases and kept until three negative stool specimens have been obtained at two day intervals.
(7)The baggage and clothing of all personnel will be sterilized.
Annex Ⅵ
b.Permit Koreans, Chinese and Ryukyuans to take with them in addition to currency.
(1)Postal savings pass books and bank pass bokks 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.(l)Effective 1 August 1946, permit Koreans, Formosans and Chinese to take from Japan clothing, personal possessions and household effects of value only to the owner, limited to the amount that can be carried by the individual concerned. Application to the appropriate Eight Army Military Government unit is authorized, in accordance with separate instructions, for desired unaccompanied shipment, as follows:
(a)Clothing, personal possession, and household effects of value only to the owner which, including that accompanying the repatriate (paragraph 3 c (1) above), does not exceed a total weight of 500 pounds per individual repatriate.
(b)Tools, light machinery and business equipment, not exceeding 4000 pounds in weight, owned outright by the repatriate on or prior to 2 September 1945, free and clear of all liens and encumberances, and used in the operation of their trade or individually operated business in Japan.
(c)Tools, light machinery and business equipment owned and held as indicated in paragraph 3 c (1) (b) above, but in excess off 4000 pounds in weight.
(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 receipt:
(a)All other currency and yen currency in excess of the amount set forth in paragraph 3 a 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 Korea Repatriates.")
(b)Gold, silver or platinum bullion or alloy thereof in bullion form.