GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS

APO 500
23 May 1946

AG 014.33 (23 May 46) GC
(SCAPIN - 979)

MEMORANDUM FOR	IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
THROUGH	Central Liaison Office, Tokyo.
SUBJECT	Repatriation of Natives of Saipan and Other Islands.

1. Reference is made to memorandum, C.L.O. No. 2374 (RF), dated 16 May 1946, subject as above.
2. The request for repatriation of Deriran (female), age 43, to Palau is approved.
3. The request for repatriation of Hayashi (male), age 20, to Saipan is not favorably considered due to insufficient biographical information.
4. The Imperial Japanese Government will:
a. Place Deriran aboard the ship Hennepan, V205, without delay.
b. Assemble and hold all future requests for repatriation received from natives of Saipan and other islands.
c. Submit consolidated lists of such persons, with a brief biographical summary about each, to the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers on the fifteenth day of each month. The biographical summary will include:
(1) Full name and age.
(2) Weather Japanese, Micronesian, Chamorro or others.
(3) Place and length of residence in the island to which the native desires repatriation.
(4) War-time activities and locations.
d. Resubmit the necessary information concerning Hayashi, as outlined paragraph 4c above, in the next consolidated report.

FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:

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