GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
15 May 1946

AG 014.33 (15 May 46) GC
(SCAPIN - 953)

MEMORANDUM FOR	IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
THROUGH	Central Liaison Office, Tokyo.
SUBJECT	Return of Natives of Bonin Islands to Their Home Islands.

1. The Supreme Commander for the Allied Power has received a letter dated April 1946 from Messers. Sadamu Maeda, Tatsuo Yokota, and Tadashi Okuyama, Representatives of the Native Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands, whose address is 34, 3 -Chome, Shibazakicho, Tachikawa City , Tokyo Metropolis.
2. It is desired that the Individuals mentioned ablve be informed that:
a. At the present repatriation to the Bonin Islands is not permissible.
b. The letter has been forwarded to the Allied Commander concerned for appropriate action.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

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